Europe · Southern Europe
Capital: Madrid
Spain
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Spain in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #15
Spain's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
49.4M
#32 of 196
84th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$1.9T
#12 of 196
94th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$24.62B
#18 of 196
91st percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$24.19B
#15 of 196
93rd percentile
2023 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$202.02B
#17 of 196
92nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Madrid
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Country code
- ESP
Three interesting facts
Spain shares land borders with 5 countries: Andorra, France, GIB, Portugal, and Morocco.
Spain spans roughly 505,992 square kilometers, placing it around 51st by area in this factbook.
Spain’s position in Southern Europe places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Spain on the map
Spain is located in Southwestern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France. Its terrain is large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills, Pyrenees Mountains in north. The climate is temperate, clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast, cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast. In area, the country is almost five times the size of Kentucky, slightly more than twice the size of Oregon.
Economy
Economic profile
Spain's economy is characterized by high-income, core-EU and eurozone economy, strong growth driven by public consumption, tourism, and other service exports, tight labor market despite high structural unemployment, efforts to narrow persistent fiscal deficits through tax and spending measures, high but declining unemployment supported by job growth and immigration. Major industries include textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment. Important agricultural products include milk, olives, pork, grapes, wheat, tomatoes, barley, sugar beets, maize, oranges (2023). Notable exports include cars, packaged medicine, refined petroleum, vehicle parts/accessories, garments (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Spain has an estimated population of 49,315,949. Language and cultural traditions vary across Spain. The population includes Spanish 84.8%, Moroccan 1.7%, Romanian 1.2%, other 12.3% (2021 est.). The urban population represents 81.6% of total population (2023).
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