Facts and Figures
Full name:
Kingdom of Spain
Nationality
noun: Spaniards adjective: Spanish
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Area
total: 504,782 sq km land: 499,542 sq km water: 5,240 sq km
Population: 40,341,462 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups:composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Capital: Madrid, population – 3.099.834
Largest Cities
Bg Madrid – 3.099.834
Barcelona – 1.578.546 Valencia – 785.732 Sevilla – 704.203 Zaragoza – 638.799 Málaga – 547.731 Murcia – 398.815 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – 376.953 Palma de Mallorca – 368.974 Bilbao – 352.317 Valladolid – 321.713 Córdoba – 319.692 Alicante – 310.330 Vigo – 292.059 Gijón – 271.039 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat – 250.536 A Coruña – 242.846 Granada – 238.292 Vitoria – 223.702 Santa Cruz de Tenerife – 219.446 Badalona – 214.874 Oviedo – 209.495 Elche – 209.439
Móstoles – 202.496
Official Language Castilian Spanish 74% Catalan 17% Galician 7% Basque 2% note – Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally
Religion
Roman Catholic 94%
other 6%
Political system: constitutional monarchy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $937.6 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $23,300 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 2.6% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 3.5% industry: 28.5% services: 68% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 3.2% (2004 est.)