Country
Spain
- ES
- Europe
- EUR
- .es
Spain (ES/ESP) is a country in Europe with its capital at Madrid. It covers about 505,992 km² with a population of roughly 48,000,000, uses the EUR, dials on +34, owns the .es internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Madrid. It borders 4 countries.
Identity
Official short nameSpain
CapitalMadrid
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ES
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ESP
Internet TLD.es
Calling code+34
Currency codeEUR
Geography
Latitude40.4637° N
Longitude3.7492° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area505,992 km²195,365 square miles
Land neighbours43 have pages here; AD are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London1,259 kmto the approximate centre of Spain, not to Madrid. SSW, bearing 194.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Madridthe IANA zone for Madrid; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+01:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00
Summer offsetUTC+02:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+01:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 05:28
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population48,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density94.9 per km²≈
Share of world population0.593%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset27 of 59
Population rank in this dataset28 of 59
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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