National name: Reino de España
Ruler: King Juan Carlos I (1975)
Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004)
Area: 194,896 sq mi (504,782 sq km) 1
Monetary units: Euro (formerly peseta)

Population (2005 est.): 40,341,462
- growth rate: 0.2%);
- birth rate: 10.1/1000;
- infant mortality rate: 4.4/1000;
- life expectancy: 79.5;
- density per sq mi: 207

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro. area), 3,169,400 (city proper)

Other large cities:
- Barcelona, 1,528,800;
- Valencia, 741,100;
- Seville, 679,100
  
Languages:
- Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide);
- Catalan 17%,
- Galician 7%,
- Basque 2% (each official regionally)

Ethnicity/race: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Religion:
- Roman Catholic 94%,
-  other 6%

Literacy rate: 98% (2003 est.)

Economic summary:
- GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $937.6 billion; per capita $23,300.
- Real growth rate: 2.6%.
- Inflation: 3.2%.
- Unemployment: 10.4%.
- Arable land: 26%.
- Agriculture: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish.
- Labor force: 19.33 million; services 64%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 29%, agriculture 7% (2001 est.).
- Industries: textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism.
- Natural resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land.
- Exports: $159.4 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other consumer goods.
- Imports: $197.1 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods; foodstuffs, consumer goods.
- Major trading partners: France, Germany, UK, Portugal, Italy, U.S., Netherlands.

Communications:
- Telephones: main lines in use: 17.336 million (1999); mobile cellular: 8.394 million (1999).
- Radio broadcast stations: AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998).
- Radios: 13.1 million (1997).
- Television broadcast stations: 224 (plus 2,105 repeaters); note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995).
- Televisions: 16.2 million (1997).
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 56 (2000).
- Internet users: 7.89 million (2002).

Transportation:
- Railways: total: 14,189 km (2002).
- Highways: total: 663,795 km; paved: 657,157 km (including 10,317 km of expressways); unpaved: 6,638 km (1999).
- Waterways: 1,045 km.
- Ports and harbors: Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo.
- Airports: 152 (2002).