Head of state: King Juan Carlos I Prime minister: Mariano Rajoy
Population
9,958,453
47,042,984
Life Expectancy
75.020 years
81.270 years
Capital City
Budapest
Madrid
Largest city
Budapest (population: 1,696,130)
Madrid (population: 3,117,980)
Human Development Index
0.877
0.949
GDP per capita
$19,800 US
$31,000 US
Literacy Rate
99.4%
97.9%
Corruption Perception Index
5.1
6.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
11.1%
33.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Amancio Ortega ($18.3bn US)
Unemployment Rate
10.900%
21.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary monarchy
Independence date
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Muslim occupation that began in the early 8th century A.D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Spain
Religions
Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Languages
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally
Exports
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods
External Debt
$184,500,000,000 $
$2,570,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.750%
1.200%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10
18
Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
