Head of state: King Juan Carlos I Prime minister: Mariano Rajoy
President : Anote Tong
Population
47,042,984
101,998
Life Expectancy
81.270 years
64.760 years
Capital City
Madrid
Largest city
Madrid (population: 3,117,980)
Bairiki (population: 44,429)
Human Development Index
0.949
0
GDP per capita
$31,000 US
Literacy Rate
97.9%
%
Corruption Perception Index
6.5
3.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
33.6%
4.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Amancio Ortega ($18.3bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
21.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary monarchy
republic
Independence 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 94%, other 6%
Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, other (includes Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, Church of God) 8% (1999)
Languages
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally
I-Kiribati, English (official)
Exports
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods
External Debt
$2,570,000,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
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
1.200%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
18
0
Location
Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about half way between Hawaii and Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line
Area
505,370 km sq
811 km sq
Coastline
4,964 km
1,143 km
Climate
temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds
