Head of state: King Juan Carlos I Prime minister: Mariano Rajoy
President: Johnson Toribiong
Population
47,042,984
21,032
Life Expectancy
81.270 years
72.060 years
Capital City
Madrid
Largest city
Madrid (population: 3,117,980)
Meyungs (population: 1,275)
Human Development Index
0.949
0
GDP per capita
$31,000 US
Literacy Rate
97.9%
92%
Corruption Perception Index
6.5
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
33.6%
0%
Wealthiest Citizens
Amancio Ortega ($18.3bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
21.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary monarchy
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 1 October 1994
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 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
Languages
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally
Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
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 islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
Area
505,370 km sq
459 km sq
Coastline
4,964 km
1,519 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; hot and humid; wet season May to November
