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Geography
Area : 505,370 km²
Borders : 1953 km (Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km)
Coastline : 4,964 km
Capital : Madrid
Official language : Spanish
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Population
Population : 47,222,613 (est. 2023)
Crude natural change rate : -2.8‰ (2022)
Population repartition: 13.6% under 15 years old, 20.1% over 65 years old (2023)
Foreign residents: 3.6% EU nationals, non-EU nationals 6.7% (2019)
Crude net migration rate: 4.2‰ (2023 est.)
First time asylum applicants: 162,420 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 81.2 years, women 86.7 years (2023)
Religions: Roman Catholic 58.2%, atheist 16.2%, agnostic 10.8%, other 2.7%, non- believer 10.5%, unspecified 1.7% (2021 est.)
Ethnic groups: Spanish 84.8%, Moroccan 1.7%, Romanian 1.2%, other 12.3% (2021 est.)
Source : Eurostat, The CIA World Factbook
Economy
Currency: Euro
GDP: 1,462,070 million € (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 25,210 (2023)
GDP growth : 2.5% (2023)
Inflation: 3.8% (May 2024)
Public debt: 107.7% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Unemployment: 11.7% (April 2024)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 74% of GDP (2022)
Budget balance: -6.7% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Source : Eurostat, CNUCED, OCDE
Political system
Constitutional monarchy, democracy, bicameral parliamentary system
Head of State: King Felipe VI since 19th June 2014
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (PSOE), president of the outgoing government, announced a new coalition government between the PSOE and the Sumar party on 17th November 2023.
The Cortes make up the Spanish parliament, they comprise two houses: the Congreso de los diputados (Congress of Deputies) comrises 350 members who are elected for four years by direct universal suffrage; the Senado (Senate) comprises 265 members among whom 208 are directly elected and 57 are designated by the regions.
Political representation
Composition of the Congreso de los diputados (on 30th October 2023):
- 137 seats PP (People's Party)
- 121 seats PSOE (Socialist Workers Party)
- 33 seats VOX
- 31 seats SUMAR
- 7 seats Grupo Parlamentario Republicano
- 7 seats Junts per catalunya
- 6 seats EH Bildu (Reunite the Basque Country)
- 5 seats EAJ/PNV (Basque Nationaliste Party)
- 3 seats Joint parliamentary group
Composition of the Senado (on on 30th October 2023):
- 143 seats PP (People's Party)
- 88 seats PSOE (Socialist Workers Party)
- 11 seats Esquerra Republicana-EH Bildu
- 6 seats Grupo Parlamentario Izquierda confederal
- 6 seats EAJ-PNV
- 6 seats Grupo parlementario plural (Junts, AHI, coalicion canaria, BNG)
- 4 seats Joint parliamentary group
Women's representations
- in government: 11/23
- in the Congreso: 155/350
- in the Senado: 114/264
Next Elections:
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