Official Name

 Kingdom of Spain

Capital

Madrid

Area

504,782 Sq Km (194,897 Sq Mi)

Population 2003

40,217,413

Location

Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula in South West Europe.

Geography

It includes the Balearic and Canary Islands as well as the Moroccan enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

It is bound by France and Andorra to the northeast, Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast and east, the Strait of Gibraltar and Morocco to the south and the Bay of Biscay to the northwest.

Density  (1991)

79.1 persons per sq km (205 persons per sq mi)

Urban-Rural (1990)

78.4% urban

21.6% rural

Sex Distribution (1993)

49.1% male

50.9% female

Life Expectancy at Birth (1993)

74.4 years male

80.3 years female

Age Breakdown (1993)

18% under 15

25% 15 to 29

21% 30 to 44

17% 45 to 59

10% 60 to 69

9% 70 and over

Birth Rate  (1991)

9.9 per 1,000

Death Rate (1991)

8.7 per 1,000

Increase Rate (1991)

1.2 per 1,000

Infant Mortality Rate (1990)

7.7 per 1,000 live births