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Spain

40.0N 4.0W · 33 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
DYNASTIC UNION OF THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS AND THE FALL OF GRANADA · 1492 CE
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1939 – present · The Franco Dictatorship and Democratic Spain
6 EVENTS
1939–1975 · The Franco dictatorship 2 REFS
8 Jun 1969 · Franco closes the Gibraltar frontier 2 REFS
1814 – 1939 · Loss of Empire, Republic and Civil War
5 EVENTS
1810s–1820s · Loss of the American mainland empire 1 REF
29 Sep 1864 · Treaty of Lisbon ends the Couto Misto 1 REF
1598 – 1814 · Decline, the Bourbons and the Napoleonic Crisis
8 EVENTS
1700 · Death of Charles II and end of the Spanish Habsburgs 2 REFS
1704 · Anglo-Dutch capture of Gibraltar 2 REFS
1469 – 1598 · The Catholic Monarchs and the Golden Age Empire
5 EVENTS
1469 · Marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand 1 REF
1492 · Columbus's first voyage and the Alhambra Decree 2 REFS
711 – 1492 · Al-Andalus and the Reconquista
5 EVENTS
711 CE · Umayyad conquest and the Battle of Guadalete 2 REFS
929 CE · Caliphate of Córdoba proclaimed 2 REFS
c. 1100 BCE – 711 CE · Iberia: Celts, Phoenicians, Rome and the Visigoths
4 EVENTS
c. 1100 BCE · Phoenician colonisation of the coast 1 REF
409 CE · Germanic peoples enter Iberia 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Madrid
Population
49 m
Area
505,992 km²
Region
Southern Europe
Languages
Spanish
Currency
Euro (€)
Demonym
Spanish
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$1.91 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$38,627’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
69.5%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
49 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
83.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
80.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.1’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.7%’21 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
76.9’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
65.8’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
72.9’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
64.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
73.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
62.3’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
9.2%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.29’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
3.2’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
97.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
99.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.7%’21 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.6%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
102.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
118.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
93.8%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
1.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
3,654’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
95.8%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
130’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
9.3%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
499,697 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
37.2%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
49.6%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
4.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
19.0%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.4%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$25 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
199,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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