Europe · Southern Europe

Spain

Spain covers about 499,000 km² (193,000 mi²), the 52nd largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Thailand, at about 514,000 km².

499,000km²Area, main territory
48.6 millionPopulation
16.3In Belgiums

200 km

Spain

The outline shows the main territory. Overseas parts, about 7,440 km² in all, are counted in the figure “with overseas territory” below but are not drawn.

Facts

Area, main territory	499,000 km²193,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	507,000 km²196,000 mi²
Official area	506,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
In Belgiums	16.3
Capital	Madrid
Population	48.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	96 people per km²
Latitude range	35°N to 44°N
In other languages	España Español · Spanien Deutsch · Espagne Français · Espanha Português · スペイン日本語 · 西班牙中文 · 스페인 한국어
Continent	Europe#4 of 50 countries by area

What the numbers say about Spain

Russia, the largest place listed, is 34.0× the size of Spain.
At 96 people per km², Spain is the 75th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Spain looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, Spain's main territory stretches about 890 km north to south and 1,140 km east to west.
Counting overseas territory, Spain grows from 499,000 km² to 507,000 km², 1.5% more.
Wikidata's official figure of 506,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 507,000 km², to within 2%.

How Spain measures up

Spain holds 2.2% of the land area and 6.5% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Southern Europe it is the 1st largest of 17.

Where it ranks	Figure	Position
Area	499,000 km²	51st of 239
Population	48.6 million	29th of 237
Density	96 per km²	75th of 185
Farthest north	40.4°N	54th of 212

Compared with	Its area	Spain is
Belgium	30,700 km²	16.3× its size
United Kingdom	244,000 km²	2.05× its size
Germany	358,000 km²	1.40× its size
Japan	374,000 km²	1.34× its size
France	548,000 km²	0.91× its size
India	3,151,000 km²	0.16× its size
Brazil	8,473,000 km²	0.06× its size
United States	9,447,000 km²	0.05× its size
Russia	16,980,000 km²	0.03× its size

Where Spain sits

Spain's centre lies at 40.4°N, 3.5°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 4,490 km from the equator.
Its main territory spans 35°N to 44°N, about 960 km from its southern edge to its northern.
The prime meridian passes through it.

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world

If Spain had other densities

At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Spain would have 634.9 million people. It has 48.6 million.
At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Spain would have 1.9 million people. It has 48.6 million.
At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 36.7 million.

Autonomous communities and cities of Spain

Natural Earth’s file draws Spain as 52 provinces; Size Versus joins them into 19 autonomous communities and cities. Each has its own page, drawn at true size and matched to the countries closest to it in area and in people.

All 19 autonomous communities and cities, matched to countries

About the same size as

Largest in Europe

Compare Spain

Sources and method

Outline: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
Official figures: Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
Population: Wikidata, 2024; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
Data built: 2026-11-11

Full method