Spain
Kingdom of Spain · Southern Europe
Spain is a country in Southern Europe, with Madrid as its capital, home to about 49,355,143 people. Spain shares land borders with 5 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Madrid |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Europe |
| Currency | Euro (EUR €) |
| Calling code | +34 |
| ISO codes | ES / ESP / 724 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇪🇸 |
| Population | 49,355,143 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 505,992 km² |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Internet domain | .es |
| Demonym | Spanish |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Spain mean?
Spain's red-yellow-red bands, with the coat of arms placed off-center on the yellow, are usually explained as a fusion of two of the medieval kingdoms that united to form the country: the red and yellow come from the heraldic colors long used by the Crown of Aragon, while the shield draws on the arms of Castile. Rather than being invented from scratch or assigned abstract meanings, the flag combines existing regional emblems into one national symbol, a design logic historians point to more often than any claim about what red or yellow individually represent.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Spain
About Spain
Spain, officially Kingdom of Spain, is a United Nations member state in Southern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Madrid. It shares land borders with 5 countries. The official currency is the Euro (€), using the code EUR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Spain for Madrid’s own facts and history.
To call Spain from abroad, dial the country code +34. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes ES (alpha-2) and ESP (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 49,355,143.
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How Spain compares
- Area: 505,992 km², ranking 51 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 49,355,143, ranking 32 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 98 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 5, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 37 other countries and territories use the Euro (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Spain
One other national flag uses exactly the same set of colour families (red, yellow). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.