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Spain

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Spain is a country. The capital city is Madrid, located in the Southern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 499,713 km², a population of 48,347,910 people and uses the currency Euro. The President is Pedro Sánchez.

Key facts

currency: Euro
capital city: Madrid
region: Southern Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 499,713 km²
population: 48,347,910 people
political leader: Pedro Sánchez (President)

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central government debt: 109.22 % of GDP
expense: 35.57 % of GDP
GDP: 1,620,090,734,956.89 current US$
inflation: 3.53 annual %
self-employed workers: 15.17 % of total employment
tax revenue: 15.50 % of GDP
unemployment: 12.18 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 10.35 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 199,000 people
democracy score: 8.08
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 95.40 % of population
military expenditure: 1.51 % of GDP
net migration: 119,099 people
press freedom: 3.56
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 44.29 %
birth rate: 6.90 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.70 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 3,234.29 current US$
health expenditure: 10.74 % of GDP
hospital beds: 2.94 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 83
suicide mortality rate: 7.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 262,284.46 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 19.98 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 217.26 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 18.96 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 18.90 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 10.13 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 20.62 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 6.21 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 24.82 % of total
net energy imports: 71.43 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.16 births per woman
forest area: 185,807 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 72.96 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 285.38 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 40.90
methane emissions: 46.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 18.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 24,609,249 people
male population: 23,738,661 people
renewable energy consumption: 19.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 488,925.71 km²
rural population: 8,919,222 people
urban land area: 15,655.07 km²
urban population: 39,428,688 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.37 % of total population

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