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Spain: map and facts
Spain is in Southern Europe. It has about 49.4 million people (2025), the 32nd largest population. It covers 505,981 km², the 51st largest by area. That is about 98 people per km². Its highest point is Pico del Teide, at 3,715 m. The longest river on its map is the Tagus, 1,007 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 49,355,143 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 505,981 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Madrid
- Highest point: Pico del Teide, 3,715 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 38.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Spain, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Tagus: 1,007 km
- Ebro: 910 km
- Douro: 897 km
- Guadiana: 778 km
- Guadalquivir: 657 km
- Garonne: 575 km
- Jucar: 509 km
- Segura: 325 km
- Minho: 315 km
- Esla: 285 km
Also on the map: Pisuerga, Segre, Sil, Aragón, Tiétar, Henares, Mijares, Jiloca, Zancara and Mino.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Pico del Teide: 3,715 m (its highest point)
- Mulhacén: 3,479 m
- Pico de Aneto: 3,404 m
- Pic de Coma Pedrosa: 2,942 m
- Torre de Cerredo: 2,648 m
- Pico de Almanzor: 2,591 m
- Moncayo: 2,313 m
- Mount San Lorenzo: 2,271 m
Mountain ranges: Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains, Sierra Nevada and Sierra Morena.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 24.5%, grassland 23.1%, savanna 16%, wooded savanna 13.2%, open shrubland 11.3%, evergreen conifer forest 4.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 50.2%, mountains 29.7%, plateaus 14.4%, plains 5.6%.
Forests covered 38.2% of its land in 2024, up from 27.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #5 in gypsum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in fluorspar among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #10 in tungsten among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Spain shares land borders with Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Morocco and Portugal on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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