Area:
Total: 504,782 km2
Land: 499,542 km2
Water: 5,240 km2
Land boundaries:
Total: 1,917.8 km
Border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km,
Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km
Coastline: 4,964 km
Natural resources:
Coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites,
magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
Natural hazards:
Periodic droughts
Environment - current issues:
Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea due to sewage and effluents from the offshore production
of oil and gas; air pollution; deforestation; desertification; water quality and quantity
nationwide
Population: 40,341,462 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.4% (male 2,994,124/female 2,815,456)
15-64 years: 68% (male 13,762,281/female 13,664,762)
65 years and over: 17.6% (male 2,965,859/female 4,138,980) (2005 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.15% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 10.1 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate: 9.63 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.52 years
male: 76.18 years
female: 83.08 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Languages: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally
Literacy (definition: age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population: 97.9%
Male: 98.7%
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