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Spain

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Capital:	Madrid
Area size:	499440 sq. km Slightly larger than Sweden
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT +2
Currency:	Euro
Area code:	(+) 34
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Temperate. Clear, hot summers in the interior, more moderate and cloudy along the coast. Cloudy, cold winters in the interior, partly cloudy and cool along the coast.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Spanish or Castilian (official national language). There are also official regional languages such as Basque, Catalan, Valencian and Galician. Non-official languages include Aragonese, Asturian, Castuo, Canarian, Calo and Romany.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	44.7 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	44.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	43.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	42.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	42.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	41.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	40.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	40.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
54.3 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Castilians, Asturians, Andalucians, Valencians, Catalans, Aragonians, Andalucians, Extremenians, Basques and Galicians descended from a fusion of the Iberian people of the Mediterranean, the Celts of central Europe and the Arabs of North Africa. There is a Roma minority and various immigrant communities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholicism is the religion of 95 percent of Spanish people, and there is a smaller Muslim minority.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	77.0 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	76.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	76.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	76.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	76.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	76.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	76.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	76.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1931
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	14.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	14.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	14.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	14.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	14.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	14.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	80.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	79.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	79.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	79.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	79.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	78.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	77.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	76.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	75.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	83.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	83.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	83.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	82.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	82.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	82.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	3 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	4 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	4 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	13	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	19	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	21	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	20	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	19	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	21	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2004	100 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	98.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	97.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	97.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	98.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	96.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	96.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	96.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2006	424 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005	422 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	415 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	416 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	429 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	426 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	422 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	1064 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	1000 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	894 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	872 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	816 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	721 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	599 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	428 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	404 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	351 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	358 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	191 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	180 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	136 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	25 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	23	Transparency International
2005	23	Transparency International
2004	22 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	23 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	20 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	22	Transparency International
2000	20	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2005	25250 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	21450 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	17490 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	15100 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	15050 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	15420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2005	1124.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	1039.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	881.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	686.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	608.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	580.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual GDP growth

2005	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	3.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	3.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.6 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
26.6 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	330 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	329 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	436 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2005	0.6 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2002	0.7 percent	UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	30 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	31 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	31 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	32 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	33 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	33 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	35 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	2444	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	49	UNHCR
2004	49	UNHCR
2003	53	UNHCR
2002	58	UNHCR
2001	48	UNHCR
2000	80	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2006	5275	UNHCR
2005	5374	UNHCR
2004	5635	UNHCR
2003	5898	UNHCR
2002	6780	UNHCR
2001	6806	UNHCR
2000	6987	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	1.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	5.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	5.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	5.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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