Spain
Spain appears in 2 reels. Here is where it lands in each one, and the figure the chart gives it.
Spain at a glance
- People
- 49.4 million
- 2025
- Income per person
- $38,627 a year
- 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83.9 years
- 2024
- Live in cities
- 81%
- 2025
- Land area
- 499,686 km²
- 2024
Spain over time, across our reels
Each chart is its own measure with its own scale. Open one to compare Spain with anything else in it.
Tourist arrivals a year in today's top 8 countries
The world's most visited countries, 1995 to 2024
Spain cut the gap to France from 27M to 8M, while Turkey's arrivals grew more than eightfold.
Source: UN Tourism (Tourism Highlights 2025; earlier years via Our World in Data) · Jan 2026
- Spain#2 of 8
- 93.8 M
Forbes top 10 richest people, 1987–2026
The world's 10 richest people, every year since 1987
Today's 10th-richest person has more than 7× what the 1987 champion did (nominal dollars).
Source: Forbes World's Billionaires, 1987 & 1990–2026 (nominal US$) · March 2026
- Amancio Ortega#10 of 10
- 148 B
