Spain vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Spain has a population of 48.8M (ranked 32/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Spain's land area is 192,934 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 51st vs. 78th).

By GDP, Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Spain and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Spain and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Spain

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Spain	United Kingdom
1960	$12,424,514,014	$73,233,967,692
1961	$14,238,126,760	$77,741,965,703
1962	$16,609,632,791	$81,247,564,157
1963	$19,631,714,760	$86,561,961,812
1964	$21,966,876,027	$94,407,558,351
1965	$25,479,619,607	$101,824,755,079
1966	$29,559,436,183	$108,572,752,102
1967	$32,570,905,397	$113,116,888,211
1968	$32,394,326,464	$107,759,910,068
1969	$37,090,689,288	$116,464,702,803
1970	$40,963,715,237	$130,671,946,244
1971	$46,586,119,760	$148,113,896,325
1972	$59,090,176,029	$169,965,034,965
1973	$78,583,355,226	$192,537,971,583
1974	$97,204,522,642	$206,131,369,799
1975	$114,695,060,870	$241,756,637,168
1976	$118,422,534,195	$232,614,555,256
1977	$132,354,665,936	$263,066,457,352
1978	$160,484,969,618	$335,883,029,722
1979	$214,448,666,336	$438,994,070,309
1980	$232,600,556,974	$564,947,710,899
1981	$202,663,023,968	$540,765,675,241
1982	$195,856,752,991	$515,048,916,841
1983	$170,829,074,246	$489,618,008,186
1984	$171,979,977,230	$461,487,097,632
1985	$180,664,322,896	$489,285,164,271
1986	$251,141,555,186	$601,452,653,181
1987	$318,520,253,335	$745,162,608,269
1988	$375,891,716,898	$910,122,732,124
1989	$414,460,794,097	$926,884,816,754
1990	$536,175,326,477	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$576,753,902,322	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$630,465,353,486	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$524,700,572,624	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$530,183,651,720	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$614,170,002,669	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$642,251,412,058	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$589,739,772,727	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$618,731,484,575	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$634,394,904,387	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$598,102,854,756	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$627,798,682,379	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$708,938,227,244	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$907,963,217,058	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$1,069,829,382,515	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$1,154,667,551,776	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$1,261,846,683,275	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$1,476,746,276,855	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$1,636,115,447,613	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$1,496,587,590,848	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$1,427,989,078,917	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$1,487,568,659,241	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$1,330,994,811,670	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$1,362,186,923,158	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$1,380,244,561,362	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$1,206,164,777,553	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$1,243,015,667,917	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$1,321,754,088,819	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$1,431,642,809,327	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$1,403,496,387,686	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$1,289,783,836,971	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$1,461,244,901,853	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$1,446,498,147,749	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$1,620,090,734,957	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$1,722,745,978,335	$3,643,834,188,783

Spain and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Spain

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Spain	United Kingdom
1960	$408	$1,398
1961	$463	$1,472
1962	$535	$1,526
1963	$627	$1,613
1964	$695	$1,748
1965	$797	$1,874
1966	$916	$1,987
1967	$997	$2,059
1968	$978	$1,952
1969	$1,109	$2,101
1970	$1,211	$2,348
1971	$1,361	$2,650
1972	$1,708	$3,030
1973	$2,246	$3,426
1974	$2,748	$3,666
1975	$3,208	$4,300
1976	$3,277	$4,138
1977	$3,625	$4,681
1978	$4,353	$5,977
1979	$5,766	$7,805
1980	$6,204	$10,032
1981	$5,367	$9,599
1982	$5,156	$9,146
1983	$4,475	$8,692
1984	$4,487	$8,179
1985	$4,696	$8,652
1986	$6,509	$10,611
1987	$8,234	$13,119
1988	$9,696	$15,987
1989	$10,674	$16,239
1990	$13,795	$19,095
1991	$14,801	$19,901
1992	$16,101	$20,487
1993	$13,330	$18,389
1994	$13,406	$19,709
1995	$15,461	$23,169
1996	$16,101	$24,406
1997	$14,722	$26,766
1998	$15,382	$28,275
1999	$15,708	$28,762
2000	$14,743	$28,281
2001	$15,368	$27,907
2002	$17,111	$30,078
2003	$21,522	$34,443
2004	$24,925	$40,367
2005	$26,451	$42,105
2006	$28,422	$44,512
2007	$32,652	$50,398
2008	$35,603	$47,396
2009	$32,280	$38,744
2010	$30,659	$39,599
2011	$31,825	$42,110
2012	$28,456	$42,490
2013	$29,229	$43,419
2014	$29,708	$47,427
2015	$25,982	$44,984
2016	$26,756	$40,988
2017	$28,381	$40,629
2018	$30,602	$43,315
2019	$29,787	$42,794
2020	$27,234	$40,405
2021	$30,799	$46,926
2022	$30,270	$46,063
2023	$33,509	$49,201
2024	$35,297	$52,637

Spain vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Spain

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Spain	United Kingdom
1950	61.8	68.6
1951	61.5	68.2
1952	64.8	69.5
1953	65.7	69.8
1954	66.9	70.2
1955	66.7	70.1
1956	66.8	70.4
1957	66.6	70.5
1958	68.8	70.7
1959	68.7	70.8
1960	69.2	71
1961	69.6	70.8
1962	69.6	70.9
1963	69.8	70.8
1964	70.5	71.5
1965	70.9	71.5
1966	71.2	71.4
1967	71.3	72.1
1968	71.7	71.7
1969	71.1	71.7
1970	72.1	71.9
1971	71.7	72.2
1972	73	72
1973	72.7	72.2
1974	73.1	72.4
1975	73.5	72.7
1976	73.8	72.6
1977	74.3	73.1
1978	74.5	73
1979	75	73.2
1980	75.5	73.6
1981	75.7	73.9
1982	76.3	74
1983	76.1	74.3
1984	76.5	74.7
1985	76.4	74.5
1986	76.7	74.8
1987	77	75.1
1988	76.9	75.3
1989	77	75.4
1990	77	75.7
1991	77.1	75.9
1992	77.6	76.3
1993	77.7	76.2
1994	78.1	76.7
1995	78.2	76.6
1996	78.3	76.9
1997	78.9	77.1
1998	78.9	77.3
1999	78.9	77.4
2000	79.4	77.8
2001	79.7	78.1
2002	79.8	78.2
2003	79.7	78.3
2004	80.3	78.9
2005	80.3	79.1
2006	81	79.3
2007	81	79.5
2008	81.3	79.7
2009	81.6	80.2
2010	82	80.4
2011	82.2	80.8
2012	82.2	80.9
2013	82.7	80.9
2014	82.8	81.2
2015	82.6	80.9
2016	83	81.1
2017	83	81.2
2018	83.1	81.1
2019	83.5	81.4
2020	82.2	80.4
2021	83	80.7
2022	82.4	81.1
2023	83.7	81.3
2024	83.8	81.4
2025	84	81.6

Spain and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Spain

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Spain	United Kingdom
1960	30,455,000	52,400,000
1961	30,739,250	52,800,000
1962	31,023,366	53,250,000
1963	31,296,651	53,650,000
1964	31,609,195	54,000,000
1965	31,954,292	54,348,050
1966	32,283,194	54,648,500
1967	32,682,947	54,943,600
1968	33,113,134	55,211,700
1969	33,441,054	55,441,750
1970	33,814,531	55,663,250
1971	34,224,490	55,896,223
1972	34,604,469	56,086,065
1973	34,988,947	56,194,527
1974	35,373,335	56,229,974
1975	35,757,900	56,225,800
1976	36,137,812	56,211,968
1977	36,511,638	56,193,492
1978	36,864,898	56,196,504
1979	37,191,330	56,246,951
1980	37,491,165	56,314,216
1981	37,758,631	56,333,829
1982	37,986,012	56,313,641
1983	38,171,525	56,332,848
1984	38,330,364	56,422,072
1985	38,469,512	56,550,268
1986	38,584,624	56,681,396
1987	38,684,815	56,802,050
1988	38,766,939	56,928,327
1989	38,827,764	57,076,711
1990	38,867,322	57,247,586
1991	38,966,376	57,424,897
1992	39,157,685	57,580,402
1993	39,361,262	57,718,614
1994	39,549,108	57,865,745
1995	39,724,050	58,019,030
1996	39,889,852	58,166,950
1997	40,057,389	58,316,954
1998	40,223,509	58,487,141
1999	40,386,875	58,682,466
2000	40,567,864	58,892,514
2001	40,850,412	59,119,673
2002	41,431,558	59,370,479
2003	42,187,645	59,647,577
2004	42,921,895	59,987,905
2005	43,653,155	60,401,206
2006	44,397,319	60,846,820
2007	45,226,803	61,322,463
2008	45,954,106	61,806,995
2009	46,362,946	62,276,270
2010	46,576,897	62,766,365
2011	46,742,697	63,258,810
2012	46,773,055	63,711,000
2013	46,604,197	64,139,000
2014	46,460,733	64,620,000
2015	46,422,303	65,088,000
2016	46,458,139	65,607,000
2017	46,571,232	65,966,000
2018	46,782,011	66,289,000
2019	47,118,501	66,631,000
2020	47,359,424	66,744,000
2021	47,443,821	66,984,000
2022	47,786,102	67,604,000
2023	48,347,910	68,492,000
2024	48,807,137	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Spain and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Spain

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Spain	United Kingdom
1960	2.86	2.69
1961	2.77	2.78
1962	2.8	2.86
1963	2.88	2.88
1964	3.01	2.93
1965	2.94	2.86
1966	2.91	2.78
1967	2.94	2.68
1968	2.87	2.6
1969	2.86	2.51
1970	2.84	2.44
1971	2.9	2.41
1972	2.87	2.2
1973	2.84	2.04
1974	2.88	1.92
1975	2.77	1.81
1976	2.77	1.74
1977	2.65	1.69
1978	2.54	1.75
1979	2.37	1.86
1980	2.22	1.9
1981	2.04	1.82
1982	1.94	1.78
1983	1.8	1.77
1984	1.73	1.77
1985	1.64	1.79
1986	1.56	1.78
1987	1.49	1.81
1988	1.45	1.82
1989	1.4	1.79
1990	1.36	1.83
1991	1.33	1.82
1992	1.31	1.79
1993	1.26	1.76
1994	1.19	1.74
1995	1.16	1.71
1996	1.14	1.73
1997	1.15	1.72
1998	1.13	1.71
1999	1.17	1.68
2000	1.22	1.64
2001	1.23	1.63
2002	1.25	1.63
2003	1.3	1.7
2004	1.31	1.75
2005	1.33	1.76
2006	1.36	1.82
2007	1.38	1.86
2008	1.45	1.91
2009	1.38	1.89
2010	1.37	1.92
2011	1.34	1.91
2012	1.32	1.92
2013	1.27	1.83
2014	1.32	1.81
2015	1.33	1.8
2016	1.33	1.79
2017	1.31	1.74
2018	1.26	1.68
2019	1.23	1.63
2020	1.18	1.57
2021	1.18	1.58
2022	1.16	1.56
2023	1.12	1.56

Spain and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Spain

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Spain	United Kingdom
1960	29.4	35.5
1961	29.6	35.4
1962	29.7	35.3
1963	29.9	35.3
1964	30.1	35.2
1965	30.2	35.1
1966	30.3	34.9
1967	30.4	34.8
1968	30.4	34.6
1969	30.2	34.4
1970	30.1	34.2
1971	30.1	34.1
1972	30	34
1973	30	34
1974	30	34
1975	30	34
1976	30.1	34
1977	30.2	34.1
1978	30.4	34.2
1979	30.6	34.3
1980	30.7	34.4
1981	30.9	34.5
1982	31.1	34.8
1983	31.4	35
1984	31.6	35.2
1985	31.9	35.3
1986	32.2	35.4
1987	32.5	35.4
1988	32.9	35.7
1989	33.2	35.9
1990	33.6	36
1991	33.9	36.1
1992	34.2	36.2
1993	34.6	36.3
1994	34.9	36.5
1995	35.3	36.6
1996	35.7	36.8
1997	36.2	37
1998	36.6	37.2
1999	37	37.4
2000	37.4	37.7
2001	37.8	37.9
2002	38.1	38.1
2003	38.3	38.2
2004	38.5	38.4
2005	38.8	38.5
2006	39	38.6
2007	39.2	38.8
2008	39.4	38.9
2009	39.8	39
2010	40.2	39.2
2011	40.6	39.3
2012	41.1	39.5
2013	41.7	39.6
2014	42.2	39.7
2015	42.7	39.8
2016	43.1	39.8
2017	43.5	39.9
2018	43.8	40
2019	44.1	40.1
2020	44.5	40.2
2021	44.9	40.3
2022	45.4	40.5
2023	45.9	40.8
2024	46.4	41

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