Spain's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Spain's land area is 192,934 sq mi, and the total size is 195,364 sq mi, with inland water included. Spain rankes 50/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.34% of the land mass of all countries.
49.6% of its territory is agricultural land.
Spain has 0.52% of the world's agricultural land area.
37.2% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.46% of the world's forests.

Spain total size and land area

	Spain	Rank
Total surface area	195,364 sq mi	50/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.1%	N/A
Land area	192,934 sq mi	51/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.34%	N/A
Population	48,848,840	32/197
Population density	253 ppl/mi²	97/197

Spain's True Size on the Map

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Spain's area by type

	Spain	Rank
Forest area	71,757 sq mi	33/196
Forest area as share of land	37.2%	75/196
World's forests share	0.46%	N/A
Agricultural land	95,648 sq mi	45/194
Agricultural land share	49.6%	60/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.52%	N/A
Arable land	44,389 sq mi	26/191
Arable land share	23%	45/191
Permanent cropland	19,729 sq mi	10/192
Permanent cropland share	10.2%	30/192
Water area	2,430 sq mi	59/197
Water as share of total area	1.24%	113/197
Roads length	424,505 mi	14/176
Land borders length	1,213 mi	89/197
Coastline length	3,084 mi	25/197
Share of marine protected waters	12.8%	37/155

Spain's size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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