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44Kingdom of Spain
National name: Reino de España
Ruler: King Juan Carlos I (1975)
Prime Minister: José María Aznar (1996)
Area: 195,364.5 sq. mi. (504,750 sq. km)1
Population (1999 est.): 39,167,744 (average annual growth rate: 0.03%); birth rate: 10.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.4/1000; density per sq. mi.: 201
Capital and largest city (1995 est.): Madrid, 2,947,228
Other large cities: Barcelona, 1,630,867; Valencia, 764,293; Seville, 714,148
Monetary units: Peseta and euro
Languages: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
Ethnicity/race: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Religion: Roman Catholic, 99%
Literacy rate: 95%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $645.6 billion; $16,500 per capita. Real growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 2%. Unemployment: 20%. Arable land: 30%. Agriculture: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish. Labor force: 16.2 million; services, 64%; manufacturing, mining, and construction, 28%; agriculture, 8% (1997 est.). Industry: textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism. Natural resources: coal, lignite, water power, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorospar, gypsum, iron ore, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper. Exports: $111.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): cars and trucks, other machinery and manufactured goods, foodstuffs, and other consumer goods. Imports: $132.3 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): machinery, transport equipment, fuels, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals. Major trading partners: EU, U.S., Japan.
