The United Kingdom is a country located in North-Western Europe, whereas Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between the United Kingdom and Spain regarding various aspects.
Size
Is the United Kingdom bigger than Spain?
The total area of the United Kingdom is 242,495 sq km, and the total area of Spain is 505,990 sq km. The United Kingdom is smaller than Spain by 263,495 sq km. The UK is around 2.09 times smaller than Spain.
Area of the United Kingdom: 93,628 sq mi ( 242,495 km2 )
Area of Spain: 195,360 sq mi (505,990 km2 )
Population
According to the Worldometer data, the total population of the United Kingdom as of 26th July 2021, was estimated to be around 68,259,263.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Spain as of 18th August 2021, is estimated to be around 46,773,541.
Here is some more data comparison between the United Kingdom and Spain.
The capital city of the United Kingdom is London, and the capital city of Spain is Madrid.
Official Languages
The UK: English
Spain: Spanish
Human Development Index
HDI of the UK as of 2019: 0.932
HDI of Spain as of 2018: 0.904
United Kingdom Timezone:
UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
UTC (Western European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 (British Summer Time)
UTC + 1 (Western European Summer Time)
Spain Timezone:
UTC + 0 to UTC + 1
(Western European Time and Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 to UTC + 2
(Western European Summer Time and Central European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of the United Kingdom:
55° 0′ 0″ N, 3° 0′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Spain:
40° 0′ 0″ N, 4° 0′ 0″ W
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