Country comparison Spain : France

General information

	Spain	France
Region:	Southern Europe	Western Europe
Area:	505,935 km²	549,087 km²
Official language:	Spanish	French
Government form:	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Semi-presidential republic
Independent since:	1492 AD	843 AD
Capital:	Madrid	Paris

Population

	Spain	France
Population:	47,352,000	67,392,000
Inhabitants/km²:	93.6	122.7
Life expectancy males:	Ø 81 years	Ø 80 years
Life expectancy females:	Ø 86 years	Ø 86 years
Average age:	Ø 43.9 years	Ø 41.7 years
Birthrate:	7.60 ‰	11.20 ‰
Deathrate:	8.80 ‰	9.10 ‰
Migrationrate:	1.39 ‰	1.06 ‰

Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life

	Spain	France
Political stability:	65	71
Civil rights:	73	83
Health:	89	94
Climate:	72	40
Cost of Living:	41	27
Popularity:	63	72

Economy

	Spain	France
Currency:	Euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent)	Euro (1 EUR =100 Cent)
Unemployment rate:	15.7 %	8.6 %
Inflation rate:	-0.32 %	0.48 %
Cost of Living:	88.30 %	105.41 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:	47.00 %	60.70 %
Average income:	27,320 US$	39,400 US$
Corruption index:	62 (moderate)	69 (moderate)

	ESP: total	per 1000 inh.	FRA: total	per 1000 inh.
Gross domestic product:	1,281,485 M US$	27.06 M US$	2,630,318 M US$	39.03 M US$
Gross national product:	1,293,607 M US$	27.32 M US$	2,655,077 M US$	39.40 M US$
Exported goods:	392,852 M US$	8.30 M US$	746,910 M US$	11.08 M US$
Imported goods:	373,670 M US$	7.89 M US$	803,659 M US$	11.93 M US$
Gross debt:	1,188,859 M €	25.11 M €	2,380,041 M €	35.32 M €
Budget deficit:	35,637 M €	0.75 M €	73,005 M €	1.08 M €

Infrastructure

	ESP: total	per 1000 inh.	FRA: total	per 1000 inh.
Roadways:	683,175 km	14.43 km	1,053,215 km	15.63 km
Railways:	15,333 km	0.32 km	29,640 km	0.44 km
Harbours:	474	0.010	545	0.008
Airports:	135	0.003	464	0.007

Energy balance

	ESP: total	per 1000 inh.	FRA: total	per 1000 inh.
Energy consumption:	239.50 bn kWh	5.06 m kWh	450.80 bn kWh	6.69 m kWh
Energy production:	258.60 bn kWh	5.46 m kWh	529.10 bn kWh	7.85 m kWh
Energy export:	14.18 bn kWh	299,462.11 kWh	61.41 bn kWh	911,241.41 kWh
Energy imports:	21.85 bn kWh	461,441.96 kWh	19.90 bn kWh	295,289.11 kWh
CO2 emissions:	258.34 m t	5,455.79 t	309.96 m t	4,599.39 t

Telecommunication

	Spain	France
International dialing:	+34	+33
Internet domain:	.es	.fr

	ESP total	ESP per 1000 inh.	FRA total	FRA per 1000 inh.
Landlines:	19,455,779	411	37,759,000	560
Mobile cellulars:	55,644,651	1175	72,751,000	1080
Internet server:	4,228,000	89	17,266,000	256
Internet users:	44,134,334	932	56,163,972	833
Broadband Internet:	15,850,358	335	30,627,000	454

Healthcare system

	Spain	France
Hospital beds per 1000 pop.:	3.00	6.50
Physicians per 1000 inh.:	4.07	3.23
Diabetes:	6.9 %	4.8 %
HIV:	0.16 %	0.20 %
Tuberculosis:	0.1 %	0.1 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:	45.0 %	11.0 %
Smokers:	27.9 %	34.6 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Spain and France

	Spain	France
Daytime temperatures:	21.0 °C	16.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:	11.1 °C	7.9 °C
Water temperature:	16.7 °C	15.4 °C
Rel. humidity:	68 %	78 %
Rain days:	5.9	8.9
Sunshine hours per day:	7.0	5.4

Native languages

	Spain	France
French:	n/a	93.6 %
Spanish:	74.0 %	0.4 %
Catalan:	17.0 %	n/a
Galecian:	7.0 %	n/a
Arabic:	n/a	2.5 %
Basque:	2.0 %	n/a
Portuguese:	n/a	1.2 %
Italian:	n/a	0.4 %
Turkish:	n/a	0.4 %
other:	0.0 %	1.5 %

Religions

	Spain	France
Christianity:	94.0 %	64.0 %
Nondenominational:	n/a	24.0 %
Islam:	n/a	8.0 %
Jewry:	n/a	0.7 %
Buddhism:	n/a	0.6 %
other:	6.0 %	2.7 %