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GeographyLocation: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea,and North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of France
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,903.2 km, Andorra 65 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km Coastline: 4,964 km
PeoplePopulation: 39,404,348 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.27% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.21 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.86 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.41 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types Religions: Roman Catholic 99%, other sects 1% Languages: Castilian Spanish, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1986)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary monarchy Capital: Madrid Independence: 1492 (expulsion of the Moors and unification) Constitution: 6 December 1978, effective 29 December 1978
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $515.8 billion National product real growth rate: 1.8% National product per capita: $13,120 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.9% Unemployment rate: 24.5%
Electricity:
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| More tickets were sold to the competitions of the 1996 Games than to any other Olympic Games or sports event in history. The 8.6 million ticket sales figures topped sales to the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games combined. |