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Attribute
France
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Spain
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Geography
Area (km²)643,801505,370
ContinentEuropeEurope
Land area (km²)640,427498,980
Water area (km²)3,3746,390
Land boundaries (km)-1952.7
Border countries
  • Andorra
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Andorra
  • France
  • Gibraltar
  • Morocco
  • Portugal
Coastline (km)4,8534,964
Mean elevation (m)375660
Lowest point (m)-20
Highest point (m)4,8103,718
People
Population67,848,15650,015,792
Official languages
  • French
  • Aranese
  • Basque
  • Castilian Spanish
  • Catalan
  • Galician
ReligionChristianRoman Catholic
Government
Long country nameFrench RepublicKingdom of Spain
Short country nameFranceSpain
Long local nameRepublique francaiseReino de Espana
Short local nameFranceEspana
Government typeSemi-presidential republicParliamentary constitutional monarchy
CapitalParisMadrid
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)2,856,000,000,0001,778,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)2,588,000,000,0001,314,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)2.33
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)44,10038,400
Gross national saving (% of GDP)22.923
Labor force30,680,00022,750,000
Unemployment rate (%)9.417.2
Population below poverty line (%)14.221.1
Budget revenues (USD)1,392,000,000,000498,100,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)1,459,000,000,000539,000,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.840.92
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)53.837.9
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-2.6-3.1
Public debt (% of GDP)96.898.4
Inflation rate (%)1.22
Central bank discount rate (%)00.05
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)1.292.03
Stock of narrow money (USD)1,465,000,000,0001,088,000,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)1,465,000,000,0001,088,000,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)4,334,000,000,0002,491,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)1,591,000,000,000787,200,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-14,830,000,00024,740,000,000
Exports (USD)549,900,000,000313,700,000,000
Imports (USD)601,700,000,000338,600,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)156,400,000,00069,410,000,000
External debt (USD)5,360,000,000,0002,094,000,000,000
National currencyeuroseuros
National currency (code)EUREUR
National currency (symbol)
National currency rate to USD0.8850.885



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