Spain

Population: 40,037,995 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%

Background: Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in...

Currency: euro (EUR, EUR (€0.78 = US$1))

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.