UK-Spain Fact sheet
Population
Spain has three-quarters of the UK’s population but is twice as big geographically
Spain 47 million people
UK 62 million people
504,030 km
243,610 km
Tourism
£ 905 million
2
Partnerships The UK and Spain are partners in numerous international organisations including:
European Union NATO United Nations OECD Council of Europe WHO
2
195,364 sq. miles
UK
27 26
€11.3 billion
Spanish airports offering flights to the UK
1675 flights per week between Spain and the UK
In 2013-14
24% of all tourists to Spain were British residents totalling
16.5 million -
British Consulates
the most from of any country
Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Malaga, Las Palmas and Tenerife
Some
Providing consular services
Honorary Consuls
UK airports with direct flights to Spain
over
spent by UK residents on tourist visits to Spain in 2013
8
13
500 years
94,060 sq. miles
spent by Spanish resident visitors to the UK in 2013
Spain was 6th most important tourism market for in 2013
They share a common trans-atlantic history and have enjoyed diplomatic relations for over
Almeria Andorra Jerez
Denia Gerona Lanzarote
Military co-operation The UK and Spain have been NATO allies since 1982, working together on operations such as ISAF (Afghanistan) and the anti-piracy Operation Atalanta off the Horn of Africa
300,000
British nationals are registered at town halls as living in Spain Menorca Murcia Santander
Sevilla Tarragona
They are also engaged in major collaborative projects such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, A400M aircraft and the RAF’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, as well as a number of bilateral personnel exchange programmes
1.71 million visits by Spanish residents to the UK in 2013
Valencia Vigo
In 2013: some
1800
25
British Armed Forces personnel
warships visited
undertook training exercises in Spain
Royal Navy
and there were more than
322
UK military
overflights or landings in Spanish airspace