Factsheet 2014

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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


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