With archipelagos in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas, the Kingdom of Spain is a nation-state in southwest Europe. With France, Andorra, Portugal, Morocco, and other countries, it shares boundaries.
Spain's largest city and capital is Madrid. In Latin America, Spanish is the official language and is spoken by more than 400 million people.
According to a 2010 estimate, there are 46,030,109 people living in Spain, which has a total area of 504,030 km2. Spain is the fourth largest nation in the world after Russia, Ukraine, and France and the second most populous nation in Western Europe after France. With an average elevation of 650 metres above sea level, Spain is the fifth most mountainous nation in Europe after Andorra, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
Spain covers the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, and the regions south of the Mediterranean Sea and north of the Atlantic Ocean. The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa are also included.
Spain is a member of the World Trade Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations.