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Arkansas vs Spain Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while Spain has 192,657 square miles (498,980 km²).
- Spain's land area is 3.7 times (271%) larger than Arkansas'.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs Spain: 195,364 square miles (505,990 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Spain's total area is 3.7 times (267%) larger than Arkansas'.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; Spain is 546 miles (879 km).
- Spain's north-south length is 2.2 times (125%) longer than Arkansas'.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; Spain spans 697 miles (1,122 km).
- Spain's east-west width is 2.5 times (150%) wider than Arkansas'.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); Spain's is Teide (Tenerife) at 12,188 feet (3,715 m).
- Teide (Tenerife) is 9,436 feet higher than Mount Magazine.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; Spain's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Spain's lowest point is 55 feet lower.
Arkansas vs Spain Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while Spain has 49,801,559 (2026).
- Spain's population is 16.1 times larger than Arkansas'.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs Spain: 258.5.
- Spain's population density is 4.4 times (335%) higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- Arkansas's biggest city is Little Rock with 204,774 people; Spain's is Madrid with 3,266,126.
- Madrid's population is 15.9 times larger than Little Rock's.
Largest metro area
- Arkansas's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Spain's Madrid (6,497,000).
- Madrid's population is 4.9 times (385%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.
- Spain: A unified kingdom since 1479; the current constitution dates from 1978.
- In its current form, Spain is the older of the two by 357 years.
Arkansas vs Spain Economy
GDP
- Arkansas's GDP is $188.3 billion (2024) vs Spain's $1,906.5 billion.
- Spain's economic output is 10.1 times larger than Arkansas'.
GDP per capita
- Arkansas: $60,984 per person vs Spain: $38,627.
- Arkansas' GDP per capita is 1.6 times (58%) higher than Spain's.
Average income
- Arkansas: $59,320 vs Spain: $37,120 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arkansas' average income is 1.6 times (60%) higher than Spain's.
Official Websites
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