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Texas vs Spain Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Spain has 192,657 square miles (498,980 km²).
- Texas' land area is 1.4 times (36%) larger than Spain's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Spain: 195,364 square miles (505,990 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Spain's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Spain is 546 miles (879 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.5 times (48%) longer than Spain's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Spain spans 697 miles (1,122 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.1 times (11%) wider than Spain's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Spain's is Teide (Tenerife) at 12,188 feet (3,715 m).
- Teide (Tenerife) is 3,458 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Spain's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Texas vs Spain Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Spain has 49,801,559 (2026).
- Spain's population is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Texas'.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Spain: 258.5.
- Spain's population density is 2.2 times (116%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Spain's is Madrid with 3,266,126.
- Madrid's population is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Houston's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Spain's Madrid (6,497,000).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Madrid's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th 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 366 years.
Texas vs Spain Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Spain's $1,906.5 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 1.5 times (45%) larger than Spain's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Spain: $38,627.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 2.3 times (129%) higher than Spain's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Spain: $37,120 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.9 times (88%) higher than Spain's.
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