Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Israel fits inside Spain 23 times.
Israel: 22,070 km² (2023) · Spain: 505,976 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Spain’s coastline is 18 times as long as Israel’s.
Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Spain’s highest peak towers 1,482 m above Israel’s.
Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Spain has 4.9 times as many people as Israel.
Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Israel is 4.7 times as densely populated as Spain.
Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Spain and Israel are practically level.
Israel: 176 cm (2019) · Spain: 176.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Israel and Spain are practically level.
Israel: 162.2 cm (2019) · Spain: 162 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Spain is 16 years older than in Israel.
Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Israel have 1.8 more children on average than in Spain.
Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel.
Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Spain 1.4.
Israel: 5.9 (2025) · Spain: 1.4 (2025)
How many official languages?
Israel has 2 official languages, Spain 1.
Israel: 2 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Spain’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Israel’s.
Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Spain and Israel are nearly identical here.
Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Spain (Gini 4.9 points higher).
Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Spain: 33.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 3.5% in Israel.
Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Israel spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Spain 1.4%.
Israel: 8.8% (2024) · Spain: 1.4% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Spain’s.
Israel: 101% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Israel spends 26% more on health per person than Spain.
Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Spain live 0.69 years longer than in Israel.
Israel: 83.2 years (2024) · Spain: 83.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Israel is 4% more likely to die before turning one than in Spain.
Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Spain has 13% more doctors per person than Israel.
Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 19% in Spain.
Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 21% in Israel.
Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Israel rate their lives 0.65 points higher than in Spain.
Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Spain drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in Israel.
Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Israel has 8% more meat per person than Spain.
Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Israel has 377 kcal more food per person per day than Spain.
Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Israel put in 252 more hours a year than in Spain.
Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Israel went to school 2.8 years longer than in Spain.
Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Spain welcomed 20 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019).
Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Spain are online, versus 88% in Israel.
Israel: 88% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
Israel and Spain are practically level.
Israel: 100% (2024) · Spain: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 81% in Spain.
Israel: 92% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Spain 130.
Israel: 177 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Spain’s railway network is 9.3 times as long as Israel’s.
Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Spain fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel.
Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 37% of Spain, but only 6.5% of Israel.
Israel: 6.5% (2023) · Spain: 37.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Israel emits 22% more CO₂ than someone in Spain.
Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel.
Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Israel carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Spain.
Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.4 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in Spain.
Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Israel are 20% deadlier than in Spain.
Israel: 4.2 per 100k (2021) · Spain: 3.5 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Israel is on average 6.3 °C warmer than Spain.
Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Spain gets 3.2 times as much rain as Israel.
Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Israel bigger than Spain?
Spain is larger. Israel fits inside Spain 23 times.
Which has more people, Israel or Spain?
Spain has 4.9 times as many people as Israel (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Israel or Spain?
People in Spain live 0.69 years longer than in Israel. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Israel and 83.9 in Spain.
Are people taller in Israel or Spain?
Spain and Israel are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
