CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Spain is 13% bigger than Uzbekistan

Spain: 505,981 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 925 m above Spain’s

Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 49% of Spain

Spain: 49.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Spain has 33% more people than Uzbekistan

Spain: 49.4 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Spain is 17% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Spain: 99 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Spain are 5.2 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Spain: 176.1 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Spain are 1.7 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Spain: 162 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Spain is 18 years older than in Uzbekistan

Spain: 44.9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.4 more children on average than in Spain

Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Spain: 21.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Spain hosts 76,739 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uzbekistan none

Spain: 1.4 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Spain 1

Spain: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Spain’s economy is 13 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Spain produces 4.4 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Spain: Int$59,868 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Spain than in Uzbekistan (Gini 0.7 points higher)

Spain: 33.4 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Spain

Spain: 0.8% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Spain: 10.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan and Spain are practically level

Spain: 2.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Spain’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Spain: 14.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Uzbekistan’s

Spain: 65% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Spain spends 16 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Spain: $3,107 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Spain live 11 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Spain: 83.9 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Spain

Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Spain has 53% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 68% more hospital beds per person than Spain

Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 10% higher than in Spain

Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 19% in Spain

Spain: 18.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Spain: 27.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Spain rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Spain: 6.54 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Spain drink 5.8 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Spain: 12.1 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Spain has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Uzbekistan

Spain: 100.8 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Spain has 80 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 461 more hours a year than in Spain

Spain: 1,638 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 1.2 years longer than in Spain

Spain: 10.8 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Spain welcomed 8.8 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Spain: 1.92 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Spain has 42 more World Heritage sites than Uzbekistan (50 against 8)

Spain: 50 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Spain: 195 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Spain are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Spain: 96% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Spain is 51% faster than in Uzbekistan

Spain: 324 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Spain and Uzbekistan are practically level

Spain: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Spain: 81% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Spain: 130 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Spain’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Spain: 15,963 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Spain fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Spain: 1.91 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Spain: 38.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Spain emits 20% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

Spain: 4.6 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Spain: 55.9% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Spain

Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan as in Spain

Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 2.1 times as deadly as in Spain

Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Spain is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Spain gets 3 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Spain bigger than Uzbekistan?

Spain is larger. Spain is 13% bigger than Uzbekistan.

Which has more people, Spain or Uzbekistan?

Spain has 33% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Spain or Uzbekistan?

People in Spain live 11 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 83.9 years in Spain and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Spain or Uzbekistan?

Men in Spain are 5.2 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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