1.  Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world:

There are an estimated 437 million people native speakers of Spanish, it comes only after Chinese. While Castilian Spanish is the official language, in Catalonia, the Basque country and Galicia, the regional languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician all have official status.

2.  The population of 49 million is the fifth largest in Europe:

 With more than three-quarters living in urban areas. Around 6.5 million people live in Madrid and 5.5 million in Barcelona – both cities have more inhabitants than the entire populations of Ireland or New Zealand.

3. Spain has the first highest life expectancy of all the OECD countries:

With a life expectancy of 84.3 years.