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Spain vs Tajikistan
How Spain and Tajikistan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Spain was higher: 83.7 years against 71.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Spain was higher: $29,760 against $1,593
- Population · In 2023, Spain was higher: 47.9 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Spain was higher: 2.13% of GDP against 1.47% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Spain was higher: 4.51 tonnes against 0.92 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Tajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Tajikistan: 55.3% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Tajikistan: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Tajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Tajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Tajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Tajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Tajikistan: 26.2% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Tajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Tajikistan: 3.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Tajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Tajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Tajikistan: $220M in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Tajikistan: $23 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Tajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Tajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Tajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Tajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Tajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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