Population......................................................................40,491,052 (July 2008 est.) Population growth rate .............................................................0.096% (2008 est.) Birth rate.....................................................9.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate................................................9.9 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rate...............................0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) Ethnic groups..............................................composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types Source: CIA World Factbook 2008 Member of what is now the European Union since 1986.

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Neighboring Countries Portugal France United Kingdom Morroco Andorra Other Resources National Institute of Statistics http://www.ine.es/welcoing.htm Canary Islands: Canaries Institute of Statistics http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac Ministry of Labor and Immigration (Spanish only) http://extranjeros.mtas.es/es/index.html US Census Bureau International Data Base http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

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