Internet hosts:
1,056,950 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
56 (2000)

Internet users:
9.789 million (2003)

Transportation Spain

Railways:
total: 14,781 km (7,718 km electrified)
broad gauge: 11,829 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
standard gauge: 998 km 1.435-m gauge (998 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,926 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km
0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:
total: 664,852 km
paved: 658,203 km (including 11,152 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,649 km (2001)

Waterways:
1,045 km (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 7,306 km; oil 730 km; refined products 3,512 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Algeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna,
Tarragona, Valencia

Merchant marine:
total: 182 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,740,974 GRT/2,157,551 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 22, chemical tanker 16, container
19, liquefied gas 8, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 47, petroleum
tanker 20, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 25, vehicle
carrier 7
foreign-owned: 29 (Cuba 2, Denmark 1, Germany 9, Italy 2, Norway 6,
United States 7, Uruguay 2)
registered in other countries: 192 (2005)

Airports:
156 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 95
over 3,047 m: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 28 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 61
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 44 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
8 (2004 est.)

Military Spain

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA), Naval Infantry

Military service age and obligation:
20 years of age (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 20-49: 9,366,588 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 20-49: 7,623,356 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 233,384 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$9,906.5 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.2% (2003)

Transnational Issues Spain

Disputes - international:
in 2003, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum to
remain a British colony and against a "total shared sovereignty"
arrangement while demanding participation in talks between the UK
and Spain; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater
autonomy; Morocco