List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
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Spanish is the official language of 24 independent nations, 2 dependent territories and 10 integrated territories. The following is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories where Spanish is a de jure or de facto official language.
Regions where Spanish is the main language
Regions where it is an official language but not a majority native language
Regions where it is a second language
Regions where it is spoken by 1%-10% of the population
Regions where it is spoken by less than 1% of the population
Countries[change | change source]
Official language[change | change source]
This table shows the population of the countries, not the number of Spanish speakers.
Nr | Country | Continent | Population |
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1 | North America | 313 000 000 | |
2 | North America | 123 000 000 | |
3 | Asia | 101 000 000 | |
4 | South America | 48 000 000 | |
5 | South America | 44 000 000 | |
6 | Europe | 41 000 000 | |
7 | South America | 30 000 000 | |
8 | South America | 25 000 000 | |
9 | South America | 16 000 000 | |
10 | South America | 15 000 000 | |
11 | North America | 14 000 000 | |
12 | South America | 11 000 000 | |
13 | North America | 10 000 000 | |
14 | North America | 9 500 000 | |
15 | North America | 9 000 000 | |
16 | South America | 7 000 000 | |
17 | North America | 6 500 000 | |
18 | North America | 6 000 000 | |
19 | North America | 5 000 000 | |
20 | North America | 4 000 000 | |
21 | South America | 3 000 000 | |
22 | Africa | 1 500 000 | |
23 | Africa | 525 000 | |
24 | Oceania | 115 000 |
Minority language[change | change source]
Nr | Country | Continent | Population | Total speakers |
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1 | Africa | 45,000,000 | 306,000 | |
2 | Europe | 80,000 | 55,000 | |
3 | Oceania | 26,500,000 | 488,000 | |
4 | North America | 433,000 | 232,000 | |
5 | South America | 217,000,000 | 6,600,000 | |
6 | Europe | 6,600,000 | 600,000 | |
7 | North America | 39,000,000 | 2,200,000 | |
8 | Asia | 1,433,000,000 | 342,000 | |
9 | Europe | 5,900,000 | 725,000 | |
10 | Europe | 1,300,000 | 55,000 | |
11 | Europe | 5,500,000 | 488,000 | |
12 | Europe | 67,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |
13 | Europe | 84,000,000 | 800,000 | |
14 | Europe | 33,000 | 25,000 | |
15 | North America | 11,500,000 | 1,500,000 | |
16 | Europe | 376,000 | 6,000 | |
17 | Asia | 1,436,000,000 | 500,000 | |
18 | Europe | 5,200,000 | 200,000 | |
19 | Asia | 8,800,000 | 360,000 | |
20 | Africa | 29,000,000 | 430,000 | |
21 | North America | 2,700,000 | 160,000 | |
22 | Asia | 125,000,000 | 860,000 | |
23 | Europe | 1,800,000 | 120,000 | |
24 | Europe | 2,700,000 | 250,000 | |
25 | Oceania | 75,000 | 1,600 | |
26 | Africa | 38,000,000 | 6,000,000 | |
27 | Oceania | 5,300,000 | 180,000 | |
28 | Europe | 5,400,000 | 342,000 | |
29 | Oceania | 20,000 | 500 | |
30 | Europe | 10,500,000 | 1,500,000 | |
31 | Europe | 19,000,000 | 2,200,000 | |
32 | Europe | 144,000,000 | 600,000 | |
33 | Europe | 10,200,000 | 2,600,000 | |
34 | None[a] | 1,500,000 | 80,000 | |
35 | Europe | 68,000,000 | 2,000,000 | |
36 | North America | 106,000 | 20,000 |
Dependent entities[change | change source]
Nr | Entity | Continent | Population | Status |
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1 | North America | 3 000 000 | US Territory | |
2 | Africa | 2 000 000 | Autonomous community of Spain | |
3 | Europe | 1 800 000 | Autonomous community of Spain | |
4 | South America | 700 000 | State of Brazil | |
5 | Oceania | 150 000 | US Territory | |
6 | Tindouf Province | Africa | 125 000 | Province of Algeria |
7 | Africa | 80 000 | Autonomous city of Spain | |
8 | Africa | 70 000 | Autonomous city of Spain | |
9 | North America | 60 000 | Department of Colombia | |
10 | Oceania | 30 000 | Province of Ecuador | |
11 | Oceania | 7 000 | Province of Chile | |
12 | Oceania | 800 | Province of Chile |
Related pages[change | change source]
- List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language
- List of countries and territories where French is an official language
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ No continental status (South America geologically, North America politically)