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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

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Official language

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This table shows the population of the countries, not the number of Spanish speakers.

NrCountryContinentPopulation
1  United StatesNorth America313 000 000
2  MexicoNorth America123 000 000
3  PhilippinesAsia101 000 000
4  ColombiaSouth America48 000 000
5  ArgentinaSouth America44 000 000
6  SpainEurope41 000 000
7  PeruSouth America30 000 000
8  VenezuelaSouth America25 000 000
9  ChileSouth America16 000 000
10  EcuadorSouth America15 000 000
11  GuatemalaNorth America14 000 000
12  BoliviaSouth America11 000 000
13  CubaNorth America10 000 000
14  Dominican RepublicNorth America9 500 000
15  HondurasNorth America9 000 000
16  ParaguaySouth America7 000 000
17  El SalvadorNorth America6 500 000
18  NicaraguaNorth America6 000 000
19  Costa RicaNorth America5 000 000
20  PanamaNorth America4 000 000
21  UruguaySouth America3 000 000
22  Equatorial GuineaAfrica1 500 000
23  Western SaharaAfrica525 000
24  MicronesiaOceania115 000

Minority language

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NrCountryContinentPopulationTotal speakers
1  AlgeriaAfrica45,000,000306,000
2  AndorraEurope80,00055,000
3  AustraliaOceania26,500,000488,000
4  BelizeNorth America433,000232,000
5  BrazilSouth America217,000,0006,600,000
6  BulgariaEurope6,600,000600,000
7  CanadaNorth America39,000,0002,200,000
8  ChinaAsia1,433,000,000342,000
9  DenmarkEurope5,900,000725,000
10  EstoniaEurope1,300,00055,000
11  FinlandEurope5,500,000488,000
12  FranceEurope67,000,0005,000,000
13  GermanyEurope84,000,000800,000
14  GibraltarEurope33,00025,000
15  HaitiNorth America11,500,0001,500,000
16  IcelandEurope376,0006,000
17  IndiaAsia1,436,000,000500,000
18  IrelandEurope5,200,000200,000
19  IsraelAsia8,800,000360,000
20  Ivory CoastAfrica29,000,000430,000
21  JamaicaNorth America2,700,000160,000
22  JapanAsia125,000,000860,000
23  LatviaEurope1,800,000120,000
24  LithuaniaEurope2,700,000250,000
25  Marshall IslandsOceania75,0001,600
26  MoroccoAfrica38,000,0006,000,000
27  New ZealandOceania5,300,000180,000
28  NorwayEurope5,400,000342,000
29  PalauOceania20,000500
30  PortugalEurope10,500,0001,500,000
31  RomaniaEurope19,000,0002,200,000
32  RussiaEurope144,000,000600,000
33  SwedenEurope10,200,0002,600,000
34  Trinidad and TobagoNone[a]1,500,00080,000
35  United KingdomEurope68,000,0002,000,000
36  United States Virgin IslandsNorth America106,00020,000

Dependent entities

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NrEntityContinentPopulationStatus
1  Puerto RicoNorth America3 000 000US Territory
2  Canary IslandsAfrica2 000 000Autonomous community of Spain
3  Balearic IslandsEurope1 800 000Autonomous community of Spain
4  RoraimaSouth America700 000State of Brazil
5  GuamOceania150 000US Territory
6Tindouf ProvinceAfrica125 000Province of Algeria
7  CeutaAfrica80 000Autonomous city of Spain
8  MelillaAfrica70 000Autonomous city of Spain
9  San Andrés y ProvidenciaNorth America60 000Department of Colombia
10  Galapagos IslandsOceania30 000Province of Ecuador
11  Easter IslandOceania7 000Province of Chile
12 Juan Fernandez IslandsOceania800Province of Chile
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Notes

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  1. ↑ No continental status (South America geologically, North America politically)

References

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