List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language

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 official and majority language
  Regions where Spanish is a co-official or administrative language but not the majority native language
  Regions where Spanish is a secondary language (more than 20% Spanish speakers) or culturally important

Countries

Official language

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

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

Minority language

Nr Country Continent Population Total 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

Nr Entity Continent Population Status
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

Notes

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

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