List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages

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This is a list of countries where Dutch or Afrikaans are official languages.

Countries[change | change source]

Country Population
2011[1] 		Speakers Notes
L1[2][3][4] L2[2][3][4]
 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch
17,116,000 16,431,360 (96%) 687,000 (4%) De facto national language
 South Africa
Afrikaans
51,770,000 6,860,000 (14%) 10,300,000 (19%) De jure nationwide co-official language
 Belgium
Dutch
11,303,000 6,215,000 (55%) 1,469,000 (13%) De jure nationwide co-official language (majority language in Flemish Region and minority in Brussels-Capital Region)
 Suriname
Dutch
540,000 325,000 (60%) 215,000 (40%) De jure sole nationwide official language
 Namibia
Afrikaans
2,113,000 220,000 (10,4%) lingua franca Recognized national language
Total c. 82,834,000 c. 29,069,000 c. 12,671,000+


Dependent territories[change | change source]

Dutch[change | change source]

Belgium[change | change source]

Region Status Other official languages
 Brussels-Capital Region Region French
 Flanders Region
 Wallonia Region French, German

Netherlands[change | change source]

Region Status Other official languages
 Aruba Constituent country Papiamento
 Bonaire Municipality Papiamento
 Curaçao Constituent country Papiamento
English
 Friesland Province West Frisian
 Saba Municipality English
 Sint Eustatius Municipality English
 Sint Maarten Constituent country English

Afrikaans[change | change source]

South Africa[change | change source]

Region Status Other official languages
Northern Cape Province English
Setswana
Xhosa
Western Cape Province English
Xhosa

International institutions[change | change source]

Institution Afrikaans official? Dutch official?

 African Union

Yes No
 Benelux No Yes
 Caribbean Community No Yes
Dutch Language Union Yes Yes
 European Union No Yes
 Union of South American Nations No Yes

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ See: List of countries and dependencies by population
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eurobarometer 2012 - Annex
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Afrikaans". Ethnologue.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dutch". Ethnologue.
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