List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
Countries where most people speak Dutch
Countries where Dutch is an official or recognized language
Countries where Afrikaans is an official or recognized language
Countries where Dutch used to be an official language
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 |
17,116,000 | 16,431,360 (96%) | 687,000 (4%) | De facto national language |
 South Africa |
51,770,000 | 6,860,000 (14%) | 10,300,000 (19%) | De jure nationwide co-official language |
 Belgium |
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 |
540,000 | 325,000 (60%) | 215,000 (40%) | De jure sole nationwide official language |
 Namibia |
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
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Region | French |
 Flanders
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Region | |
 Wallonia
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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? |
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 Benelux
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 Caribbean Community
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| Dutch Language Union |
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 European Union
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 Union of South American Nations
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Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ See: List of countries and dependencies by population
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eurobarometer 2012 - Annex
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Afrikaans". Ethnologue.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dutch". Ethnologue.