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	Mexico	North America	123 000 000
2	Colombia	South America	48 000 000
3	Argentina	South America	44 000 000
4	Spain	Europe	41 000 000
5	Peru	South America	30 000 000
6	Venezuela	South America	25 000 000
7	Chile	South America	16 000 000
8	Ecuador	South America	15 000 000
9	Guatemala	North America	14 000 000
10	Bolivia	South America	11 000 000
11	Cuba	North America	10 000 000
12	Dominican Republic	North America	9 500 000
13	Honduras	North America	9 000 000
14	Paraguay	South America	7 000 000
15	El Salvador	North America	6 500 000
16	Nicaragua	North America	6 000 000
17	Costa Rica	North America	5 000 000
18	Panama	North America	4 000 000
19	Uruguay	South America	3 000 000
20	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1 500 000
21	Western Sahara	Africa	525 000

Minority language

Nr	Country	Continent	Population	Total speakers
1	Algeria	Africa	45,000,000	306,000
2	Andorra	Europe	80,000	55,000
3	Australia	Oceania	26,500,000	488,000
4	Belize	North America	433,000	232,000
5	Brazil	South America	217,000,000	6,600,000
6	Bulgaria	Europe	6,600,000	600,000
7	Canada	North America	39,000,000	2,200,000
8	China	Asia	1,433,000,000	342,000
9	Denmark	Europe	5,900,000	725,000
10	Estonia	Europe	1,300,000	55,000
11	Finland	Europe	5,500,000	488,000
12	France	Europe	67,000,000	5,000,000
13	Germany	Europe	84,000,000	800,000
14	Gibraltar	Europe	33,000	25,000
15	Haiti	North America	11,500,000	1,500,000
16	Iceland	Europe	376,000	6,000
17	India	Asia	1,436,000,000	500,000
18	Ireland	Europe	5,200,000	200,000
19	Israel	Asia	8,800,000	360,000
20	Ivory Coast	Africa	29,000,000	430,000
21	Jamaica	North America	2,700,000	160,000
22	Japan	Asia	125,000,000	860,000
23	Latvia	Europe	1,800,000	120,000
24	Lithuania	Europe	2,700,000	250,000
25	Marshall Islands	Oceania	75,000	1,600
26	Morocco	Africa	38,000,000	6,000,000
27	New Zealand	Oceania	5,300,000	180,000
28	Norway	Europe	5,400,000	342,000
29	Palau	Oceania	20,000	500
30	Portugal	Europe	10,500,000	1,500,000
31	Romania	Europe	19,000,000	2,200,000
32	Russia	Europe	144,000,000	600,000
33	Sweden	Europe	10,200,000	2,600,000
34	Trinidad and Tobago	None	1,500,000	80,000
35	United Kingdom	Europe	68,000,000	2,000,000
36	United States Virgin Islands	North America	106,000	20,000

Dependent entities

Nr	Entity	Continent	Population	Status
1	Puerto Rico	North America	3 000 000	US Territory
2	Canary Islands	Africa	2 000 000	Autonomous community of Spain
3	Balearic Islands	Europe	1 800 000	Autonomous community of Spain
4	Roraima	South America	700 000	State of Brazil
5	Guam	Oceania	150 000	US Territory
6	Tindouf Province	Africa	125 000	Province of Algeria
7	Ceuta	Africa	80 000	Autonomous city of Spain
8	Melilla	Africa	70 000	Autonomous city of Spain
9	San Andrés y Providencia	North America	60 000	Department of Colombia
10	Galapagos Islands	Oceania	30 000	Province of Ecuador
11	Easter Island	Oceania	7 000	Province of Chile
12	Juan Fernandez Islands	Oceania	800	Province of Chile

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