Map of spanish speaking Countries
When we don’t understand what other people say we say: ¿Es que no saben hablar en cristiano?
Spanish is the oficial language in these countries:
In bold the name of each Spanish speaking country in Spanish. In parentheses the name of the country in English, in case it is written differently, plus the approximate inhabitants (and so how many people probably can speak Spanish in each country) of the country.
I these countries Spanish is the official language (but in some of them they also speak native languages):
Argentina (45 million inhabitants); Bolivia (12 million); Chile (19 million); Colombia (51 million); Costa Rica (5 million); Cuba (11 million); República Dominicana (Dominican Republic. 11 million); Ecuador (18 million); El Salvador (7 million); Guinea Ecuatorial (Equatorial Guinea. 1.5 million); Guatemala (17 million); Honduras (10 million); México (Mexico. 129 million); Nicaragua (6.7 million); Panamá (Panama. 4.3 million); Paraguay (7.2 million); Perú (Peru. 33 million); Uruguay (3.5 million); Venezuela (28.5 million).
España (Spain. 47 million inhabitants).
Also, Spanish is, together with English, the official language of the Associated Free State of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) one of the unincorporated territories of the United States.
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in these countries:
In this countries Spanish is the second most widely spoken language:
United States (Estados Unidos. About 62 million people speak Spanish in the United States, so the funny thing here is that more people speak Spanish in the USA than in Spain); Belize (Belice); Andorra; Gibraltar.
The Philippines (Filipinas) is an interesting case: Spanish was the official language of the Philippines from 1565 to 1973, retaining a semi-official status until 1986. Currently the official language is Tagalog along with English.
What countries do not speak Spanish in South America
Not all the countries speak Spanish, or have Spanish as the oficial language, in South America.
The biggest country in South America where people don’t speak Spanish is Brazil (Brasil in Spanish). The other ones are: Aruba; Curasao; Bonair Saint Eustachius and Saba; Trinidad and Tobago; Grenada; Saint Vicent and the Grenadines; Barbados; Saint Lucia; Martinique; Dominica; Guadeloupe; Antigua and Barbuda; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Barthelemy; Sint Maarten; Saint Martin; Anguilla; US Virgin Islands; British Virgin Islands; Turks and Caicos Islands; Bahamas; Haiti; Jamaica; Belize; Brazil; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana.
Yes, they are more than the countries that speak Spanish in South America. But most of them are little islands. Some are overseas territories of other European countries
