Countries where Spanish is the Official Language

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Countries where Spanish is the Official Language

by Maria on August 20, 2010

in Spanish Language

Spanish language

Source: Wikipedia

Spanish is spoken by 500 million people all over the five continents, but how many countries have it as their official language?

Spanish is the official language of the following 20 countries (they can be seen in the map on the left. Click on it to enlarge it):


NÂș Country     Population
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 112,469,000
2 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 46,506,000
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 44,205,000
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 41,343,000
5 Flag of Peru.svg Peru 29,907,000
6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 27,223,000
7 Flag of Chile.svg Chile 16,746,000
8 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 14,791,000
9 Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 13,550,000
10 Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 11,477,000
11 Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 9,947,000
12 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 9,824,000
13 Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 7,989,000
14 Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 6,376,000
15 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 6,052,000
16 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 5,996,000
17 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 4,516,000
18 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3,510,000
19 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 3,411,000
20 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 651,000
Total 416,489,000
Sources: Wikipedia (flags), US Census Bureau (population figures for 2010)

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