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Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Lusophobia" title="Lusophobia">Lusophobe</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg/440px-Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg/660px-Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg/880px-Detailed_SVG_map_of_the_Lusophone_world.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1314" /></a><figcaption>Places where Portuguese is spoken <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#002375; color:white;"> </span> Native language</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1886FE; color:black;"> </span> Official and administrative language</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#79BDFF; color:black;"> </span> Cultural or secondary language</div> </figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Portuguese-speaking world</b>, also known as the <b>Lusophone World</b> (<i>Mundo Lusófono</i>) or the <b>Lusosphere</b>, comprises the countries and territories in which the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a> is an official, administrative, cultural, or secondary language. This article provides details regarding the geographical distribution of all Portuguese-speakers, <abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> <b>Lusophones</b>, regardless of legislative status. Portuguese is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers" title="List of languages by total number of speakers">most widely spoken languages in the world</a> and is an official language of countries on four continents. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Native_speakers">Native speakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Native speakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This table depicts the <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">native speakers</a> of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to the Portuguese language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as a <a href="/wiki/Second_language" title="Second language">second language</a> (L2). </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">territory</a> </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Note </th> <th>Reference(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> </td> <td>23,800,000 </td> <td>70% </td> <td>2023 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (December 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td>52,222 </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-fix_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> </td> <td>72,715 </td> <td>0.7% </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:22_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </td> <td>203,000,000 </td> <td>97% </td> <td>2022 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td>221,540 </td> <td>0.7% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td>11,800 </td> <td>2.2% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td>1,089,497 </td> <td>1.7% </td> <td>2007 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td>105,116 </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>2010 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td>20,833 </td> <td>0.4% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> </td> <td>74,636 </td> <td>16% </td> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> (<a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>) </td> <td>3,779 </td> <td>0.6% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-fix_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> </td> <td>15,300 </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>2019 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </td> <td>5,000,000 </td> <td>17% </td> <td>2020 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td>47,848 </td> <td>0.3% </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:22_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> </td> <td>10,022,070 </td> <td>95% </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:22_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Principe</a> </td> <td>214,000 </td> <td>66% </td> <td>2022 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> </td> <td>309,270 </td> <td>3.7% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-fix_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td>142,622 </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-undata_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-undata-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>746,018 </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-fix_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-usspokenhome_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usspokenhome-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>240,661,428 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status_by_country">Status by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Status by country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">Continent</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">territory</a> </th> <th scope="col">Status </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Angola"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/Angolan_Portuguese" title="Angolan Portuguese">Angolan Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Cape Verde"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Portuguese" title="Cape Verdean Portuguese">Cape Verdean Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Equatorial Guinea"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></span> </td> <td>Co-official with <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Guinea-Bissau"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/Guinean_Portuguese" title="Guinean Portuguese">Guinean Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Mozambique"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/Mozambican_Portuguese" title="Mozambican Portuguese">Mozambican Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Namibia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="São Tomé and Príncipe"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tomean_Portuguese" title="São Tomean Portuguese">São Tomean Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="South Africa"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="East Timor"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a></span> </td> <td>Co-official with <a href="/wiki/Tetum_language" title="Tetum language">Tetum</a> (see <a href="/wiki/East_Timorese_Portuguese" title="East Timorese Portuguese">East Timorese Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="India"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></span> </td> <td>Minority in the state of <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language_in_Goa" title="Portuguese language in Goa">Goan Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Japan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></span> </td> <td>Minority (see <a href="/wiki/Brazilians_in_Japan" title="Brazilians in Japan">Brazilians in Japan</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Macau"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>) </td> <td>Co-official with <a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Chinese</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Macanese_Patois" title="Macanese Patois">Macanese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Malaysia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></span> </td> <td>Minority in <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Kristang_language" title="Kristang language">Kristang language</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Andorra"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="France"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Germany"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Luxembourg"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Portugal"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/European_Portuguese" title="European Portuguese">European Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Spain"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></span> </td> <td>Minority in <a href="/wiki/Olivenza" title="Olivenza">Olivenza</a>; <a href="/wiki/Galician_language" title="Galician language">Galician</a> is official in <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Switzerland"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Canada"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="United States"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Australia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5”"><a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Argentina"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Brazil"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></span> </td> <td>Official (see <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" title="Brazilian Portuguese">Brazilian Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Paraguay"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Uruguay"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></span> </td> <td>Minority (see <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Portuguese" title="Uruguayan Portuguese">Uruguayan Portuguese</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Venezuela"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></span> </td> <td>Minority </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spread_of_Portuguese">Spread of Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spread of Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Discovery" title="Age of Discovery">period of Portuguese discoveries</a> and through a <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">large colonial empire</a>, the language was spread to areas in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, beyond <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a>. <a href="/wiki/Portuguese-based_creole_languages" title="Portuguese-based creole languages">Portuguese-based creole languages</a> also developed during this era. </p><p>Today, Portuguese continues to thrive outside the Lusophone world through the presence of large expat communities of <a href="/wiki/Template:Angolan_diaspora" title="Template:Angolan diaspora">Angolans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_diaspora" title="Brazilian diaspora">Brazilians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_diaspora" title="Cape Verdean diaspora">Cape Verdeans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese diaspora">Portuguese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Template:East_Timorese_diaspora" title="Template:East Timorese diaspora">Timorese</a> found throughout the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Portugal">Portugal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Portugal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portuguese is spoken as a first language in Portugal (the language's namesake) by nearly all of the nation's 10.6 million people.<sup id="cite_ref-Special_Eurobarometer_243_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Special_Eurobarometer_243-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancestor of modern Portuguese, <a href="/wiki/Galician%E2%80%93Portuguese" title="Galician–Portuguese">Galician–Portuguese</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> began developing in the north-west of the <a href="/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a>, in an area encompassing present-day northern Portugal and <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a>, at around the 9th century. Modern Portuguese started developing in the early 16th century<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Galicia_(Spain)"><span id="Galicia_.28Spain.29"></span>Galicia (Spain)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Galicia (Spain)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region of <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a> in Spain is not exactly classified as Lusophone, but holds close ties to the Lusophony. The <a href="/wiki/Galician_language" title="Galician language">Galician language</a> used to form a common dialect continuum with <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> during the Middle Ages, denominated as <a href="/wiki/Galician%E2%80%93Portuguese" title="Galician–Portuguese">Galician–Portuguese</a> by historians. Thus, efforts have been made by the <a href="/wiki/Xunta_de_Galicia" title="Xunta de Galicia">Xunta de Galicia</a> to promote cultural and linguistical interchange between Galicia and the Lusophone world,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as the <a href="/wiki/Galicia%E2%80%93North_Portugal_Euroregion" title="Galicia–North Portugal Euroregion">Euroregion between Galicia and North Portugal</a>. The <i>Consello da Cultura Galega</i> (Council of Galician Culture) has been considered an observer member of the <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries">CPLP</a> since 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rest_of_Europe">Rest of Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rest of Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portuguese-speaking immigrants from Portuguese-speaking Africa, Brazil, Macau, and Portugal have also settled in <a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a> (around 15,000 speakers), <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (around 500,000 speakers), Germany, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In Luxembourg, 19% of the population speaks Portuguese as mother tongue, making it the largest minority language by percentage in a <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western European</a> country.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries" title="Portuguese-speaking African countries">Portuguese-speaking African countries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_in_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese in Africa">Portuguese in Africa</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Angola">Angola</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Angola"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portuguese is the sole official language of Angola, and 85% of the population profess fluency in the language.<sup id="cite_ref-Portuguese_in_Africa_–_Angola_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Portuguese_in_Africa_–_Angola-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, 75% of Angolan households speak Portuguese as their primary language, and native <a href="/wiki/Bantu_languages" title="Bantu languages">Bantu languages</a> have been influenced by Portuguese through loanwords.<sup id="cite_ref-Portuguese_in_Africa_–_Angola_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Portuguese_in_Africa_–_Angola-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AngolaLanguageMap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AngolaLanguageMap.png/220px-AngolaLanguageMap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AngolaLanguageMap.png/330px-AngolaLanguageMap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/AngolaLanguageMap.png/440px-AngolaLanguageMap.png 2x" data-file-width="5837" data-file-height="6023" /></a><figcaption><b>English:</b> Map of Angola - Native Speakers as a majority in each province.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cape_Verde">Cape Verde</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cape Verde"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similar to Guinea-Bissau, although Portuguese is the only official language, a Portuguese-based <a href="/wiki/Creole_language" title="Creole language">creole</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Creole" title="Cape Verdean Creole">Cape Verdean Creole</a> is spoken by the majority of the population. Most Cape Verdeans are fluent in Portuguese as well. Education and media are available largely in standard European Portuguese only. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Equatorial_Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Equatorial Guinea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Equatorial Guinea was a Spanish colony between 1778 and 1968 and was originally a group of Portuguese colonies between 1474 and 1778. A <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_creole" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese creole">Portuguese creole</a> is spoken by locals on the island of <a href="/wiki/Annob%C3%B3n" title="Annobón">Annobón</a>. </p><p>In 2007, President <a href="/wiki/Teodoro_Obiang_Nguema" class="mw-redirect" title="Teodoro Obiang Nguema">Teodoro Obiang Nguema</a> announced a decision to make Portuguese the third official language of the country after Spanish and French. Despite government promotions, Portuguese remains rarely spoken in Equatorial Guinea, but increased political and trade relations with Portuguese-speaking nations (i.e. Brazil, Angola, Portugal) will soon increase the number of Portuguese speakers in the country. News, sports, and entertainment media in Portuguese will undoubtedly also facilitate increased comprehension.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the population (~90%)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> still speaks Spanish as their primary language, and Spanish is still the administrative language and that of education, while French is the second official language.<sup id="cite_ref-GEpress_noticia134en_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GEpress_noticia134en-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Guinea-Bissau"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite being the sole official language, only 50% of the population professes fluency in Portuguese.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a Portuguese-based creole called <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_Creole" title="Guinea-Bissau Creole">Guinea-Bissau Creole</a> (Kriol) is spoken by nearly the whole population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mozambique">Mozambique</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Mozambique"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portuguese is the sole official language of <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> and serves as a <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> between the various ethnic groups in the country. Slightly over 30% of the population are native speakers of Portuguese, while 65% profess fluency.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of Mozambican media is available solely in Portuguese, and the country receives several Portuguese and Brazilian television stations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="São_Tomé_and_Príncipe"><span id="S.C3.A3o_Tom.C3.A9_and_Pr.C3.ADncipe"></span>São Tomé and Príncipe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: São Tomé and Príncipe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In São Tomé and Príncipe, Portuguese is by far the most spoken language, with around 95% of the population speaking it at home or professing fluency; 99.8% declared speaking Portuguese in the 1991 census. A Portuguese-based creole called <a href="/wiki/Forro_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Forro language">Forro</a> is also spoken. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rest_of_Africa">Rest of Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rest of Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Large Portuguese-speaking communities are found in <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> due to immigration from the Lusophone African countries. Portuguese is also taught in the schools of these countries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Americas">Americas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Americas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_America">North America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Americans" title="Portuguese Americans">Portuguese Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Canadians" title="Portuguese Canadians">Portuguese Canadians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Mexicans" title="Portuguese Mexicans">Portuguese Mexicans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Americans" title="Brazilian Americans">Brazilian Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Canadians" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian Canadians">Brazilian Canadians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Mexicans" title="Brazilian Mexicans">Brazilian Mexicans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Americans" title="Cape Verdean Americans">Cape Verdean Americans</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cape_Verdean_Canadians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cape Verdean Canadians (page does not exist)">Cape Verdean Canadians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angolan_Americans" title="Angolan Americans">Angolan Americans</a></div> <p>There are more than 1.5 million <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese American">Portuguese Americans</a> and about 300,000 <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian American">Brazilian Americans</a> living in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-acs_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acs-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Portuguese is spoken by over 730,000 people at home in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are over 500,000 people of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Canadian">Portuguese descent</a> living in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>; however, most of the community's population now speaks <a href="/wiki/Canadian_English" title="Canadian English">English</a> or <a href="/wiki/Canadian_French" title="Canadian French">French</a> as their primary language. Portuguese is also a primary language along with <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">English</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stats_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stats-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, mainly in the states of <a href="/wiki/Jalisco" title="Jalisco">Jalisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quintana_Roo" title="Quintana Roo">Quintana Roo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Yucatán">Yucatán</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>, there are small communities of speakers who are <a href="/wiki/Brazilians" title="Brazilians">Brazilians</a>. <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_people" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdeans" title="Cape Verdeans">Cape Verdeans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angolan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Angolan people">Angolans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Mexico" title="Uruguayans in Mexico">Uruguayans</a> are mainly from the <a href="/wiki/Rivera_Department" title="Rivera Department">Rivera Department</a>. </p><p>A Portuguese-based creole known as <a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a>, is commonly spoken in the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch Caribbean</a> islands of <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sole surviving Portuguese-based creole still in frequent use in the Americas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_America">South America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Brazil">Brazil</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With a population of over 212 million, Brazil is by far the world's largest Portuguese-speaking nation and the only one in the Americas.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_Geo_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_Geo-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Portuguese was introduced during the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Brazil" title="Colonial Brazil">Portuguese colonial period</a>. Portuguese has also served as a <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> between the various ethnic groups in Brazil and the native Amerindian population<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the Jesuits were expelled from every Portuguese territory and the languages associated with them prohibited. </p><p>Portuguese is the first language of the overwhelming majority of Brazilians, at 99.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" title="Brazilian Portuguese">form of Portuguese spoken in South America</a> is somewhat different from that <a href="/wiki/European_Portuguese" title="European Portuguese">spoken in Europe</a>, with differences in vocabulary and grammar that can be compared to the <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English" title="Comparison of American and British English">differences between American and British English</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dummies_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dummies-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but with somewhat different <a href="/wiki/Phonology" title="Phonology">phonology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prosody_(linguistics)" title="Prosody (linguistics)">prosody</a> from the remaining Portuguese-speaking countries. Nevertheless, European and Brazilian Portuguese are completely mutually intelligible<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. The vast majority of Brazilian characteristics are also found in some rural, remote Portuguese registers<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (or the African and Asian ones, indicating an Old Portuguese feature lost in Europe),<sup id="cite_ref-Origens_do_Português_Brasileiro_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Origens_do_Português_Brasileiro-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while nearly all distinctive European characteristics can be found in any major dialect of Brazil (such as <i>fluminense</i>, specially its <i><a href="/wiki/Carioca" title="Carioca">carioca</a></i> sociolect, and <i><a href="/wiki/Florianopolitan_dialect" title="Florianopolitan dialect">florianopolitano</a></i>), due to a stronger or more recent Portuguese and other European <a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Brazil" title="Immigration to Brazil">immigration</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="(March 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_diaspora" title="Brazilian diaspora">Migration from Brazil</a> also led to a great number of Portuguese speakers in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cone" title="Southern Cone">Southern Cone</a> (especially <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> with <i><a href="/wiki/Riverense_Portu%C3%B1ol" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverense Portuñol">portunhol da pampa</a></i>), <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> (see <i><a href="/wiki/Brasiguayos" title="Brasiguayos">brasiguayos</a></i>), other regions of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> (especially Bolivia) except Venezuela, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Brazilians_in_Japan" title="Brazilians in Japan">Brazilians in Japan</a> 400,000 and <i><a href="/wiki/Dekasegi" title="Dekasegi">dekasegi</a></i>, official numbers do not include second generation Portuguese speakers and naturalized citizens), South Korea, the Philippines (see <a href="/wiki/Brazilians_in_the_Philippines" title="Brazilians in the Philippines">Brazilians in the Philippines</a>), and Israel (see <a href="/wiki/Aliyah_from_Latin_America_in_the_2000s" title="Aliyah from Latin America in the 2000s">Aliyah from Latin America in the 2000s</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Rest_of_South_America">Rest of South America</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Rest of South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, it has the largest population, area and economy on the continent. Thus, the South American trade bloc <a href="/wiki/Mercosul" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercosul">Mercosul</a> uses Portuguese alongside Spanish as its working languages. A <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Portuguese" title="Uruguayan Portuguese">Spanish influenced Portuguese dialect</a> is spoken in the northern <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguayan</a> border area with Brazil. Given the proximity and trading relations between Portuguese speaking Brazil, and its respective Spanish speaking nations, Portuguese is offered as a foreign (sometimes obligatory) language course at most schools in <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, and has become the second-most-studied foreign language (after English) in these countries. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, there are communities of Portuguese immigrants (mostly <a href="/wiki/Madeira_Island" title="Madeira Island">Madeirans</a>) and their descendants who speak Portuguese as their native language.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Given the similarities between Spanish and Portuguese, a colloquial mix of both, unofficially called "Portuñol" or "Portunhol", is spoken by large number of people travelling between Brazil and its Spanish-speaking neighbours. People living in the border areas usually like Paraguay and Uruguay mix the two languages in their daily conversation, a phenomenon similar to Spanglish for Latinos living in the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language_in_Asia" title="Portuguese language in Asia">Portuguese language in Asia</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="East_Timor_and_Indonesia">East Timor and Indonesia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: East Timor and Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/East_Timorese_Portuguese" title="East Timorese Portuguese">East Timorese Portuguese</a></div> <p>Portuguese is co-official with <a href="/wiki/Tetum_language" title="Tetum language">Tetum</a> in East Timor and was introduced during the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor" title="Portuguese Timor">colonial period</a>. A little under 39% of the population professes fluency in Portuguese, and their number is steadily growing. Meanwhile, on the <a href="/wiki/East_Nusa_Tenggara" title="East Nusa Tenggara">Indonesian side</a>, it is rare to hear a Portuguese speaker because it lost in competition with the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_language" title="Indonesian language">local language</a> after becoming a <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch</a> colony in 18th century. The local Tetum language has been heavily influenced by Portuguese through loanwords, and <a href="/wiki/Code-switching" title="Code-switching">code-switching</a> between the two languages is common.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Goa_(India)"><span id="Goa_.28India.29"></span>Goa (India)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Goa (India)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Goan_Portuguese" class="mw-redirect" title="Goan Portuguese">Goan Portuguese</a></div> <p>Portuguese is present in the Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, which was a Portuguese colony until 1961. Although it was the sole official language during <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese colonial rule</a>, it is mostly spoken by the elderly and educated populations today and is not an official language. Rather, Goa's official state language is <a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a>, which has however picked up some Portuguese vocabulary as a legacy of Portuguese influence. Attempts to make Konkani be written in the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese alphabet">Portuguese alphabet</a> and reintroduce Portuguese as a co-official language of Goa have been made in recent years; presently Portuguese is officially taught there.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Portuguese rule in <a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a> has also left a smaller Portuguese influence on the territory. A Portuguese-based creole called <a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADngua_da_Casa" class="mw-redirect" title="Língua da Casa">Língua da Casa</a> is spoken in the territory. As a result of the renewed interest in the Portuguese language and culture, the Portuguese language is making an impressive comeback. Portuguese is still taught in some schools in Goa. </p><p>Portuguese people were also present in the area of Vasai, previously Bassein or Bacaim since 1560 until 1739. Though the Portuguese were defeated by Marathas, there are some words which are used by the locals which were borrowed from the Portuguese language. Today there is a large Catholic population, and many churches built during those days are still being used for worship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Macau">Macau</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Macau"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Macanese_Portuguese" title="Macanese Portuguese">Macanese Portuguese</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg/220px-Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg/330px-Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg/440px-Macau-Chinese%26Portuguese.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>A sign in Macau translated in both official languages, Portuguese and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg/220px-CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg/330px-CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg/440px-CalcadaSaoPaulomacau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Portuguese and Chinese, seen on this street sign, are official languages in Macau.</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to the <a href="/wiki/One_country,_two_systems" title="One country, two systems">one country, two systems</a> policy of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> regarding its <a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_regions_of_China" title="Special administrative regions of China">special administrative regions</a>, Macau is able to retain Portuguese as an official language alongside <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a>. Portuguese was first introduced to Macau when Portuguese traders established a permanent settlement there in 1537. Despite being a Portuguese colony for over four centuries, the Portuguese language was never widely spoken in Macau and remained limited to administration and higher education. It was spoken primarily by the Portuguese colonists, <a href="/wiki/Macanese_people" title="Macanese people">Macanese people</a> of mixed ancestry, and elites and middle-class people of pure Chinese blood. As a consequence, when Macau was handed back to China in 1999, Portuguese did not have a strong presence like English had in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> and continued its decline which began when Macau was still under Portuguese rule. Nevertheless, it was only after Portuguese rule ended that the Portuguese language in Macau began to see an increase in speakers due to China's increased trading relations with Lusophone countries. Currently, there is only one school in Macau where Portuguese is the medium of instruction, the <a href="/wiki/Macau_Portuguese_School" title="Macau Portuguese School">Macau Portuguese School</a>, and Portuguese is also mainly taught in government schools. There has been an increase in the teaching of Portuguese owing to the growing trade links between China and <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">lusophone</a> nations such as Portugal, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, and <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>, with 5,000 students learning the language.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, about 3% of Macau's population speaks Portuguese as a first language and 7% of the population professes fluency.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Code-switching between Cantonese and Portuguese are commonly heard. A Portuguese creole called <a href="/wiki/Macanese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Macanese language">Macanese</a> (Patuá) was spoken by Macanese of mixed ancestry but is near extinction today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rest_of_Asia">Rest of Asia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Rest of Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portuguese is spoken in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> among <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Brazilian">returned immigrants (500,000) or migrant workers from Brazil</a> known as <i><a href="/wiki/Dekasegi" title="Dekasegi">dekasegi</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese words of Portuguese origin">Portuguese loanwords</a> are also present in the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese language</a> due to trading relations between Japan and the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a> in the 16th century. Portuguese is now part of the curriculum in many Japanese schools, and many radio and television stations are broadcast exclusively in the Portuguese language.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Malacca" title="Malacca">Malacca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> (and a diaspora community in <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>) a Portuguese creole known as <i><a href="/wiki/Kristang_language" title="Kristang language">Papiá Kristang</a></i> or <i>Cristão</i> is still spoken by some of the Eurasian population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a> (CPLP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin" title="Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin">Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Portuguese_is_an_official_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language">List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_organisations_which_have_Portuguese_as_an_official_language" title="List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language">List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese-based_creole_languages" title="Portuguese-based creole languages">Portuguese-based creole languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luso-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Luso-American">Luso-American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_creole" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese creole">Portuguese creole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_dialects" title="Portuguese dialects">Portuguese dialects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries" title="Portuguese-speaking African countries">Portuguese-speaking African countries</a> (PALOP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romance-speaking_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Romance-speaking Europe">Latin Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Portuguese_Language_Day" title="World Portuguese Language Day">World Portuguese Language Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lingua_francas" title="List of lingua francas">List of link languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialect_continuum" title="Dialect continuum">Dialect continuum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geolinguistics" title="Geolinguistics">Geolinguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_geography" title="Language geography">Language geography</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fix-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fix_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fix_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fix_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fix_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The reported population size was obtained by projecting the respondent percentage to the total population, since the source either included the part of the population who did not answer or did not take into account some parts of the population, for example children.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Population data by Eurostat, using the source year.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200122191539/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-054722_QID_-3EA25038_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;INDIC_DE,L,Z,0;INDICATORS,C,Z,1;&zSelection=DS-054722INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-054722INDIC_DE,JAN;&rankName1=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=INDIC-DE_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName4=GEO_1_2_0_1&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=FIXED&time_most_recent=false&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23">"The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of the respective year"</a>. <i>ec.europa.eu</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-054722_QID_-3EA25038_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;INDIC_DE,L,Z,0;INDICATORS,C,Z,1;&zSelection=DS-054722INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-054722INDIC_DE,JAN;&rankName1=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=INDIC-DE_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName4=GEO_1_2_0_1&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=FIXED&time_most_recent=false&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23">the original</a> on 2020-01-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-11-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ec.europa.eu&rft.atitle=The+number+of+persons+having+their+usual+residence+in+a+country+on+1+January+of+the+respective+year.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fappsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu%2Fnui%2Fshow.do%3Fquery%3DBOOKMARK_DS-054722_QID_-3EA25038_UID_-3F171EB0%26layout%3DTIME%2CC%2CX%2C0%3BGEO%2CL%2CY%2C0%3BINDIC_DE%2CL%2CZ%2C0%3BINDICATORS%2CC%2CZ%2C1%3B%26zSelection%3DDS-054722INDICATORS%2COBS_FLAG%3BDS-054722INDIC_DE%2CJAN%3B%26rankName1%3DINDICATORS_1_2_-1_2%26rankName2%3DINDIC-DE_1_2_-1_2%26rankName3%3DTIME_1_0_0_0%26rankName4%3DGEO_1_2_0_1%26sortC%3DASC_-1_FIRST%26rStp%3D%26cStp%3D%26rDCh%3D%26cDCh%3D%26rDM%3Dtrue%26cDM%3Dtrue%26footnes%3Dfalse%26empty%3Dfalse%26wai%3Dfalse%26time_mode%3DFIXED%26time_most_recent%3Dfalse%26lang%3DEN%26cfo%3D%2523%2523%2523%252C%2523%2523%2523.%2523%2523%2523&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortuguese-speaking+world" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Population data by Eurostat, using the source year.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200122191539/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-054722_QID_-3EA25038_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;INDIC_DE,L,Z,0;INDICATORS,C,Z,1;&zSelection=DS-054722INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-054722INDIC_DE,JAN;&rankName1=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=INDIC-DE_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName4=GEO_1_2_0_1&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=FIXED&time_most_recent=false&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23">"The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of the respective year"</a>. <i>ec.europa.eu</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-054722_QID_-3EA25038_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;INDIC_DE,L,Z,0;INDICATORS,C,Z,1;&zSelection=DS-054722INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-054722INDIC_DE,JAN;&rankName1=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=INDIC-DE_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName4=GEO_1_2_0_1&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=FIXED&time_most_recent=false&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23">the original</a> on 2020-01-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-11-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ec.europa.eu&rft.atitle=The+number+of+persons+having+their+usual+residence+in+a+country+on+1+January+of+the+respective+year.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fappsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu%2Fnui%2Fshow.do%3Fquery%3DBOOKMARK_DS-054722_QID_-3EA25038_UID_-3F171EB0%26layout%3DTIME%2CC%2CX%2C0%3BGEO%2CL%2CY%2C0%3BINDIC_DE%2CL%2CZ%2C0%3BINDICATORS%2CC%2CZ%2C1%3B%26zSelection%3DDS-054722INDICATORS%2COBS_FLAG%3BDS-054722INDIC_DE%2CJAN%3B%26rankName1%3DINDICATORS_1_2_-1_2%26rankName2%3DINDIC-DE_1_2_-1_2%26rankName3%3DTIME_1_0_0_0%26rankName4%3DGEO_1_2_0_1%26sortC%3DASC_-1_FIRST%26rStp%3D%26cStp%3D%26rDCh%3D%26cDCh%3D%26rDM%3Dtrue%26cDM%3Dtrue%26footnes%3Dfalse%26empty%3Dfalse%26wai%3Dfalse%26time_mode%3DFIXED%26time_most_recent%3Dfalse%26lang%3DEN%26cfo%3D%2523%2523%2523%252C%2523%2523%2523.%2523%2523%2523&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortuguese-speaking+world" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese-speaking_world&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://livexp.com/blog/the-difference-in-the-portuguese-language-around-the-world">"How Does the Portuguese Language Differ Around the World?"</a>. 23 June 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=How+Does+the+Portuguese+Language+Differ+Around+the+World%3F&rft.date=2022-06-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flivexp.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-difference-in-the-portuguese-language-around-the-world&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortuguese-speaking+world" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPortuguesa2016" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Portuguesa, Observatório da Língua (2016-04-07). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observalinguaportuguesa.org/angola-portugues-e-falado-por-7115-de-angolanos/">"Angola: português é falado por 71, 15% de angolanos (censo de 2014)"</a>. <i>Observatório da Língua Portuguesa</i> (in European Portuguese)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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