List of countries where Spanish is an official language

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Map highlighting countries where Spanish is an official language

The following is a list of the 20 countries where Spanish or Castillian is an official language:


Nr.	Country	# Population
#	-	406,873,355
1	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	108,700,891
2	Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	45,600,000
3	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	45,116,894
4	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	39,921,833
5	Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela	28,674,757
6	Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	28,674,757
7	Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	16,598,074
8	Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador	13,850,000
9	Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	12,800,000
10	Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	11,382,820
11	Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic	9,183,984
12	Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras	7,326,496
13	Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia	8,857,870
14	Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	6,948,073
15	Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua	5,603,000
16	Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	6,158,000
17	Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	4,328,000
18	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	3,323,906
19	Image:Flag of Panama.svg Panama	3,320,000
20	Image:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	504,000

Spanish was removed as an official language of the Philippines until 1973 and was removed from being a compulsory subject in 1987. However, on 08 August 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced that Spanish would be reinstated as an official language of the Philippines by January 2008, and asked help from the Spanish Government in her plan, which would include an official ceremony and reintroduce the Spanish as a required subject in the Philippine school system.^[1]

	Country	Population
1	Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	87,857,473

1 Dependent entity
2 Other countries
3 References
4 See also

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Nr.	Country	# Population	Status
1	Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico	3,944,259	A self governing unincorporated territory of the United States with Commonwealth status

Miami, in The USA, has English, Spanish and Creole as Official Languages.

[edit] Other countries

Spanish language is not official but has a special status in, at least, 10 countries (in the education system, the media, or even, in some official documents): Andorra, Belize, Brazil, Gibraltar, Morocco, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Vatican City and Western Sahara

Besides, there are 4 countries or territories where Spanish Creole, Papiamento or Chamorro, is official: Aruba, Netherland Antilles, Guam and Northern Mariana islands. So, there are more than 40 countries where Spanish or Spanish Creole is spoken by significant parts of the population.