Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers

The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all Portuguese speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The Portuguese language is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and is an official language of countries in four continents. It is the most spoken language in South America and the Southern Hemisphere.

Places where Portuguese is spoken.
  Native language
  Official and administrative language
  Cultural or secondary language
  Portuguese speaking minorities
  Portuguese-based creole

Statistics

Native speakers

This table depicts the native speakers 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 L2.

Country Absolute % Year Reference
 Brazil 209,156,000 99.5% 2018 [1]
 Portugal 10,022,070 95.1% 2012 [2][note 1]
 Angola 13,570,162 39% 2012 [3]
 São Tomé and Principe 68,000 33.2% 2016 [4]
 Mozambique 5,000,000 16.6% 2020 [5]
 Luxembourg 74,636 15.7% 2011 [6]
 Switzerland 309,270 3.7% 2016 [7][note 2]
 Cape Verde 11,800 2.2% 2016 [8]
 France 1,089,497 1.7% 2007 [9][note 1]
 Belgium 72,715 0.7% 2012 [2][note 1]
 Canada 221,540 0.7% 2016 [10]
 Macau 3,779 0.6% 2016 [11][note 2]
 Ireland 20,833 0.4% 2016 [12]
 Netherlands 47,848 0.3% 2012 [2][note 1]
 United States 746,018 0.2% 2016 [13][14][note 2]
 United Kingdom 142,622 0.2% 2011 [15]
 Australia 52,222 0.2% 2016 [16][note 2]
 Mexico 15,300 0.2% 2019 [17][18]
 Germany 105,116 0.1% 2010 [19][note 1]
Total 240,661,428 [20]

See also

Notes
  1. Population data by Eurostat, using the source year. "The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of the respective year". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. 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 didn't answer or didn't take into account some parts of the population, for example children.

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