The following is a list of countries where Portuguese is an official language, plus several countries where Portuguese or any language closely related to it, is an important or significant language.
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Official or national language
Portuguese is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 9 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), and one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 300 million people.
Primary or only official language
In these countries and territories, Portuguese is the main or mostly used language of communication of the vast majority of the population; official documents are written chiefly or solely in that language; and it is taught in schools and utilized as the primary medium of instruction as part of the official curriculum.
Sovereign states
Sovereign state | Status | Population (2024)[1] |
Regulatory body | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | De facto[2] | 217,637,297 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Brazilian Portuguese |
Mozambique | De facto[3] | 21,669,278 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Mozambican Portuguese |
Angola | De facto[4] | 18,498,000 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Angolan Portuguese |
Equatorial Guinea | De facto[5] | 1,795,834 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Brazilian Portuguese |
Portugal | De facto[6] | 10,318,000 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | European Portuguese |
East Timor | De facto[7] | 1,245,000 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | East Timorese Portuguese |
Guinea-Bissau | De facto[8] | 1,110,000 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Guinean Portuguese |
Cape Verde | De facto[9] | 499,000 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Cape Verdean Portuguese |
Sao Tome and Principe | De facto[10] | 212,679 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Sao Tomean Portuguese |
Total | 271,000,000 | Association of Academies of the Portuguese Language |
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Territory
Territory | Status | Population (2021)[11] |
Regulatory body | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|
Macau | De facto[12] | 641,000 | Academia Brasileira de Letras | Macanese Portuguese |
See also
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
- Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers
- List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language
- Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)
- Portuguese-based creole languages
- Latin America
- Latin Europe
- World Portuguese Language Day
References
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