Template:Lusophone countries
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| Country | Population (July 2017 est.)[1] | More information | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px Brazil | 207,353,391 | Portuguese in Brazil | Spoken by the vast majority as a native language |
| 23x15px Angola | 29,310,273 | Portuguese in Angola | Spoken by a significant minority as a native language, and by the majority as a second language |
| 23x15px Mozambique | 26,573,706 | Portuguese in Mozambique | Spoken by a significant minority as a native language |
| 23x15px Portugal | 10,839,514 | Portuguese in Portugal1 | Spoken by the vast majority as a native language |
| 23x15px Guinea-Bissau | 1,792,338 | Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau | Spoken by a significant minority as a native language |
| 23x15px East Timor | 1,291,358 | Portuguese in East Timor | Spoken by a minority as a second language |
| 23x15px Equatorial Guinea3 | 778,358 | Portuguese in Equatorial Guinea | Spoken by a significant minority as a native language |
| 23x15px Macau2 | 601,969 | Portuguese in Macau | Spoken by a small minority as a native language |
| 23x15px Cape Verde | 560,899 | Portuguese in Cape Verde | Spoken by the majority as a second language |
| 23x15px São Tomé and Príncipe | 201,025 | Portuguese in São Tomé and Príncipe | Spoken by the vast majority as a native language |
| Total | c. 279 million | Community of Portuguese Language Countries |
Notes:
- Some linguists such as Lindley Cintra and Teixeira de Pascoaes argue that Galician, spoken in Galicia, is merely a dialect of Portuguese rather than an independent language; this would make northwestern Spain a part of the Portuguese-speaking world.[citation needed]
- Macau is not a sovereign nation. It is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China (the other being Anglophone Hong Kong, a former British colony).
- Equatorial Guinea adopted Portuguese as one of its official languages in 2007, being admitted to CPLP in 2014. The use of the Portuguese language in this country is limited. However, a Portuguese-based creole language, Annobonese Creole, is used, mainly on islands of Annobon and Bioko.[citation needed]
- 15% of Uruguay's population speaks Portuguese (in the northern regions near Brazil) as a native language though it is not an official language.[2] This makes Portuguese the second most spoken language of the country. A number of Uruguayans living near the Brazilian border also speak a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese called Portuñol.[3] A similar blending of Portuguese, Spanish, and Guarani (Jopara) occurs along the border with Paraguay.
- ↑ "The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Population - CIA". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
- ↑ The Portuguese Dialect of Uruguay (DPU) is spoken by circa 15% of the Uruguayan population according Juan Pedro Mir, director of education of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the country. pgl.gal (19 August 2017)
- ↑ O dialeto fronteiriço do Uruguai: origens, investigações e oportunidades Archived 27 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Espaço acadêmico. Retrieved 17 December 2010