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  Regions where Spanish is the official and predominant language
  Regions where Spanish is an official language but not a majority native language
  Regions where Spanish is a significant minority language

Official or national language

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Sovereign states

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Sovereign states Status Population
(2014)[1] 		Regulatory body More information
 Mexico De facto[2] 120,286,655 Academia Mexicana de la Lengua Mexican Spanish
 Colombia De jure[3] 48,400,388 Academia Colombiana de la Lengua Colombian Spanish
 Spain[a] De jure[4] 47,737,941 Real Academia Española Peninsular Spanish
 Argentina De facto[5] 43,024,374 Academia Argentina de Letras Rioplatense Spanish
 Peru[b] De jure[6] 30,147,935 Academia Peruana de la Lengua Peruvian Coast Spanish
 Venezuela De jure[7] 28,868,486 Academia Venezolana de la Lengua Venezuelan Spanish
 Chile De facto[8] 17,363,894 Academia Chilena de la Lengua Chilean Spanish
 Ecuador[c] De jure[9] 15,654,411 Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua Ecuadorian Spanish
 Guatemala De jure[10] 14,647,083 Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua Guatemalan Spanish
 Cuba De jure[11] 11,047,251 Academia Cubana de la Lengua Cuban Spanish
 Bolivia[d] De jure[12] 10,631,486 Academia Boliviana de la Lengua Bolivian Spanish
 Dominican Republic De jure[13] 10,349,741 Academia Dominicana de la Lengua Dominican Spanish
Honduras Honduras De jure[14] 8,598,561 Academia Hondureña de la Lengua Honduran Spanish
 Paraguay[e] De jure[15] 6,703,860 Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española Paraguayan Spanish
 El Salvador De jure[16] 6,125,512 Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua Salvadoran Spanish
 Nicaragua De facto[17] 5,848,641 Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua Nicaraguan Spanish
 Costa Rica De jure[18] 4,755,234 Academia Costarricense de la Lengua Costa Rican Spanish
 Panama De jure[19] 3,608,431 Academia Panameña de la Lengua Panamanian Spanish
 Uruguay De facto[20] 3,332,972 Academia Nacional de Letras Uruguayan Spanish
 Equatorial Guinea[f] De jure[21] 1,722,254 Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española Equatoguinean Spanish
Total 442,476,007 Association of Spanish Language Academies

Territories

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Territory Status Population
(2014)[1] 		Regulatory body More information
 Puerto Rico[g] De jure[22] 3,620,897 Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española Puerto Rican Spanish

Notes:

  1. ^ In Spain, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level, while Basque, Catalan/Valencian, Aranese, and Galician are co-official alongside Spanish in certain regions.
  2. ^ In Peru, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while Quechua and Aymara hold co-official status in selected regions.
  3. ^ In Ecuador, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while the Kichwa (Northern Quechua) and Shuar languages hold co-official status in selected regions.
  4. ^ In Bolivia, the national constitution recognizes Spanish and various indigenous languages of Bolivia as official at the national level, though Spanish is predominant nationwide.
  5. ^ In Paraguay, Spanish and the indigenous Guaraní are recognized as co-official at the national level and both are widely used in society.
  6. ^ In Equatorial Guinea, the Spanish, French, and Portuguese languages all hold official status at the national level, though Spanish is the primary language in the public sphere while Fang, Bube, Kombe, and other Bantu languages, as well as an English-based creole, are used at home and family settings.
    See also: Equatorial Guinea § Languages
  7. ^ Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the U.S. where Spanish and English are the official languages and Spanish is the primary language.

References

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  1. ^ a b "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. ^ Mexico does not have an official language at the federal level [1]; however, Spanish is spoken by the majority.
  3. ^ Constitution of Colombia, Art. 10
  4. ^ Spanish Constitution, Art. 3-1
  5. ^ The Argentine Constitution does not establish Spanish as an official language.
  6. ^ Constitution of Peru, Art. 48
  7. ^ Constitution of Venezuela, Art. 9
  8. ^ The Constitution of Chile does not establish Spanish as an official language. However, Chilean legislation establishes that schools must teach students to communicate in the "Castilian language" (General Law on Education (Articles 29 and 30), Chile Library of Congress.)
  9. ^ Constitution of Ecuador, Art. 2
  10. ^ Constitution of Guatemala, Art. 143
  11. ^ Constitution of Cuba Archived 2 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 2
  12. ^ Constitution of Bolivia, Art. 5
  13. ^ The Constitution of the Dominican Republic establish Spanish as it official language.
  14. ^ Constitution of Honduras, Art. 6
  15. ^ Constitution of Paraguay, Art. 140
  16. ^ Constitution of El Salvador, Art. 62
  17. ^ The Constitution of Nicaragua does not establish Spanish as an official language.
  18. ^ Constitution of Costa Rica, Art. 76
  19. ^ Constitution of Panama, Art. 7
  20. ^ The Constitution of Uruguay does not establish Spanish as an official language.
  21. ^ Constitution of Equatorial Guinea Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 4
  22. ^ Constitution of Puerto Rico Archived 19 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 3, Section 5: It is mandatory to be able to read and write in either English or Spanish in order to be a member of the Legislative Assembly.
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