Editing Spanish language (section)

=== Spanish speakers by country ===
20 countries and one United States territory speak Spanish officially, and the language has a significant unofficial presence in the rest of the United States along with Andorra, Belize and the territory of Gibraltar.
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|+Worldwide Spanish fluency (<span style="background:#efefef;">grey</span> and * signifies official language)
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! style="background:#efff;" |Country
! style="background:#efff;"data-sort-type="number" |Population<ref>{{cite web| url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm| title=UN 2011 to 2100 estimate| format=MS Excel PDF| work=UN Population data| access-date=7 February 2018| archive-date=10 May 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510051033/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>
! style="background:#efff;""width:23%;" data-sort-type="number" |Speakers of Spanish as a native language <ref name="viva18">{{cite report |url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_24/el_espanol_en_el_mundo_anuario_instituto_cervantes_2024.pdf |title=El español: una lengua viva – Informe 2024 |last=Fernández Vítores |first=David |date=2024 |publisher=[[Instituto Cervantes]]}} 498.5 million people have a native command of Spanish. 77.9 million people have limited Spanish proficiency. 24.2 million people are learning the Spanish language. 600.6 million people are potential users of Spanish worldwide, 7.5% (pages 26 and 69).</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ cia.gov]</ref><ref>Ethnologue, 18th Ed.: [[:es:Anexo:Hablantes de español según Ethnologue (edición 18)]].</ref>
! style="background:#efff;""width:22%;" data-sort-type="number" | Native speakers and proficient speakers as a second language <ref name="viva18"/><ref name="Eurob2023b">{{cite web| url = https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2979 | title = Europeans and their Languages  | year = 2023 |publisher= European Union (eurobarometer) | pages= 11, 58}} Reports and documents - Data annex - Europeans and their languages - page 58. The source offers percentages of people over 12 years old in each EU country, who speak Spanish at a very good level (page 58). Of the total EU population over 12 years old, 9% are native Spanish speakers, another 3% have a very good level of Spanish, and a total of 17% can hold a conversation in Spanish (page 54). Therefore, native and very good Spanish speakers account for 12% (9%+3%).</ref>
! style="background:#efff;" "width:22%;" data-sort-type="number" |Total number of Spanish speakers <small>(including limited competence speakers)</small><ref name="viva18"/><ref name="Eurob2023">{{cite web | url = https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2979 | title = Eurobarometer: Report: Europeans and their languages |publisher=European Union | year = 2023 | pages = 11, 21| language = en}} Native and non native people who speak Spanish well enough in order to be able to have a conversation.</ref><ref name="DemografíaLengEsp">{{Cite web | url = http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf | title = Demografía de la lengua española | page = 10 |  language = es | access-date = 23 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100923081035/http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf | archive-date = 23 September 2010 | url-status = live}}, to countries with official Spanish status.</ref>
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| [[Mexico]]*
| {{formatnum:133367428}}<ref>{{Cite web | title=2025 population estimate| publisher=CONAPO estimate| url=https://conapo.segob.gob.mx/work/models/CONAPO/pry23/PP/index.html |language=es}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:125098647}} (93.8%)<ref name="CIAMexico">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mexico/#people-and-society |publisher=CIA |title=Mexico |work=The World Factbook |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126164719/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mexico |url-status=live}}: Spanish only 92.7%</ref>
|{{formatnum:125632117}} (94.2%)<ref name="viva18"/>
|{{formatnum:132300489}} (99.2%)<ref name="CIAMexico" />
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| [[United States]]
| {{formatnum:334914895}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/population-trends-return-to-pre-pandemic-norms.html | publisher = Census Bureau | title = (1 July, 2023) | access-date =  | archive-date = 4 March 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210304225837/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=hispanics&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05 | url-status = live}}</ref>
|{{formatnum:43369734}} <small>(13.7% of 316,581,199)</small> <ref>Spanish speakers older than 5 years old ({{Cite web | url = https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=LANGUAGE%20SPOKEN%20AT%20HOME%20%20&tid=ACSST1Y2023.S1601&t=Language%20Spoken%20at%20Home | year = 2023 | title = Language Spoken at Home| publisher = United States Census Bureau. }})</ref>
|{{formatnum:47576361}} <small>(15.0% of 316,581,199)</small>{{efn|75% of U.S. Hispanics speak Spanish very well or pretty well (according to a 2022 survey).<ref name="Taylor 2022">{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Paul |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2023/09/20/latinos-views-of-and-experiences-with-the-spanish-language/ |title=Latinos’ Views of and Experiences With the Spanish Language |date=2022 |publisher=pewhispanic.org}}</ref> There were 65.1 million Hispanics in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=race&tid=ACSDP1Y2023.DP05 |title=Census Bureau (01/July/2023) |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref> of which 60,196,875 are over 5 years old,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B01001I?q=B01001I:+Sex+by+Age+(Hispanic+or+Latino) |title=Census Bureau (01/July/2023) |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref> as of 2023. There were also another 2.4 mill. non-Hispanic Spanish speakers at home older than 5 years old (5.6% of 43,369,734) as of 2023.<ref name="lenguaviva.org">[https://lenguaviva.org/espa%C3%B1ol%3A-una-lengua-viva-1 lenguaviva.org] (page 10)</ref> In 2011, a similar survey tells that 82% of U.S. Hispanics speak Spanish very well or pretty well, and there were another 2.8 million non Hispanics who speak Spanish at home.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2012/04/04/iv-language-use-among-latinos/ pewresearch.org] (Language Use among Latinos)</ref>}} 
|{{formatnum:58869734}} <small>(17.9% of 316,581,199)</small>{{efn|43.4&nbsp;million as a first language + 15.5&nbsp;million as a second language. To avoid double counting, the number does not include 8&nbsp;million Spanish students and some of the 7.7&nbsp;million undocumented Hispanics not accounted by the Census.}}<ref name="viva18" />{{efn|90% of U.S. Hispanics know how to speak at least a little Spanish (according to a 2022 survey).<ref name="Taylor 2022">{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Paul |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2023/09/20/latinos-views-of-and-experiences-with-the-spanish-language/ |title=Latinos’ Views of and Experiences With the Spanish Language |date=2022 |publisher=pewhispanic.org}}</ref> There were 65.1 million Hispanics in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=race&tid=ACSDP1Y2023.DP05 |title=Census Bureau (01/July/2023) |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref> of which 60,196,875 are over 5 years old,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B01001I?q=B01001I:+Sex+by+Age+(Hispanic+or+Latino) |title=Census Bureau (01/July/2023) |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref> as of 2023. There were also another 2.4 mill. non-Hispanic Spanish speakers at home older than 5 years old (5.6% of 43,369,734) as of 2023.<ref name="lenguaviva.org">[https://lenguaviva.org/espa%C3%B1ol%3A-una-lengua-viva-1 lenguaviva.org] (page 10)</ref> Total number of people who speak at least a little Spanish: 56,605,892. Non-Hispanic Spanish speakers in the U.S. are not included (except those who speak it at home).}} 
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|[[Colombia]]*
|{{formatnum:53110609}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2018/proyecciones-de-poblacion/Nacional/DCD-area-proypoblacion-Nac-2020-2070.xlsx |date=1 January 2025 |title=Proyecciones de Población de DANE de 2020-2070 (DANE Population Projections 2020-2070)|publisher=Dane |location=CO |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322235136/https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/proyecciones-de-poblacion|archive-date=22 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:52090885}} (98.1%)<ref name="viva18" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.datosmundial.com/america/colombia/index.php |title=datosmundial.com (Colombia) |access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref>
| 52 962 217 (99.7%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 148,392 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Spain]]*
| {{formatnum:49153849}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177095&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735572981| title = Census INE estimate for 1 April 2025 | archive-date = 2022-01-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005818/https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=36643| url-status = live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:42075695}} (85.6%)<ref name="INEespañol">[https://www.ine.es/prensa/ecepov_2021.pdf INE (2021)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102180735/https://www.ine.es/prensa/ecepov_2021.pdf |date=2 November 2023}}: In Spain, 85.6% speak Spanish always or frequently in family (77.1% always and 8.5% frequently), 96% speak Spanish well, and 99.5% understand and speak, albeit with difficulty .</ref>
| {{formatnum:47187695}} (96%)<ref name="INEespañol" />
| {{formatnum:48908080}} (99.5%)<ref name="INEespañol" />
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| [[Argentina]]*
| {{formatnum:47473760}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indec.gob.ar%2Fftp%2Fcuadros%2Fpoblacion%2Fc1_proyecciones_nac_2010_2040.xls&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=Argentinian census INDEC estimate for 2025 |date = 2025}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:45574810}} (96.0%)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.datosmundial.com/america/argentina/index.php |title=datosmundial.com (Argentina) |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417002409/https://www.datosmundial.com/america/argentina/index.php |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:46856601}} (98.7%)<ref name="viva18" />
|{{formatnum:47188917}} (99.4%)<ref name="DemografíaLengEsp" />
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| [[Peru]]*
| {{formatnum:34412393}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/principales_indicadores/libro_1.pdf | language = es | title = Estimación y proyección de la población 1950-2050 | trans-title = Population estimation and projection 1950-2050 | year = 2025 | publisher = INEI | page = 140 }}</ref>
| {{formatnum:28527874}} (82.9%)<ref>{{Cite web | quote = Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.7%, other 0.2% | year = 2017 | work = The World factbook | title=Peru | url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/peru/ | publisher = CIA | access-date = 4 October 2011 | archive-date = 19 November 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211119135020/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/peru/ | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | quote = There are 5,782,260 people who speak other language as mother tongue (main languages: Quechua (among 32 Quechua's varieties) 4,773,900, Aymara (2 varieties) 661,000, Chinese 100,000). | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=pe | title = Peru | publisher = Ethnologue | access-date = 21 September 2011 | archive-date = 2 December 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202105534/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=pe | url-status = live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:29594658}} (86.6%)<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:30600340}} (88.9%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 335,576 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Venezuela]]*
| 28,460,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects 2024 (2024-2050)|publisher=UN |date=2025}}</ref>
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:27720040}} (97.4%)<ref name="viva18" /><ref>{{Cite web | quote = There are 1,098,244 people who speak other language as their mother tongue (main languages: Chinese 400,000, Portuguese 254,000, Wayuu 199,000, Arabic 110,000) | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/country/VE/languages | publisher = Ethnologue | title = Venezuela | access-date = 30 May 2013 | archive-date = 10 March 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130310032805/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/ve/languages | url-status = dead}}</ref>
|{{formatnum:28240466}} (99.2%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 219,534 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Chile]]*
| {{formatnum:20206953}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.censo2017.cl%2Fdescargas%2Fproyecciones%2Festimaciones-y-proyecciones-chile-1992-2050-base-2017-poblacion-e-indicacores.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK | title = Census estimate for 1992 to 2050 | trans-title = Reports | publisher = INE | year = 2025 | language = es }}</ref> 
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:19317847}} (95.6%)<ref name="viva18" /><ref>{{Cite web | quote = There are 281,600 people who speak another language, mainly Mapudungun (250.000) |url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CL | title = Chile | publisher = Ethnologue | access-date = 12 October 2011 | archive-date = 3 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130203004338/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CL | url-status = live}}</ref>
|{{formatnum:19945772}} (99.6%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 85,869 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Ecuador]]*
| {{formatnum:18013000}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://proyeccionespoblacionales.ecudatanalytics.com/ | title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Census | date = 2025}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:16877244}}  (93.7%)<ref name="viva18" />
|{{formatnum:17474448}} (97.0%){{efn|People with Spanish limited competence in Ecuador: 537,552. Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 451,533 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
|{{formatnum:17642817}} (98.6%)<ref>{{cite web |author=CIA Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ecuador/ |title=(2019) |publisher=CIA Factbook |date=19 February 1999 |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110072816/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ecuador |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Guatemala]]*
| {{formatnum:18079810}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ine.gob.gt%2Fine%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F08%2FEstimaciones_y_proyecciones_de_poblacion-1950-2050.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=Guatemala: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población 1950–2050. |language=es |website=www.oj.gob.gt |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística | date=2025 }}</ref>
| {{formatnum:12637787}} (69.9%)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Guatemala | quote = Spanish (official) 69.9%, Amerindian languages 40% | work = The World Factbook | url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/ | publisher = CIA | access-date = 27 January 2021 | archive-date = 15 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210415030536/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/ | url-status = live}}</ref>
|{{formatnum:13722576}} (75.9%)<ref name="viva18" />
|{{formatnum:16440943}} (90.8%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 1,638,867 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Bolivia]]*
| {{formatnum:12332252}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/censos-y-proyecciones-de-poblacion-sociales/ |title=Census INE estimate for 2024 |publisher=INE}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:7485677}} (60.7%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bolivia/|title=South America :: Bolivia — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927041747/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bolivia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{formatnum:9927463}} (80.5%)<ref name="viva18" />
|{{formatnum:12064523}} (97.8%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 267,729 (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Cuba]]*
| {{formatnum:11089511}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onei.gob.cu/node/13815 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211142555/http://www.onei.gob.cu/node/13815 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |website=ONEI |title=31 December 2022 estimation}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:10996367}} (99.2%)<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:10996367}} (99.2%)<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Dominican Republic]]*
| {{formatnum:10878267}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.one.gob.do%2Fmedia%2Fc2bh3ckv%2Fcuadro-estimaciones-y-proyecciones-poblaci%25C3%25B3n-total-por-a%25C3%25B1o-seg%25C3%25BAn-sexo-edad-2000-2030.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=Census ONE estimate 2000-2030 |language=es |publisher=Oficina Nacional de Estadística |date=2025}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum:10323475}} (94.9%)<ref name="viva18" />
|{{formatnum:10747728}} (98.8%)<ref name="DemografíaLengEsp" />
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| [[Honduras]]*
| {{formatnum:10039862}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://181.115.7.199/binhnd/RpWebEngine.exe/Portal?BASE=PROYPOB&lang=ESP |title=INE estimate  |date=2025}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:9549917}} (95.1%)<ref name="viva18" /><ref>There are 207,750 people who speak another language, mainly Garifuna (98,000).: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=HN Ethnologue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013214744/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=HN |date=13 October 2011}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:9949503}} (99.1%)<ref name="DemografíaLengEsp" />
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| [[France]]
| {{formatnum:68381000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/001641607|title=INSEE estimate to 2024|publisher=Insee.fr|date=2024}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:557001}} <small>(1% of 55 700 114)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/><ref>There are more than {{formatnum:433000}} emigrants from predominantly Spanish-speaking countries in France, of which 93.6% speak native Spanish ([https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_24/el_espanol_en_el_mundo_anuario_instituto_cervantes_2024.pdf.pdf Inst. Cerv. Anuario 2024]): {{formatnum:310072}} Spaniards ([https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/p85001/serie/l0/&file=01001.px INE, 2025]) + {{formatnum:31151}} Colombians + {{formatnum:16473}} Chileans + {{formatnum:14807}} Argentines + {{formatnum:13390}} Mexicans  + {{formatnum:13361}} Peruvians + {{formatnum:7249}} Venezuelans + {{formatnum:5466}} Cubans  + {{formatnum:4730}} Ecuatorians + 3,992 Dominicans + {{formatnum:3598}} Bolivians  + 3,423 Guatemalans + {{formatnum:2784}} Uruguayans + {{formatnum:1178}} Paraguayans ([https://datosmacro.expansion.com/demografia/migracion/inmigracion/francia datosmacro 2020]). On the other hand, we should consider Spanish emigrants who have become French citizens and still speak Spanish, or the descendants of Spanish emigrants born in France who speak Spanish at home.</ref>
| {{formatnum:1910258}} <small>(4% of 55 700 114)</small>{{efn|3% of people in France older than 12, speak Spanish very well, and 1% speak Spanish as a native language.}}<ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:7798016}}  <small>(14% of 55 700 114)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
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| [[Nicaragua]]*
| {{formatnum:6803886}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.inide.gob.ni/docs/Anuarios/Anuario2022/ANUARIO_ESTADISTICO2022.pdf| title = Census estimate for 2023}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:6484103}} (95.3%)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nicaragua/ www.cia.gov]</ref><ref>There are 490,124 people who speak another language, mainly Mískito (154,000).: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NI Ethnologue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115100732/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NI |date=15 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:6599769}} (97.1%)<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:6734219}} (98.9%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 69,667. (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
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| [[Paraguay]]*
| {{formatnum:6417076}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ine.gov.py/publication-single.php?codec=266|title=Census estimate 1950-2050| date=2025}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:3946502}} (61.5%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/paraguay/|title=South America :: Paraguay — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231111825/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|  {{formatnum:4318692}} (67.3%)<ref name="viva18" />
|  {{formatnum:6397823}} (99,7%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 19,253. Indigenous population that have limited competence: 2,456,048 (page 45, 34 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" /><ref>{{cite web| url = https://es.ripleybelieves.com/what-languages-are-spoken-in-paraguay-1238| title = es.ripleybelieves.com| access-date = 14 January 2022| archive-date = 15 January 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062719/https://es.ripleybelieves.com/what-languages-are-spoken-in-paraguay-1238| url-status = live}}</ref>
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| [[El Salvador]]*
| {{formatnum:6029976}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censo2024.bcr.gob.sv/wp-content/uploads/tablas-geoportal/presentacion-de-resultados-censo-de-poblacion-y-vivienda-el-salvador-2024-segunda-entrega.pdf| title = Census estimate for 2024}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:6015876}}<ref>There are 14,100 people who speak other language as their mother tongue (main language, Kekchí with 12,300 speakers): [http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SV Ethnologue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207044049/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SV |date=7 February 2016}}.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:6023946}} (99.9%)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Brazil]]
| {{formatnum:212584000}}<ref>{{Cite web | language = pt-br | trans-title = The IBGE publishes the population estimates for 1 July 2024 | url = https://www.ibge.gov.br/apps/populacao/projecao/index.html | title = IBGE population estimations | year = 2024}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:522443}}<ref name="viva18" /><ref>There are {{formatnum:1554744}} emigrants from predominantly Spanish-speaking countries in Brazil ([https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/ nepo.unicamp.br 2024]), of which 93.6% speak native Spanish ([https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_24/el_espanol_en_el_mundo_anuario_instituto_cervantes_2024.pdf.pdf Inst. Cerv. Anuario 2024]): {{formatnum:672894}} Venezuelans + {{formatnum:187562}} Bolivians + {{formatnum:143928}} Spaniards ([https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/p85001/serie/l0/&file=01001.px INE, 2025])  + {{formatnum:108587}} Colombians + {{formatnum:106271}} Argentines + {{formatnum:68650}} Paraguayans + {{formatnum:65976}} Cubans + {{formatnum:61033}} Peruvians + {{formatnum:59562}} Uruguayans + {{formatnum:25064}} Mexicans + {{formatnum:24393}} Chileans + {{formatnum:14793}} Ecuatorians + 4,793 Dominicans + 2,962 Hondurans + 2,179 Costa Ricans + 1,905 Guatemalans. Total Native Spanish speakers 1,454,676.</ref>
| {{formatnum:6192887}}{{efn|522,443 immigrants native speakers +  170,444 descendants of Spanish immigrants + 5,500,000 can hold a conversation (pages 52 and 54 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024"). To avoid double counting, the number does not include 4,048,338 Spanish students in Brazil (page 59).}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Germany]]
| {{formatnum:83190556}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Bevoelkerungsstand/Tabellen/zensus-geschlecht-staatsangehoerigkeit-2020.html | title = German census | date = 2020 | publisher = Destatis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160628112855/https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/SocietyState/Population/CurrentPopulation/Tables/Census_SexAndCitizenship.html | archive-date = 28 June 2016 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:716772}} <small>(1% of 71 677 231)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/><ref>Native command group (GDL): 266,955 non-nationalized Spanish-speaking immigrants, 63,752 nationalized Spanish-speaking immigrants, 44,500 Spanish speakers of children of immigrants (second generation). 375,207 total native speakers, but there are another 37,047 non-mother-tongue speakers with native-level skills. [https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/espanol_lengua_viva/pdf/espanol_lengua_viva_2020.pdf Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2020 (page 325). "Germany and their Spanish speakers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218134448/https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/espanol_lengua_viva/pdf/espanol_lengua_viva_2019.pdf |date=18 February 2020}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:2150317}} <small>(3% of 71 677 231)</small>{{efn|2% of people in Germany older than 12, speak Spanish very well, and 1% speak Spanish as a native language.}}<ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:5734178}} <small>(8% of 71 677 231)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- 
| [[Costa Rica]]*
| {{formatnum:5327387}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inec.cr/poblacion/estimaciones-y-proyecciones-de-poblacion |title=INEC estimate for 2024 |publisher=INEC}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:5268786}} (98.9%)<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:5326600}} (99.9%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 897. (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- 
| [[Panama]]*
| {{formatnum:4565559}}<ref>[https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inec.gob.pa%2Farchivos%2FP4911CUADRO9.XLS&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK Census INEC estimate for 2025]</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:3944643}} (86.4)<ref name="viva18" /><ref>There are 501,043 people who speak another language as mother tongue: {{Cite web | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PA | title = PA | publisher = Ethnologue | access-date = 17 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021142552/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PA | archive-date = 21 October 2011 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:4495892}} (98.4%){{efn|Indigenous population that does not speak Spanish: 69,667. (page 44 of "Anuario del Instituto Cervantes 2024").}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- 
| [[Uruguay]]*
| {{formatnum:3499451}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gub.uy/instituto-nacional-estadistica/censos2023pvh |title=INE estimate for 2023}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:3348975}} (95.7%)<ref>[https://www.datosmundial.com/america/uruguay/index.php datosmundial.com]</ref><ref>There are 150,200 people who speak another language as mother tongue, {{Cite web | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=UY | title = UY | publisher = Ethnologue | access-date = 17 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116095609/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=UY | archive-date = 16 November 2011 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:3467956}} (99.1%)<ref name="viva18" />
|-
| [[Puerto Rico]]*
| {{formatnum:3203295}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/PR/PST045224 |title=2024 US. census Bureau }}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:3049537}} (95.2%)<ref>([https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2023.S1601?q=race&t=Language%20Spoken%20at%20Home&g=040XX00US72&y=2023 Census Bureau 2023] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081747/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/municipios/totals/2011/tables/PRM-EST2011-01.xls |date=24 September 2015}})</ref>
| {{formatnum:3200092}} (99.9%)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{formatnum:68265209}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/latest |title=Annual Mid year Population Estimates: 2023 |publisher=U.K. Gov. Census |date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:215062}} (0.4%)<ref>[[Languages of the United Kingdom]]</ref>
| {{formatnum:518480}} <small>(1% of 51,848,010)</small><ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 goodspeakers">[https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/1049 Eurobarometr 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429224902/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_anx_en.pdf |date=29 April 2013}} (pages T74, TS2): Non native people who speak Spanish very well.</ref>
| {{formatnum:3110880}} <small>(6% of 51,848,010)</small><ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers">[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_anx_en.pdf Eurobarometr 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429224902/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_anx_en.pdf |date=29 April 2013}} (page T64): Non native people who speak Spanish well enough in order to be able to have a conversation.</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Italy]]
| {{formatnum:60542215}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.istat.it/en/population-and-households |title=Census 2021 estimate|publisher=Istat.it |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807053109/http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001&tableSelection=1&footnotes=yes&labeling=labels&plugin=1 |archive-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:515597}} <small>(1% of 51,862,391)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
| {{formatnum:1546790}} <small>(3% of 51,862,391)</small>{{efn|2% of people in Italy older than 12, speak Spanish very well, and 1% speak Spanish as a native language.}}<ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:3093580}} <small>(6% of 51,862,391)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Canada]]
| {{formatnum:41465298}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901 | title = Population estimates, quarterly | date = 2024 | publisher = Statistics Canada }}</ref>
| {{formatnum:600795}} (1.6%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/language-langue/index-en.html |title=Mother tongue by geography, 2021 Census |date=2021 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114071602/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/language-langue/index-en.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:1171450}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810021601&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=2.1&pickMembers%5B2%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B3%5D=4.1 |title=Knowledge of languages by age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions |date=2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=22 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122225258/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810021601&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=2.1&pickMembers%5B2%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B3%5D=4.1 |url-status=live}}</ref> (3.2%)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/canada/#people-and-society cia.gov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922212931/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/canada/#people-and-society |date=22 September 2021}} (3.2% speak Spanish in Canada)</ref>
| {{formatnum:1775000}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tln.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/spanish-speaking-canada-population_2.pdf |title=tln.ca |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207190552/https://www.tln.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/spanish-speaking-canada-population_2.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://allontario.ca/the-importance-of-spanish-in-canada/ |title=allontario.ca |date=14 May 2020 |access-date=24 October 2023 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927175639/https://allontario.ca/the-importance-of-spanish-in-canada/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Morocco]]
| {{formatnum:36828330}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcp.ma/Population-legale-du-Royaume-du-Maroc-repartie-par-regions-provinces-et-prefectures-et-communes-selon-les-resultats-du_a3974.html|title=Census estimate for 2024|publisher=HCP}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:12774}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:1754485}}<ref name="viva18" /><ref>[http://www.slideshare.net/magdarol/el-espaol-en-el-contexto-sociolingstico-marroqui-evolucin-y-perspectivas-i El español en el contexto Sociolingüístico marroquí: Evolución y perspectivas (page 39)]: Between 4 and 7 million people have Spanish knowledge (M. Ammadi, 2002) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106191132/http://www.slideshare.net/magdarol/el-espaol-en-el-contexto-sociolingstico-marroqui-evolucin-y-perspectivas-i |date=6 November 2013}}</ref> (10%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/RABAT/es/Noticias/Documents/LENGESPMARR.pdf |title=Euromonitor, 2012|page=32|work=exteriores.gob.es|access-date=19 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425134251/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/RABAT/es/Noticias/Documents/LENGESPMARR.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;" 
| [[Netherlands]]
| {{formatnum:18070000}}<ref>{{cite web |date=24 March 2025 |title=Bevolkingsteller: Hoeveel mensen wonen nu in Nederland? |trans-title=Population counter: How many people live in the Netherlands now? |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/visualisaties/dashboard-bevolking/bevolkingsteller |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=Cbs.nl}}</ref>
|
| 
| {{formatnum:1328731}} <small>(9% of 14 763 684)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- 
| [[Equatorial Guinea]]*
| {{formatnum:1505588}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://inege.gq/ |title=Equatorial Guinea census estimate |year=2021 |publisher=Population statistics |access-date=21 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806160229/http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/estadistica.php |archive-date=6 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:1114135}} (74%)<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:1320401}} (87.7%)<ref>[https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_08.pdf cvc.cervantes.es]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227153232/https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_08.pdf |date=27 December 2021}}. 13.7% of the country's Spanish speakers are proficient; the remaining 74% are limited-competence speakers.</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Portugal]]
| {{formatnum:10639726}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_destaques&DESTAQUESdest_boui=645507713&DESTAQUESmodo=2 |title=INE estimate |date=31 Dec 2023}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:48791}}<ref name="port" />
| {{formatnum:178312}} <small>(2% of 8,915,624)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:1089995}}<ref name="port" >{{Cite web |url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/espanol_europa/espanol_portugal/demolinguistica_espanol_portugal.pdf |title= Demo lingüística del español en Portugal  |publisher= Instituto Cervantes | page = 31 |access-date=2 December 2023  |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222110248/https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/espanol_europa/espanol_portugal/demolinguistica_espanol_portugal.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Belgium]]
| {{formatnum:11812354}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/fr/pop/statistiques/population-bevolking-20250101.pdf |title=Census estimate to 2025 |publisher=ibz.rrn.fgov.be}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:96193}} <small>(1% of 9,619,330)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
| {{formatnum:192387}} <small>(2% of 9,619,330)</small>{{efn|1% of people in Belgium older than 12, speak Spanish very well, and 1% speak Spanish as a native language.}}<ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:961933}} <small>(10% of 9,619,330)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Sweden]]
| {{formatnum:10588230}}<ref>[http://www.scb.se/Pages/Product____25799.aspx 2012 census]{{webarchive |url=https://www.scb.se/en/BE0101-en |date=November 2024}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:85415}} <small>(1% of 8,541,497)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
| {{formatnum:854149}} <small>(10% of 8,541,497)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>)
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Ivory Coast]]
| {{formatnum:29389150}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ins.ci/n | title=Census, 2021}}</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:798095}} (students)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Philippines]]
| {{formatnum:114123600}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/dhsd/Statistical%20Tables%20CBPP_0.pdf | publisher = National Statistics Office | title = Medium projection | date = 1 Jul 2025 }}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum:4584}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:566921}}<ref name="viva18" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_18/madrid/p01.htm |title=cvc.cervantes.es |access-date=25 October 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816002359/https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_18/madrid/p01.htm |url-status=live}} There are 4,803 native Spanish speakers + 461,689 Spanish speakers with limited competence + 33,600 Spanish students.</ref> 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Australia]]
| 27,309,396 <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0 |title=2024 Census |publisher= Australian census data |date=30 Sep 2024 }}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:175491}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:559491}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Switzerland]]
| {{formatnum:9060598}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/effectif-change.assetdetail.32175841.html |title=bfs.admin.ch |date=2025 }}</ref>
|  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:212970}}<ref name="viva18" />(2.3%)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/sprachen.html |title=Bevölkerung |first=Bundesamt für|last=Statistik|website=www.bfs.admin.ch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114180444/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/sprachen.html|archive-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.exteriores.gob.es/documents/fichaspais/suiza_ficha%20pais.pdf exteriores.gob.es] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124220134/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/SUIZA_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf |date=24 January 2022}}. 2.3% Spanish speakers as a native language according to 2018 census.</ref>
| {{formatnum:556131}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Romania]]
| {{formatnum:19051562}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/com_presa/com_pdf/poprez_ian2023r.pdf |title=Eurostat (1/1/2023 estimate) |publisher=insse.ro }}</ref>
|
| |
| {{formatnum:485241}} <small>(3 of 16,174,719)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Denmark]]
| {{formatnum:5982117}}<ref>[https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/befolkning/befolkningstal 2025 Census estimate]</ref>
|
|
|{{formatnum:440213}} <small>(9% of 4,891,261)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- 
| [[Western Sahara]]
| {{formatnum:590506}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://population.un.org/wpp/ | title = 2024 UN estimate | year = 2024 }}</ref>
| N/A<ref>The 1970 Spanish census claims there were 16,648 Spanish speakers in Western Sahara at the time ([http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_99/otero/p03.htm#7]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917062525/http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_99/otero/p03.htm#7|date=17 September 2009}}), but most of them were probably people born in Spain who left after the Moroccan annexation.</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:423739}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Benin]]
| {{formatnum:12910087}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://instad.bj/images/docs/Actualit%C3%A9s/Projection%20r%C3%A9vis%C3%A9e.pdf |title=National annual projection |date=1 Jul 2024}}</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:412515}} (students)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Cameroon]]
| {{formatnum:28758503}}<ref>[https://ins-cameroun.cm/document/projections-demographiques-et-estimations-des-cibles-prioritaires-des-differents-programmes-et-interventions-de-sante/ 01-July-2024 Census estimate]</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:403000}} (students)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Senegal]]
| {{formatnum:12853259}}
|
|
| {{formatnum:356000}} (students)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Poland]]
| {{formatnum:38036118}}<ref>[https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/other-studies/informations-on-socio-economic-situation/statistical-bulletin-no-112022,4,145.html 2022 Census]</ref>
|
| 
| {{formatnum:319829}} <small>(1% of 31,982,941)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Austria]]
| {{formatnum:9198214}}<ref>[https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/population-and-society/population/population-stock/population-at-beginning-of-year/quarter statistik.at] "Population at beginning of 2025/quarter"</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:76471}} <small>(1% of 7,647,176)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:305887}} <small>(4% of 7,647,176)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Ireland]]
| {{formatnum:5380300}}<ref>[https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-pme/populationandmigrationestimatesapril2024/ cso.ie] "Population and Migration Estimates, April 2024".</ref>
| {{formatnum:40059}} <small>(1% of 4,005,909)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
| {{formatnum:120177}} <small>(3% of 4,005,909)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:280414}} <small>(7% of 4,005,909)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Belize]]
| {{formatnum:430191}}<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.sib.org.bz/ |title=Spanish in belize |date= |language=es |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204235026/http://www.sib.org.bz/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:224130}} (52.1%)<ref name="Spanish in Belize">{{Cite report |url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_42.pdf |title=Spanish in Belize. 52.1% speak Spanish with very well level. 10.7% speak Spanish with intermediate level. |date=2000 |language=es |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203033222/https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_42.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:224130}} (52.1%)
| 270,160 (62.8%)<ref name="Spanish in Belize" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Czech Republic]]
| {{formatnum:10897237}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://csu.gov.cz/home |title=czso.cz |language=cs |publisher=czso.cz |date= September 2024 }}</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:89820}} <small>(1% of 8,982,036)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:269461}} <small>(3% of 8,982,036)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Algeria]]
| {{formatnum:47400000}}<ref>[https://www.ons.dz/IMG/pdf/Demographie_Algerienne2020_2023.pdf ons.dz], Census estimate for 1 Jan 2025.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:1149}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:263428}}{{efn|There are 1,149 native Spanish speakers + 173,600 Spanish speakers with limited competence + 88,679 Spanish students.}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Curaçao]], [[Sint Maarten]], [[Bonaire]], [[Sint Eustatius]] & [[Saba (island)|Saba]]
|  244,700
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |  46,621 <ref name="viva18" />
| 203,339 <ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Finland]]
| {{formatnum:5638675}}<ref>[https://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vamuu/statfin_vamuu_pxt_11lj.px pxdata.stat.fi] 1-July-2024 Census estimate</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:186917}} <small>(4% of 4,672,932)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Greece]]
| {{formatnum:10400720}}<ref>[https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/b248e72c-2917-bdae-1d15-98d22787adb7 statistics.gr] 1-January-2024.</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:91679}} <small>(1% of 9,167,896)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:183358}} <small>(2% of 9,167,896)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Bulgaria]]
| {{formatnum:6445481}}<ref>[https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/19806/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BC-7-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8-2021-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0 nsi.bg] 31 Dec 2023 census estimate</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:59175}} <small>(1% of 5,917,534)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:177526}} <small>(3% of 5,917,534)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Gabon]]
| {{formatnum:2408586}}<ref>[https://www.statgabon.ga/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Rapport-Projection_Final.pdf www.state.gov]. Census estimate for 1 July 2025.</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:167410}} (students)<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Hungary]]
| {{formatnum:9540000}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ksh.hu/stadat_files/nep/en/nep0001.html |title=Census estimate |publisher=ksh.hu |date= 1 January 2025 }}</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:83135}} <small>(1% of 8,313,539)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:166271}} <small>(2% of 8,313,539)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Russia]]
| {{formatnum:146028325}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/PrPopul2025_Site.xlsx |title=Census estimate for 2025 |publisher=Russian census estimate |date=1 January 2025 }}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum: 28924}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:163354}} <small>(134,430 students)</small><ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Japan]]
| {{formatnum:123440000}}<ref>[https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.htm stat.go.jp] 1 Mar 2025 census estimate.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:131000}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:160000}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Slovakia]]
| {{formatnum:5421272}} <ref>[https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/products/informationmessages/inf_sprava_detail/3ea24db8-57c6-4e4b-b535-050d5353d478/!ut/p/z1/tVLNUsIwGHwWDz2m-SApCd4Co_wIjoAI5OK0JdAKbWobW_HpTR0vzIjgwVy-ZGZ3s5sNlniJZeqX8dY3sU79vT2vZOt5wga802kIgM6IwGB4N7vvd2-bvbmHF8cAfj-9gcGjeOhNh7QB1MPyd_4TlliGqclMhFc6KPwIFTsUpxvk74wDdqPzxLopU4WKLPfLgwNloczOTqL8Jl0HHHksbCGqaIACj3gIPFjbSdaU8Vo-C-M1Xl2EXpzLW8eBE0uA5csvSLcn-pSNAPio58FA9OfT9oQQEOQb8IvGynpgJz00GF6UsarwPK1fZo9nf4zYBzw814qtPX55fZXCdqNTo94NXv5HOfaeZj7ujrc2gW-iWlrj5UVUmyEOErcKExdcxhkQxjht0nbLI6QWFmlAuBXO1UblKnffcvudI2Oy4toBB6qqcrdab_fKDXXiwE-USBc2-DESZ8k84eSAdpvxDaEyOJCPkVqIq08a31Kc/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ slovak.statistics.sk] 2024 Census estimate.</ref>
|
| {{formatnum:45915}} <small>(1% of 4,591,487)</small><ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:91830}} <small>(2% of 4,591,487)</small><ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Israel]]
| {{formatnum:10045100}}<ref>[https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/Statistics/Pages/Generators/Time-Series-DataBank.aspx?r=ea3bd53b-b8ef-4c4a-8f6f-8eb5e8cdb84f&uptodate=1 cbs.gov.il] Census estimate for 28 Feb 2025.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:104000}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:149000}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Norway]]
| {{formatnum:5594340}}<ref>[https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/befolkning ssb.no]. Census estimate for 2025-01-01.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum:13000}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:132888}}{{efn|There are 13,000 native Spanish speakers + 24,000 Spanish speakers with limited competence + 95,888 Spanish students.}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Aruba]]
| {{formatnum:107566}}<ref>{{cite web |date=1 January 2024 |title=General characteristics of Aruba 2023 |url=https://cbs.aw/wp/index.php/2022/09/20/test-2/ |publisher=CBS}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum:14737}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:89387}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Luxembourg]]
| {{formatnum:672050}}<ref>[https://statistiques.public.lu/dam-assets/actualite/2024/stn16-pop-2024/stn16-2024-population-2024-v20.pdf January 2024 Census estimate.]</ref>
| {{formatnum:16000}} <small>(3% of 533,335)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
| {{formatnum:37000}} <small>(7% of 533,335)</small>{{efn|4% of people in Italy older than 12, speak Spanish very well, and 3% speak Spanish as a native language.}}<ref name="Eurob2023b"/>
| {{formatnum:80000}} <small>(15% of 533,335)</small> <ref name="Eurob2023"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Andorra]]
| {{formatnum:85101}}<ref>[https://www.estadistica.ad/portal/apps/sites/#/estadistica-ca/pages/estadistiques-i-dades-detall?Idioma=ca&N2=605&N3=606&DV=797 2024 Census estimate]</ref>
| {{formatnum:34132}} (43.2%)<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:49018}} (57.6%)<ref>[https://static1.ara.cat/ara/public/content/file/original/2019/1216/13/principals-dades-de-l-estudi-sobre-coneixements-i-usos-lingueistics-d0807a0.pdf static1.ara.cat]: 43.2% speak Spanish as a mother tongue, and 14.4% as a second language.</ref>
| {{formatnum:71677}} (80.0%)<ref>[https://www.andorrainfo.com/andorra/idioma.html andorrainfo.com]</ref><ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| {{formatnum:1368333}}<ref>[https://cso.gov.tt/subjects/population-and-vital-statistics/population/ CSO – Statistics (1 July 2024)].}}.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum:4000}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:70401}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[China]]
| {{formatnum:1408280000}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/island-areas/guam/population-and-housing-unit-counts/guam-phc-table01.pdf |title=2020 census result }}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:15130}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:69028}} <small>(53,898 students) </small><ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[New Zealand]]
|
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:22000}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:58373}} <small>(36,373 students)</small><ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Slovenia]]
|
|
| {{formatnum:35194}} <small>(2%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 goodspeakers" /> of 1,759,701<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population">[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_anx_en.pdf Eurobarometr 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429224902/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_anx_en.pdf |date=29 April 2013}} (page TS2): Population older than 15. (age scale used for the Eurobarometer survey)</ref>) </small>
| {{formatnum:52791}} <small>(3%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers" /> of 1,759,701<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population" />)</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[India]]
| {{formatnum:1428627663}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://population.un.org/wpp/ |title= 2024 UN estimate |date= 2024 }}</ref>
|  colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:4855}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:51104}} <small>(46,249 students)</small><ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Guam]]
| {{formatnum:153836}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202501/t20250117_1958330.html |title=Census estimate for 1 January 2025 |publisher=Stats.gov.cn}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{formatnum:1309}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:32233}}<ref name="viva18" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Gibraltar]]
| {{formatnum:29441}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/statistics/faqs |title=Statistics – FAQ's |publisher=Gibraltar.gov.gi |date=12 November 2012 |access-date=24 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105204953/https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/statistics/faqs |archive-date=5 January 2014}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:22758}} (77.3%<ref>[http://www.um.es/tonosdigital/znum19/secciones/estudios-23-Gibraltar.htm www.um.es] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626004221/http://www.um.es/tonosdigital/znum19/secciones/estudios-23-Gibraltar.htm |date=26 June 2014}} (5.2. Datos descriptivos de los usos de español e inglés, Gráfico 2). 77.3% of the Gibraltar population speak Spanish with their mother more, or equal than English.</ref>)
|
|
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Lithuania]]
| {{formatnum:2972949}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://db1.stat.gov.lt/statbank/selectvarval/saveselections.asp?MainTable=M3010101&PLanguage=1&TableStyle=&Buttons=&PXSId=7743&IQY=&TC=&ST=ST&rvar0=&rvar1=&rvar2=&rvar3=&rvar4=&rvar5=&rvar6=&rvar7=&rvar8=&rvar9=&rvar10=&rvar11=&rvar12=&rvar13=&rvar14= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819130935/http://db1.stat.gov.lt/statbank/selectvarval/saveselections.asp?MainTable=M3010101&PLanguage=1&TableStyle=&Buttons=&PXSId=7743&IQY=&TC=&ST=ST&rvar0=&rvar1=&rvar2=&rvar3=&rvar4=&rvar5=&rvar6=&rvar7=&rvar8=&rvar9=&rvar10=&rvar11=&rvar12=&rvar13=&rvar14= |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2010 |title=(2013) |publisher=db1.stat.gov.lt |access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:28297}} <small>(1%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers" /> of 2,829,740<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population" />)</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Turkey]]
| {{formatnum:85664944}} <ref>[https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=The-Results-of-Address-Based-Population-Registration-System-2023-49684&dil=2 data.tuik.gov.tr]: Census estimate (1/1/2025)</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{formatnum:5460}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:21660}} <ref name="viva18" /> 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Egypt]]
| {{formatnum:105914499}} <ref>[https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Admin/Pages%20Files/20245121324361-%20pop_new.pdf]: Census estimate (1/1/2025)</ref>
|
|
| {{formatnum:21000}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_21/africa/egipto.htm |title=El español en Egipto |publisher=Instituto Cervantes |date=2021}}There are 6,000 Spanish students and 15,000 Egyptian citizens who speak Spanish for professional reasons</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[US Virgin Islands]]
|
| {{formatnum:16788}} <ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:16788}}
| {{formatnum:16788}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Latvia]]
| {{formatnum:2209000}}
|
|
| {{formatnum:13943}} <small>(1%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers" /> of 1,447,866<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population" />)</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Cyprus]]
|
|
|
| 2%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers" /> of 660,400<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population" />
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Estonia]]
|
|
|
| {{formatnum:9457}} <small>(1%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers" /> of 945,733<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population" />)</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Jamaica]]
| {{formatnum:2711476}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statinja.gov.jm/Demo_SocialStats/population.aspx |title=Jamaican Population |publisher=Statinja.gov.jm |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125038/http://statinja.gov.jm/Demo_SocialStats/population.aspx |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{formatnum:8000}}<ref name="viva18" />
| {{formatnum:8000}}
| {{formatnum:8000}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Namibia]]
|
|  {{formatnum:666}}
|  {{formatnum:3866}}<ref>[http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_12.pdf El español en Namibia, 2005.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302153728/http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_12.pdf |date=2 March 2013}} ''[[Instituto Cervantes]]''.</ref>
| {{formatnum:3866}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Malta]]
|
|
|
| {{formatnum:3354}} <small>(1%<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 speakers" /> of 335,476<ref name="Eurobarometer 2012 population" />)</small>
|-  style="background:#efff;" |class=sortbottom
| '''Total'''
| {{formatnum:8107000000}} (total world population)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popclock/ |title=U.S. and World Population Clock   |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=18 March 2025 }}</ref>

| '''{{formatnum:{{#expr: 125098647 + 43369734 + 52090885 + 42075695 + 45574810 + 28527874 + 27720040 + 19317847 + 16877244 + 12637787 + 7485677 + 10995250 + 10323475 + 9549917 + 557001 + 6484103 + 3946502 + 5788776 + 716772 + 1240391 + 5268786 + 3944643 + 3348975 + 3049537 + 259322 + 515597 + 13204 + 223837 + 88461 + 600795 + 48265 + 96193 + 85415 + 5833 + 175491 + 4284 + 20320 + 224130  + 5150 + 1149 + 210115 + 6068 + 16062 + 104000 + 131000 + 40059 + 27921 + 10699 + 8241 + 15130 + 13542 + 4000 + 1201 + 22000 + 36763 + 47300 + 5872 + 22758 + 16000 + 5235 + 16788 + 4855 + 8000 + 227 round 0}}}}'''  ({{formatnum:{{#expr: 48873695200 / 8107000000 round 1 }}}}%)<ref name="worldcia">According to the CIA Factbook, Spanish is the second most spoken language at 6%, and the fourth most spoken language overall at 6.9%.</ref><ref name="viva18" />

|'''{{formatnum:{{#expr: 125632117 + 47576361 + 52090885 + 47187695 + 46856601 + 29594658 + 27720040 + 19317847 + 17474448 + 13722576 + 9927463 + 10996367 + 10323475 + 9549917 + 2228004 + 6599769 + 4318692 + 	6029976 + 2150317 + 1240391 + 5268786 + 3944643 + 3467956 + 3049537 + 518480 + 1546790 + 13204 + 1209048 + 88461  + 1171450 + 178312 + 192387 + 85415 + 5833 + 175491 + 212970  + 16062 + 4284 + 76471 + 120177 + 224130 + 83135 + 173600 + 91679 + 59175 + 83135 + 131000 + 104000 + 125534 + 27921 + 8241 + 130750 + 5872 + 45914 + 16000 + 75402 + 4100 + 15130 + 1201 + 22000 + 49018 + 47300 + 5872 + 22758 + 37000 + 5235 + 16788 + 4855 + 8000 + 3870 + 227 round 0}}}}'''  ({{formatnum:{{#expr: 50882108400 / 8107000000 round 1 }}}}%)<ref name="viva18" />

|'''{{formatnum:{{#expr: 132300489 + 58723734 + 52962217 + 48908080 + 47188917 + 30600340 + 28240466 + 20121084 + 17642817 + 16440943 + 12064523 + 10996350 + 10747728 + 9949503 + 7798016 + 6734219 + 6397823 + 6023946 + 5734178 + 5459173 + 5326600 + 4495892 + 3467956 + 3200092 + 3110880 + 3093580 + 1754485 + 1432886 + 1328731  + 1171450 + 1089995 + 961933 + 854149 + 798095 + 568170 + 559491 + 556131 + 485241 + 440213 + 423739 + 412515 + 403000 + 356000 + 319829 + 305887 + 280414 + 270160 + 269461 + 263428  + 209250 + 186917 + 183358 + 177526 + 167410 + 166271 + 160000 + 149000 + 147809 + 140880 + 140302 + 71650 + 83064 + 80000 + 73656 + 71677 + 71650 + 70401 + 69028 + 60582 + 57883 + 51104 + 48000 + 29441 + 28297 + 20235 + 16788 + 13943 + 13480 + 9457 + 8000 + 7344 + 6104 + 3969 + 3354 + 227 + 91 round 0}}}}'''  ({{formatnum:{{#expr: 57435383800 / 8107000000 round 1 }}}}%)<ref name="worldcia"/><ref name="viva18" /><ref name="ethnologue200" >[https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/ www.ethnologue.com] Spanish is the fourth most spoken language with 558.5 million speakers.</ref>

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