Spanish
es · español
Spanish (es) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 507.6M speakers. It is an official language in Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Chile, Ceuta & Melilla, and Canary Islands and 16 more. CLDR has 29 locales for it.
Native nameespañol
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers507.6Mestimated
Countries39
Locales29
Plural forms3one, many, other
Overview
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | Official | 100% |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | Official | 100% |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | Official | 99% |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | Official | 98% |
| 🇪🇦 Ceuta & Melilla | Official | 98% |
| 🇮🇨 Canary Islands | Official | 98% |
| 🇪🇨 Ecuador | Official | 96% |
| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | Official | 95% |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | Official | 93% |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | Official | 91% |
| 🇸🇻 El Salvador | Official | 89% |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala | Official | 88% |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | Official | 88% |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | Official | 87% |
| 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | Official | 87% |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | De facto official | 83% |
| 🇻🇪 Venezuela | Official | 82% |
| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | Official | 78% |
| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | Official | 78% |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | Official | 73% |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | Official | 69% |
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | Official | 61% |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | 55% | |
| 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 50% | |
| 🇦🇩 Andorra | 43% | |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 31% | |
| 🇫🇷 France | 13% | |
| 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 11% | |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 10% | |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 10% | |
| 🇺🇸 United States | Official (regional) | 9.6% |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 8% | |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 6% | |
| 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 3.7% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 3.2% | |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | Official | 3.2% |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 0.29% | |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.065% | |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.036% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| many | 1000000 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |