Portuguese
pt · português
Portuguese (pt) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 249.5M speakers. It is an official language in Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, Brazil, São Tomé & Príncipe, Cape Verde, and Angola and 4 more. CLDR has 13 locales for it.
Native nameportuguês
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers249.5Mestimated
Countries16
Locales13
Plural forms3one, many, other
Overview
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | Official | 100% |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | Official | 96% |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | Official | 91% |
| 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | Official | 85% |
| 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | Official | 76% |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | Official | 67% |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | Official | 59% |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | Official | 27% |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 16% | |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 3.4% | |
| 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | Official | 2.3% |
| 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 1.6% | |
| 🇫🇷 France | 1.3% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 0.93% | |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0.2% | |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | Official | 0.0001% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 0, 1, 0.5, 1.5 |
| many | 1000000 |
| other | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, … |