Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries

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The Community of Portuguese Language Countries has nine member states.^[1] All have the Portuguese language as official language, and only East Timor and Equatorial Guinea have a second official language.

In 2005, CPLP Council of Ministers meeting in Luanda adopted the status of associate observer for non-member states to promote better international co-operation to reach the Community's objectives and 3 states were subsequently admitted.

Members[]

Country	Status	Year joined	Official language(s)	Continent	Population
Portugal	member	1996	Portuguese	Europe	10,617,575
Brazil	member	1996	Portuguese	South America	202,656,788
Angola	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	15,941,000
Mozambique	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	21,397,000
Cape Verde	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	499,796
Guinea-Bissau	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	1,586,000
São Tomé and Príncipe	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	157,000
East Timor	member	2002	Portuguese and Tetum	Asia/Oceania	1,172,390
Equatorial Guinea	member	2014	Portuguese, Spanish and French	Africa	1,014,999

Observers[]

Country	Status	Year joined	Official language(s)	Continent	Population
Mauritius	associate observer	2006	None (de jure)	Africa	1,265,475
Senegal	associate observer	2008	French	Africa	15,854,323
Georgia	associate observer	2014	Georgian	Asia/Europe	4,012,104
Japan	associate observer	2014	Japanese	Asia	125,470,000
Namibia	associate observer	2014	English	Africa	2,550,226
Turkey	associate observer	2014	Turkish	Asia/Europe	83,614,362
Czech Republic	associate observer	2016	Czech	Europe	10,701,777
Hungary	associate observer	2016	Hungarian	Europe	9,730,000
Slovakia	associate observer	2016	Slovak	Europe	5,464,060
Uruguay	associate observer	2016	Spanish	South America	3,518,552
Andorra	associate observer	2018	Catalan	Europe	77,543
Argentina	associate observer	2018	Spanish	South America	44,938,712
Chile	associate observer	2018	Spanish	South America	17,574,003
France	associate observer	2018	French	Europe	67,413,000
Italy	associate observer	2018	Italian	Europe	60,317,116
Luxembourg	associate observer	2018	Luxembourgish, German and French	Europe	633,622
Serbia	associate observer	2018	Serbian	Europe	6,926,705
United Kingdom	associate observer	2018	English	Europe	67,886,004
Canada	associate observer	2021	English and French	North America	38,048,738
Greece	associate observer	2021	Greek	Europe	10,718,565
India	associate observer	2021	Hindi and English	Asia	1,352,642,280
Ireland	associate observer	2021	English and Irish	Europe	4,977,400
Ivory Coast	associate observer	2021	French	Africa	26,378,274
Qatar	associate observer	2021	Arabic	Asia	2,795,484
Spain	associate observer	2021	Spanish	Europe	47,450,795
Peru	associate observer	2021	Spanish	South America	32,824,358
Romania	associate observer	2021	Romanian	Europe	19,317,984
United States	associate observer	2021	None[a]	North America	331,449,281

Officially interested countries and territories[]

Country/Territory	Interested Status	Official language	Continent	Population	Reference	Possible date of discussion	Notes
Morocco	associate member	Amazigh and Arabic	Africa	33,757,175	[4]	2010 – VIII CPLP Summit – Luanda	Some areas of Morocco colonized by Portugal, proximity to the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
Philippines	associate member	Filipino and English	Asia	90,500,000	[4]	2010 – VIII CPLP Summit – Luanda	Historical ties to the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan
Venezuela	associate member	Spanish	South America	26,814,843	[5]	2012 – IX CPLP Summit	Large number of Portuguese expats
Croatia	associate member	Croatian	Europe	4,453,500	[5]	2012 – IX CPLP Summit	?
Taiwan	associate member	Mandarin	Asia	23,855,010	[5]	In negotiations
Ukraine	associate member	Ukrainian	Europe	46,372,700	[5]	2012 – IX CPLP Summit	Has migratory fluxes with Portugal
Indonesia	associate member	Indonesian	Asia	237,512,352	[6]	In negotiations	Portugal was the major colonial power until Dutch hegemony. Occupied East Timor from 1975–2002.
Eswatini	associate member	English and Siwati	Africa	1,185,000	[7]	In negotiations	Shares a border with Mozambique with which it has economic ties
Australia	associate member	English	Oceania	22,420,039	[7]	In negotiations	Discovered by Portuguese navigators. Has a large community of Portuguese, Brazilian and East Timorese expats
Russia	associate member	Russian	Europe and Asia	145,912,025	[8]	In negotiations
Galicia	member	Galician and Spanish	Europe	2,783,100	[6]	Pending Spanish government approval	Cultural and linguistic ties with Portugal
Macau	member	Portuguese and Chinese (Cantonese)	Asia	520,400	[9]	Pending Macanese Government approval	Chinese territory formerly under Portuguese administration and a small minority population is Portuguese
Malacca	associate member	Malay	Asia	733,000	[6]	Pending Malaysian Government approval	Portuguese colony for more than a century, small minority population of Portuguese descent
South Korea	associate member	Korean	Asia	51,305,186	[10]	In negotiations
Paraguay	associate observer	Spanish and Guarani	South America	7,219,638	[11]	In negotiations	The Portuguese language is very popular and taught in Paraguay, being the third most spoken in the country besides Spanish and Guarani, and there is also a community called "brasiguaios".

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