Romance languages-speaking countries
The Romance-speaking world ,[1] [2] Romanophone world ,[3] [4] [5] [6] Neolatin world ,[7] or Latin-speaking world ,[8] is the part of the world where Romance languages (those evolved from Latin ) are either official, co-official, or significantly used, comprising Latin Europe and Latin America , as well as parts of North America and Romance-speaking Africa and Romance-speaking Asia.
It includes, for example, the Spanish -, Portuguese -, French -, Italian -, Romanian - and Catalan -speaking communities.
Area, population and GDP of the Romance-speaking world [ ]
Spanish-speaking countries [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
Argentina
2,780,400
43,024,374
540,200
2
Mexico
1,964,375
120,286,655
1,283,000
3
Peru
1,285,216
30,147,935
202,900
4
Colombia
1,138,914
46,245,297
384,900
5
Bolivia
1,098,581
10,631,486
34,430
6
Venezuela
916,445
28,868,486
205,800
7
Chile
756,102
17,363,894
256,000
8
Spain
505,370
47,737,941
1,407,000
9
Paraguay
406,752
6,703,860
29,700
10
Ecuador
283,561
15,654,411
100,800
11
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
266,000
100,000 or 502,585
12
Uruguay
176,215
3,332,972
55,140
13
Nicaragua
130,370
5,848,641
11,710
14
Honduras
112,090
8,598,561
19,510
15
Cuba
110,860
11,047,251
77,150
16
Guatemala
108,889
14,647,083
60,420
17
Panama
75,420
3,608,431
43,780
18
Costa Rica
51,100
4,755,234
48,140
19
Dominican Republic
48,670
10,349,741
64,080
20
Equatorial Guinea
28,051
722,254
14,310
21
El Salvador
21,041
6,125,512
25,310
22
Puerto Rico
13,790
3,620,897
61,460
23
Gibraltar (Spanish as regional language)
6.8
34,003
Total
12,278,218.8
439,354,919
4,925,740
Portuguese-speaking countries [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (PPP), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
Brazil
8,515,770
202,656,788
2,353,000
2
Angola
1,246,700
19,088,106
128,600
3
Mozambique
799,380
24,692,144
16,680
4
Portugal
92,090
10,813,834
230,000
5
Guinea-Bissau
36,125
1,693,398
1,024
6
Equatorial Guinea
28,051
722,254
14,310
7
Timor-Leste
14,874
1,201,542
4,478
8
Cape Verde
4,033
538,535
1,899
9
São Tomé and Príncipe
964
190,428
341
10
Macau , China
115
667,400
Total
10,709,043
260,874,775
2,736,022
French-speaking countries [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
Canada
9,984,670
35,099,836
1,573,000
2
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2,344,858
79,375,136
39,060
3
Chad
1,284,000
11,631,456
11,690
4
Niger
1,267,000
18,045,729
7,119
5
Mali
1,240,192
16,955,536
10,950
6
France
643,801
66,553,766
2,423,000
7
Central African Republic
622,984
5,391,539
1,624
8
Madagascar
587,041
23,812,681
9,514
9
Cameroon
475,440
23,739,218
28,520
10
Republic of the Congo
342,000
4,755,097
8,871
11
Ivory Coast
322,463
23,295,302
31,270
12
Gabon
267,667
1,705,336
13,800
13
Burkina Faso
274,200
18,931,686
11,320
14
Guinea
245,857
11,780,162
6,733
15
Senegal
196,722
13,975,834
13,990
16
Benin
112,622
10,448,647
7,701
17
Togo
56,785
7,552,318
4,152
18
Switzerland
41,277
8,121,830
677,000
19
Belgium
30,528
11,323,973
458,700
20
Equatorial Guinea
28,051
722,254
14,310
21
Brunei
27,830
10,742,276
2,970
22
Haiti
27,750
10,110,019
8,797
23
Rwanda
26,338
12,661,733
8,468
24
Djibouti
23,200
828,324
1,743
25
New Caledonia
18,575
224,824
11,100
26
Vanuatu
12,189
272,264
771
27
French Polynesia
4,167
282,703
7,150
28
Luxembourg
2,586
570,252
57,930
29
Comoros
2,235
780,971
589
30
Mauritius
2,040
1,265,577
31
Seychelles
455
92,430
1,375
32
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
242
5,657
2,153
33
Wallis and Futuna
142
15,613
188
34
Jersey
116
97,294
5,771
35
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
55
140
0
36
Saint Martin
54
29,376
5,615
37
Saint Barthélemy
24
7,237
179
38
Monaco
2
30,535
6,063
Total
20,486,067
429,246,730
5,451,885
Italian-speaking countries [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
Italy
301,340
61,855,120
1,819,000
2
Switzerland
41,277
8,121,830
677,000
3
San Marino
61
33,020
1,543
4
Vatican City
0.44
842
No data
Total
342,678
70,010,812
2,497,543
Romanian-speaking countries [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
Romania
238,391
21,666,350
177,600
2
Moldova
33,851
3,546,847
6,300
Total
272,242
25,213,197
183,900
Catalan-speaking countries [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
Spain
505,370
47,737,941
1,407,000
2
Italy
301,340
61,855,120
1,819,000
3
France
643,801
66,553,766
2,423,000
4
Andorra
468
85,580
4,800
Total Romance-speaking world [ ]
Country
Area, km2 [9]
Population (2014)[10]
GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014)[11]
1
World
148,429,000
7,256,490,011
77,269,168
2
Romance-speaking countries
43,781,433 (29.5%)
1,216,630,180 (16.77%)
15,122,890 (19.5%)
See also [ ]
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Geographical distribution of languages
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