Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers

The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all Portuguese speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The Portuguese language is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and is an official language of countries in four continents. It is the most spoken language in South America.

Statistics

Native speakers

This table depicts the native speakers of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to the Portuguese language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as a L2.

Country Absolute % Year Reference
 Brazil 212,000,000 99.8% 2020 [1]
 Angola 18,348,891 71.2% 2014 [2]
 Australia 52,222 0.2% 2016 [3][note 1]
 Austria 3,197 0.03% 2001 [4]
 Belgium 72,715 0.7% 2012 [5][note 2]
 Canada 221,540 0.7% 2016 [6]
 Czech Republic 1,349 0.01% 2017 [7]
 Finland 3,024 0.05% 2018 [8]
 France 1,089,497 1.7% 2007 [9][note 2]
 Germany 105,116 0.1% 2010 [10][note 2]
 Ireland 20,833 0.4% 2016 [11]
 Luxembourg 74,636 15.7% 2011 [12]
 Macau 3,779 0.6% 2016 [13][note 1]
 Mozambique 2,201,981 10.7% 2007 [14][note 1]
 Mexico 15,300 0.2% 2019 [15][16]
 Netherlands 47,848 0.3% 2012 [5][note 2]
 Portugal 10,022,070 95.1% 2012 [5][note 2]
  Switzerland 309,270 3.7% 2016 [17][note 1]
 United Kingdom 142,622 0.2% 2011 [18]
 United States 746,018 0.2% 2016 [19][20][note 1]
Total - -

Notes
  1. The reported population size was obtained by projecting the respondent percentage to the total population, since the source either included the part of the population who didn't answer or didn't take into account some parts of the population, for example children.
  2. Population data by Eurostat, using the source year. "The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of the respective year". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.

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