Romance-speaking world

The Romance-speaking world,[1][2] romanophone,[3][4] neolatin world,[5] or Latin-speaking world,[6] 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.

Romance languages-speaking countries

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 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1 Argentina2,780,40043,024,374540,200
2 Mexico1,964,375120,286,6551,283,000
3 Peru1,285,21630,147,935202,900
4 Colombia1,138,91446,245,297384,900
5 Bolivia1,098,58110,631,48634,430
6 Venezuela916,44528,868,486205,800
7 Chile756,10217,363,894256,000
8 Spain505,37047,737,9411,407,000
9 Paraguay406,7526,703,86029,700
10 Ecuador283,56115,654,411100,800
11 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic266,000100,000 or 502,585
12 Uruguay176,2153,332,97255,140
13 Nicaragua130,3705,848,64111,710
14 Honduras112,0908,598,56119,510
15 Cuba110,86011,047,25177,150
16 Guatemala108,88914,647,08360,420
17 Panama75,4203,608,43143,780
18 Costa Rica51,1004,755,23448,140
19 Dominican Republic48,67010,349,74164,080
20 Equatorial Guinea28,051722,25414,310
21 El Salvador21,0416,125,51225,310
22 Puerto Rico13,7903,620,89761,460
Total12,278,212439,320,9164,925,740

Portuguese-speaking countries
Country Area, km2 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (PPP), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1 Brazil8,515,770202,656,7882,353,000
2 Angola1,246,70019,088,106128,600
3 Mozambique799,38024,692,14416,680
4 Portugal92,09010,813,834230,000
5 Guinea-Bissau36,1251,693,3981,024
6 Equatorial Guinea28,051722,25414,310
7 Timor-Leste14,8741,201,5424,478
8 Cape Verde4,033538,5351,899
9 São Tomé and Príncipe964190,428341
10 Macau115667,400
Total10,709,043260,874,7752,736,022

French-speaking countries
Country Area, km2 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
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
Total20,486,067429,246,7305,451,885

Italian-speaking countries
Country Area, km2 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
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
Total342,67870,010,8122,497,543

Romanian-speaking countries
Country Area, km2 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1  Romania 238,391 21,666,350 177,600
2  Moldova 33,851 3,546,847 6,300
Total272,24225,213,197183,900

Catalan-speaking countries
Country Area, km2 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1  Spain 505,370 47,737,941 1,407,000
2  Italy 301,340 61,855,120 1,819,000
3  Andorra 468 85,580 4,800

Total Romance-speaking world
Country Area, km2 [7] Population (2014) [8] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
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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