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-, Galician-, 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 |
Template:SADR |
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
|
242
|
5,657
|
2,153
|
33
|
142
|
15,613
|
188
|
34
|
Jersey
|
116
|
97,294
|
5,771
|
35
|
55
|
140
|
0
|
36
|
54
|
29,376
|
5,615
|
37
|
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
|
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
|
Catalunya
|
32,108
|
7,727,029
|
226,000
|
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
References
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