List of countries where Portuguese is an official language


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Map highlighting countries where Portuguese has an official status.

The following is a list of the 8 countries where Portuguese is an official language:

Country Population[1]  % of speakers covered
- 240,263,160 100%
Flag of Brazil Brazil 191,908,598 79.87%
Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 21,284,701 8.86%
Flag of Angola Angola 12,531,357 5.22%
Flag of Portugal Portugal 10,676,910 4.44%
Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1,503,182 0.63%
Flag of East Timor East Timor 1,108,777 0.46%
Flag of Cape Verde Cape Verde 426,998 0.18%
Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 206,178 0.09%

Dependent entity

Nr. Region Population Status
1. Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of Macau Macau 460,823 A special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China

References

  1. ^ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency (July 2008 estimates). Retrieved on 2008-06-14.

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