Did you know...?
• There are between 450 and 500 million Spanish
speakers worldwide, with 40 million of those living in Spain, 360
million in Hispanic America, and more than 50 million in the United
States.
• This makes Spanish the second most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.
• Spanish is one of five main Romance languages. The others, with their number of native speakers, are:
Portuguese (260 million), French (155 million), Italian (60 million), and Romanian (25 million).
• Spanish is the third most used language on the internet, after English and Mandarin Chinese.
• Mexico has the most Spanish language speakers in the world, with over 112 million speakers.
• Spanish is one of the six official languages of the UN. The others are: Arabic, English, Mandarin, French and Russian.
• Equatorial Guinea is the only African country to have Spanish as an official language, having once been a part of the Spanish Empire.
• There are 24 countries in the world with significant Spanish-speaking populations, including the U.S.
