Romance-speaking world

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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.

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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

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2,780,40043,024,374540,200
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1,964,375120,286,6551,283,000
3Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1,285,21630,147,935202,900
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1,138,91446,245,297384,900
5Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 1,098,58110,631,48634,430
6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 916,44528,868,486205,800
7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 756,10217,363,894256,000
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 505,37047,737,9411,407,000
9Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 406,7526,703,86029,700
10Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 283,56115,654,411100,800
11Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 266,000100,000 or 502,585
12Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 176,2153,332,97255,140
13Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 130,3705,848,64111,710
14Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 112,0908,598,56119,510
15Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 110,86011,047,25177,150
16Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 108,88914,647,08360,420
17Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 75,4203,608,43143,780
18Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 51,1004,755,23448,140
19Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 48,67010,349,74164,080
20Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 28,051722,25414,310
21Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 21,0416,125,51225,310
22Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 13,7903,620,89761,460
23Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar (Spanish as regional language)6.834,003
Total12,278,218.8439,354,9194,925,740

Portuguese-speaking countries

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (PPP), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8,515,770202,656,7882,353,000
2Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1,246,70019,088,106128,600
3Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 799,38024,692,14416,680
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 92,09010,813,834230,000
5Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 36,1251,693,3981,024
6Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 28,051722,25414,310
7Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 14,8741,201,5424,478
8Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 4,033538,5351,899
9Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 964190,428341
10Flag of Macau.svg  Macau, China115667,400
Total10,709,043260,874,7752,736,022

French-speaking countries

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9,984,67035,099,8361,573,000
2Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,344,85879,375,13639,060
3Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 1,284,00011,631,45611,690
4Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 1,267,00018,045,7297,119
5Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1,240,19216,955,53610,950
6Flag of France.svg  France 643,80166,553,7662,423,000
7Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 622,9845,391,5391,624
8Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 587,04123,812,6819,514
9Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 475,44023,739,21828,520
10Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 342,0004,755,0978,871
11Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 322,46323,295,30231,270
12Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 267,6671,705,33613,800
13Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 274,20018,931,68611,320
14Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 245,85711,780,1626,733
15Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 196,72213,975,83413,990
16Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 112,62210,448,6477,701
17Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 56,7857,552,3184,152
18Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 41,2778,121,830677,000
19Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 30,52811,323,973458,700
20Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 28,051722,25414,310
22Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 27,75010,110,0198,797
23Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 26,33812,661,7338,468
24Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 23,200828,3241,743
25Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 18,575224,82411,100
26Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 12,189272,264771
27Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 4,167282,7037,150
28Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2,586570,25257,930
29Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 2,235780,971589
30Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2,0401,265,577
31Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 45592,4301,375
32Flag of France.svg  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2425,6572,153
33Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna 14215,613188
34Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 11697,2945,771
35Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.svg  French Southern and Antarctic Lands 551400
36Flag of France.svg  Saint Martin 5429,3765,615
37Flag of France.svg  Saint Barthélemy 247,237179
38Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 230,5356,063
Total20,486,067429,246,7305,451,885

Italian-speaking countries

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 301,34061,855,1201,819,000
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 41,2778,121,830677,000
3Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 6133,0201,543
4Flag of the Vatican City.svg   Vatican City 0.44842No data
Total342,67870,010,8122,497,543

Romanian-speaking countries

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 238,39121,666,350177,600
2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 33,8513,546,8476,300
Total272,24225,213,197183,900

Catalan-speaking countries

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 46885,5804,800

Total Romance-speaking world

CountryArea, km2 [9] Population (2014) [10] GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [11]
1World148,429,0007,256,490,01177,269,168
2Romance-speaking countries43,781,433 (29.5%)1,216,630,180 (16.77%)15,122,890 (19.5%)

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