Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Egypt

Libya

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Rwanda

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows COMESA members highlighted in orange: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

World

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Spain

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Mexico

North America

Equatorial Guinea

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

A map highlights E C O W A S members highlighted in blue. Some of the Countries are Mali, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Member states of the Economic Community of West African States, an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic integration among its members

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Guyana

Brazil

Curaçao (Neth.)

United States

A map shows Latin America in 1830, with Bolivia (black) and Uruguay (brown) as the smallest countries. Brazil (yellow) is the largest country. Other countries include Mexico (light yellow), Gran Colombia (green), Peru (orange), and Chile (light blue).

Political geography of South America in 1830. By 1830, all parts of South America, except the Guianas, had achieved political independence from European colonial powers.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members	Latin America, 1830
Value	Value	Value	Bolivia, 1825	Brazil, 1822	Chile, 1817	Gran Colombia, 1819–1830	Mexico, 1821	Paraguay, 1811	Peru, 1821	United Provinces of Central America, 1823–1839	United Provinces of La Plata, 1816	Uruguay, 1828



						14.4%
			51.9%	90.2%	38.7%	24.3%		74.9%	10.3%	99.7%	1.85%	97.4%
						98.5%
							33.1%