Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

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.)

None

Mexico

North America

Equatorial Guinea

Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Countries

World

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

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Haiti

Afghanistan

Central Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus

Northern Macedonia

Serbia

Ukraine

Brazil

New Caledonia (France)

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Indonesia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Southeast Asia

Iraq

Lebanon

Libya

Palestine

Syria

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Mozambique

Republic of the Congo

Somalia

South Sudan

Sudan

Uganda

A map shows countries by the number of internally displaced persons. Higher (dark blue) are in the central eastern Africa, Turkey, India, Colombia. Medium levels (blue) are in northern Africa, Mexico and low levels (light blue) in Russia and Brazil

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are displaced due to conflict, as of 2022

The UN Refugee Agency

Internally Displaced Persons

People

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

A map shows the electoral votes for the U. S. presidential election by state in 2008. The states won by Obama are highlighted in blue, while than won by McCain are in red. Some of the highlighted states are Blue: Washington, New York. Red: Alaska, Texas.

Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members	Internally Displaced Persons			U.S. Presidential Election by State: Electoral Votes, 2008
Value	Value	Class	Rank	People	Value