Portugal

Europe

Brazil

Latin America

São Tomé and Príncipe

None

Timor-Leste

Southeast Asia

Angola

Cabo Verde

Guinea-Bissau

Mozambique

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows the countries where Portuguese is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in green and include Brazil in South America, Angola, and Mozambique in Africa.

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

Countries

World

Ethnologue

Portuguese as Official or de facto Language

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Countries that joined the United Nations from 1945 to 1976 are shaded blue. U S A, U K, and China are shaded are marked for 1945. Countries like Japan and Germany are marked for the 1950s. Many African and Asian nations joined in the 1960s and 1970s.

Periods of time when countries became members of the United Nations. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by year.

United Nations States and Years of Admittance

Fiji

Kiribati

Micronesia

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Barbados

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Jamaica

Seychelles

Trinidad and Tobago

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Greece

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ukraine

Chile

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Mauritania

Tonga

Vanuatu

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Namibia

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map highlights China's global expansion through the Belt and Road Initiative. Yellow regions include countries in Africa, South America, and Asia. Blue regions include Papua New Guinea and Cuba. Red regions includes Cambodia (China extension).

Countries that are part of China's Belt and Road Initiative and where China has or seeks military bases

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