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

Marshall Is.

New Zealand

Palau

Samoa

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

St. Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Tonga

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Burundi

Cameroon

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Madagascar

Mali

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map shows adult females with up to an upper secondary education. Dark red shows higher percentages, like in North America and Australia. Red to orange shows medium percentages, such as Brazil and Saudi Arabia. Light orange indicates lower percentages, such as in most of Asia, and Russia.

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed upper secondary education as the highest level of education

Portuguese as Official or de facto Language	United Nations States and Years of Admittance	Adult Females with only up to an Upper Secondary Education
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Percent