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

The 2008 presidential election in the United States pitted Republican John McCain against Democrat Barack Obama. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. McCain won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned. Mr. McCain won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to John McCain versus Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election

US Counties

North America

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U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008

The 2012 presidential election in the United States pitted incumbent President and Democrat Barack Obama against Republican Mitt Romney. This layer portrays the popular vote results at the county and county-equivalent level. The map portrays the winner of the popular vote while data probing, placing the mouse over a county, displays the percentage of the vote for each candidate and the total number of votes cast. In the 2012 election, Mr. Obama won most of the counties containing major urban centers. He also won much of California, coastal Washington and Oregon, northern New Mexico, Central Colorado, much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. He also won southern Texas, the counties along the southern Mississippi River, a zone extending from central Mississippi through central Alabama, South Carolina and eastern North Carolina. He also won most of the counties on the eastern seaboard from Washington and Baltimore northeast through New England. Mr. Romney won most of the interior of the country outside of those areas previously mentioned as being won by Mr. Obama. Mr. Romney won the Alaskan municipalities while Mr. Obama won the counties of Hawaii.

Percentage of the popular vote by county that went to Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election

U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012 

Australia

Guam (U.S.)

New Zealand

Australia & Oceania

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Canada

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Nigeria

Senegal

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map highlights automobile use by country with the highest usage shaded in dark blue in North America, Australia, and parts of Europe. Lower usage shaded in light blue is in many African (Sudan, Kenya), South American, and Southeast Asian nations (India).

Automobiles in use per 1,000 people

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Automobile Use

Automobiles per 1000 people

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Nauru

Curaçao (Neth.)

A world map shows phosphate mining locations marked by green circles with "P h." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, China, and Australia. Major clusters are in the U S, eastern China, and northern Africa.

Portuguese as Official or de facto Language	Display by:	Display by:	Automobile Use			Phosphate Mines	TV Ownership
Value	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2008	U.S. Presidential Election: Popular Vote by County, 2012	Class	Rank	Automobiles per 1000 people	Phosphate Mines	Class	Rank	Percent households with TV
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						4
						51
						11
						2.2
						4.833333333333333
						1
						61
						2.6666666666666665
						1
						6.3
						3