Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

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

Countries

World

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Australia

New Zealand

Australia & Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

Latin America

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Iran

Israel

Turkey

South Africa

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Natural gas consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country

Natural Gas Consumption (%)

Percent of world consumption

Malta

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Member states of the European Union (EU). Use timeline controls at bottom of map to display members by year of entrance into the EU.

European Union

European Union (EU)

Belize

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

El Salvador

Uruguay

Nicaragua

Political geography of Latin America in 1650: The Viceroyalty of New Spain (black, covering Mexico, Central America), the Viceroyalty of Peru (orange, covering parts of South America), and the Viceroyalty of Brazil (blue, covering parts of Brazil).

Political geography of colonial South America in 1650. The viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru were controlled by the Spanish, and the viceroyalty of Brazil was controlled by the Portuguese.

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Natural Gas Consumption (%)			European Union (EU)	Latin America, 1650
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of world consumption	Value	Viceroyalty of New Spain	Viceroyalty of Peru	Viceroyalty of Brazil











					85.7%	45.0%	40.3%
					33.0%