The Community of Portuguese Language Countries

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With approximately 217 million native speakers and 250 million total speakers, Portuguese is usually listed as the 6th most natively spoken language in the world, the 3rd-most spoken European language in the world in terms of native speakers, and the most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere.

Portuguese is official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China.

Quick facts

• Portuguesse is one of the fastest growing European languages along with English and Spanish.
• As Brazil continues to emerge as a world power, the Portuguesse language will continue to grow and gain influence as a world language.
• The two major dialects of Portuguesse are known as European Portuguesse and Brilian Portuguesse, which vary primarly in vocabulary and spelling.
• Other former colonies of Portugal, including Macau in China, and Angola, Mozambique, and several other African nations, continue to use Portuguesse.