Spanish Speaking Countries and Their Capitals and Flags

Spanish is also known as the Castilian that is a romance language and was originated in Castile, the reign of Spain. It is one of the most spoken languages around the world; even you can find it in the five different continents of the world. According to a recent a survey made by thecountriesof.com, almost 406 million people speak the Spanish as a native language , 60 million people speak the Spanish as the second language and 20 million students as a foreign language. Following is a list of 21 Spanish-speaking countries as their official language. In addition, their capitals and flags are also given in the list.

What Countries Speak Spanish Language?

Contrary to popular belief, Spain and Mexico are far from the only Spanish-speaking countries in the world. 477 million native Spanish speakers are out there, which earns it the distinction of being the second most native spoken language on Earth (behind Mandarin Chinese with approximately 955 million speakers, but in front of English with about 400 million native speakers.)

Did you know that 19% of the United States is Spanish-speaking? That means that there are even more Spanish speakers in the USA than in Colombia or Spain! In fact, the USA has the second most Spanish speakers of any country, only behind Mexico. According to the US Census Office, there are likely to be at least 138 million Spanish speakers by the year 2050.

List of Spanish Speaking Countries as their Official Language

Sr. No.	Country	Capital
1.	Spain	Madrid
2.	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
3.	Mexico	Mexico City
4.	Guatemala	Guatemala City
5.	Honduras	Tegucigalpa
6.	El Salvador	San Salvador
7.	Nicaragua	Managua
8.	Costa Rica	San Jose
9.	Panama	Panama City
10.	Cuba	Havana
11.	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
12.	Puerto Rico	San Juan
13.	Venezuela	Caracas
14.	Colombia	Bogota
15.	Ecuador	Quito
16.	Peru	Lima
17.	Uruguay	Montevideo
18.	Paraguay	Asuncion
19.	Chile	Santiago
20.	Argentina	Buenos Aires
21.	Bolivia	2 Capitals: La Paz (Administrative) Sucre (Constitutional)

Although there are only twenty one countries that reported to speak the Spanish as their official language, yet there are many other countries where it is used by number of people.

Question of the Day

Q :  What is the Largest Spanish Speaking Country in the world?

Ans :At present  Mexico is the larges Spanish speaking country in the world.

Q :  What is the Smallest Spanish Speaking Country in the world?

Ans : Equatorial Guinea with around 740,000 is the Smallest Spanish speaking country in the world.

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