Last update: December 2023
- Portuguese is an official language in 9 countries and 1 former dependency.
- Data include the number of native speakers and people who have Portuguese as a second or third language.
- The number of speakers in expatriate communities is not included.
Country Number of speakers 1 Brazil 217 M 2 Angola 37.2 M 3 Mozambique 34.3 M 4 Portugal 10.2 M 5 Guinea-Bissau 2.2 M 6 East Timor 1.4 M 7 Cape Verde 601 K 8 São Tomé and Príncipe 234 K 9 Equatorial Guinea ≈ 17 K 10 Macau (China) ≈ 12 K * Total 303.1 M
No official data on how many people speak Portuguese in Macau today.