List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language
The following is a list of the nine sovereign states and one territory where Portuguese is an official language.
Sovereign states
- Angola
- Brazil (see Brazilian Portuguese)
- Cape Verde
- Timor-Leste (co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007)[1][2]
- Equatorial Guinea (co-official with Spanish and French)
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mozambique
- Portugal
- São Tomé and Príncipe
Territory
See also
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
- Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers
- List of international organisations which have Portuguese as an official language
- Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)
- Portuguese-based creole languages
- Latin America
- Latin Europe
- World Portuguese Language Day
References
- "East Timor drowns in language soup". Reuters. 22 April 2007.
- "Search results". www.google.com.
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