The Numbers of Spanish Speakers in the World Exceeds 500 million

The chart below gives data by country of the 460,368,652 native Spanish speakers in the world and 517,423,452 million who speak Spanish including those who speak it as their second language.  There are at least 70 countries in the world with measurable Spanish speaking populations.  At least 29 countries have more than 1 million Spanish speakers.

Country	Country Population	Spanish Native  Speakers	Spanish Second Language	Percentage  Population	Total Spanish Speakers
Mexico	112,396,211	103,527,885	7,110,031	98.5%	110,637,916
U.S.A.	309,059,724	44,468,501	6,231,499	15.8%	50,700,000
Spain	47,021,031	41,848,717	4,581,088	98.8%	46,456,779
Colombia	45,783,000	45,338,905	77,831	99.2%	45,416,736
Argentina	40,900,496	39,608,040	1,047,053	99.4%	40,655,093
Venezuela	29,056,000	28,033,228	674,100	98.8%	28,707,328
Peru	29.797.694	23,769,620	2,035,183	86.6%	25,804,803
Chile	17,248,450	15,513,255	1,600,024	99.3%	17,127,711
Ecuador	14,306,000	13,298,858	733,324	98.1%	14,024,376
Guatemala	14,361,666	9,291,997	3,116,482	86.4%	12,408,479
Cuba	11,235,863	11,235,863		99.4%	11,168,448
DomRepublic	11,235,863	10,120,705	62,558	99.6%	10,184,100
Bolivia	10,426,154	4,350,833	4,813,756	87.9%	9,164,589
Honduras	8,215,313	7,981,998	151,161	99.0%	8,133,159
Morocco	29,680,069	20,000	6,479,935	21.9%	6,499,935
El Salvador	6,183,002	6,183,002		99.7%	6,164,451
France	64,057,790	440,106	5,721,380	9.6%	6,161,486
Nicaragua	5,822,000	5,088,428	551,328	97.0%	5,647,340
Costa Rica	4,615,646	4,345,130	87,126	99.2%	4,432,256
Paraguay	6,460,000	369,000	4,043,555	69.5%	4,489,700
Puerto Rico	3,998,000	3,802,098	147,334	98.8%	3,950,024
England	60,943,912	107,654	3,814,846	6.4%	3,922,500
Uruguay	3,372,000	3,257,352	77,303	98.9	3,334,908
Panama	3,508,000	2,622,720	476,419	93.1%	3,179,365
Philippines	96,061,683	2,660	3,014,115	3.1%	3,016,773
Germany	82,369,548	140,000	2,566,972	3.2%	2,706,972
Italy	58,145,321	89,905	1,968,320	3.5%	2,058,225
Equ. Guinea	1,153,915	n.a.	1,044,293	90.5%	1,044,293
Canada	33,212,696	909,000	92,853	3%	1,001,853
Portugal	10,676,910	9,744	727,282	6.9%	737,026
Netherlands	16,645,313	19,978	662,116	4.1%	682,094
Belgium	10,403,951	85,990	515,939	5.8%	601,929
Romania	22,246,862		544,531	2.4%	544,531
Sweden	9,045,389	101,472	442,601	6%	544,073
Australia	21,007,310	106,517	374,571	2.3%	481,088
Brazil	185.712.713	445,005	5,000,000 Students		unknown
Poland	38,500,696		316,104	0.8%	316,104
Austria	8,205,533		267,177	3.3%	267,177
Ivory Coast	20,179,602		235,806	1.2%	235,806
Algeria	33,769,669		223,000	0.7%	223,379
Denmark	5,484,723		219,003	4%	219,003
Israel	7,112,359	130,000	45,231	2.5%	175,231
Switzerland	7,581,520	123,000	14,420	1.7%	137,420
Japan	127,288,419	76,565	60,000	0.1%	136,565
Bulgaria	7,262,675		133,910	1.8%	133,910
Belize	301,270	106,795	21,848	42.7%	128,643
Neth. Antilles	223,652	10,699	114,835	56.1%	125,534
Ireland	4,156,119		123,591	3%	123,591
Senegal	12,853,259		101,455	0.8%	101,455
Greece	10,722,816		86,742	0.8%	86,742
Finland	5,244,749		85,586	1.6%	85,586
Hungary	9,930,915		85,034	0.9%	85,034
Aruba	100,018	6,800	68,602	75.3%	75,402
Croatia	4,491,543		73,656	1.6%	73,656
Andorra	84,484	29,907	25,356	68.7%	58,040
Slovakia	5,455,407		43,164	0.8%	43,164
Norway	4,644,457	12,573	23,677	0.8%	36,250
Russia	140,702,094	3,320	20,000	0.01%	23,320
New Zealand	4,173,460	21,645		0.5%	21,645
Guam	154,805		19,092	12.3%	19,092
Virgin Islands	108,612	16,788		15.5%	16,788
China	1,345,751,000	2,292	12,835	.001%	15,127
Lithuania	3,565,205		13,943	0.4%	13,943
Gibraltar	27,967	13,857		49.5%	13,857
Cyprus	792,604			1.4%	11,044
Turkey	71,892,807	380	8,000	0.01%	8,380
Jamaica	2,804,322	8,000		0.3%	8,000
Luxembourg	486,006	3,000	4,344	1.5%	7,344
Malta	403,532	6,458		1.6%	6,458
Trinidad / Tobago	1,047,366	4,100		0.4%	4,100
Native Speakers			32,928,599		460,368,652
Total Spanish Speakers			89,983,399		517,423,452