Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world, with 390 million speakers. It is spoken in 23 countries, where it is the official language of that country or is spoken natively as a first language by a majority of that country's inhabitants. Click on the name of the country to find out more information about it. Choose 2 or 3 that are the most interesting to you.

Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.

In Canada, the percentage of the population speaking English, French or both languages most often at home has declined since 1986, the decline has been greatest for French. The proportion of the population who speak neither English nor French in the home has increased substantially, with Spanish as one of the languages that is being spoken often.