Spanish is the official language of many countries

Spanish is the official language of twenty-one countries…

Mexico

Location: Southern part of North America and Northern part of Central America. Borders with the USA Guatemala and Belize, coasts to the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Capital: Mexico City
Area: 1,964,372 sq Km
117 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Spain

Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France.
Capital: Madrid
Area: 504,782 sq km
47 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Colombia

Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.
Capital: Bogota
Area: 1,138,910 sq km
47 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Argentina

Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Capital: Buenos Aires
Area: 3,766,890 sq km
42 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Venezuela

Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana. Bordering Brazil to the South.
Capital: Caracas
Area: 912,050 sq km
30 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Peru

Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador, bordering also Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.
Capital: Lima
Area: 1,285,220 sq km
27 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Chile

Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru. Bordering Bolivia to the East.
Capital: Santiago de Chile
Area: 756,950 sq km
17 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Ecuador

Location: Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru.
Capital: Quito
Area: 283,560 sq km
16 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Guatemala

Location: Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize.
Capital: Guatemala
Area: 108,890 sq km
14 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Cuba

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
Capital: Havana
Area: 110,860 sq km
12 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Dominican Republic

Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.
Capital: Santo Domingo
Area: 48,730 sq km
11 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Bolivia

Location: Central South America, southwest of Brazil. border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km.
Capital: La Paz
Area: 1,098,580 sq km
10 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Honduras

Location: Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Area: 112,090 sq km
9 million speakers (as of 2006)1

El Salvador

Location: Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras.
Capital: San Salvador
Area: 21,040 sq km
7 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Nicaragua

Location: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
Capital: Managua
Area: 129,494 sq km
6 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Paraguay

Location: Central South America, northeast of Argentina.
Border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km
Capital: Asuncion
Area: 406,750 sq km
5 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Costa Rica

Location: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama.
Capital: San Jose
Area: 51,100 sq km
5 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Puerto Rico

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic.
Capital: San Juan
Area: 9,104 sq km
4 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Panama

Location: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica.
Capital: Panama
Area: 78,200 sq km
4 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Uruguay

Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil.
Capital: Montevideo
Area: 176,220 sq km
3.5 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Equatorial Guinea

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon.
Capital: Malabo.
Area: 28,051 sq km
1 million speakers (as of 2006)1

Information gathered from CIA World Factbook, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and various sources including Wikipedia website.

… and is widely spoken in 22 other countries and dependent territories

Andorra	55,000 (as of 2012)
Aruba	75,000 (as of 2012)
Australia	447,000 (as of 2006)
Belgium	447,000 (as of 2012)
Belize	195,000 (as of 2012)
Brazil	12.5 million (total number of Spanish speakers 2012); 460,000 (native speakers or very good speakers as a second language 2012)
Canada	1 million (as of 2012)
Dutch Antilles	125,000 (as of 2012)
France	6.7 million (total number of Spanish speakers 2012); 1.9 million (native speakers or very good speakers as a second language 2012)
Germany	2.57 million (total number of Spanish speakers 2012); 645,000 (native speakers or very good speakers as a second language 2012)
Gibraltar	23,000 (as of 2012)
Guam	19,000 (as of 2006)
Israel	175,000 (as of 2006)
Luxembourg	30,000 (as of 2012)
Morocco	3.42 million (total number of Spanish speakers 2012); 7,000 (native speakers or very good speakers as a second language 2012)
Sweden	467,000 (total number of Spanish speakers 2012); 77,000 (native speakers or very good speakers as a second language 2012)
Switzerland	111,000 (as of 2012)
The Philippines	3 million (total number of Spanish speakers 2012); 438,000 (native speakers or very good speakers as a second language 2012)
Turkey	14,000 (as of 2012)
United States of America	52 million (total number of Spanish speakers 2012 including 7.8million students)
Virgin Islands	17,000 (as of 2012)
Western Sahara	22,000 (as of 2012)