Romance-speaking world

The Romance-speaking world,[1][2] romanophone,[3][4] neolatin world,[5] or Latin-speaking world,[6] is the part of the world where Romance languages (those evolved from Latin) are either official, co-official, or significantly used, comprising Latin Europe, Latin America, as well as parts of North America and Romance-speaking Africa and Romance-speaking Asia.

Romance languages-speaking countries

It includes, for example, the Spanish-, Portuguese-, French-, Italian-, Romanian- and Catalan-speaking communities.

Area, population and GDP of the Romance-speaking world

Spanish-speaking countries

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	Argentina	2,780,400	43,024,374	540,200
2	Mexico	1,964,375	120,286,655	1,283,000
3	Peru	1,285,216	30,147,935	202,900
4	Colombia	1,138,914	46,245,297	384,900
5	Bolivia	1,098,581	10,631,486	34,430
6	Venezuela	916,445	28,868,486	205,800
7	Chile	756,102	17,363,894	256,000
8	Spain	505,370	47,737,941	1,407,000
9	Paraguay	406,752	6,703,860	29,700
10	Ecuador	283,561	15,654,411	100,800
11	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	266,000	100,000 or 502,585
12	Uruguay	176,215	3,332,972	55,140
13	Nicaragua	130,370	5,848,641	11,710
14	Honduras	112,090	8,598,561	19,510
15	Cuba	110,860	11,047,251	77,150
16	Guatemala	108,889	14,647,083	60,420
17	Panama	75,420	3,608,431	43,780
18	Costa Rica	51,100	4,755,234	48,140
19	Dominican Republic	48,670	10,349,741	64,080
20	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	722,254	14,310
21	El Salvador	21,041	6,125,512	25,310
22	Puerto Rico	13,790	3,620,897	61,460
	Total	12,278,212	439,320,916	4,925,740

Portuguese-speaking countries

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	Brazil	8,515,770	202,656,788	2,353,000
2	Angola	1,246,700	19,088,106	128,600
3	Mozambique	799,380	24,692,144	16,680
4	Portugal	92,090	10,813,834	230,000
5	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	1,693,398	1,024
6	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	722,254	14,310
7	Timor-Leste	14,874	1,201,542	4,478
8	Cape Verde	4,033	538,535	1,899
9	São Tomé and Príncipe	964	190,428	341
10	Macau	115	667,400
	Total	10,709,043	260,874,775	2,736,022

French-speaking countries

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	Canada	9,984,670	35,099,836	1,573,000
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858	79,375,136	39,060
3	Chad	1,284,000	11,631,456	11,690
4	Niger	1,267,000	18,045,729	7,119
5	Mali	1,240,192	16,955,536	10,950
6	France	643,801	66,553,766	2,423,000
7	Central African Republic	622,984	5,391,539	1,624
8	Madagascar	587,041	23,812,681	9,514
9	Cameroon	475,440	23,739,218	28,520
10	Republic of the Congo	342,000	4,755,097	8,871
11	Ivory Coast	322,463	23,295,302	31,270
12	Gabon	267,667	1,705,336	13,800
13	Burkina Faso	274,200	18,931,686	11,320
14	Guinea	245,857	11,780,162	6,733
15	Senegal	196,722	13,975,834	13,990
16	Benin	112,622	10,448,647	7,701
17	Togo	56,785	7,552,318	4,152
18	Switzerland	41,277	8,121,830	677,000
19	Belgium	30,528	11,323,973	458,700
20	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	722,254	14,310
21	Brunei	27,830	10,742,276	2,970
22	Haiti	27,750	10,110,019	8,797
23	Rwanda	26,338	12,661,733	8,468
24	Djibouti	23,200	828,324	1,743
25	New Caledonia	18,575	224,824	11,100
26	Vanuatu	12,189	272,264	771
27	French Polynesia	4,167	282,703	7,150
28	Luxembourg	2,586	570,252	57,930
29	Comoros	2,235	780,971	589
30	Mauritius	2,040	1,265,577
31	Seychelles	455	92,430	1,375
32	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	5,657	2,153
33	Wallis and Futuna	142	15,613	188
34	Jersey	116	97,294	5,771
35	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	55	140	0
36	Saint Martin	54	29,376	5,615
37	Saint Barthélemy	24	7,237	179
38	Monaco	2	30,535	6,063
	Total	20,486,067	429,246,730	5,451,885

Italian-speaking countries

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	Italy	301,340	61,855,120	1,819,000
2	Switzerland	41,277	8,121,830	677,000
3	San Marino	61	33,020	1,543
4	Vatican City	0.44	842	No data
	Total	342,678	70,010,812	2,497,543

Romanian-speaking countries

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	Romania	238,391	21,666,350	177,600
2	Moldova	33,851	3,546,847	6,300
	Total	272,242	25,213,197	183,900

Catalan-speaking countries

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	Spain	505,370	6,125,512	25,310
2	Italy	301,340	61,855,120	1,819,000
3	Andorra	468	85,580	4,800

Total Romance-speaking world

	Country	Area, km² [7]	Population (2014) [8]	GDP (nominal), millions of US$ (2014) [9]
1	World	148,429,000	7,256,490,011	77,269,168
2	Romance-speaking countries	43,781,433 (29.5%)	1,216,630,180 (16.77%)	15,122,890 (19.5%)

See also

• Legacy of the Roman Empire
• Latin Union
• Latin America
• Latin Europe

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