List of countries where Portuguese is an official language

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The following is a list of the eight countries where Portuguese is an official language:

Country Population[1]  % of the total population of the Lusophone world covered
239,646,701 100%
Brazil Brazil 191,908,598 80.08%
Mozambique Mozambique 21,284,701 8.88%
Angola Angola 12,531,357 5.23%
Portugal Portugal 10,676,910 4.46%
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1,503,182 0.63%
East Timor East Timor 1,108,777 0.46%
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 676,000 0.18%
Cape Verde Cape Verde 426,998 0.18%
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 206,178 0.09%

[edit] Dependent entitities

Nr. Region Population Status
1. People's Republic of China Macau Macau 460,823 A special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. July 2008 estimates. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 

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