Practical facts by country
Official languages: the Americas
The official languages of each country in the Americas as the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) lists them - official by law, official in practice (de facto) and official only in some regions - with CLDR's estimate of the share of the population that uses each.
Questions and answers
- What language do they speak in Argentina?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (nearly all of the population) as the official language of Argentina. Argentina travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Aruba?
- Unicode CLDR lists Dutch (about 97% of the population) and Papiamento (about 61%) as the official languages of Aruba. Aruba travel guide →
- What language do they speak in the Bahamas?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (nearly all of the population) as the official language of the Bahamas. Bahamas travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Barbados?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (nearly all of the population) as the official language of Barbados. Barbados travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Belize?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (about 77% of the population) as the official language of Belize. Belize travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Bolivia?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 61% of the population), Quechua (about 32%) and Aymara (about 20%) as the official languages of Bolivia. Bolivia travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Brazil?
- Unicode CLDR lists Portuguese (about 91% of the population) as the official language of Brazil. It lists Venetian as official in some regions. Brazil travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Canada?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (about 87% of the population) and French (about 29%) as the official languages of Canada. It lists Inuktitut, Plains Cree, Chipewyan and 3 more as official in some regions. Canada travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Caribbean Netherlands?
- Unicode CLDR lists Dutch (about 8% of the population) as the official language of Caribbean Netherlands. Caribbean Netherlands travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Chile?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 98% of the population) as the official language of Chile. Chile travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Colombia?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 93% of the population) as the official language of Colombia. Colombia travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Costa Rica?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 95% of the population) as the official language of Costa Rica. Costa Rica travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Cuba?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (nearly all of the population) as the official language of Cuba. Cuba travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Curaçao?
- Unicode CLDR lists Dutch (about 8% of the population) as the official language of Curaçao, and Papiamento (about 81%) as official in practice (de facto). Curaçao travel guide →
- What language do they speak in the Dominican Republic?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 78% of the population) as the official language of the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Ecuador?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 96% of the population) and Quechua (about 17%) as the official languages of Ecuador. Ecuador travel guide →
- What language do they speak in El Salvador?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 89% of the population) as the official language of El Salvador. El Salvador travel guide →
- What language do they speak in French Guiana?
- Unicode CLDR lists French (about 62% of the population) as the official language of French Guiana. French Guiana travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Guadeloupe?
- Unicode CLDR lists French (about 84% of the population) as the official language of Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Guatemala?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 88% of the population) as the official language of Guatemala. It lists Kʼicheʼ as official in some regions. Guatemala travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Guyana?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (nearly all of the population) as the official language of Guyana. Guyana travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Haiti?
- Unicode CLDR lists Haitian Creole (about 81% of the population) and French (about 42%) as the official languages of Haiti. Haiti travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Honduras?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 91% of the population) as the official language of Honduras. Honduras travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Jamaica?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (about 98% of the population) as the official language of Jamaica. Jamaica travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Martinique?
- Unicode CLDR lists French (about 81% of the population) as the official language of Martinique. Martinique travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Mexico?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 83% of the population) as the de facto official language of Mexico. Mexico travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Nicaragua?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 78% of the population) as the official language of Nicaragua. Nicaragua travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Panama?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 69% of the population) as the official language of Panama. Panama travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Paraguay?
- Unicode CLDR lists Guarani (about 80% of the population) and Spanish (about 3.2%) as the official languages of Paraguay. Paraguay travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Peru?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 73% of the population) and Quechua (about 15%) as the official languages of Peru. Peru travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Puerto Rico?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 87% of the population) as the official language of Puerto Rico, and English (about 49%) as official in practice (de facto). Puerto Rico travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Suriname?
- Unicode CLDR lists Dutch (about 90% of the population) as the official language of Suriname. Suriname travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (about 88% of the population) as the official language of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago travel guide →
- What language do they speak in the United States?
- Unicode CLDR lists English (about 96% of the population) as the de facto official language of the United States. It lists Spanish and Hawaiian as official in some regions. United States travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Uruguay?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 88% of the population) as the official language of Uruguay. Uruguay travel guide →
- What language do they speak in Venezuela?
- Unicode CLDR lists Spanish (about 82% of the population) as the official language of Venezuela. Venezuela travel guide →
Sources: Unicode CLDR 48.2 (Unicode License v3): territoryInfo, each language's official status and population share; English language names from CLDR. All questions · Plug types and voltage: Europe · Plug types and voltage: Asia and Oceania · Plug types and voltage: the Americas · Plug types and voltage: Africa · Emergency phone numbers: Europe · Emergency phone numbers: Asia and Oceania · Emergency phone numbers: the Americas · Emergency phone numbers: Africa · Currencies: Europe · Currencies: Asia and Oceania · Currencies: the Americas · Currencies: Africa