In 1999, there were 358 million people speaking Spanish as a native language and a total of 417 million speakers worldwide. Currently these figures are up to 400 and 500 million people respectively. Spanish is the second most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese. Spanish is the second most studied language in the world, after English.
| Country | Population | Spanish as a native language speakers | Spanish as second language | Spanish speakers as percentage of population | Total number of Spanish speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mexico |
112,396,211 | 103,527,885 | 7,110,031 | 98.5% | 110,637,916 |
 United States |
309,059,724 | 44,468,501 | 6,231,499 + Students | 15.8% | 50,000,000 + 7,820,000 students |
 Spain |
47,021,031 | 41,848,717 | 4,581,088 | 98.8% | 46,456,779 |
 Colombia |
45,783,000 | 45,338,905 | 77,831 | 99.2% | 45,416,736 |
 Argentina |
40,900,496 | 39,608,040 | 1,047,053 | 99.4% | 40,655,093 |
 Venezuela |
29,056,000 | 28,033,228 | 674,100 | 98.8% | 28,707,328 |
 Peru |
29.797.694 | 23,769,620 | 2,035,183 | 86.6% | 25,804,803 |
 Chile |
17,248,450 | 15,513,255 | 1,600,024 | 99.3% | 17,127,711 |
 Ecuador |
14,306,000 | 13,298,858 | 733,324 | 98.1% | 14,024,376 |
 Guatemala |
14,361,666 | 9,291,997 | 3,116,482 | 86.4% | 12,408,479 |
 Cuba |
11,235,863 | 11,235,863 | 99.4% | 11,168,448 | |
 Dominican Republic |
11,235,863 | 10,120,705 | 62,558 | 99.6% | 10,184,100 |
 Bolivia |
10,426,154 | 4,350,833 | 4,813,756 | 87.9% | 9,164,589 |
 Honduras |
8,215,313 | 7,981,998 | 151,161 | 99.0% | 8,133,159 |
 Morocco |
29,680,069 | 20,000 | 6,479,935 | 21.9% | 6,499,935 |
 El Salvador |
6,183,002 | 6,183,002 | 99.7% | 6,164,451 | |
 France |
64,057,790 | 440,106 | 5,721,380 | 9.6% | 6,161,486 |
 Nicaragua |
5,822,000 | 5,088,428 | 551,328 | 97.0% | 5,647,340 |
 Costa Rica |
4,615,646 | 4,345,130 | 87,126 | 99.2% | 4,432,256 |
 Paraguay |
6,460,000 | 369,000 | 4,043,555 | 69.5% | 4,489,700 |
 Puerto Rico |
3,998,000 | 3,802,098 | 147,334 | 98.8% | 3,950,024 |
 United Kingdom |
60,943,912 | 107,654 | 3,814,846 | 6.4% | 3,922,500 |
 Uruguay |
3,372,000 | 3,257,352 | 77,303 | 98.9 | 3,334,908 |
 Panama |
3,508,000 | 2,622,720 | 476,419 | 93.1% | 3,179,365 |
 Philippines |
96,061,683 | 2,660 | 3,014,115 | 3.1% | 3,016,773 |
 Germany |
82,369,548 | 140,000 | 2,566,972 | 3.2% | 2,706,972 |
 Italy |
58,145,321 | 89,905 | 1,968,320 | 3.5% | 2,058,225 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
1,153,915 | n.a. | 1,044,293 | 90.5% | 1,044,293 |
 Canada |
33,212,696 | 909,000 | 92,853 | 3% | 1,001,853 |
 Portugal |
10,676,910 | 9,744 | 727,282 | 6.9% | 737,026 |
 Netherlands |
16,645,313 | 19,978 | 662,116 | 4.1% | 682,094 |
 Belgium |
10,403,951 | 85,990 | 515,939 | 5.8% | 601,929 |
 Romania |
22,246,862 | 544,531 | 2.4% | 544,531 | |
 Sweden |
9,045,389 | 101,472 | 442,601 | 6% | 544,073 |
 Australia |
21,007,310 | 106,517 | 374,571 | 2.3% | 481,088 |
 Brazil |
185.712.713 | 445,005 | 5 million students | unknown | |
 Poland |
38,500,696 | 316,104 | 0.8% | 316,104 | |
 Austria |
8,205,533 | 267,177 | 3.3% | 267,177 | |
 Ivory Coast |
20,179,602 | 235,806 | 1.2% | 235,806 | |
 Algeria |
33,769,669 | 223,000 | 0.7% | 223,379 | |
 Denmark |
5,484,723 | 219,003 | 4% | 219,003 | |
 Israel |
7,112,359 | 130,000 | 45,231 | 2.5% | 175,231 |
 Switzerland |
7,581,520 | 123,000 | 14,420 | 1.7% | 137,420 |
 Japan |
127,288,419 | 76,565 | 60,000 | 0.1% | 136,565 |
 Bulgaria |
7,262,675 | 133,910 | 1.8% | 133,910 | |
 Belize |
301,270 | 106,795 | 21,848 | 42.7% | 128,643 |
 Netherlands Antilles |
223,652 | 10,699 | 114,835 | 56.1% | 125,534 |
 Ireland |
4,156,119 | 123,591 | 3% | 123,591 | |
 Senegal |
12,853,259 | 101,455 | 0.8% | 101,455 | |
 Greece |
10,722,816 | 86,742 | 0.8% | 86,742 | |
 Finland |
5,244,749 | 85,586 | 1.6% | 85,586 | |
 Hungary |
9,930,915 | 85,034 | 0.9% | 85,034 | |
 Aruba |
100,018 | 6,800 | 68,602 | 75.3% | 75,402 |
 Croatia |
4,491,543 | 73,656 | 1.6% | 73,656 | |
 Andorra |
84,484 | 29,907 | 25,356 | 68.7% | 58,040 |
 Slovakia |
5,455,407 | 43,164 | 0.8% | 43,164 | |
 Norway |
4,644,457 | 12,573 | 23,677 | 0.8% | 36,250 |
 Russia |
140,702,094 | 3,320 | 20,000 | 0.01% | 23,320 |
 New Zealand |
4,173,460 | 21,645 | 0.5% | 21,645 | |
 Guam |
154,805 | 19,092 | 12.3% | 19,092 | |
 US Virgin Islands |
108,612 | 16,788 | 15.5% | 16,788 | |
 China |
1,345,751,000 | 2,292 | 12,835 | 0.001124% | 15,127 |
 Lithuania |
3,565,205 | 13,943 | 0.4% | 13,943 | |
 Gibraltar |
27,967 | 13,857 | 49.5% | 13,857 | |
 Cyprus |
792,604 | 1.4% | 11,044 | ||
 Turkey |
71,892,807 | 380 | 8,000 | 0.01% | 8,380 |
 Jamaica |
2,804,322 | 8,000 | 0.3% | 8,000 | |
 Luxembourg |
486,006 | 3,000 | 4,344 | 1.5% | 7,344 |
 Malta |
403,532 | 6,458 | 1.6% | 6,458 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
1,047,366 | 4,100 | 0.4% | 4,100 | |
 Western Sahara |
513,000 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Total Spanish Speakers | 32,928,599 | 460,368,652 | |||
| Total Spanish speakers as a foreign language | 89,983,399 | 517,423,452 |
