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Ibero-America

Countries in the Americas that were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal

Ibero-America

Countries in the Americas that were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal

FieldValue
titleIbero-America
imageIbero-America (orthographic projection).svg
area20591128 km2
population637,714,297
demonymIbero-American
countries{{Collapsible list
titlestylebackground:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
title20
languagesSpanish, Portuguese
timeUTC−02:00 Brazil to
UTC−08:00 Mexico

|Argentina |Bolivia |Brazil |Chile |Colombia |Costa Rica |Cuba |Dominican Republic |Ecuador |El Salvador |Guatemala |Honduras |Mexico |Nicaragua |Panama |Paraguay |Peru |Puerto Rico |Uruguay |Venezuela UTC−08:00 Mexico

Ibero-America (, ) or Iberian America is generally considered to be the region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages (usually former territories of Spain or Portugal). Spain and Portugal are themselves sometimes included in some Ibero-American diplomatic circles, such as the Ibero-American Summit and the Organization of Ibero-American States. The Organization of Ibero-American States also includes Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa, but not the Portuguese-speaking African countries. The Latin Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the Latin Grammy Awards, also includes Spain and Portugal as well as the Latino population of Canada and the United States in their definition of Ibero-America.

The prefix Ibero- and the adjective Iberian refer to the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, which includes Portugal and Spain. Ibero-America includes all Hispanic American countries in North, Central, and South America plus the Hispanophone Caribbean, as well as Portuguese-speaking Brazil. Ibero-America makes up the overwhelming bulk of and is synonymous with the common definition of Latin America, but is differentiated from the expanded definition of Latin America by the exclusion of the French-speaking country of Haiti, the French overseas departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique, and the French collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin, which are sometimes included in a few definitions of Latin America. Belize and Guyana, whose official language is English, and Dutch-speaking Suriname, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten are usually not considered to be either Ibero-American or Latin American.

Since 1991, the Iberoamerican Community of Nations has organized a yearly Ibero-American Summit meeting of the heads of state and governments of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain, Portugal and Andorra, this has since changed to biannually from 2014.

Countries and population in Ibero-America

Countries and territories of Ibero-America. In yellow is the Spanish-speaking area and in green is the Portuguese-speaking area of the Americas.
  • Spanish-speaking: (434,651,785 speakers) : Argentina Argentina: 47,327,407 : Bolivia Bolivia: 12,186,079 : Chile Chile: 19,629,588 : Colombia Colombia: 52,085,170 : Costa Rica Costa Rica: 5,044,197 : Cuba Cuba: 11,089,511 : Dominican Republic Dominican Republic: 11,434,005 : Ecuador Ecuador: 17,483,326 : El Salvador El Salvador: 6,602,370 : Guatemala Guatemala: 17,980,803 : Honduras Honduras: 9,571,352 : Mexico Mexico: 129,875,529 : Nicaragua Nicaragua: 6,359,689 : Panama Panama: 4,337,768 : Paraguay Paraguay: 6,218,879 : Peru Peru: 34,352,720 : Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (U.S. Commonwealth): 9,110,869 (Puerto Rico & Mainland United States) : Uruguay Uruguay: 3,444,263 : Venezuela Venezuela: 30,518,260
  • Portuguese-speaking: (203,062,512 speakers) : Brazil Brazil: 203,062,512

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://www.oei.es/acercaoei.htm Presentación], Acerca de la OEI, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.
  2. link. (2007-11-12 , Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.)
  3. (2019). "The First Twenty Years". The Latin Recording Academy.
  4. [http://www.mre.gov.br/cdbrasil/itamaraty/web/ingles/relext/mre/orgreg/cupula/apresent.htm Ibero-American Summit] {{webarchive. link. (2007-12-06 , Foreign Office, Republic of Brazil. Accessed on line October 22, 2007.)
  5. pp. 312–313, ''Spain: Democracy Regained'', Ergasto Ramón Arango, Spain: Westview Press. {{ISBN. 0-8133-2915-9.
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