How many people speak Spanish and Portuguese?

Spanish vs Portuguese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Spanish and Portuguese, you will get to compare Spanish vs Portuguese speaking population. How many people speak Spanish and Portuguese gives you the number of people speaking Spanish and Portuguese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Spanish language is 489.00 million and number of people speaking Portuguese language is 231.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Spanish is 6.15 % and speaking population of Portuguese is 3.27 %. For more detailed difference check out Spanish vs Portuguese.

Spanish native speakers vs Portuguese native speakers

How many people speak Spanish and Portuguese languages tells about Spanish native speakers vs Portuguese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 410.00 million people speak Spanish as native language while 216.00 million people speak Portuguese as native language. You can also go to Spanish vs Portuguese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Spanish and Portuguese language. In some regions, Spanish and Portuguese languages are used as second language. There are 89.50 million speakers who use Spanish as second language and 15.00 million speakers who use Portuguese as second language.

Native Names of Spanish and Portuguese

Native names are used in the Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Countries. Both Spanish and Portuguese languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Spanish and Portuguese you will get to know the native names of Spanish and Portuguese languages. The native name of Spanish is Español and native name of Portuguese is Português. The alternative names of Spanish and Portuguese languages are as follows:

• Spanish alternative names are: Castellano, Castilian, Español
• Portuguese alternative names are: Português

The French name of Spanish is espagnol; castillan whereas German name of Spanish is Spanisch. The German name of Portuguese is Portugiesisch whereas French name of Portuguese is espagnol; castillan.