How many people speak Portuguese and Spanish?

Portuguese vs Spanish Speaking Population

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

Portuguese native speakers vs Spanish native speakers

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

Native Names of Portuguese and Spanish

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

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

The French name of Portuguese is portugais whereas German name of Portuguese is Portugiesisch. The German name of Spanish is Spanisch whereas French name of Spanish is portugais.