How many people speak Spanish in the world?

Question

How many native speakers, how many learners, and how many in total in the world?

Answer 1

I posted this a few days ago. You may find it interesting. Spanish is the second most spoken language after mandarin with over 358,000,000 speakers.

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Answer 2

According to the book I have, Spanish is spoken by approximately 350 million people in 21 countries.

Mexico 98 million Spain 39 million US 39 million Argentina 35 million Colombia 36 million Venezuela 22 million Peru 20 million

The U.S. census Bureau reports that the nation's Hispanic population is expected to jump to 59.7 million by 2020.

Answer 3

According to this article, about 550 million. It's funny that you would ask, because I just saw this article yesterday.

Answer 4

Heaps more than America Spain and Cuba I think There is 24 Spanish speaking country's in the world

Answer 5

idk and i don't really care

wow your cool - sora62896, Jun 7, 2011

Valuable comment - pacofinkler, Jun 7, 2011

Answer 6

501,469,011 people speak spanish either native, second language, or third language (etc)

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There is a breakdown if you need it.

Hope I could Help!