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Map of countries that make up Hispanic America The region known as Hispanic America ( Spanish : Hispanoamérica or América Hispana ) and historically as Spanish America ( Spanish : América Española ) or Castilian America ( Spanish : América Castellana ) is all the Spanish-speaking countries of the American continent .
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
Throughout the country, there are 179 county-equivalents where over 50% of the population are either Hispanic or Latino. 78 of these were Puerto Rican municipalities, and 61 more were counties in Texas. Moreover, there were 13 counties in New Mexico and 11 counties in California with Hispanic majorities.
Las Antillas Occidentales – Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spanish Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic. This region is highly influenced by the Canary Islanders and the African slaves that settled in the region during the Age of Exploration.
The Latin American and Caribbean countries with the most representative democracy were Costa Rica, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Jamaica and least democratic were Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela according to 2024 V-Dem Democracy Report. [3] Map of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2023
This is a list of Latin American countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections. Table [ edit ]
The definition of Hispanic excludes Brazil because Portuguese is the country's primary language, but it does include Spain, even though it’s in Europe.
The Pew Research Center believes that the term Hispanic is strictly limited to Spain, Puerto Rico, and all countries where Spanish is the only official language whereas "Latino" includes all countries in Latin America (even Brazil regardless of the fact that Portuguese is its only official language), but it does not include Spain and Portugal. [3]