More Spanish Speakers In America Than Spain

According to the Instituto Cervantes, here’s how many people speak Spanish in the U.S. and Spain.

1) Less Americans speak Spanish really well (Native-Level Speakers).

Spain: 43.9 million

U.S.: 41.3 million

2) More Americans speak Spanish sorta-okay (Limited Competence).

Spain: 3.7 million

U.S.: 11.6 million

That’s right, 11.6 million people are learning a fair amount of Spanish from their high school teachers or abuelas.

3) More Americans study Spanish than any other in the world. Brazilians are a close second. France is a distant third.

U.S. Spanish students: 7.8 million

Brazil Spanish students: 6.1 million

France Spanish students: 2.5 million

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