The second-most widely spoken language in the world with approximately 400 million native speakers, Spanish has official status in 21 countries: Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela. Spanish is also an official language of Puerto Rico.
British Council, (2014) Languages for the Future