Spanish-Speaking Countries in South America

Nine of the twelve sovereign South American nations have Spanish as their official (or de facto official) language:

1. Argentina
2. Bolivia (also Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní official)
3. Chile
4. Colombia
5. Ecuador (also Kichwa, Shuar official)
6. Paraguay (bilingual with Guaraní)
7. Peru (also Quechua, Aymara official)
8. Uruguay
9. Venezuela

Non-Spanish Speaking

• Brazil: Portuguese (sole official).
• Guyana: English (sole official).
• Suriname: Dutch (sole official).
• French Guiana: French (overseas department of France).

Spanish is the majority language by population (~210M speakers in South America vs. ~215M Portuguese in Brazil alone).