Spanish, in numbers

According to the report: "Spanish: alive language" ('El español: una lengua viva') that has been published today, Spanish, is the official language in 21 countries and is spoken by more than 450 million people. It is the second mother tongue language in the world based on amount of speakers, the second language used in international communications and third in the Internet.

- In 2030, 7,5% of world will speak Spanish.

- In 2050 the U.S. will be the first Spanish speaking country in the world.

- 14 million students are learning Spanish as a second language.

- Outside Spain, more than 30 million european citizens speak Spanish.

- Spanish in one of the five official languages most frequently used within international institutions.

- Being able to speak Spanish increases 290% bilateral transactions among Spanish speaking countries.