Status of Portuguese Language in the world; Number of speakers; Most used languages on the internet; Languages spoken in the world; Translations; Scientific publications; Literacy Rates in Portuguese Speaking Countries.
Status (2016) by Observatory of The Portuguese LanguageObservatory of the Portuguese Language
The Portuguese Language Statute
Most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere
It is the third most spoken language in the Western Hemisphere
It is at the forefront of the most widely spoken languages
Portuguese speakers (2016) by Observatory of the Portuguese LanguageObservatory of the Portuguese Language
How many are the Portuguese speakers
Sources:
Macao Population: Macao SAR Government Portal
Remaining population: United Nations.
* The percentages of speakers were considered based on:
literacy rates in each country, according to CIA and UNESCO estimates:
Cabo Verde; Guinea Bissau; São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste
Angola; Mozambique and Portugal
Portugal and Brazil: The value of 100% of speakers was considered
Angola: A higher rate was considered (+1 percentage point)
Timor-Leste: A lower rate was considered, since literacy may have been done in another language, namely in Bahasa.
Most used languages on the internet (2016) by internet worldObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Most used languages on the Internet
Languages spoken in the World (2016) by EthnologueObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Languages spoken in the world
Translations (3) (2016) by UNESCOObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Translations
Most Translated Portuguese Language Writers
Sourse: UNESCO (2016)
Translations (2) (2016) by UNESCOObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Translations
Languages from which it is translated
Translations (1) (2016) by UNESCOObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Translations
Languages it translates into
Scientific publications
2016 Data
Indexed Publications (6) (2016) by DGEEC - General Directorate of Statistics for Education and ScienceObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Scientific publications indexed on the Web of Science: Portugal, Brazil and Macau
PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African Countries) and Timor-Leste
Indexed Publications (5) (2015) by DGEEC - General Directorate of Statistics for Education and ScienceObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Scientific publications indexed in "SCOPUS": Portugal, Brazil and Macau
PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African Countries) and Timor-Leste
Indexed Publications (7) (2016) by DGEEC - General Directorate of Statistics for Education and ScienceObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Percentage of publications from CPLP Countries (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries) by language
Indexed Publications (4) (2016) by DGEEC - General Directorate of Statistics for Education and ScienceObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Scientific publications: Documents
Literacy
Literacy (1) (2016) by UNESCOObservatory of the Portuguese Language
Literacy Rate in CPLP Countries (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries)
Literacy (2) (2016) by National Institute of Statistics, PortugalObservatory of the Portuguese Language
In 2013, illiteracy rates in Portuguese-speaking countries were:
- Ana Rita Carvalho (designer)
- UNESCO.
- CIA.
- DGEEC - General Directorate of Education and Science Statistics. In CitesTM, Thomson Reuters.
- SAR Government Portal (Autonomous Region of Macau)
- Web of Science.
- Scielo.
- The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR)
Author: Francisco Nuno Ramos, Observatory of the Portuguese Language
