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Ibero-America is a term which started to be used in the second half of the 19th century to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas which were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal. Spain and Portugal are themselves included in some definitions, such as that of the Ibero-American Summit and the Organization of Ibero-American States. The Organization of Ibero-American States also includes Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa.
   The prefix Ibero- refers to the Iberian peninsula in Europe, consisting of Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar. Ibero-America is formed by all Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas, in addition to Brazil, which is Portuguese-speaking, but excludes the French-speaking countries Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe. The exclusion of the French-speaking regions differentiates Ibero-America from Latin America, as well as the inclusion of the European states of the Iberian peninsula if they're included in the definition.
   The term includes neither the United States (except for Puerto Rico), nor any of its fifty states, although a large part of its current territory was colonized by Spain and was under Spanish or Mexican rule longer than it has been under U.S. rule. (See History of Florida, History of Texas, Mexican Cession, and Gadsden Purchase.) While English is the most widely spoken language by far in the U.S., it hasn't been designated an official language (though some states have done so), and Spanish-speakers compose the second-largest language community nationwide.
   Since 1991, the Iberoamerican Community of Nations has organized yearly summits, attended by the heads of state and government of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain and Portugal.

Countries and Population in Europe and America

Spanish-speaking : (Over 400 million speakers) ť Argentina 38,747,000

    Bolivia 9,182,000 ť Chile 16,295,000

    Colombia 45,600,000 ť Costa Rica 4,401,000

    Cuba 11,269,000 ť Dominican Republic 8,895,000

    Ecuador 13,228,000 ť El Salvador 6,881,000

    Honduras 7,205,000 ť Guatemala 12,599,000

    Mexico 107,029,000 ť Nicaragua 5,487,000

    Panama 3,232,000 ť Paraguay 6,158,000

    Peru 27,968,000 ť Puerto Rico 3,955,000

    Spain 47,116,000 ť Uruguay 3,463,000

    Venezuela 26,749,000

Portuguese-speaking : (About 200 million speakers) ť Brazil 183,987,291

Portugal 10,495,000

Catalan-speaking : ť Andorra 69,150 (in addition to about 7.5 million Catalan speakers from Spain, who are included in the Spanish population of this article)

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