Spanish Speakers

So while doing some research looking for some things that I could share with you, I was exploring enchantedlearning.com and stumbled upon some interested statistics.

Countries with the most Spanish-language speakers:

Country	Number of Spanish Speakers (approximate; X=10,000,000 people)
Mexico	91 million	X X X X X X X X X
Colombia	41.9 million	X X X X
Argentina	35.6 million	X X X
Spain	29.9 million	X X X
Venezuela	23.3 million	X X
USA	20.7 million	X X
Peru	20.4 million	X X
Chile	13.6 million	X
Ecuador	11.8 million	X
Dominican Republic	8.2 million	X

USA is among the top 6 countries with the largest population of Spanish speaking people. Over 20 million people in the US speak Spanish today which is a huge number when you really think about it. Clearly knowing multiple languages is a great advantage and starting young is the best way to prepare your kids for our multilingual world!