List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages

area in the world where Dutch is spoken

This is a list of countries where Dutch or Afrikaans are official languages.

A map of the Dutch-speaking world.
  Countries where most people speak Dutch
  Countries where Dutch is an official or recognized language
  Countries where Afrikaans is an official or recognized language
  Countries where Dutch used to be an official language

Countries change

Country Population
2011[1]
Speakers Notes
L1[2][3][4] L2[2][3][4]
  Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch
17,116,000 16,431,360 (96%) 687,000 (4%) De facto national language
  South Africa
Afrikaans
51,770,000 6,860,000 (14%) 10,300,000 (19%) De jure nationwide co-official language
  Belgium
Dutch
11,303,000 6,215,000 (55%) 1,469,000 (13%) De jure nationwide co-official language (majority language in Flemish Region and minority in Brussels-Capital Region)
  Suriname
Dutch
540,000 325,000 (60%) 215,000 (40%) De jure sole nationwide official language
  Namibia
Afrikaans
2,113,000 220,000 (10,4%) lingua franca Recognized national language
Total c. 82,834,000 c. 29,069,000 c. 12,671,000+


Dependent territories change

Dutch change

Belgium change

Region Status Other official languages
  Brussels-Capital Region Region French
  Flanders Region
  Wallonia Region French, German

Netherlands change

Region Status Other official languages
  Aruba Constituent country Papiamento
  Bonaire Municipality Papiamento
  Curaçao Constituent country Papiamento
English
  Friesland Province West Frisian
  Saba Municipality English
  Sint Eustatius Municipality English
  Sint Maarten Constituent country English

Afrikaans change

South Africa change

Region Status Other official languages
Northern Cape Province English
Setswana
Xhosa
Western Cape Province English
Xhosa

International institutions change

Institution Afrikaans official? Dutch official?

  African Union

   
  Benelux    
  Caribbean Community    
Dutch Language Union    
  European Union    
  Union of South American Nations    

Related pages change

References change

  1. See: List of countries and dependencies by population
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eurobarometer 2012 - Annex
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Afrikaans". Ethnologue.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Dutch". Ethnologue.