Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries

The Community of Portuguese Language Countries has eight member states.^[1] All have the Portuguese language as official language, and only East Timor and Equatorial Guinea have a second official language.

In 2005, CPLP Council of Ministers meeting in Luanda adopted the status of associate observer for non-member states to promote better international co-operation to reach the Community's objectives and 3 states were subsequently admitted.

Listing

Country	Status	Year joined	Official language(s)	Continent	Population
Portugal	member	1996	Portuguese	Europe	10,617,575
Brazil	member	1996	Portuguese	South America	202,656,788
Angola	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	15,941,000
Mozambique	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	21,397,000
Cape Verde	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	499,796
Guinea-Bissau	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	1,586,000
São Tomé and Príncipe	member	1996	Portuguese	Africa	157,000
Timor-Leste	member	2002	Portuguese and Tetum	Asia	1,172,390
Equatorial Guinea	member	2014	Portuguese, Spanish and French	Africa	1,014,999
Mauritius	associate observer	2006	English	Africa	1,264,866
Senegal	associate observer	2008	French	Africa	11,658,000
Georgia	associate observer	2014	Georgian	Europe	4,935,880
Japan	associate observer	2014	Japanese	Asia	126,434,964
Namibia	associate observer	2014	English and various African languages	Africa	2,113,077
Turkey	associate observer	2014	Turkish	Europe	76,667,864

Officially interested countries and territories

Country/Region	Interested Status	Official language	Continent	Population	Reference	Possible date of discussion	Notes
Andorra	associate member	Catalan	Europe	71,822		2010 – VIII CPLP Summit – Luanda	More than 15% of Andorra's population is made of Portuguese expats
Morocco	associate member	Arabic	Africa	33,757,175		2010 – VIII CPLP Summit – Luanda	Some areas of Morocco colonized by Portugal, proximity to Madeira Islands
Philippines	associate member	Filipino and English	Asia	90,500,000		2010 – VIII CPLP Summit – Luanda	Historical ties to the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan
Venezuela	associate member	Spanish	South America	26,814,843		2012 – IX CPLP Summit	Large number of Portuguese expats
Croatia	associate member	Croatian	Europe	4,453,500		2012 – IX CPLP Summit	?
Romania	associate member	Romanian	Europe	22,246,862		2012 – IX CPLP Summit	Has migratory fluxes with Portugal[2]
Ukraine	associate member	Ukrainian	Europe	46,372,700		2012 – IX CPLP Summit	Has migratory fluxes with Portugal
Indonesia	associate member	Indonesian	Asia	237,512,352		In negotiations	Portugal was the major colonial power until Dutch hegemony. Occupied East Timor from 1975–2002.
Swaziland	associate member	English and Siwati	Africa	1,185,000		In negotiations	Shares a border with Mozambique with which it has economic ties
Australia	associate member	English	Oceania	22,420,039		In negotiations	Discovered by Portuguese navigators. Has a large community of Portuguese, Brazilian and Timorese expats
Luxembourg	associate member	Luxembourgish, German and French	Europe	502,202		In negotiations	In 2001 census, there were 58,657 inhabitants with Portuguese nationality in Luxembourg (11,7%)
Galicia	member	Galician and Spanish	Europe	2,783,100		Pending Spanish government approval	Cultural and linguistic ties with Portugal
Macau	member	Portuguese and Chinese (Cantonese)	Asia	520,400		Pending Macanese Government approval	Chinese territory formerly under Portuguese administration and a small minority population is Portuguese
Malacca	associate member	Malay	Asia	733,000		Pending Malaysian Government approval	Portuguese colony for more than a century, small minority population of Portuguese descent
Goa	associate member	Konkani	Asia	1,400,000		Pending Indian Government approval	Former Portuguese colony. Has a Portuguese-speaking minority

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