Latin American Countries: Full List (with Flags)

Latin American Countries

There are 20 Latin American Countries.

Latin America refers to the parts of the Americas where Romance languages, chiefly Spanish and Portuguese, are dominant. It covers Mexico, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central America and South America, Portuguese-speaking Brazil, and a few Caribbean nations. The term is cultural rather than strictly geographic, which is why English-speaking countries in the same regions are excluded.

20 countriesCountries where a Romance language (mainly Spanish or Portuguese) is dominant.

No.	Country	Capital	Currency	Population
011	Argentina	Buenos Aires	ARS $	45,851,378
027	Bolivia	Sucre	BOB Bs.	12,581,843
031	Brazil	Brasília	BRL R$	212,812,405
046	Chile	Santiago	CLP $	19,859,921
050	Colombia	Bogotá	COP $	53,425,635
054	Costa Rica	San José	CRC ₡	5,152,950
056	Cuba	Havana	CUP $	10,937,203
063	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	DOP $	11,520,487
065	Ecuador	Quito	USD $	18,289,896
067	El Salvador	San Salvador	USD $	6,365,503
092	Guatemala	Guatemala City	GTQ Q	18,687,881
099	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	HNL L	11,005,850
143	Mexico	Mexico City	MXN $	131,946,900
159	Nicaragua	Managua	NIO C$	7,007,502
172	Panama	Panama City	PAB B/.	4,571,189
174	Paraguay	Asunción	PYG ₲	7,013,078
175	Peru	Lima	PEN S/.	34,576,665
180	Puerto Rico	San Juan	USD $	3,184,835
240	Uruguay	Montevideo	UYU $	3,384,688
244	Venezuela	Caracas	VES Bs.S.	28,516,896

How this list is defined

Countries where a Romance language (mainly Spanish or Portuguese) is dominant.

Membership of a cultural or political grouping is not always settled, and different sources draw the line in different places. Stating the rule up front is the point: it lets you judge whether this list answers your question, instead of wondering why a country you expected is missing. Every figure in the table comes from the dataset described on the data page.

Frequently asked questions

How many latin american countries are there?

There are 20 latin american countries on this list. Countries where a Romance language (mainly Spanish or Portuguese) is dominant.

Which of the latin american countries is the largest?

Brazil, at 8,515,767 km², followed by Argentina at 2,780,400 km². The smallest is Puerto Rico.

Which of the latin american countries has the largest population?

Brazil, with about 212,812,405 people, ahead of Mexico at about 131,946,900.

Related lists

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition stated above. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated 2026-07-02. Report a correction.