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| Area | 20,591,128 km2 (7,950,279 sq mi) |
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| Population | 637,714,297 |
| Demonym | Ibero-American |
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| Dependencies | |
| Languages | Spanish,Portuguese |
| Time zones | UTC−02:00 toUTC−08:00  |
Ibero-America (Spanish:Iberoamérica,Portuguese:Ibero-América) orIberian America is generally considered to be the region in theAmericas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages (usually formerterritories of Spain or Portugal). Spain and Portugal are themselves sometimes included in some Ibero-American diplomatic circles, such as theIbero-American Summit and theOrganization of Ibero-American States. The Organization of Ibero-American States also includes Spanish-speakingEquatorial Guinea, inCentral Africa,[1][2] but not thePortuguese-speaking African countries. TheLatin Recording Academy, the organization responsible for theLatin Grammy Awards, also includes Spain and Portugal as well as the Latino population of Canada and the United States in their definition of Ibero-America.[3]
The prefixIbero- and the adjectiveIberian refer to theIberian Peninsula in Europe, which includes Portugal and Spain. Ibero-America includes allHispanic American countries inNorth,Central, andSouth America plus theHispanophone Caribbean, as well asPortuguese-speaking Brazil. Ibero-America makes up the overwhelming bulk of and is synonymous with the common definition ofLatin America, but is differentiated from the expanded definition of Latin America by the exclusion of the French-speaking country ofHaiti, theFrench overseas departments ofFrench Guiana,Martinique andGuadeloupe, and theFrench collectivities ofSaint Martin andSaint Barthélemy, which are sometimes included in a few definitions of Latin America.Belize andGuyana, whose official language is English, and Dutch-speakingSuriname,Aruba,Bonaire,Curaçao,Saba,Sint Eustatius, andSint Maarten are usually not considered to be either Ibero-American or Latin American.
Since 1991, theIberoamerican Community of Nations organizes a yearlyIbero-American Summit meeting of the heads of state and governments of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain, Portugal andAndorra,[4][5] this has since changed to biannually from 2014.
Argentina: 47,327,407
Bolivia: 12,186,079
Chile: 19,629,588
Colombia: 52,085,170
Costa Rica: 5,044,197
Cuba: 11,089,511
Dominican Republic: 11,434,005
Ecuador: 17,483,326
El Salvador: 6,602,370
Guatemala: 17,980,803
Honduras: 9,571,352Mexico: 129,875,529
Nicaragua: 6,359,689
Panama: 4,337,768
Paraguay: 6,218,879
Peru: 34,352,720
Puerto Rico (U.S. Commonwealth): 9,110,869 (Puerto Rico & Mainland United States)
Uruguay: 3,444,263
Venezuela: 30,518,260Brazil: 203,062,512
