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| ARGENTINA |
| Population |
37,812,817 |
| Capital |
Buenos Aires |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French |
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| BELIZE |
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| Population |
262,999 |
| Capital |
Belmopan |
| Languages |
English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole |
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| BOLIVIA |
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| Population |
8,445,134 |
| Capital |
La Paz |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official) |
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| BRAZIL |
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| Population |
176,029,560 |
| Capital |
Brasilia |
| Languages |
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French |
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| CHILE |
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| Population |
15,498,930 |
| Capital |
Santiago |
| Languages |
Spanish |
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| COLOMBIA |
| Population |
41,008,227 |
| Capital |
Bogota |
| Languages |
Spanish |
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| COSTA RICA |
| Population |
3,834,934 |
| Capital |
San Jose |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon |
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| CUBA |
| Population |
11,224,321 |
| Capital |
Havana |
| Languages |
Spanish |
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| ECUADOR |
| Population |
13,447,494 |
| Capital |
Quito |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Amerindian language (Quechua) |
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| EL SALVADOR |
| Population |
6,353,681 |
| Capital |
San Salvador |
| Languages |
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) |
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| GUATEMALA |
| Population |
13,314,079 |
| Capital |
Guatemala |
| Languages |
Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (more than 20 Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
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| HONDURAS |
| Population |
6,560,608 |
| Capital |
Tegucigalpa |
| Languages |
Spanish, Amerindian dialects |
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| MEXICO |
| Population |
103,400,165 |
| Capital |
Mexico |
| Languages |
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages |
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| NICARAGUA |
| Population |
5,023,818 |
| Capital |
Managua |
| Languages |
Spanish (official)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast |
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| PANAMA |
| Population |
2,882,329 |
| Capital |
Panama |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), English 14%
note: many Panamanians bilingual |
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| PARAGUAY |
| Population |
5,884,491 |
| Capital |
Asuncion |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Guarani (official) |
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| PERU |
| Population |
27,949,639 |
| Capital |
Lima |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara |
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| THE PHILIPPINES |
| Population |
84,525,639 |
| Capital |
Manila |
| Languages |
two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense |
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| PUERTO RICO |
| Population |
3,957,988 |
| Capital |
San Juan |
| Languages |
Spanish, English |
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| SPAIN |
| Population |
40,077,100 |
| Capital |
Madrid |
| Languages |
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% |
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| URUGUAY |
| Population |
3,386,575 |
| Capital |
Montevideo |
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier) |
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| VENEZUELA |
| Population |
24,287,670 |
| Capital |
Caracas |
| Languages |
Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects |
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