# Three Linguistic Spaces

The Three Linguistic Spaces (Tres Espacios Lingüísticos in Spanish, Trois Espaces linguistiques in French, Três Espaços Linguísticos in Portuguese, acronym: TEL) is a structure for cooperation between the Francophone, or French-speaking world, the Hispanophone or Spanish-speaking world, and the Lusophone, or Portuguese-speaking world. It is led by the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). The Francophone space is the most populous space with a population of 450 million people and also the largest space at over 20,000,000 km$^2$ (7,700,000 sq mi). The Hispanophone space is the richest space by GDP nominal at nearly $5 trillion, slightly ahead of the Francophone space.

## Area, population and GDP by country
### Hispanophone space

Spanish-speaking countries:
| Rank | Country | Area in km² | Population (2014) | Nominal GDP (2014) in billion USD |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 780 400 | 43 024 374 | 540 200 |
| 2 | Mexico | 1 964 375 | 120 286 655 | 1 283 000 |
| 3 | Peru | 1 285 216 | 30 147 935 | 202 900 |
| 4 | Colombia | 1 138 914 | 46 245 297 | 384 900 |
| 5 | Bolivia | 1 098 581 | 10 631 486 | 34 430 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 916 445 | 28 868 486 | 205 800 |
| 7 | Chile | 756 102 | 17 363 894 | 256 000 |
| 8 | Spain | 505 370 | 47 737 941 | 1 407 000 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 406 752 | 6 703 860 | 29 700 |
| 10 | Ecuador | 283 561 | 15 654 411 | 100 800 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 176 215 | 3 332 972 | 55 140 |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 130 370 | 5 848 641 | 11 710 |
| 13 | Honduras | 112 090 | 8 598 561 | 19 510 |
| 14 | Cuba | 110 860 | 11 047 251 | 77 150 |
| 15 | Guatemala | 108 889 | 14 647 083 | 60 420 |
| 16 | Panama | 75 420 | 3 608 431 | 43 780 |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 51 100 | 4 755 234 | 48 140 |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 48 670 | 10 349 741 | 64 080 |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 28 051 | 722 254 | 14 310 |
| 20 | El Salvador | 21 041 | 6 125 512 | 25 310 |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 13 790 | 3 620 897 | 61 460 |
| | Hispanophone total area | 12 012 212 | 439 320 916 | 4 925 740 |

### Lusophone space

Portuguese-speaking countries:
| Rank | Country | Area en km² | Population (2014) | PIB nominal (2014) in billions USD |
| 1 | Brazil | 8 514 877 | 202 656 788 | 2 353 000 |
| 2 | Angola | 1 246 700 | 19 088 106 | 128 600 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 799 380 | 24 692 144 | 16 680 |
| 4 | Portugal | 92 090 | 10 813 834 | 230 000 |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 36 125 | 1 693 398 | 1 024 |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 14 874 | 1 201 542 | 4 478 |
| 7 | Cape Verde | 4 033 | 538 535 | 1 899 |
| 8 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 964 | 190 428 | 341 |
| | Lusophone total area | 10 709 043 | 260 874 775 | 2 736 022 |

### Francophone spaces

French-speaking countries:
| Rank | Country | Area en km² | Population (2014) | PIB nominal (2014) in billions USD |
| 1 | Canada | 9984670 | 35099836 | 1573000 |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2344858 | 100375136 | 39060 |
| 3 | Chad | 1284000 | 11631456 | 11690 |
| 4 | Niger | 1267000 | 18045729 | 7119 |
| 5 | Mali | 1240192 | 16955536 | 10950 |
| 6 | France | 643801 | 66553766 | 2423000 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 622984 | 5391539 | 1624 |
| 8 | Madagascar | 587041 | 23812681 | 9514 |
| 9 | Cameroon | 475440 | 23739218 | 28520 |
| 10 | Republic of the Congo | 342000 | 4755097 | 8871 |
| 11 | Ivory Coast | 322463 | 23295302 | 31270 |
| 12 | Gabon | 267667 | 1705336 | 13800 |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 274200 | 18931686 | 11320 |
| 14 | Guinea | 245857 | 11780162 | 6733 |
| 15 | Senegal | 196722 | 13975834 | 13990 |
| 16 | Benin | 112622 | 10448647 | 7701 |
| 17 | Togo | 56785 | 7552318 | 4152 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 41277 | 8121830 | 677 |
| 19 | Belgium | 30528 | 11323973 | 458700 |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 27830 | 10742276 | 2970 |
| 21 | Haiti | 27750 | 10110019 | 8797 |
| 22 | Rwanda | 26338 | 12661733 | 8468 |
| 23 | Djibouti | 23200 | 828324 | 1743 |
| 24 | New Caledonia | 18575 | 224824 | 11100 |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 12189 | 272264 | 771 |
| 26 | French Polynesia | 4167 | 282703 | 7150 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 2586 | 570252 | 57930 |
| 28 | Comoros | 2235 | 780971 | 589 |
| 29 | Seychelles | 455 | 92430 | 1375 |
| 30 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 242 | 5657 | 215.3 |
| 31 | Wallis and Futuna | 142 | 15613 | 188 |
| 32 | Jersey | 116 | 97294 | 5771 |
| 33 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 55 | 140 | 0 |
| 34 | Saint Martin | 54 | 29376 | 561.5 |
| 35 | Saint Barthélemy | 24 | 7237 | 179 |
| 36 | Monaco | 2 | 30535 | 6063 |
| | Francophone total space | 20 486 067 | 450 246 730 | 4 775 562 |
Total Hispanophone, Francophone and Lusophone spaces:
| Rank | Country | Area en km² | Population (2014) | PIB nominal (2014) in billions USD |
| 1 | World | 148 429 000 | 7 256 490 011 | 77 269 168 |
| 2 | Three Linguistic Spaces | 43 207 322 | 1 150 442 421 | 12 437 324 |