Spanish in the world

Every year the Cervantes Institute publish your yearbook with the most relevant data on the evolution of Spanish in the world. Would you like to know some of the most curious facts about the Spanish language published in 2020? We'll tell you about them below!

 Almost 489 million people have Spanish as their mother tongue

Spanish is one of the languages most talked about in the world. In fact, it is the second mother tongue in the world by number of speakers, after Mandarin Chinese. This represents 7.5% of the global population! Furthermore, the number of Spanish speakers is expected to continue growing over the next five decades. Without a doubt, learning Spanish is opening a door to global communication.

More than 22 million students study Spanish as a foreign language

Specifically, 22,329,275 students have been registered who are learning Spanish around the world during this year 2020. This is the result obtained from existing data registered in 110 countries, but they are far from reflecting the real data, since it does not count students who learn Spanish in private centers or self-taught students. For all these reasons, it is estimated that a number of five million students can be added to that figure.

Spanish is one of the most studied languages as a foreign language

In Hispania, Spanish schoolWe take the teaching of Spanish very seriously and more and more students decide to spend time in Spain studying Spanish at our school in Valencia or online, in the Hispania Community. The Hispania Team teachers They are great experts in teaching Spanish who have been trained in the Hispania Method, our own teaching method.

Spanish is the second most relevant language in the language tourism sector

In order to learn Spanish, more and more students decide to travel to another country to live the experience of learning Spanish in a Spanish-speaking country. In fact, there have been 285,000 Spanish students who have traveled to a Spanish-speaking country to learn or improve their level of Spanish. Did you know that last year Hispania, Spanish school registered 3,000 students who came to enjoy the Hispania Experience and learn Spanish in Spain?

If you also want to enjoy the Hispania Experience and learn Spanish from anywhere in the world, do not hesitate to contact Hispania, Spanish school. Take advantage of your time, learn Spanish and join the Hispania Community! We are waiting for you!

Article written by Chelo Caballero for Hispania, Spanish school