How many countries have spanish as their official or national language

20 countries

Explanation:

The Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world. The main reason behind this is the influence the Spanish had in the Americas when they colonized very big portions of the two continents.

This language originates in Spain and spread out in the '' Age of Discoveries''. It is a language to belongs to the Romance languages, together with the likes of the Italian, Romanian, French, and Portuguese, and it is part of the Indo-European language family.

There are 20 countries in the world where the Spanish is an official or national language at the moment, those countries being Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Cuba, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, and Equatorial Guinea. Pureto Rico also has the Spanish as official language, but it is not a sovereign country.