The following table shows the number of Spanish speakers in some 80 countries.
By 1968 the number of speakers had increased to 61.
The number of speakers is not known; there were 30,000 in 1973.
The number of speakers based on 2002 figures were 10,925.
The number of speakers was estimated around 1000 in 2004.
The total number of Spanish speakers is more than 500 million people.
The total number of speakers in both former countries is 240,000.
Your brain, on the other hand, can understand any number of speakers.
Below, a table with the number of native speakers in 1980 is provided.
A number of speakers have already said as much this evening.