Creole speaking countries
Creole is one out of three official languages in Seychelles and is spoken in 6 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population.With 1.10 million native speakers, Creole has the highest prevalence in Mauritius. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 89 percent is on the Seychelles. A total of about 1.7 million people worldwide speak Creole as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | Eastern Africa | no | 86.5 % | 1,095,000 |
| Panama | Central America | no | 8.2 % | 357,000 |
| Belize | Central America | no | 32.9 % | 132,000 |
| Seychelles | Eastern Africa | yes | 89.1 % | 88,000 |
| Nicaragua | Central America | no | 0.5 % | 34,000 |
| Saint Martin | Caribbean | no | 39.0 % | 12,000 |
| Sint Maarten | Caribbean | no | 29.0 % | 12,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Creole as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.