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CPLP Member States

CPLP Member States
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is a forum for friendship among lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) nations where Portuguese is an official language. The Portuguese-speaking countries are home to more than 223 million people located across the globe.

The CPLP was formed in 1996 with seven countries: Portugal, Brazil, a former colony in South America, and five former colonies in Africa — Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. East Timor joined the community in 2002 after regaining independence from Indonesia. The CPLP is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.