Brazil (; Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw]),[10] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help•info)),[11] is the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population.[12] It is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.[13]