Brazil (Listeni/brəˈzɪl/; Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw] [10]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, About this sound 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]