Languages Worldwide

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Most Spoken Languages Worldwide

Rank	Language	Countries	Total Speakers	Official
1	English	75	-	Yes
2	French	38	-	Yes
3	Other	30	-	Yes
4	Spanish	26	-	Yes
5	Arabic	26	-	Yes
6	Unspecified	11	-	Yes
7	Portuguese	11	-	Yes
8	Chinese	8	-	Yes
9	Russian	8	-	Yes
10	Dutch	6	-	Yes
11	German	5	-	Yes
12	Italian	4	-	Yes
13	Swahili	4	-	Yes
14	Filipino	4	-	Yes
15	Kikongo	3	-	Yes
16	Catalan	3	-	Yes
17	Guaraní	3	-	Yes
18	Samoan	3	-	Yes
19	Malay	3	-	Yes
20	Tamil	3	-	Yes
21	Papiamento	2	-	Yes
22	Turkmen	2	-	Yes
23	Luvale	2	-	Yes
24	Asian Languages	2	-	Yes
25	Vietnamese	2	-	Yes
26	Bobo	2	-	Yes
27	Croatian	2	-	Yes
28	Serbian	2	-	Yes
29	Aymara	2	-	Yes
30	Quechua	2	-	Yes

Languages by Country

Aruba

Papiamento Official

69.4%

Spanish Official

13.7%

English Official

7.1%

Dutch Official

6.1%

Other Official

1.7%

Chinese Official

1.5%

Unspecified Official

0.4%

Afghanistan

Dari Official

Pashto Official

Turkmen Official

Angola

Portuguese Official

71.2%

Umbundu Official

23.0%

Kikongo Official

8.2%

Kimbundu Official

7.8%

Chokwe Official

6.5%

Other Official

3.6%

Nhaneca Official

3.4%

Nganguela Official

3.1%

Fiote Official

2.4%

Kwanhama Official

2.3%

+2 more languages

Andorra

Catalan Official

44.1%

Castilian Official

40.3%

Portuguese Official

13.5%

French Official

10.0%

Other Official

6.8%

English Official

3.0%

American Samoa

Samoan Official

87.9%

Other Pacific Islander Official

4.1%

English Official

3.3%

Tongan Official

2.1%

Asian Languages Official

2.1%

Other Official

0.5%

Australia

English Official

72.0%

Other Official

15.7%

Unspecified Official

5.7%

Mandarin Official

2.7%

Arabic Official

1.4%

Vietnamese Official

1.3%

Cantonese Official

1.2%

Belgium

German Official

French Official

Dutch Official

Burkina Faso

Mossi Official

52.9%

Fula Official

7.8%

Gourmantche Official

6.8%

Other Official

6.6%

Dyula Official

5.7%

Bissa Official

3.3%

Gurunsi Official

3.2%

French Official

2.2%

Bwamu Official

2.0%

Dagara Official

2.0%

+5 more languages

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Official

Croatian Official

Serbian Official

Belize

Belizean Creole Official

English Official

Spanish Official

Bolivia

Aymara Official

Guaraní Official

Quechua Official

Spanish Official

Bhutan

Sharchopkha Official

28.0%

Other Official

26.0%

Dzongkha Official

24.0%

Lhotshamkha Official

22.0%

Botswana

Setswana Official

77.3%

Sekalanga Official

7.4%

Shekgalagadi Official

3.4%

English Official

2.8%

Other Official

2.8%

Zezuru/Shona Official

2.0%

Sesarwa Official

1.7%

Sembukushu Official

1.6%

Ndebele Official

1.0%

Switzerland

French Official

Swiss German Official

Italian Official

Romansh Official

Congo, Dem. Rep.

French Official

Kikongo Official

Lingala Official

Tshiluba Official

Swahili Official

Congo, Rep.

French Official

Kikongo Official

Lingala Official

Comoros

Arabic Official

French Official

Comorian Official

Curacao

Papiamento Official

80.0%

Dutch Official

8.8%

Spanish Official

5.6%

English Official

3.1%

Other Official

2.3%

Unspecified Official

0.3%

Cayman Islands

English Official

88.8%

Spanish Official

3.9%

Filipino Official

3.8%

Other Official

2.8%

Unspecified Official

0.7%

Eritrea

Arabic Official

English Official

Tigrinya Official

Spain

Spanish Official

Catalan Official

Basque Official

Galician Official

Estonia

Estonian Official

67.2%

Russian Official

28.5%

Other Official

3.7%

Unspecified Official

0.6%

Fiji

English Official

Fijian Official

Fiji Hindi Official

Faroe Islands

Faroese Official

93.8%

Danish Official

3.2%

Other Official

3.0%

Ghana

Other Official

31.2%

Asante Official

16.0%

Ewe Official

14.0%

Fante Official

11.6%

Boron Official

4.9%

Dagomba Official

4.4%

Dangme Official

4.2%

Dagarte Official

3.9%

Kokomba Official

3.5%

Akyem Official

3.2%

+1 more languages

Guinea-Bissau

Portuguese Official

Upper Guinea Creole Official

Equatorial Guinea

French Official

Portuguese Official

Spanish Official

Guam

English Official

43.3%

Filipino Official

24.9%

Chamorro Official

16.0%

Other Pacific Island Languages Official

9.4%

Asian Languages Official

6.5%

India

English Official

Hindi Official

Tamil Official

Iraq

Arabic Official

Aramaic Official

Sorani Official

Jamaica

English Official

Jamaican Patois Official

Sri Lanka

Sinhala Official

87.0%

Tamil Official

28.5%

English Official

23.8%

Luxembourg

Luxembourgish Official

48.9%

Portuguese Official

15.4%

French Official

14.9%

Other Official

10.8%

Italian Official

3.6%

English Official

3.6%

German Official

2.9%

Madagascar

Malagasy Official

99.9%

French Official

23.6%

English Official

8.2%

Other Official

0.6%

Mali

French Official

17.2%

Peuhl/Foulfoulbe/Fulani Official

9.4%

Dogon Official

7.2%

Maraka/Soninke Official

6.4%

Other Official

6.3%

Malinke Official

5.6%

Sonrhai/Djerma Official

5.6%

Minianka Official

4.3%

Tamacheq Official

3.5%

Senoufo Official

2.6%

+2 more languages

Malta

Maltese Official

90.1%

English Official

6.0%

Multilingual Official

3.0%

Other Official

0.9%

Northern Mariana Islands

Philippine Languages Official

32.8%

Chamorro Official

24.1%

English Official

17.0%

Other Pacific Island Languages Official

10.1%

Other Asian Languages Official

7.3%

Chinese Official

6.8%

Other Official

1.9%

Mozambique

Makhuwa Official

26.1%

Portuguese Official

16.6%

Other Mozambican Languages Official

11.8%

Tsonga Official

8.6%

Sena Official

7.1%

Lomwe Official

7.1%

Chuwabo Official

4.7%

Ndau Official

3.8%

Tswa Official

3.8%

Unspecified Official

1.8%

+1 more languages

Mauritius

Creole Official

86.5%

Bhojpuri Official

5.3%

French Official

4.1%

Other Official

2.6%

Two Languages Official

1.4%

Unspecified Official

0.1%

Namibia

Oshiwambo Languages Official

49.7%

Nama/Damara Official

11.0%

Kavango Languages Official

10.4%

Afrikaans Official

9.4%

Herero Languages Official

9.2%

Zambezi Languages Official

4.9%

English Official

2.3%

Other African Languages Official

1.5%

Other Official

1.0%

Other European Languages Official

0.7%

Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk Official

Norwegian Bokmål Official

Sami Official

Nauru

Nauruan Official

93.0%

Other Official

5.0%

English Official

2.0%

New Zealand

English Official

95.4%

Other Or Not Stated Official

17.2%

Maori Official

4.0%

Samoan Official

2.2%

Northern Chinese Official

2.0%

Hindi Official

1.5%

French Official

1.2%

Yue Official

1.1%

New Zealand Sign Language Official

0.5%

Peru

Aymara Official

Quechua Official

Spanish Official

Palau

Palauan Official

65.2%

English Official

19.1%

Filipino Official

9.9%

Other Official

2.8%

Other Micronesian Official

1.9%

Chinese Official

1.2%

Papua New Guinea

English Official

Hiri Motu Official

Tok Pisin Official

Rwanda

English Official

French Official

Kinyarwanda Official

Singapore

English Official

Chinese Official

Malay Official

Tamil Official

Sao Tome and Principe

Portuguese Official

98.4%

Forro Official

36.2%

Cabo Verdian Official

8.5%

French Official

6.8%

Angolar Official

6.6%

English Official

4.9%

Other Official

2.4%

Lunguie Official

1.0%

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

English Official

French Official

Dutch Official

Seychelles

Seychellois Creole Official

89.1%

English Official

5.1%

Other Official

3.8%

Unspecified Official

1.4%

French Official

0.7%

Timor-Leste

Tetun Prasa Official

30.6%

Mambai Official

16.6%

Makasai Official

10.5%

Tetun Terik Official

6.1%

Baikenu Official

5.9%

Kemak Official

5.8%

Bunak Official

5.5%

Other Official

4.5%

Tokodede Official

4.0%

Fataluku Official

3.5%

+5 more languages

Tonga

Tongan Only Official

85.0%

Tongan And Other Language Official

13.9%

Tongan Not Used At Home Official

1.1%

United States

English Only Official

78.2%

Spanish Official

13.4%

Other Official

7.3%

Chinese Official

1.1%

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

English Official

Vanuatu

Indigenous Languages Official

82.6%

Bislama Official

14.5%

English Official

2.1%

French Official

0.8%

Samoa

Samoan Official

91.1%

Samoan/English Official

6.7%

Unspecified Official

1.6%

English Official

0.5%

Other Official

0.2%

South Africa

Afrikaans Official

English Official

Southern Ndebele Official

Northern Sotho Official

Southern Sotho Official

Swazi Official

Tswana Official

Tsonga Official

Venda Official

Xhosa Official

+1 more languages

Zambia

Bemba Official

33.4%

Nyanja Official

14.7%

Tonga Official

11.4%

Other Official

9.7%

Lozi Official

5.5%

Chewa Official

4.5%

Nsenga Official

2.9%

Tumbuka Official

2.5%

Lunda Official

1.9%

Lala Official

1.8%

+9 more languages

Zimbabwe

Shona Official

80.9%

Ndebele Official

11.5%

13 Minority Languages Official

7.0%

English Official

0.3%

Other Official

0.3%

Languages Worldwide Statistics

Language data provides insights into cultural diversity, communication patterns, and linguistic heritage across countries. This section displays major languages spoken in each country, including official languages, regional languages, and language families.

Languages are categorized as:

Official: Languages recognized as official by the government
National: Languages with special status but not necessarily official
Regional: Languages spoken in specific regions
Minority: Languages spoken by minority groups

Data sources: CIA World Factbook, UNESCO, Wikipedia