| Rank | Language | Percent | Native Speakers (in Million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 16.500 | 1320 |
| 2 | Mandarin Chinese | 14.600 | 1168 |
| 3 | Hindi | 8.300 | 664 |
| 4 | Spanish | 7.000 | 560 |
| 5 | Indonesian | 3.750 | 300 |
| 6 | French | 3.600 | 288 |
| 7 | Arabic | 3.600 | 288 |
| 8 | Bengali | 3.400 | 272 |
| 9 | Russian | 3.400 | 272 |
| 10 | Portuguese | 3.300 | 264 |
| 11 | Japanese | 1.570 | 125.6 |
| 12 | Javanese | 1.225 | 98 |
| 13 | Vietnamese | 1.200 | 96.0 |
| 14 | German | 1.198 | 95.8 |
| 15 | Telugu | 1.181 | 94.5 |
| 16 | Turkish | 1.174 | 93.9 |
| 17 | Marathi | 1.100 | 88.0 |
| 18 | Tamil | 1.096 | 87.7 |
| 19 | Cantonese | 1.050 | 84 |
| 20 | Urdu | 1.045 | 83.56 |
| 21 | Wu Chinese | 1.023 | 81.8 |
| 22 | Punjabi | 1.008 | 80.6 |
| 23 | Korean | 0.995 | 79.6 |
| 24 | Persian | 0.875 | 70 |
| 25 | Italian | 0.838 | 67 |
| 26 | Gujarati | 0.725 | 58 |
| 27 | Bhojpuri | 0.650 | 52 |
| 28 | Hausa | 0.638 | 51 |
| 29 | Swahili | 0.625 | 50 |
| 30 | Thai | 0.620 | 49.6 |
| 31 | Kannada | 0.563 | 45 |
| 32 | Polish | 0.563 | 45 |
| 33 | Burmese | 0.485 | 38.8 |
| 34 | Malayalam | 0.475 | 38 |
| 35 | Oromo | 0.463 | 37 |
| 36 | Odiya | 0.438 | 35 |
| 37 | Ukranian | 0.400 | 32 |
| 38 | Yoruba | 0.350 | 28 |
| 39 | Igbo | 0.338 | 27 |
| 40 | Maithili | 0.325 | 26 |
| 41 | Fulani | 0.313 | 25 |
| 42 | Assamese | 0.288 | 23 |
| 43 | Tagalog (Filipino) | 0.275 | 22 |
| 44 | Amharic | 0.263 | 21 |
| 45 | Malagasy | 0.225 | 18 |
| 46 | Somali | 0.208 | 16.6 |
| 47 | Berber | 0.200 | 16 |
| 48 | Akan | 0.138 | 11 |
| 49 | Bhili | 0.138 | 11 |
| 50 | Zulu | 0.130 | 10.4 |
| 51 | Kinyarwanda | 0.123 | 9.8 |
| 52 | Chewa | 0.121 | 9.7 |
| 53 | Kirundi | 0.110 | 8.8 |
| 54 | Gikuyu | 0.101 | 8.1 |
| 55 | Santali | 0.098 | 7.8 |
| 56 | Mossi | 0.095 | 7.6 |
| 57 | Xhosa | 0.095 | 7.6 |
| 58 | Afrikaans | 0.090 | 7.2 |
| 59 | Kashmiri | 0.090 | 7.2 |
| 60 | Shona | 0.089 | 7.11 |
| 61 | Tigrinya | 0.088 | 7 |
| 62 | Kalenjin | 0.083 | 6.6 |
| 63 | Tshiluba | 0.079 | 6.3 |
| 64 | Umbundu | 0.075 | 6 |
| 65 | Tswana | 0.073 | 5.8 |
| 66 | Kongo | 0.070 | 5.6 |
| 67 | Sesotho | 0.070 | 5.6 |
| 68 | Lingala | 0.069 | 5.5 |
| 69 | Wolof | 0.068 | 5.4 |
| 70 | Luo | 0.063 | 5 |
| 71 | Tsonga | 0.063 | 5 |
| 72 | Northern Sotho | 0.058 | 4.6 |
| 73 | Luganda | 0.051 | 4.1 |
| 74 | Gondi | 0.040 | 3.2 |
| 75 | Nepali | 0.039 | 3.1 |
| 76 | Sindhi | 0.036 | 2.9 |
| 77 | Dogri | 0.034 | 2.7 |
| 78 | Konkani | 0.029 | 2.3 |
| 79 | Kurukh | 0.025 | 2 |
| 80 | Khandeshi | 0.024 | 1.88 |
| 81 | Tulu | 0.024 | 1.88 |
| 82 | Meitei | 0.022 | 1.78 |
| 83 | Bodo | 0.019 | 1.53 |
| 84 | Khasi | 0.019 | 1.52 |
| 85 | Ho | 0.019 | 1.5 |
| 86 | Abron | 0.018 | 1.4 |
| 87 | Venda | 0.016 | 1.3 |
| 88 | Garo | 0.015 | 1.16 |
| 89 | Mundari | 0.014 | 1.14 |
| 90 | Mauritian Creole | 0.014 | 1.1 |
| 91 | Ndebele | 0.014 | 1.1 |
| 92 | Tripuri | 0.014 | 1.1 |
| 93 | Dangme | 0.013 | 1 |
| 94 | Khoekhoe | 0.004 | 0.3 |
The 10 Most Spoken Languages in the world by 2023 are:
Below is list of languages by Country:
| Country/Region | Official/National language | Minority language | Other Spoken(widely) languages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Persian (Dari), Pashto | ||
| Albania | Albanian | Greek, Macedonian, Aromanian | Italian |
| Algeria | Arabic, Tamazight | French | |
| Andorra | Catalan | ||
| Angola | Portuguese | Kimbundu, Umbundu, Kikongo, Chokwe, Kwanyama, Ganguela | Angolan |
| Antigua and Barbuda | English | Antiguan and Barbudan Creole | |
| Argentina | Spanish | Argentine Spanish | |
| Armenia | Armenian | ||
| Australia | English | Nyulnyulan, Worrorran, Bunuban, Jarrakan, Mindi, Daly, Wagiman, Wardaman, Tiwi, Darwin, Iwaidjan, Giimbiyu, Arnhem, Gunwinyguan, Garawan, Tangkic, Pama-Nyungan | |
| Austria | German | Slovene, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Romani, Serbian | |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | ||
| Bahamas | English | ||
| Bahrain | Arabic | ||
| Bangladesh | Bengali | ||
| Barbados | English | ||
| Belarus | Belarusian, Russian | ||
| Belgium | Dutch, French, German | ||
| Belize | English | Kriol | |
| Benin | French | ||
| Bhutan | Dzongkha | ||
| Bolivia | Spanish | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian | ||
| Botswana | English | Bantu languages | Tswana |
| Brazil | Portuguese | ||
| Brunei | Malay, English | ||
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian | ||
| Burkina Faso | French | Fula, Jula, More | |
| Burundi | French, Kirundi, English | Kirundi | Swahili |
| Cambodia | Khmer | ||
| Cameroon | English, French | ||
| Canada | English, French | Chipewyan, Cree, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey | |
| Cape Verde | Portuguese | Cape Verdean Creole | |
| Central African Republic | French, Sango | ||
| Chad | Arabic, French | ||
| Chile | Chilean Spanish | ||
| China | Mandarin Chinese | Mongolian, Uyghur, Tibetan, Zhuang, Kazakh, Korean | |
| Colombia | Spanish | ||
| Comoros | Arabic, Comorian, French | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | French | Lingala, Kikongo | Swahili, Tshiluba |
| Republic of the Congo | French | Lingala, Munukutuba | |
| Cook Islands | English, Cook Islands Maori | ||
| Costa Rica | Spanish | Limonese Creole | |
| Croatia | Croatian | Italian, Romani, Slovene | |
| Cuba | Spanish | ||
| Cyprus | Greek, Turkish | Armeniani, Cypriot Arabic, English | |
| Czech Republic | Czech, Slovak | Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Romani, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | |
| Denmark | Danish | German | |
| Djibouti | Arabic, French | ||
| Dominica | English | ||
| Dominican Republic | Spanish | ||
| East Timor | Portuguese, Tetum | ||
| Ecuador | Spanish, Quechua | Kichwa, Shuar | |
| Egypt | Arabic | Coptic | |
| El Salvador | Spanish | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | French, Portuguese, Spanish | ||
| Eritrea | Tigrinya | Arabic, Italian | |
| Estonia | Estonian | Russian | |
| Eswatini | English, Swazi | ||
| Ethiopia | Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya | Benshangul, Gumuz, Harari, Kunama, Sidamo | |
| Fiji | English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi | ||
| Finland | Finnish, Swedish | Sami | |
| France | French | Corsican, Basque, Breton | Occitan language |
| Gabon | French | ||
| Gambia | English | ||
| Georgia | Georgian | ||
| Germany | German | Danish, Lower Sorbian, North Frisian, Romani, Upper Sorbian | |
| Ghana | English | ||
| Greece | Greek | ||
| Grenada | English | ||
| Guatemala | Spanish | ||
| Guinea | French | Fula, Maninka, Susu | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Portuguese | ||
| Guyana | English | Guyanese Creole | |
| Haiti | French, Haitian Creole | ||
| Honduras | Spanish | ||
| Hungary | Hungarian | Croatian, German, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene | |
| Iceland | Icelandic | ||
| India | Hindi, English | Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Malayalam, Odiya, Maithili, Assamese, Bhili, Santali, Kashmiri, Gondi, Nepali, Sindhi, Dogri, Konkani, Kurukh, Khandeshi, Tulu, Meitei, Bodo, Khasi, Ho, Garo, Mundari, Tripuri | |
| Indonesia | Indonesian | Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Minangkabau | |
| Iran | Persian | Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Luri, Gilaki, Mazanderani, Balochi, Arabic, Qashqai, Tati, Turkmeni | |
| Iraq | Arabic, Kurdish | ||
| Ireland | Irish, English | ||
| Israel | Hebrew | English | |
| Italy | Italian | Ladin, Slovene | |
| Ivory Coast | French | ||
| Jamaica | English | Jamaican Patois | |
| Japan | Japanese | ||
| Jordan | Arabic | ||
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh, Russian | ||
| Kenya | English, Swahili | ||
| Kiribati | English | Kiribati | |
| North Korea | Korean | ||
| South Korea | Korean | ||
| Kosovo | Albanian, Serbian | ||
| Kuwait | Arabic | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz, Russian | ||
| Laos | Lao | ||
| Latvia | Latvian | Russian | |
| Lebanon | Arabic | Armenian | English, French |
| Lesotho | Sotho, English | ||
| Liberia | English | ||
| Libya | Arabic | ||
| Liechtenstein | German | ||
| Lithuania | Lithuanian | Russian | |
| Luxembourg | French, German, Luxembourgish | ||
| Madagascar | French, Malagasy | ||
| Malawi | English, Chichewa | ||
| Malaysia | Malay | Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Tamil | |
| Maldives | Dhivehi | ||
| Mali | French | ||
| Malta | Maltese, English | ||
| Marshall Islands | English | Marshallese | |
| Mauritania | Arabic | Fula, Soninke, Wolof, French | |
| Mauritius | English | Mauritian Creole | |
| Mexico | Spanish | ||
| Micronesia | English | ||
| Moldova | Romanian | ||
| Monaco | French | Monégasque | |
| Mongolia | Mongolian | ||
| Montenegro | Montenegrin | ||
| Morocco | Arabic, Tamazight | Darija | |
| Mozambique | Portuguese | ||
| Myanmar (Burma) | Burmese | English | |
| Namibia | English | Afrikaans | |
| Nepal | Nepali | ||
| Netherlands | Dutch, Frisian | Dutch Low Saxon, Dutch Sign Language, Limburgish, Sinte Romani, Yiddish | |
| New Zealand | English | Maori, New Zealand Sign Language | |
| Nicaragua | Spanish | ||
| Niger | French | Arabic, Hausa, Fulfulde, Gulmancema, Kanuri, Zarma, Tamazight | |
| Nigeria | English | Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Tiv | |
| Niue | English, Niuean | ||
| Norfolk Island | English, Norfuk | ||
| North Macedonia | Macedonian, Albanian | ||
| Northern Cyprus | Turkish | ||
| Norway | Norwegian | Kven, Scandoromani | |
| Oman | Arabic | ||
| Pakistan | Urdu, English | Punjabi, Balochi, Sindhi, Pashto | |
| Palau | English, Palauan | ||
| Palestine | Arabic | English, Hebrew | |
| Panama | Spanish | ||
| Papua New Guinea | English, Hiri Motu, PNG Sign Language, Tok Pisin | ||
| Paraguay | Spanish, Guaraní | ||
| Peru | Peruvian Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Asháninka | ||
| Philippines | Filipino, English | ||
| Poland | Polish | ||
| Portugal | Portuguese | ||
| Qatar | Arabic | ||
| Romania | Romanian | ||
| Russia | Russian | ||
| Rwanda | English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili | ||
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Tamazight, Arabic, Spanish | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | English | ||
| Saint Lucia | English | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | English | ||
| Samoa | English | Samoan | |
| San Marino | Italian | ||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Portuguese | ||
| Saudi Arabia | Arabic | ||
| Senegal | French | Jola-Fogny, Mandinka, Pulaar, Serer, Soninke, Wolof | |
| Serbia | Serbian | ||
| Seychelles | English, French, Seychellois Creole | ||
| Sierra Leone | English | Krio | |
| Singapore | English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil | ||
| Slovakia | Slovak | ||
| Slovenia | Slovene | ||
| Solomon Islands | English | ||
| Somalia | Arabic | Somali | |
| Somaliland | Arabic, English, Somali | ||
| South Africa | Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu | ||
| South Sudan | English | Arabic, Bari, Dinka, Luo, Murle, Nuer, Zande | |
| Spain | Spanish | Astur-Leonese, Aragonese, Fala, French, Portuguese | |
| Sri Lanka | Sinhala, Tamil | ||
| Sudan | Arabic, English | ||
| Suriname | Dutch | Sranan Tongo | |
| Sweden | Swedish | Finnish | English, Romani, Yiddish |
| Switzerland | French , German, Italian, Romansh | ||
| Syria | Arabic | ||
| Taiwan | Mandarin | Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Formosan | |
| Tajikistan | Tajik | Russian | |
| Tanzania | English | Swahili | |
| Thailand | Thai | ||
| Togo | French | ||
| Tonga | English, Tongan | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | English | ||
| Tunisia | Arabic | Tunisian | |
| Turkey | Turkish | Kurdish | |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen | Russian | |
| Tuvalu | Tuvaluan, English | ||
| Uganda | English, Swahili | ||
| Ukraine | Ukrainian | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Arabic | English | |
| United Kingdom | English, Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Welsh | ||
| United States | English | ||
| Uruguay | Spanish | ||
| Uzbekistan | Uzbek | Uzbek, Karakalpak | Russian |
| Vanuatu | English, French | Bislama | |
| Vatican City | Italian, Latin | Swiss German | |
| Venezuela | Spanish | ||
| Vietnam | Vietnamese | Cantonese, Cham, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Muong, Rade, Tay, Thai | |
| Yemen | Arabic | ||
| Zambia | English | ||
| Zanzibar | Swahili | ||
| Zimbabwe | Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa |
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