Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People

Language Where Spoken Number of Speakers

Chinese China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, 1,212,560,000
Philippines, Macao, Cambodia
Arabic Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, 422,039,637
Libya, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestinian West Bank & Gaza, Israel,
Iran, France, Oman, Turkey, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Chad,
Bahrain, Niger, Tanzania, United States, The Netherlands, Belgium, Eritrea,
Mali, Qatar, Nigeria
Hindi India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Yemen, Uganda 366,000,000
English United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New 341,000,000
Zealand, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Barbados, Singapore, Namibia, Israel,
Sri Lanka, Germany, Puerto Rico, Japan, Liberia, Ecuador, Bermuda, Papua
New Guinea, Zambia, Philippines, Italy, Guam, Venezuela, Honduras, Malawi,
Denmark
Spanish Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, United States, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, 322,200,000
Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Panama
Bengali Bangladesh, India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia 207,000,000
Portuguese Brazil, Portugal, France, Paraguay, South Africa, United States, India, 176,000,000
Luxembourg, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Angola, Mozambique,
Uruguay
Russian Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Latvia, 167,000,000
Moldova, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Israel, Georgia, Germany, Turkmenistan,
Lithuania, United States, Tajikistan, Armenia, Poland
Japanese Japan, United States, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Singapore, 125,000,000
Germany, Paraguay, Australia, United Kingdom, Taiwan
German Germany, Austria, United States, Brazil, Poland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Canada, 100,130,000
Argentina, Hungary, Italy, Czech Republic, Paraguay, Bolivia, Belgium,
Romania, Australia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Chile,
Ecuador, Uruguay, Denmark, Namibia, Luxembourg, Moldova
French France, Canada, Belgium, United States, Switzerland, Algeria, Italy, Morocco, 78,000,000
New Caledonia, Israel, Gabon, Mauritius, Congo, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire,
Monaco, Benin, Djibouti, French Polynesia, Austria, United Kingdom,
Luxembourg, Tunisia, Mali, Central African Republic, Vanuatu, Niger, Saint-
Pierre and Miquelon, Chad, Togo
Korean South Korea, North Korea, China, United States, Japan, Uzbekistan, 78,000,000
Kazakhstan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Brazil, Australia
Javanese Indonesia, Malaysia, Suriname, The Netherlands, New Caledonia, Singapore 75,567,550
Telugu India, Malaysia, Fiji, Singapore 69,666,000
Marathi India 68,022,000
Vietnamese Vietnam, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Laos, Canada, Germany, 68,000,000
Australia, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, China, New Caledonia
Tamil India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore, Germany, Mauritius 66,000,000
Italian Italy, Argentina, France, United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Brazil, 62,000,000
Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Uruguay, Paraguay, Luxembourg
Turkish Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Uzbekistan, The Netherlands, 61,000,000
Cyprus, Romania, France, Greece, Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom,
Switzerland, Australia, Denmark, Israel, United States, Sweden, Azerbaijan
Urdu India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mauritius, Oman 60,290,000
Punjabi Pakistan, India, Canada, United States, Malaysia, Afghanistan, United 57,129,000
Kingdom, Kenya
Ukrainian Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Canada, Hungary, Belarus, 47,000,000
United States, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, Latvia, Romania, Georgia,
Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Paraguay
Gujarati India, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Fiji 46,100,000
Thai Thailand, Singapore 46,050,000
Polish Poland, United States, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Germany, Canada, Israel, 44,000,000
Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Malayalam India, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore 35,706,000
Kannada India 35,346,000
Oriya India 32,300,000
Burmese Myanmar, Bangladesh 32,250,000
Azerbaijani Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iraq, Armenia, Kazakhstan, 31,423,000
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kyrgyzstan
Farsi Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, 31,280,000
Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, France, Sweden
Sunda Indonesia 27,000,000
Pashto Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, India 26,811,657
Romanian Romania, Moldova, Israel, Ukraine, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Russia, 26,265,555
Hungary, United States, Albania, Kazakhstan
Bhojpuri India, Nepal, Mauritius 26,254,000
Hausa Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic 24,200,000
Maithili India, Nepal 24,191,900
Malay Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, The Netherlands, Myanmar 23,576,500
Serbo- Serbia and Montenegro 21,000,000
Croatian
Awadhi India, Nepal 20,540,000
Uzbek Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, 20,051,000
Russia
Yoruba Nigeria, Benin 20,000,000
Dutch The Netherlands, Belgium, United States, Suriname, Canada, Germany, 20,000,000
France, Australia
Sindh Pakistan, India, United Kingdom, Philippines 19,720,000
Igbo Nigeria 18,000,000
Amharic Ethiopia, Israel 17,413,000
Oromo Ethiopia 17,232,000
Indonesian Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands 17,070,000
Tagalog Philippines, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom 17,000,000
Nepali Nepal, India, Bhutan 16,056,000
Assamese India, Bhutan 15,374,000
Saraiki Pakistan, India 15,059,000
Cebuano Philippines 15,000,000
Hungarian Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, United States, Ukraine 14,500,000
Chittagonian Bangladesh 14,000,000
Zhuang China 14,000,000
Shona Indonesia 14,000,000
Madura Indonesia 13,694,000
Sinhala Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Maldives 13,220,000
Marwari India, Pakistan 13,183,000
Magahi India 13,000,000
Haryanvi India 13,000,000
Greek Greece, Cyprus, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Australia, 12,000,000
Russia, Canada, Ukraine, South Africa, Egypt, Albania, Sweden, Kazakhstan,
Georgia, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria
Czech Czech Republic, United States, Canada, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Austria, Israel, 12,000,000
 Poland, Slovakia
Chhattisgarhi India 11,535,000
Fulfulde Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Cameroon, Benin, Chad 11,428,700
Deccan India 10,709,800
Malagasy Madagascar 10,484,000
Belarusan Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, 10,200,000
Moldova
All numbers are approximate.

Data are for first language speakers only.

Source: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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