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Pick a language to light up every country it is spoken in — or pick a country to see what is spoken there. 257 countries, every language each one records, and how much of the population actually speaks it.

Each country in the most widely spoken of its official languages.

  • English 65
  • French 29
  • Arabic 22
  • Spanish 22
  • Portuguese 8
  • Dutch 6
  • German 4
  • Another language 93
  • No official language 8
  • Official
  • Spoken
  • Neither
  • 1 102
  • 2 82
  • 3 40
  • 4 23
  • 5 or more 10
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    Afghanistan — Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, Turkmen Albania — Albanian, Greek Algeria — Arabic, French, Algerian Arabic, Kabyle Angola — Portuguese, Umbundu, Kimbundu Argentina — Spanish, English Armenia — Armenian, Kurdish Australia — English, Traditional Chinese, Italian Austria — German, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani, Talysh Bahamas — English Bangladesh — Bangla, English, rkt, syl Belarus — Belarusian, Russian Belgium — Dutch, French, German, English Belize — English, Spanish Benin — French, Fon, Yoruba Bhutan — Dzongkha, Nepali, tsj, English Bolivia — Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Bosnia & Herzegovina — Bosnian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Botswana — English, Tswana Brazil — Portuguese, Venetian, English Brunei — Malay, Malay, Traditional Chinese, English Bulgaria — Bulgarian, English, Russian, Turkish Burkina Faso — French, Mossi, Dyula Burundi — Rundi, French, English Cambodia — Khmer, cja Cameroon — French, English, Bulu, Fula Canada — English, French, Inuktitut, Inuktitut Central African Republic — French, Sango Chad — French, Arabic Chile — Spanish, English, Mapuche China — Chinese, Uyghur, Zhuang, Mongolian Colombia — Spanish Congo - Brazzaville — French, Lingala Congo - Kinshasa — French, Swahili, Luba-Lulua, Lingala Costa Rica — Spanish Côte d’Ivoire — French, bci, sef, dnj Croatia — Croatian, Italian, Venetian, English Cuba — Spanish Cyprus — Greek, Turkish, English, French Czechia — Czech, English, Slovak, German Denmark — Danish, German, Kalaallisut, English Djibouti — Arabic, French, Afar, Somali Dominican Republic — Spanish Ecuador — Spanish, Quechua, Chimborazo Highland Quichua Egypt — Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, English El Salvador — Spanish Equatorial Guinea — Spanish, French, Portuguese, Fang Eritrea — English, Arabic, Tigrinya, Tigre Estonia — Estonian, Russian, English, Finnish Eswatini — English, Swati, Zulu, Tsonga Ethiopia — Amharic, English, Oromo, Somali Falkland Islands — English Fiji — English, Fiji Hindi, Fijian, Hindi Finland — Finnish, Swedish, Skolt Sami, English France — French, English, Spanish, German French Southern Territories — French Gabon — French, puu Gambia — English, Mandingo Georgia — Georgian, Abkhazian, Ossetic, Mingrelian Germany — German, Northern Frisian, English, French Ghana — English, Akan, Ewe, Ga Greece — Greek, English, French, German Greenland — Kalaallisut, Danish Guatemala — Spanish, Kʼicheʼ Guinea — French, Fula, Mandingo, Susu Guinea-Bissau — Portuguese, knf Guyana — English Haiti — Haitian Creole, French Honduras — Spanish Hungary — Hungarian, English, German, French Iceland — Icelandic India — Hindi, English, Bangla, Telugu Indonesia — Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese Iran — Persian, Azerbaijani, Mazanderani, Gilaki Iraq — Arabic, Central Kurdish, Azerbaijani, English Ireland — English, Irish, French Israel — Hebrew, Arabic, English, apc Italy — Italian, French, Venetian, English Jamaica — English, Jamaican Creole English Japan — Japanese Jordan — Arabic, apc, English Kazakhstan — Russian, Kazakh, English, German Kenya — Swahili, English, Kikuyu, Luyia Kosovo — Albanian, Serbian, Serbian, Gheg Albanian Kuwait — Arabic Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz, Russian Laos — Lao, kjg, Hmong Njua Latvia — Latvian, English, Russian, Latgalian Lebanon — Arabic, apc, English, Armenian Lesotho — Southern Sotho, English, Zulu, Swati Liberia — English, Kpelle, Vai Libya — Arabic Lithuania — Lithuanian, Russian, English, German Luxembourg — French, Luxembourgish, German, English Madagascar — Malagasy, French, English Malawi — English, Nyanja, Tumbuka Malaysia — Malay, English, Chinese, Tamil Mali — French, Bambara, ffm, Soninke Mauritania — Arabic, French, Fula Mexico — Spanish, Venetian, English Moldova — Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Gagauz Mongolia — Mongolian, Kazakh, Chinese Montenegro — Serbian, Albanian, Serbian Morocco — Arabic, Central Atlas Tamazight, French, Moroccan Arabic Mozambique — Portuguese, Makhuwa, ndc, Tsonga Myanmar (Burma) — Burmese, Shan, Kachin, Rohingya Namibia — English, Afrikaans, Kuanyama, Ndonga Nepal — Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Newari Netherlands — Dutch, Western Frisian, English, German New Caledonia — French New Zealand — Māori, English Nicaragua — Spanish Niger — French, Hausa, Zarma, fuq Nigeria — English, Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin, Hausa North Korea — Korean North Macedonia — Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish Norway — Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sami Oman — Arabic, Baluchi Pakistan — Urdu, English, Punjabi, Western Panjabi Palestinian Territories — Arabic, apc Panama — Spanish, English Papua New Guinea — Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu Paraguay — Guarani, Spanish, German Peru — Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Philippines — English, Filipino, Cebuano, Iloko Poland — Polish, German, Kashubian, Lithuanian Portugal — Portuguese, English, French, Spanish Puerto Rico — Spanish, English Qatar — Arabic, Persian Romania — Romanian, English, French, Spanish Russia — Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen Rwanda — Kinyarwanda, English, French Saudi Arabia — Arabic, Najdi Arabic Senegal — French, Wolof, Fula, Serer Serbia — Serbian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian Sierra Leone — English, Krio, Mende, Timne Slovakia — Slovak, Czech, English, German Slovenia — Slovenian, Venetian, Croatian, English Solomon Islands — English, Pijin, Roviana Somalia — Somali, Arabic, Swahili South Africa — English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans South Korea — Korean South Sudan — English, Arabic, Nuer Spain — Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque Sri Lanka — Sinhala, Tamil, English Sudan — Arabic, English, Beja, fvr Suriname — Dutch, Sranan Tongo, Traditional Chinese Sweden — Swedish, Finnish, English Switzerland — German, French, Italian, Swiss German Syria — Arabic, French, apc, Kurdish Taiwan — Traditional Chinese Tajikistan — Tajik, Russian Tanzania — Swahili, English, Sukuma, Nyamwezi Thailand — Thai, English, tts, nod Timor-Leste — Portuguese, Tetum Togo — French, Ewe, ife Trinidad & Tobago — English Tunisia — Arabic, French, Tunisian Arabic Türkiye — Turkish, English, Kurdish, apc Turkmenistan — Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek Uganda — Swahili, English, Ganda, Nyankole Ukraine — Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Yiddish United Arab Emirates — Arabic, English, Malayalam, Pashto United Kingdom — English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic United States — English, Spanish, Hawaiian Uruguay — Spanish Uzbekistan — Uzbek, Uzbek, Russian, Kara-Kalpak Vanuatu — Bislama, English, French Venezuela — Spanish Vietnam — Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese Western Sahara — Arabic Yemen — Arabic, English Zambia — English, Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi Zimbabwe — Shona, English, North Ndebele, mxc
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    Every country, and what is spoken there

    The share is how much of the population speaks the language, first or second — a quarter of Portugal is counted under English. Languages below 1% are left out unless they are official; each country says how many that is.

    Afghanistan Persian · Pashto · Uzbek · Turkmen
    • Persian Official 50%
    • Pashto Official 43%
    • Uzbek (Arab script) Co-official regionally 5%
    • Turkmen Co-official regionally 2%
    • haz 6%
    • prd 1%

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Åland Islands Swedish

    Albania Albanian

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Algeria Arabic · French

    American Samoa Samoan · English
    • Samoan Official 99%
    • English Official in practice 97%

    Andorra Catalan

    Angola Portuguese
    • Portuguese Official 67%
    • Umbundu 29%
    • Kimbundu 25%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Anguilla English

    Antarctica —
    • Unknown language 100%

    Antigua & Barbuda English

    Argentina Spanish

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Armenia Armenian

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Aruba Dutch · Papiamento

    Ascension Island —

    Australia English

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Austria German · Croatian · Slovenian · Hungarian

    Azerbaijan Azerbaijani · Azerbaijani
    • Azerbaijani Official 89%
    • Azerbaijani (Cyrl script) Official 10%
    • Talysh 10%

    3 more recorded below 1%.

    Bahamas English

    Bahrain Arabic

    Bangladesh Bangla

    6 more recorded below 1%.

    Barbados English

    Belarus Belarusian · Russian
    • Belarusian Official 100%
    • Russian Official 12%

    Belgium Dutch · French · German

    Learning the language in Belgium →

    Belize English

    Benin French

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Bermuda English

    Bhutan Dzongkha

    Bolivia Spanish · Quechua · Aymara
    • Spanish Official 61%
    • Quechua Official 32%
    • Aymara Official 20%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnian · Bosnian · Croatian · Serbian · Serbian
    • Bosnian Official 99%
    • Bosnian (Cyrl script) Official 99%
    • Croatian Official 12%
    • Serbian Official 10%
    • Serbian (Latn script) Official 10%
    • English 45%

    Botswana English · Tswana
    • English Official 81%
    • Tswana Official 62%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Bouvet Island —
    • Unknown language 100%

    Brazil Portuguese · Venetian

    9 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Brazil →

    British Indian Ocean Territory English

    British Virgin Islands English

    Brunei Malay · Malay

    Bulgaria Bulgarian

    Burkina Faso French
    • French Official 22%
    • Mossi 40%
    • Dyula 32%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Burundi Rundi · French · English

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Cambodia Khmer
    • Khmer Official 89%
    • cja 2%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Cameroon French · English
    • French Official 68%
    • English Official 38%
    • Bulu 5%
    • Fula 4%
    • Ewondo 3%
    • Yemba 2%
    • Ghomala 1%
    • Ngiemboon 1%
    • Kom 1%
    • Basaa 1%
    • Bamun 1%
    • Medumba 1%
    • Mundang 1%

    15 more recorded below 1%.

    Canada English · French · Inuktitut · Inuktitut · Chipewyan · Cree · Slave · Dogrib · Gwichʼin
    • English Official 86%
    • French Official 30%
    • Inuktitut Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Inuktitut (Latn script) Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Chipewyan Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • Cree Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • Slave Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • Dogrib Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • Gwichʼin Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • Chinese 2%
    • Cantonese 2%
    • Spanish 2%
    • Punjabi 2%
    • Arabic 2%
    • Filipino 2%

    44 more recorded below 1%.

    Canary Islands Spanish

    Cape Verde Portuguese

    Caribbean Netherlands Dutch
    • Dutch Official 8%
    • Papiamento 81%

    Cayman Islands English

    Central African Republic French · Sango
    • French Official 49%
    • Sango Official 49%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Ceuta & Melilla Spanish

    Chad French · Arabic

    Chile Spanish

    China Chinese · Uyghur · Zhuang · Mongolian · Tibetan · Korean
    • Chinese Official 90%
    • Uyghur Co-official regionally 0.6%
    • Zhuang Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Mongolian (Mong script) Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Tibetan Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Korean Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Wu Chinese 6%
    • Cantonese 5%
    • Cantonese (Hans script) 5%
    • Xiang Chinese 3%
    • Hakka Chinese 2%
    • Min Nan Chinese 2%
    • Gan Chinese 2%

    14 more recorded below 1%.

    Christmas Island English

    Clipperton Island —
    • Unknown language 100%

    Cocos (Keeling) Islands English
    • English Official in practice 17%
    • Malay (Arab script) 84%

    Colombia Spanish

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Comoros Arabic · French · zdj · wni
    • Arabic Official 66%
    • French Official 56%
    • zdj Official 37%
    • wni Official 34%

    Congo - Brazzaville French
    • French Official 84%
    • Lingala 2%

    Congo - Kinshasa French · Swahili · Luba-Lulua · Lingala · Kongo
    • French Official 4%
    • Swahili Co-official regionally 50%
    • Luba-Lulua Co-official regionally 10%
    • Lingala Co-official regionally 3%
    • Kongo Co-official regionally 2%
    • Luba-Katanga 2%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Cook Islands English

    Costa Rica Spanish

    Côte d’Ivoire French
    • French Official 49%
    • bci 11%
    • sef 4%
    • dnj 4%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Croatia Croatian · Italian · Venetian

    Cuba Spanish

    Curaçao Dutch · Papiamento
    • Dutch Official 8%
    • Papiamento Official in practice 81%
    • Spanish 4%

    Cyprus Greek · Turkish

    3 more recorded below 1%.

    Czechia Czech

    1 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Czechia →

    Denmark Danish · German · Kalaallisut

    2 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Denmark →

    Diego Garcia English

    Djibouti Arabic · French

    Dominica English

    Dominican Republic Spanish

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Ecuador Spanish · Quechua
    • Spanish Official 96%
    • Quechua Official 17%
    • Chimborazo Highland Quichua 6%

    Egypt Arabic

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    El Salvador Spanish

    Equatorial Guinea Spanish · French · Portuguese

    Eritrea English · Arabic · Tigrinya
    • English Official 59%
    • Arabic Official 5%
    • Tigrinya Official in practice 60%
    • Tigre 18%
    • Afar 4%
    • Saho 4%
    • Blin 1%

    Estonia Estonian

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Eswatini English · Swati
    • English Official 80%
    • Swati Official 58%
    • Zulu 7%
    • Tsonga 2%

    Ethiopia Amharic

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Falkland Islands English

    Faroe Islands Faroese
    • Faroese Official 95%

    Fiji English · Fiji Hindi · Fijian
    • English Official 94%
    • Fiji Hindi Official 41%
    • Fijian Official 39%
    • Hindi 44%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Finland Finnish · Swedish · Skolt Sami

    5 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Finland →

    France French

    9 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in France →

    French Guiana French

    French Polynesia French · Tahitian

    French Southern Territories —

    Gabon French

    Gambia English
    • English Official 40%
    • Mandingo 29%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Georgia Georgian · Abkhazian · Ossetic
    • Georgian Official 86%
    • Abkhazian Co-official regionally 2%
    • Ossetic Co-official regionally 2%
    • Mingrelian 11%
    • Russian 9%
    • Armenian 7%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Germany German · Northern Frisian

    10 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Germany →

    Ghana English · Akan · Ewe · Ga
    • English Official 21%
    • Akan Co-official regionally 39%
    • Ewe Co-official regionally 11%
    • Ga Co-official regionally 3%
    • abr 5%
    • Frafra 4%
    • Adangme 3%
    • Nzima 1%

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Gibraltar English

    Greece Greek

    5 more recorded below 1%.

    Greenland Kalaallisut
    • Kalaallisut Official 84%
    • Danish 14%

    Grenada English

    Guadeloupe French

    Guam Chamorro · English
    • Chamorro Official 22%
    • English Official in practice 91%

    Guatemala Spanish · Kʼicheʼ
    • Spanish Official 93%
    • Kʼicheʼ Co-official regionally 7%

    Guernsey English

    Guinea French
    • French Official 29%
    • Fula 26%
    • Mandingo (Nkoo script) 23%
    • Susu 11%
    • N’Ko 5%
    • Kpelle 4%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Guinea-Bissau Portuguese

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Guyana English

    Haiti Haitian Creole · French

    Heard & McDonald Islands —
    • Unknown language 100%

    Honduras Spanish

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Hong Kong SAR China Traditional Chinese · English

    Hungary Hungarian

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Iceland Icelandic

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    India Hindi · English · Bangla · Telugu · Marathi · Tamil · Urdu · Gujarati · Kannada · Malayalam · Odia · Punjabi · Assamese · Maithili · Nepali · Santali · Kashmiri · Konkani · Sindhi · Sindhi · Khasi · Sanskrit
    • Hindi Official 41%
    • English Official 19%
    • Bangla Co-official regionally 8%
    • Telugu Co-official regionally 7%
    • Marathi Co-official regionally 7%
    • Tamil Co-official regionally 6%
    • Urdu Co-official regionally 5%
    • Gujarati Co-official regionally 5%
    • Kannada Co-official regionally 4%
    • Malayalam Co-official regionally 3%
    • Odia Co-official regionally 3%
    • Punjabi Co-official regionally 3%
    • Assamese Co-official regionally 1%
    • Maithili Co-official regionally 1%
    • Nepali Co-official regionally 0.6%
    • Santali Co-official regionally 0.6%
    • Kashmiri Co-official regionally 0.4%
    • Konkani Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Sindhi Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Sindhi (Deva script) Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Khasi Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Sanskrit Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • Bhojpuri 2%
    • Awadhi 2%
    • Haryanvi 1%
    • Magahi 1%
    • Marwari 1%
    • hne 1%

    51 more recorded below 1%.

    Indonesia Indonesian
    • Indonesian Official 64%
    • Javanese 34%
    • Sundanese 12%
    • Madurese 6%
    • Malay 3%
    • Minangkabau 3%
    • Betawi 2%
    • Balinese 2%
    • Buginese 2%
    • Banjar 2%
    • Acehnese 1%
    • Malay (Arab script) 1%

    20 more recorded below 1%.

    Iran Persian
    • Persian Official 75%
    • Azerbaijani (Arab script) 24%
    • Mazanderani 5%
    • Gilaki 5%
    • Central Kurdish 4%
    • Southern Kurdish 4%
    • Turkmen 3%
    • Northern Luri 2%
    • Arabic 2%
    • Baluchi 2%
    • rmt 2%
    • Bakhtiari 1%
    • luz 1%

    9 more recorded below 1%.

    Iraq Arabic · Central Kurdish · Azerbaijani
    • Arabic Official 68%
    • Central Kurdish Co-official regionally 20%
    • Azerbaijani (Arab script) Co-official regionally 2%
    • English 35%

    3 more recorded below 1%.

    Ireland English · Irish

    Isle of Man English · Manx
    • English Official 100%
    • Manx Official 2%

    Israel Hebrew · Arabic

    3 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Israel →

    Italy Italian · French · Venetian
    • Italian Official 95%
    • French Co-official regionally 6%
    • Venetian Co-official regionally 1%
    • English 34%
    • Lombard 6%
    • Sardinian 2%
    • German 2%

    14 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Italy →

    Jamaica English
    • English Official 98%
    • Jamaican Creole English 95%

    Japan Japanese

    2 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Japan →

    Jersey English

    Jordan Arabic

    Kazakhstan Russian · Kazakh

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Kenya Swahili · English
    • Swahili Official 66%
    • English Official 19%
    • Kikuyu 17%
    • Luyia 11%
    • Luo 10%
    • Kamba 8%
    • Kalenjin 8%
    • Gusii 5%
    • Meru 4%
    • Masai 2%
    • Embu 2%
    • Somali 1%

    8 more recorded below 1%.

    Kiribati English · Gilbertese
    • English Official 100%
    • Gilbertese Official 60%

    Kosovo Albanian · Serbian · Serbian
    • Albanian Official 92%
    • Serbian Official 5%
    • Serbian (Latn script) Official 5%
    • Gheg Albanian 74%

    Kuwait Arabic

    Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz · Russian
    • Kyrgyz Official 48%
    • Russian Official 36%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Laos Lao
    • Lao Official 69%
    • kjg 6%
    • Hmong Njua 3%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Latvia Latvian

    Lebanon Arabic
    • Arabic Official 86%
    • apc 100%
    • English 40%
    • Armenian 5%
    • Kurdish (Arab script) 2%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Lesotho Southern Sotho · English
    • Southern Sotho Official 98%
    • English Official 27%
    • Zulu 14%
    • Swati 2%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Liberia English
    • English Official 83%
    • Kpelle 14%
    • Vai 3%

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Libya Arabic

    Liechtenstein German · Swiss German
    • German Official 100%
    • Swiss German Official in practice 85%
    • Walser 3%

    Lithuania Lithuanian

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Luxembourg French · Luxembourgish · German

    Macao SAR China Traditional Chinese · Portuguese

    Madagascar Malagasy · French · English

    Malawi English · Nyanja
    • English Official 63%
    • Nyanja Official 63%
    • Tumbuka 8%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Malaysia Malay

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Maldives Divehi

    Mali French
    • French Official 46%
    • Bambara 46%
    • ffm 8%
    • Soninke 6%
    • mwk 5%
    • Koyraboro Senni 3%
    • Tamashek 2%
    • Bambara (Nkoo script) 2%
    • Koyra Chiini 2%
    • dtm 1%
    • kao 1%

    3 more recorded below 1%.

    Malta Maltese · English

    Marshall Islands English · Marshallese
    • English Official 93%
    • Marshallese Official 73%

    Martinique French

    Mauritania Arabic

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Mauritius English · French

    Mayotte French

    Mexico Spanish · Venetian
    • Spanish Official in practice 83%
    • Venetian Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • English 13%

    6 more recorded below 1%.

    Micronesia English
    • English Official 57%
    • Chuukese 30%
    • Pohnpeian 23%
    • Kosraean 8%
    • Yapese 7%
    • uli 3%

    Moldova Romanian

    Monaco French

    Mongolia Mongolian
    • Mongolian Official 93%
    • Kazakh (Arab script) 7%
    • Chinese 1%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Montenegro Serbian

    Montserrat English

    Morocco Arabic · Central Atlas Tamazight · French
    • Arabic Official 62%
    • Central Atlas Tamazight Official 10%
    • French Official in practice 20%
    • Moroccan Arabic 87%
    • Standard Moroccan Tamazight 22%
    • English 14%
    • Tachelhit 9%
    • Tachelhit (Latn script) 9%
    • Riffian 5%
    • Riffian (Tfng script) 5%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Mozambique Portuguese
    • Portuguese Official 27%
    • Makhuwa 13%
    • ndc 10%
    • Tsonga 8%
    • ngl 7%
    • Sena 5%
    • Makhuwa-Meetto 5%
    • rng 3%
    • Nyanja 3%
    • Yao 2%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Myanmar (Burma) Burmese
    • Burmese Official 64%
    • Shan 6%
    • Kachin 2%
    • Rohingya 2%
    • mnw 2%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Namibia English

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Nauru English · Nauru
    • English Official 95%
    • Nauru Official 70%

    Nepal Nepali
    • Nepali Official 44%
    • Maithili 11%
    • Bhojpuri 7%
    • Newari 3%
    • jml 3%
    • English 3%
    • dty 3%
    • Awadhi 2%
    • thl 2%
    • bap 2%
    • tdg 1%
    • thr 1%
    • lif 1%
    • mgp 1%
    • thq 1%

    13 more recorded below 1%.

    Netherlands Dutch · Western Frisian

    Learning the language in Netherlands →

    New Caledonia French

    New Zealand Māori · English
    • Māori Official 3%
    • English Official in practice 98%

    Nicaragua Spanish

    Niger French
    • French Official 29%
    • Hausa 41%
    • Zarma 17%
    • fuq 7%
    • Tamashek 6%

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Nigeria English · Yoruba
    • English Official 53%
    • Yoruba Official 13%
    • Nigerian Pidgin 21%
    • Hausa 13%
    • Igbo 13%
    • fuv 7%
    • Tiv 2%
    • Efik 1%
    • Ibibio 1%
    • Hausa (Arab script) 1%

    9 more recorded below 1%.

    Niue English · Niuean
    • English Official 56%
    • Niuean Official 56%

    Norfolk Island English

    North Korea Korean

    North Macedonia Macedonian · Albanian

    Northern Mariana Islands English
    • English Official in practice 97%
    • Chamorro 18%

    Norway Norwegian Bokmål · Norwegian · Norwegian Nynorsk · Northern Sami

    Learning the language in Norway →

    Oman Arabic
    • Arabic Official 81%
    • Baluchi 5%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Pakistan Urdu · English
    • Urdu Official 95%
    • English Official 50%
    • Punjabi (Arab script) 70%
    • Western Panjabi 40%
    • Pashto 16%
    • Sindhi 15%
    • skr 12%
    • Baluchi 3%
    • hno 2%
    • Brahui 1%

    14 more recorded below 1%.

    Palau Palauan · English
    • Palauan Official 74%
    • English Official 9%

    Palestinian Territories Arabic
    • Arabic Official 100%
    • apc 87%

    Panama Spanish

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin · English · Hiri Motu
    • Tok Pisin Official 71%
    • English Official 50%
    • Hiri Motu Official 2%

    Paraguay Guarani · Spanish

    Peru Spanish · Quechua
    • Spanish Official 73%
    • Quechua Official 15%
    • Aymara 2%

    Philippines English · Filipino · Cebuano · Iloko · Hiligaynon · Waray · Pangasinan · mdh · tsg
    • English Official 64%
    • Filipino Official 60%
    • Cebuano Co-official regionally 24%
    • Iloko Co-official regionally 10%
    • Hiligaynon Co-official regionally 8%
    • Waray Co-official regionally 3%
    • Pangasinan Co-official regionally 1%
    • mdh Co-official regionally 1%
    • tsg Co-official regionally 1%
    • Spanish 31%
    • Bikol 3%
    • fbl 2%
    • Pampanga 2%

    7 more recorded below 1%.

    Pitcairn Islands English

    Poland Polish · German · Kashubian · Lithuanian

    4 more recorded below 1%.

    Portugal Portuguese

    1 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Portugal →

    Puerto Rico Spanish · English

    Qatar Arabic

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Réunion French

    Romania Romanian

    6 more recorded below 1%.

    Russia Russian · Tatar · Bashkir · Chechen · Avaric · Udmurt · Yakut · Kabardian · Erzya · Moksha · Kumyk · Komi · Lezghian · Karachay-Balkar · Ingush · Tuvinian · Adyghe · Azerbaijani · lbe · Komi-Permyak
    • Russian Official 94%
    • Tatar Co-official regionally 1%
    • Bashkir Co-official regionally 1%
    • Chechen Co-official regionally 0.7%
    • Avaric Co-official regionally 0.4%
    • Udmurt Co-official regionally 0.4%
    • Yakut Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Kabardian Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Erzya Co-official regionally 0.3%
    • Moksha Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Kumyk Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Komi Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Lezghian Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Karachay-Balkar Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Ingush Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • Tuvinian Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Adyghe Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Azerbaijani (Cyrl script) Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • lbe Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Komi-Permyak Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • Chuvash 1%

    16 more recorded below 1%.

    Rwanda Kinyarwanda · English · French
    • Kinyarwanda Official 77%
    • English Official 15%
    • French Official 0.0%

    Samoa Samoan · English
    • Samoan Official 100%
    • English Official 2%

    San Marino Italian

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    São Tomé & Príncipe Portuguese

    Sark English

    Saudi Arabia Arabic
    • Arabic Official 100%
    • Najdi Arabic 3%

    Senegal French · Wolof · Fula · Serer · Jola-Fonyi · sav · mfv · bjt · snf · knf · bsc · mey · tnr
    • French Official 39%
    • Wolof Official in practice 70%
    • Fula Co-official regionally 21%
    • Serer Co-official regionally 11%
    • Jola-Fonyi Co-official regionally 3%
    • sav Co-official regionally 2%
    • mfv Co-official regionally 0.8%
    • bjt Co-official regionally 0.6%
    • snf Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • knf Co-official regionally 0.2%
    • bsc Co-official regionally 0.1%
    • mey Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • tnr Co-official regionally 0.0%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Serbia Serbian · Serbian · Hungarian · Romanian · Croatian · Slovak · Ukrainian

    Seychelles French · English
    • French Official 60%
    • English Official 38%
    • Seselwa Creole French 98%

    Sierra Leone English
    • English Official 35%
    • Krio 95%
    • Mende 27%
    • Timne 26%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Singapore English · Chinese · Malay · Tamil

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Sint Maarten English · Dutch

    Slovakia Slovak

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Slovenia Slovenian · Venetian

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Solomon Islands English
    • English Official 100%
    • Pijin 82%
    • Roviana 1%

    Somalia Somali · Arabic

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    South Africa English · Zulu · Xhosa · Afrikaans · Northern Sotho · Tswana · Southern Sotho · Tsonga · Swati · Venda · South Ndebele
    • English Official 31%
    • Zulu Co-official regionally 24%
    • Xhosa Co-official regionally 18%
    • Afrikaans Co-official regionally 13%
    • Northern Sotho Co-official regionally 9%
    • Tswana Co-official regionally 8%
    • Southern Sotho Co-official regionally 8%
    • Tsonga Co-official regionally 4%
    • Swati Co-official regionally 3%
    • Venda Co-official regionally 2%
    • South Ndebele Co-official regionally 2%
    • Hindi 2%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands —
    • Unknown language 100%

    South Korea Korean

    South Sudan English

    Spain Spanish · Catalan · Galician · Basque · Asturian · Occitan
    • Spanish Official 99%
    • Catalan Co-official regionally 17%
    • Galician Co-official regionally 7%
    • Basque Co-official regionally 2%
    • Asturian Co-official regionally 1%
    • Occitan Co-official regionally 0.0%
    • English 24%

    2 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Spain →

    Sri Lanka Sinhala · Tamil

    St. Barthélemy French

    St. Helena English

    St. Kitts & Nevis English

    St. Lucia English

    St. Martin French

    St. Pierre & Miquelon French

    St. Vincent & Grenadines English

    Sudan Arabic · English
    • Arabic Official 61%
    • English Official 61%
    • Beja 5%
    • fvr 3%
    • Hausa (Arab script) 2%

    3 more recorded below 1%.

    Suriname Dutch

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Svalbard & Jan Mayen Norwegian Bokmål

    Sweden Swedish · Finnish

    7 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Sweden →

    Switzerland German · French · Italian · Swiss German · Romansh

    2 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in Switzerland →

    Syria Arabic · French

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Taiwan Traditional Chinese

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Tajikistan Tajik

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Tanzania Swahili · English
    • Swahili Official 90%
    • English Official 69%
    • Sukuma 9%
    • Nyamwezi 3%
    • Makonde 3%
    • Bena 2%
    • Shambala 2%
    • Masai 2%
    • mgy 1%
    • Asu 1%

    6 more recorded below 1%.

    Thailand Thai

    6 more recorded below 1%.

    Timor-Leste Portuguese · Tetum

    Togo French
    • French Official 61%
    • Ewe 17%
    • ife 1%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Tokelau English · Tokelau
    • English Official 78%
    • Tokelau Official 78%

    Tonga Tongan · English
    • Tongan Official 95%
    • English Official 28%

    Trinidad & Tobago English

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Tristan da Cunha —

    Tunisia Arabic · French
    • Arabic Official 90%
    • French Official 74%
    • Tunisian Arabic 90%

    Türkiye Turkish

    20 more recorded below 1%.

    Turkmenistan Turkmen
    • Turkmen Official 70%
    • Russian 12%
    • Uzbek 9%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    Turks & Caicos Islands English

    Tuvalu Tuvalu · English
    • Tuvalu Official 85%
    • English Official 9%

    U.S. Outlying Islands English
    • English Official in practice 100%

    U.S. Virgin Islands English

    Uganda Swahili · English
    • Swahili Official 75%
    • English Official 4%
    • Ganda 13%
    • Nyankole 6%
    • Chiga 5%
    • Soga 5%
    • Teso 4%
    • laj 4%
    • Acoli 4%
    • myx 3%
    • Kinyarwanda 2%
    • ttj 2%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Ukraine Ukrainian · Russian

    7 more recorded below 1%.

    United Arab Emirates Arabic

    United Kingdom English · Welsh · Irish · Scottish Gaelic

    11 more recorded below 1%. Learning the language in United Kingdom →

    United States English · Spanish · Hawaiian
    • English Official in practice 96%
    • Spanish Co-official regionally 10%
    • Hawaiian Co-official regionally 0.0%

    25 more recorded below 1%.

    Uruguay Spanish

    Uzbekistan Uzbek · Uzbek
    • Uzbek Official 85%
    • Uzbek (Cyrl script) Official 15%
    • Russian 14%
    • Kara-Kalpak 2%

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Vanuatu Bislama · English · French

    Vatican City Italian

    Venezuela Spanish

    1 more recorded below 1%.

    Vietnam Vietnamese

    3 more recorded below 1%.

    Wallis & Futuna French
    • French Official 48%
    • wls 59%
    • fud 30%

    Western Sahara Arabic

    Yemen Arabic

    Zambia English
    • English Official 16%
    • Bemba 31%
    • Nyanja 15%
    • Lozi 6%

    Zimbabwe Shona · English · North Ndebele
    • Shona Official 81%
    • English Official 42%
    • North Ndebele Official 12%
    • mxc 7%
    • ndc 6%
    • kck 5%
    • Nyanja 2%

    2 more recorded below 1%.

    The languages we teach, and how far they reach

    English Official in 90 countries, spoken in 57 more French Official in 46 countries, spoken in 14 more Spanish Official in 24 countries, spoken in 12 more Arabic Official in 26 countries, spoken in 3 more German Official in 8 countries, spoken in 14 more Russian Official in 5 countries, spoken in 13 more Chinese (Mandarin) Official in 5 countries, spoken in 10 more Portuguese Official in 10 countries, spoken in 4 more Italian Official in 5 countries, spoken in 5 more Dutch Official in 7 countries, spoken in 1 more Turkish Official in 2 countries, spoken in 5 more Tamil Official in 3 countries, spoken in 4 more Hungarian Official in 3 countries, spoken in 3 more Swahili Official in 4 countries, spoken in 2 more Albanian Official in 3 countries, spoken in 2 more Croatian Official in 4 countries, spoken in 1 more Swedish Official in 3 countries, spoken in 1 more Polish Official in 1 country, spoken in 3 more Ukrainian Official in 2 countries, spoken in 2 more Romanian Official in 3 countries, spoken in 1 more Persian Official in 2 countries, spoken in 2 more Malay Official in 3 countries, spoken in 1 more Serbian Official in 3 countries, spoken in 1 more Somali Official in 1 country, spoken in 3 more Urdu Official in 2 countries, spoken in 2 more Korean Official in 3 countries Danish Official in 1 country, spoken in 2 more Finnish Official in 2 countries, spoken in 1 more Greek Official in 2 countries, spoken in 1 more Hindi Official in 1 country, spoken in 2 more Cantonese Official in 0 countries, spoken in 3 more Kurdish Official in 0 countries, spoken in 3 more Malayalam Official in 1 country, spoken in 2 more Nepali Official in 2 countries, spoken in 1 more Pashto Official in 1 country, spoken in 2 more Punjabi Official in 1 country, spoken in 2 more Slovak Official in 2 countries, spoken in 1 more Zulu Official in 1 country, spoken in 2 more Norwegian Official in 2 countries Czech Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Indonesian Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Filipino Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Afrikaans Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Bengali Official in 2 countries Bulgarian Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Catalan Official in 2 countries Gujarati Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Hausa Official in 0 countries, spoken in 2 more Irish Official in 2 countries Lithuanian Official in 2 countries Slovenian Official in 2 countries Yoruba Official in 1 country, spoken in 1 more Japanese Official in 1 country Hebrew Official in 1 country Thai Official in 1 country Vietnamese Official in 1 country Amharic Official in 1 country Azerbaijani Official in 1 country Basque Official in 1 country Burmese Official in 1 country Estonian Official in 1 country Galician Official in 1 country Georgian Official in 1 country Haitian Creole Official in 1 country Icelandic Official in 1 country Igbo Official in 0 countries, spoken in 1 more Kannada Official in 1 country Kazakh Official in 1 country Khmer Official in 1 country Latin Official in 0 countries, spoken in 1 more Latvian Official in 1 country Maltese Official in 1 country Marathi Official in 1 country Scottish Gaelic Official in 1 country Sinhala Official in 1 country Telugu Official in 1 country Welsh Official in 1 country Xhosa Official in 1 country Esperanto Official in 0 countries

    Counts are countries, not speakers. A language official in one country can have far more speakers than one official in ten — the map is about where you can use it, not how many people you would be talking to.