Languages World Speakers Count

World languages ranked by native and total speakers, language family, and number of countries where each language holds official status.

Updated: just now

Language	Primary Region	Native Speakers (millions) From To	Total Speakers (millions) From To	Language Family	Official Countries From To
Mandarin Chinese	East Asia	920	1118	Sino-Tibetan	1
Spanish	Latin America & Spain	475	559	Indo-European	20
English	North America & UK	373	1132	Indo-European	67
Hindi	South Asia	344	602	Indo-European	1
Bengali	South Asia	234	273	Indo-European	2
Portuguese	Brazil & Portugal	232	263	Indo-European	10
Russian	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	154	258	Indo-European	4
Japanese	East Asia	128	128	Japonic	1
Yue Chinese (Cantonese)	East Asia	85	100	Sino-Tibetan	2
Vietnamese	Southeast Asia	77	85	Austroasiatic	1
Turkish	Turkey & Central Asia	76	88	Turkic	1
Wu Chinese	East Asia	74	81	Sino-Tibetan	1
Marathi	South Asia	71	83	Indo-European	1
Telugu	South Asia	69	82	Dravidian	1
Korean	East Asia	66	82	Koreanic	2
French	Europe & Africa	80	309	Indo-European	29
Tamil	South Asia & Southeast Asia	69	78	Dravidian	3
Urdu	South Asia	68	170	Indo-European	2
Javanese	Southeast Asia	68	68	Austronesian	0
Italian	Southern Europe	64	67	Indo-European	4
Arabic (Egyptian)	Middle East & North Africa	62	274	Afro-Asiatic	22
Punjabi	South Asia	60	125	Indo-European	2
Gujarati	South Asia	55	57	Indo-European	1
Hausa	West Africa	54	80	Afro-Asiatic	0
Min Nan Chinese	East Asia & Southeast Asia	49	60	Sino-Tibetan	1
Polish	Eastern Europe	45	45	Indo-European	1
Pashto	South & Central Asia	42	60	Indo-European	2
Kannada	South Asia	43	57	Dravidian	1
Xiang Chinese	East Asia	38	38	Sino-Tibetan	1
Malayalam	South Asia	38	38	Dravidian	1
Odia	South Asia	36	37	Indo-European	1
Maithili	South Asia	34	35	Indo-European	1
Burmese	Southeast Asia	33	43	Sino-Tibetan	1
Uzbek	Central Asia	30	43	Turkic	1
Romanian	Eastern Europe	26	28	Indo-European	2
Igbo	West Africa	25	30	Niger-Congo	0
Yoruba	West Africa	43	50	Niger-Congo	0
Amharic	East Africa	32	57	Afro-Asiatic	1
Malay	Southeast Asia	20	290	Austronesian	4
Ukrainian	Eastern Europe	32	33	Indo-European	1
Sindhi	South Asia	25	25	Indo-European	2
Dutch	Western Europe	24	30	Indo-European	6
Serbo-Croatian	Southeast Europe	16	21	Indo-European	4
Somali	East Africa	21	21	Afro-Asiatic	1
Zulu	Southern Africa	12	27	Niger-Congo	1
Swedish	Northern Europe	10	13	Indo-European	2
Greek	Southern Europe	13	13	Indo-European	2
Czech	Central Europe	11	12	Indo-European	1
Hungarian	Central Europe	13	13	Uralic	1
Hebrew	Middle East	5	22	Afro-Asiatic	1