List of languages by number of speakers

The following is a list of the 172 most spoken languages in 2011.

Rank	Language	Primary Country	Total Countries	Speakers (millions)
1	Chinese	China	31	1,213
	Chinese, Gan	China	1	20.6
	Chinese, Hakka	China	17	30.0
	Chinese, Huizhou	China	1	4.6
	Chinese, Jinyu	China	1	45.0
	Chinese, Mandarin	China	20	845
	Chinese, Min Bei	China	2	10.3
	Chinese, Min Dong	China	7	9.1
	Chinese, Min Nan	China	10	47.3
	Chinese, Min Zhong	China	1	3.1
	Chinese, Wu	China	2	77.2
	Chinese, Xiang	China	2	36.0
	Chinese, Yue	China	20	55.5
2	Spanish	Spain	44	329
3	English	United Kingdom	112	328
4	Arabic	Saudi Arabia	57	221
	Arabic, Algerian Spoken	Algeria	6	22.4
	Arabic, Egyptian Spoken	Egypt	10	54.0
	Arabic, Gulf Spoken	Iraq	10	3.6
	Arabic, Hijazi Spoken	Saudi Arabia	2	6.0
	Arabic, Libyan Spoken	Libya	3	4.3
	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	Iraq	5	15.1
	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	Morocco	10	21.0
	Arabic, Najdi Spoken	Saudi Arabia	7	10.0
	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	Syria	16	14.4
	Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken	Iraq	4	6.3
	Arabic, Sa'idi Spoken	Egypt	1	19.0
	Arabic, Sanaani Spoken	Yemen	1	7.6
	Arabic, South Levantine Spoken	Jordan	9	6.2
	Arabic, Sudanese Spoken	Sudan	6	16.8
	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Spoken	Yemen	8	7.1
	Arabic, Tunisian Spoken	Tunisia	5	9.4
5	Hindi	India	20	182
6	Bengali	Bangladesh	10	181
7	Portuguese	Portugal	37	178
8	Russian	Russian Federation	33	144
9	Japanese	Japan	25	122
10	German, Standard	Germany	43	90.3
11	Javanese	Indonesia	5	84.6
12	Lahnda	Pakistan	8	78.3
	Panjabi, Western	Pakistan	7	62.6
	Seraiki	Pakistan	3	13.8
13	Telugu	India	10	69.8
14	Vietnamese	Viet Nam	23	68.6
15	Marathi	India	5	68.1
16	French	France	60	67.8
17	Korean	South Korea	33	66.3
18	Tamil	India	17	65.7
19	Italian	Italy	34	61.7
20	Urdu	Pakistan	23	60.6
21	Turkish	Turkey	36	50.8
22	Gujarati	India	20	46.5
23	Polish	Poland	23	40.0
24	Malay	Malaysia	14	39.1
	Malay	Malaysia	7	10.3
25	Bhojpuri	India	3	38.5
26	Awadhi	India	2	38.3
27	Ukrainian	Ukraine	27	37.0
28	Malayalam	India	11	35.9
29	Kannada	India	3	35.3
30	Maithili	India	2	34.7
31	Sunda	Indonesia	1	34.0
32	Burmese	Myanmar	5	32.3
33	Oriya	India	2	31.7
34	Persian	Iran	29	31.4
	Farsi, Eastern	Afghanistan	3	7.6
	Farsi, Western	Iran	27	23.9
35	Marwari	India	3	31.1
	Dhundari	India	1	9.0
	Marwari	India	3	5.6
	Merwari	India	1	3.9
	Shekhawati	India	1	3.0
36	Panjabi, Eastern	India	12	28.2
37	Filipino	Philippines	1	25.0
38	Hausa	Nigeria	13	25.0
39	Tagalog	Philippines	8	23.9
40	Romanian	Romania	20	23.4
41	Indonesian	Indonesia	6	23.2
42	Dutch	Netherlands	12	21.7
43	Sindhi	Pakistan	8	21.4
44	Thai	Thailand	5	20.4
45	Pushto	Pakistan	9	20.3
	Pashto, Central	Pakistan	1	7.9
	Pashto, Northern	Pakistan	7	9.7
46	Uzbek	Uzbekistan	14	20.3
	Uzbek, Northern	Uzbekistan	12	18.8
47	Rajasthani	India	3	20.0
	Hadothi	India	1	4.7
	Malvi	India	1	10.4
48	Yoruba	Nigeria	6	19.4
49	Azerbaijani	Iran	17	19.1
	Azerbaijani, North	Azerbaijan	10	7.5
	Azerbaijani, South	Iran	8	12.6
50	Igbo	Nigeria	1	18.0
51	Amharic	Ethiopia	6	17.5
52	Chhattisgarhi	India	1	17.5
53	Oromo	Ethiopia	4	17.3
	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethiopia	3	3.8
	Oromo, Eastern	Ethiopia	1	4.5
	Oromo, West Central	Ethiopia	2	8.9
54	Assamese	India	4	16.8
55	Serbo-Croatian	Serbia	28	16.4
	Croatian	Croatia	14	5.5
	Serbian	Serbia	22	7.0
56	Kurdish	Iraq	32	16.0
	Kurdish, Central	Iraq	2	3.7
	Kurdish, Northern	Turkey	32	9.3
	Kurdish, Southern	Iran	2	3.0
57	Cebuano	Philippines	2	15.8
58	Sinhala	Sri Lanka	8	15.6
59	Rangpuri	Bangladesh	2	15.0
60	Thai, Northeastern	Thailand	1	15.0
61	Zhuang	China	2	14.9
62	Malagasy	Madagascar	4	14.7
	Malagasy, Plateau	Madagascar	4	7.5
63	Nepali	Nepal	5	13.9
64	Somali	Somalia	13	13.9
65	Khmer, Central	Cambodia	7	13.6
66	Madura	Indonesia	2	13.6
67	Bavarian	Austria	4	13.3
68	Greek	Greece	38	13.1
69	Chittagonian	Bangladesh	1	13.0
70	Haryanvi	India	1	13.0
71	Magahi	India	1	13.0
72	Deccan	India	1	12.8
73	Hungarian	Hungary	14	12.5
74	Fulah	Senegal	19	12.3
	Pulaar	Senegal	6	3.7
75	Catalan-Valencian-Balear	Spain	18	11.5
76	Shona	Zimbabwe	5	10.8
77	Zulu	South Africa	6	10.3
78	Sylheti	Bangladesh	10	10.3
79	Quechua	Peru	6	10.1
	Quechua, South Bolivian	Bolivia	2	3.6
80	Kanauji	India	1	9.5
81	Czech	Czech Republic	12	9.5
82	Lombard	Italy	3	9.1
83	Bulgarian	Bulgaria	16	9.1
84	Uyghur	China	15	8.8
85	Nyanja	Malawi	6	8.7
86	Belarusan	Belarus	16	8.6
87	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	14	8.3
88	Swedish	Sweden	8	8.3
89	Akan	Ghana	1	8.3
90	Xhosa	South Africa	3	7.8
91	Bagheli	India	2	7.8
92	Haitian	Haiti	10	7.7
93	Konkani	India	4	7.6
	Konkani	India	2	4.0
	Konkani, Goan	India	3	3.6
94	Rwanda	Rwanda	4	7.5
95	Gikuyu	Kenya	1	7.2
96	Napoletano-Calabrese	Italy	1	7.0
97	Baluchi	Pakistan	8	7.0
	Balochi, Southern	Pakistan	4	3.4
98	Ilocano	Philippines	2	7.0
99	Varhadi-Nagpuri	India	1	7.0
100	Turkmen	Turkmenistan	14	6.6
101	Tatar	Russian Federation	19	6.5
102	German, Swiss	Switzerland	5	6.5
103	Hmong	China	10	6.5
104	Armenian	Armenia	30	6.4
105	Luba-Kasai	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	6.3
106	Venetian	Italy	4	6.2
107	Santali	India	4	6.2
108	Vlaams	Belgium	5	6.1
109	Sotho, Southern	Lesotho	4	6.0
110	Thai, Northern	Thailand	2	6.0
111	Lambadi	India	1	6.0
112	Kongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3	6.0
	Koongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3	5.0
113	Albanian	Albania	18	5.8
	Albanian, Gheg	Serbia	9	4.2
	Albanian, Tosk	Albania	10	3.0
114	Tigrigna	Ethiopia	6	5.8
115	Hiligaynon	Philippines	2	5.8
116	Mongolian	Mongolia	6	5.7
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	2	3.4
117	Kashmiri	India	4	5.6
118	Danish	Denmark	8	5.6
119	Minangkabau	Indonesia	1	5.5
120	Sukuma	Tanzania	1	5.4
121	Hebrew	Israel	8	5.3
122	Mòoré	Burkina Faso	7	5.1
123	Slovak	Slovakia	12	5.0
124	Finnish	Finland	7	5.0
125	Mewati	India	1	5.0
126	Afrikaans	South Africa	12	4.9
127	Guarani	Paraguay	5	4.9
	Guaraní, Paraguayan	Paraguay	2	4.8
128	Mainfränkisch	Germany	1	4.9
129	Rundi	Burundi	4	4.9
130	Bikol	Philippines	1	4.8
131	Sicilian	Italy	1	4.8
132	Norwegian	Norway	1	4.6
133	Mandingo	Guinea	8	4.5
134	Tswana	Botswana	4	4.5
135	Thai, Southern	Thailand	1	4.5
136	Tajiki	Tajikistan	8	4.5
137	Dholuo	Kenya	2	4.4
138	Georgian	Georgia	13	4.3
139	Kituba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	4.2
140	Ganda	Uganda	1	4.1
141	Sotho, Northern	South Africa	2	4.1
142	Umbundu	Angola	2	4.0
143	Wolof	Senegal	6	4.0
144	Kamba	Kenya	1	4.0
145	Kanuri	Nigeria	6	4.0
	Kanuri, Central	Nigeria	6	3.2
146	Domari	Iran	14	4.0
147	Musi	Indonesia	1	3.9
148	Dogri	India	1	3.8
149	Mina	India	1	3.8
150	Tsonga	South Africa	4	3.7
151	Bemba	Zambia	4	3.6
152	Banjar	Indonesia	2	3.5
153	Aceh	Indonesia	1	3.5
154	Bugis	Indonesia	2	3.5
155	Bali	Indonesia	1	3.3
156	Shan	Myanmar	3	3.3
157	Gilaki	Iran	1	3.3
158	Mazanderani	Iran	1	3.3
159	Jamaican Creole English	Jamaica	7	3.2
160	Galician	Spain	2	3.2
161	Lao	Laos	7	3.2
162	Lithuanian	Lithuania	19	3.2
163	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Morocco	3	3.2
164	Kabyle	Algeria	3	3.1
165	Hassaniyya	Mauritania	8	3.1
166	Éwé	Ghana	2	3.1
167	Piemontese	Italy	3	3.1
168	Makhuwa	Mozambique	1	3.1
169	Godwari	India	1	3.0
170	Hunsrik	Brazil	5	3.0
171	Kimbundu	Angola	1	3.0
172	Tachelhit	Morocco	3	3.0