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| Languages--Most spoken
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50 Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World
| Rank, Language Name
|
Country
|
Population1
(in millions)
|
| 1. Chinese, Mandarin
|
China
|
885.0
|
| 2. Spanish
|
Spain
|
332.0
|
| 3. English
|
U.K., U.S., Australia
|
322.0
|
| 4. Bengali
|
Bangladesh
|
189.0
|
| 5. Hindi
|
India
|
182.0
|
| 6. Portuguese
|
Portugal
|
170.0
|
| 7. Russian
|
Russia
|
170.0
|
| 8. Japanese
|
Japan
|
125.0
|
| 9. German, Standard
|
Germany
|
98.0
|
| 10. Chinese, Wu
|
China
|
77.2
|
| 11. Javanese
|
Java, Indonesia
|
75.5
|
| 12. Korean
|
Korea, South
|
75.0
|
| 13. French
|
France
|
72.0
|
| 14. Vietnamese
|
Viet Nam
|
67.7
|
| 15. Telugu
|
India
|
66.4
|
| 16. Chinese, Cantonese (Yue)
|
China
|
66.0
|
| 17. Marathi
|
India
|
64.8
|
| 18. Tamil
|
India
|
63.1
|
| 19. Turkish
|
Turkey
|
59.0
|
| 20. Urdu
|
Pakistan
|
58.0
|
| 21. Chinese, Min Nan (Fukienese)
|
China
|
49.0
|
| 22. Chinese, Jinyu
|
China
|
45.0
|
| 23. Gujarati
|
India
|
44.0
|
| 24. Polish
|
Poland
|
44.0
|
| 25. Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
|
Egypt
|
42.5
|
| 26. Ukrainian
|
Ukraine
|
41.0
|
| 27. Italian
|
Italy
|
37.0
|
| 28. Chinese, Hunan (Xiang)
|
China
|
36.0
|
| 29. Malayalam
|
India
|
34.0
|
| 30. Chinese, Hakka
|
China
|
34.0
|
| 31. Kannada
|
India
|
33.7
|
| 32. Oriya
|
India
|
31.0
|
| 33. Panjabi, Western
|
Pakistan
|
30.0
|
| 34. Sunda
|
Indonesia
|
27.0
|
| 35. Panjabi, Eastern
|
India
|
26.0
|
| 36. Romanian
|
Romania
|
26.0
|
| 37. Bhojpuri
|
India
|
25.0
|
| 38. Azerbaijani, South
|
Iran
|
24.4
|
| 39. Farsi, Western
|
Iran
|
24.3
|
| 40. Maithili
|
India
|
24.3
|
| 41. Hausa
|
Nigeria
|
24.2
|
| 42. Arabic, Algerian Spoken
|
Algeria
|
22.4
|
| 43. Burmese
|
Myanmar
|
22.0
|
| 44. Serbo-Croatian
|
Yugoslavia
|
21.0
|
| 45. Chinese, Gan
|
China
|
20.6
|
| 46. Awadhi
|
India
|
20.5
|
| 47. Thai
|
Thailand
|
20.0
|
| 48. Dutch
|
Netherlands
|
20.0
|
| 49. Yoruba
|
Nigeria
|
20.0
|
| 50. Sindhi
|
Pakistan
|
19.0
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