Top 100 Languages by Population
Top 100 Languages by Population
| Rank |
Language Name |
Primary Country |
Population |
| 1 |
CHINESE, MANDARIN |
China |
885,000,000 |
| 2 |
SPANISH |
Spain |
332,000,000 |
| 3 |
ENGLISH |
United Kingdom |
322,000,000 |
| 4 |
BENGALI |
Bangladesh |
189,000,000 |
| 5 |
HINDI |
India |
182,000,000 |
| 6 |
PORTUGUESE |
Portugal |
170,000,000 |
| 7 |
RUSSIAN |
Russia |
170,000,000 |
| 8 |
JAPANESE |
Japan |
125,000,000 |
| 9 |
GERMAN, STANDARD |
Germany |
98,000,000 |
| 10 |
CHINESE, WU |
China |
77,175,000 |
| 11 |
JAVANESE |
Indonesia, Java, Bali |
75,500,800 |
| 12 |
KOREAN |
Korea, South |
75,000,000 |
| 13 |
FRENCH |
France |
72,000,000 |
| 14 |
VIETNAMESE |
Viet Nam |
67,662,000 |
| 15 |
TELUGU |
India |
66,350,000 |
| 16 |
CHINESE, YUE |
China |
66,000,000 |
| 17 |
MARATHI |
India |
64,783,000 |
| 18 |
TAMIL |
India |
63,075,000 |
| 19 |
TURKISH |
Turkey |
59,000,000 |
| 20 |
URDU |
Pakistan |
58,000,000 |
| 21 |
CHINESE, MIN NAN |
China |
49,000,000 |
| 22 |
CHINESE, JINYU |
China |
45,000,000 |
| 23 |
GUJARATI |
India |
44,000,000 |
| 24 |
POLISH |
Poland |
44,000,000 |
| 25 |
ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN |
Egypt |
42,500,000 |
| 26 |
UKRAINIAN |
Ukraine |
41,000,000 |
| 27 |
ITALIAN |
Italy |
?x’37,000,000′ |
| 28 |
CHINESE, XIANG |
China |
36,015,000 |
| 29 |
MALAYALAM |
India |
34,022,000 |
| 30 |
CHINESE, HAKKA |
China |
34,000,000 |
| 31 |
KANNADA |
India |
33,663,000 |
| 32 |
ORIYA |
India |
31,000,000 |
| 33 |
PANJABI, WESTERN |
Pakistan |
30,000,000 |
| 34 |
SUNDA |
Indonesia |
27,000,000 |
| 35 |
PANJABI, EASTERN |
India |
26,013,000 |
| 36 |
ROMANIAN |
Romania |
26,000,000 |
| 37 |
BHOJPURI |
India |
25,000,000 |
| 38 |
AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH |
Iran |
24,364,000 |
| 39 |
FARSI, WESTERN |
Iran |
24,280,000 |
| 40 |
MAITHILI |
India |
24,260,000 |
| 41 |
HAUSA |
Nigeria |
24,200,000 |
| 42 |
ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN |
Algeria |
22,400,000 |
| 43 |
BURMESE |
Myanmar |
22,000,000 |
| 44 |
SERBO-CROATIAN |
Yugoslavia |
21,000,000 |
| 45 |
CHINESE, GAN |
China |
20,580,000 |
| 46 |
AWADHI |
India |
20,540,000 |
| 47 |
THAI |
Thailand |
20,047,000 |
| 48 |
DUTCH |
Netherlands |
20,000,000 |
| 49 |
YORUBA |
Nigeria |
20,000,000 |
| 50 |
SINDHI |
Pakistan |
19,720,000 |
| 51 |
ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN |
Morocco |
19,542,000 |
| 52 |
ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN |
Egypt |
18,900,000 |
| 53 |
UZBEK, NORTHERN |
Uzbekistan |
18,466,000 |
| 54 |
MALAY |
Malaysia, Peninsular |
17,600,000 |
| 55 |
AMHARIC |
Ethiopia |
17,413,000 |
| 56 |
INDONESIAN |
Indonesia |
17,050,000 |
| 57 |
IGBO |
Nigeria |
17,000,000 |
| 58 |
TAGALOG |
Philippines |
17,000,000 |
| 59 |
NEPALI |
Nepal |
16,056,000 |
| 60 |
ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN |
Sudan |
16,000,000 |
| 61 |
SARAIKI |
Pakistan |
15,015,000 |
| 62 |
CEBUANO |
Philippines |
15,000,000 |
| 63 |
ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN |
Syria |
15,000,000 |
| 64 |
THAI, NORTHEASTERN |
Thailand |
15,000,000 |
| 65 |
ASSAMESE |
India |
14,634,000 |
| 66 |
HUNGARIAN |
Hungary |
14,500,000 |
| 67 |
CHITTAGONIAN |
Bangladesh |
14,000,000 |
| 68 |
ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN |
Iraq |
13,900,000 |
| 69 |
MADURA |
Indonesia, Java, Bali |
13,694,000 |
| 70 |
SINHALA |
Sri Lanka |
13,220,000 |
| 71 |
HARYANVI |
India |
13,000,000 |
| 72 |
MARWARI |
India |
12,104,000 |
| 73 |
CZECH |
Czech Republic |
12,000,000 |
| 74 |
GREEK |
Greece |
12,000,000 |
| 75 |
MAGAHI |
India |
12,000,000 |
| 76 |
CHHATTISGARHI |
India |
10,985,000 |
| 77 |
DECCAN |
India |
10,709,800 |
| 78 |
CHINESE, MIN BEI |
China |
10,537,000 |
| 79 |
BELARUSAN |
Belarus |
10,200,000 |
| 80 |
ZHUANG, NORTHERN |
China |
10,000,000 |
| 81 |
ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN |
Saudi Arabia |
9,800,000 |
| 82 |
PASHTO, NORTHERN |
Pakistan |
9,685,000 |
| 83 |
SOMALI |
Somalia |
9,472,000 |
| 84 |
MALAGASY |
Madagascar |
9,398,700 |
| 85 |
ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN |
Tunisia |
9,308,000 |
| 86 |
RWANDA |
Rwanda |
9,306,800 |
| 87 |
ZULU |
South Africa |
9,142,000 |
| 88 |
BULGARIAN |
Bulgaria |
9,000,000 |
| 89 |
SWEDISH |
Sweden |
9,000,000 |
| 90 |
LOMBARD |
Italy |
8,974,000 |
| 91 |
OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL |
Ethiopia |
8,920,000 |
| 92 |
PASHTO, SOUTHERN |
Afghanistan |
8,206,000 |
| 93 |
KAZAKH |
Kazakhstan |
8,000,000 |
| 94 |
ILOCANO |
Philippines |
8,000,000 |
| 95 |
TATAR |
Russia |
8,000,000 |
| 96 |
FULFULDE, NIGERIAN |
Nigeria |
7,611,000 |
| 97 |
ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN |
Yemen |
7,600,000 |
| 98 |
UYGHUR |
China |
7,595,512 |
| 99 |
HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH |
Haiti |
7,372,000 |
| 100 |
AZERBAIJANI, NORTH |
Azerbaijan |
7,059,000 |
| 101 |
NAPOLETANO-CALABRESE |
Italy |
7,047,400 |
| 102 |
KHMER, CENTRAL |
Cambodia |
7,039,200 |
| 103 |
FARSI, EASTERN |
Afghanistan |
7,000,000 |
| 104 |
AKAN |
Ghana |
7,000,000 |
| 105 |
HILIGAYNON |
Philippines |
7,000,000 |
| 106 |
KURMANJI |
Turkey |
7,000,000 |
| 107 |
SHONA |
Zimbabwe |
7,000,000 |
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