| * CName CCode CPopulation CLiteracy CGdp OfficialStatus Language LCode LPopulation WritingPop References Notes |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" official_regional Baluchi bal "228,000" |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" Hazaragi haz 5.9% |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" Kazakh (Arabic) kk_Arab "2,000" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language - the script is an assumption, needs a reference" |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" Parsi-Dari prd "399,000" |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" official Pashto ps 43% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashto_language 42.6% of population |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" official Persian fa 50% |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" official_regional Turkmen tk "569,000" |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" Uyghur ug "3,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_language - primarily written using an Arabic-derived alphabet |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" official_regional Uzbek (Arabic) uz_Arab 4.7% |
| Afghanistan AF "34,124,811" 28% "69,550,000,000" Western Balochi bgn "214,000" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bgn low literacy |
| Åland Islands AX "26,200" 100% "929,800,000" official Swedish sv 99% |
| Albania AL "3,047,987" 97% "35,970,000,000" official Albanian sq 100% |
| Albania AL "3,047,987" 97% "35,970,000,000" Greek el "57,300" |
| Albania AL "3,047,987" 97% "35,970,000,000" Macedonian mk "14,300" |
| Algeria DZ "40,969,443" 73% "632,900,000,000" Algerian Arabic arq 83% |
| Algeria DZ "40,969,443" 73% "632,900,000,000" official Arabic ar 74% |
| Algeria DZ "40,969,443" 73% "632,900,000,000" English en 7% |
| Algeria DZ "40,969,443" 73% "632,900,000,000" official French fr 20% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_language estimate 20% of Algerians can use French |
| Algeria DZ "40,969,443" 73% "632,900,000,000" Kabyle kab 7.8% 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kab French mostly used in commerce |
| American Samoa AS "51,504" 97% "658,000,000" de_facto_official English en 97% |
| American Samoa AS "51,504" 97% "658,000,000" official Samoan sm 99% |
| Andorra AD "85,702" 100% "3,327,000,000" official Catalan ca 51% |
| Andorra AD "85,702" 100% "3,327,000,000" French fr "5,780" |
| Andorra AD "85,702" 100% "3,327,000,000" Spanish es 43% |
| Angola AO "29,310,273" 70% "190,300,000,000" Kimbundu kmb 25% 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_iso639.asp?code=kmb 25% of pop |
| Angola AO "29,310,273" 70% "190,300,000,000" Lingala ln "197,000" http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13068&rog3=AO |
| Angola AO "29,310,273" 70% "190,300,000,000" official Portuguese pt 67% |
| Angola AO "29,310,273" 70% "190,300,000,000" Umbundu umb 29% |
| Anguilla AI "17,087" 95% "175,400,000" official English en 95% |
| Antarctica AQ 300 99% "17,810,000" Unknown language und 300 http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/support/southp.jsp http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/mcmurdo/ http://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/mcmwebcam.cfm Winter population is listed. |
| Antigua & Barbuda AG "94,731" 99% "2,393,000,000" official English en 86% |
| Antigua & Barbuda AG "94,731" 99% "2,393,000,000" Portuguese pt "1,600" |
| Argentina AR "44,293,293" 98% "920,200,000,000" English en 7% |
| Argentina AR "44,293,293" 98% "920,200,000,000" Guarani gn "21,000" |
| Argentina AR "44,293,293" 98% "920,200,000,000" official Spanish es 100% |
| Argentina AR "44,293,293" 98% "920,200,000,000" Welsh cy "29,000" |
| Armenia AM "3,045,191" 100% "28,280,000,000" official Armenian hy 98% |
| Armenia AM "3,045,191" 100% "28,280,000,000" Azerbaijani az 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_in_Armenia - near-zero Azeri population in last census http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijanis_in_Armenia#Current_situation |
| Armenia AM "3,045,191" 100% "28,280,000,000" Kurdish ku 3.3% |
| Aruba AW "115,120" 97% "2,516,000,000" official Dutch nl 97% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/aa.html Dutch official |
| Aruba AW "115,120" 97% "2,516,000,000" English en "3,000" |
| Aruba AW "115,120" 97% "2,516,000,000" official Papiamento pap 61% |
| Ascension Island AC 940 99% "42,290,000" English en 931 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island |
| Australia AU "23,232,413" 99% "1,246,000,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "492,000" |
| Australia AU "23,232,413" 99% "1,246,000,000,000" de_facto_official English en 96% http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=72 At most 6% are not fluent in English |
| Australia AU "23,232,413" 99% "1,246,000,000,000" Italian it "445,000" |
| Australia AU "23,232,413" 99% "1,246,000,000,000" Warlpiri wbp "2,500" |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" Bavarian bar 95% |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" official_regional Croatian hr "109,000" |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" English en 73% |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" French fr 11% |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" official German de 97% |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" official_regional Hungarian hu "23,200" |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" Italian it 9% |
| Austria AT "8,754,413" 98% "439,600,000,000" official_regional Slovenian sl "32,600" |
| Azerbaijan AZ "9,961,396" 100% "171,800,000,000" official Azerbaijani az 89% "http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/march/Azerbaijani.html#writ Latin script official, used 98.8% of pop * 10% for the usage figure" |
| Azerbaijan AZ "9,961,396" 100% "171,800,000,000" official Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) az_Cyrl 9.9% "http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/march/Azerbaijani.html#writ Latin script official, used 98.8% of pop * 90% for the usage figure" |
| Azerbaijan AZ "9,961,396" 100% "171,800,000,000" Kurdish ku "24,200" |
| Azerbaijan AZ "9,961,396" 100% "171,800,000,000" Muslim Tat ttt "21,900" |
| Azerbaijan AZ "9,961,396" 100% "171,800,000,000" Talysh tly 9.8% |
| Azerbaijan AZ "9,961,396" 100% "171,800,000,000" Tsakhur tkr "15,800" |
| Bahamas BS "329,988" 96% "11,600,000,000" official English en 100% |
| Bahrain BH "1,410,942" 95% "70,440,000,000" official Arabic ar 87% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Bahrain Arabic official, the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop" |
| Bahrain BH "1,410,942" 95% "70,440,000,000" Malayalam ml 3.3% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Bahrain |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" official Bangla bn 98% |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Burmese my "338,000" |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Chakma ccp "351,000" |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" English en 18% |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Garo grt "115,000" |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Manipuri mni "17,000" |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Mru mro "28,500" https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mro and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mru_language |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Rangpuri rkt 6.5% 20% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rkt |
| Bangladesh BD "157,826,578" 58% "687,100,000,000" Sylheti syl 5% 35% |
| Barbados BB "292,336" 100% "5,244,000,000" official English en 100% |
| Belarus BY "9,549,747" 100% "178,900,000,000" official Belarusian be 100% |
| Belarus BY "9,549,747" 100% "178,900,000,000" official Russian ru 12% |
| Belgium BE "11,491,346" 99% "528,500,000,000" official Dutch nl 55% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NL The figure includes 'Vlaams' population from Ethnologue |
| Belgium BE "11,491,346" 99% "528,500,000,000" English en 59% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population The figure is from Wikipedia article on English-speaking populations |
| Belgium BE "11,491,346" 99% "528,500,000,000" official French fr 38% |
| Belgium BE "11,491,346" 99% "528,500,000,000" official German de 22% |
| Belgium BE "11,491,346" 99% "528,500,000,000" Walloon wa 5.8% 5% "http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Walloon/Walloon.htm It is estimated that Walloon is used actively by 10-20% of the total population of Wallonia or between 300,000 and 600,000 people. For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Belgium BE "11,491,346" 99% "528,500,000,000" West Flemish vls 10% |
| Belize BZ "360,346" 77% "3,211,000,000" official English en 100% |
| Belize BZ "360,346" 77% "3,211,000,000" Spanish es 28% |
| Benin BJ "11,038,805" 42% "25,330,000,000" Fon fon 25% |
| Benin BJ "11,038,805" 42% "25,330,000,000" official French fr 35% |
| Benin BJ "11,038,805" 42% "25,330,000,000" Yoruba yo 6.7% |
| Bermuda BM "70,864" 98% "6,127,000,000" official English en 92% |
| Bhutan BT "758,288" 53% "7,030,000,000" official Dzongkha dz 47% |
| Bhutan BT "758,288" 53% "7,030,000,000" English en 11% |
| Bhutan BT "758,288" 53% "7,030,000,000" Lepcha lep 3.9% |
| Bhutan BT "758,288" 53% "7,030,000,000" Nepali ne 17% |
| Bhutan BT "758,288" 53% "7,030,000,000" Tshangla tsj 15% |
| Bolivia BO "11,138,234" 91% "83,550,000,000" Araona aro 110 |
| Bolivia BO "11,138,234" 91% "83,550,000,000" official Aymara ay 20% |
| Bolivia BO "11,138,234" 91% "83,550,000,000" Guarani gn "50,500" |
| Bolivia BO "11,138,234" 91% "83,550,000,000" official Quechua qu 32% "http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/tilan/reports/rtf359/bolivia1.html Spanish is the official language, only about 60-70% of the population speaks it at all ;" |
| Bolivia BO "11,138,234" 91% "83,550,000,000" official Spanish es 61% "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/tilan/reports/rtf359/bolivia1.html Spanish is the official language, only about 60-70% of the population speaks it at all ;" |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina BA "3,856,181" 98% "44,620,000,000" official Bosnian bs 99% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina BA "3,856,181" 98% "44,620,000,000" official Bosnian (Cyrillic) bs_Cyrl 99% 5% http://www.bhas.ba/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&itemid=80&lang=en&Itemid= also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_language |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina BA "3,856,181" 98% "44,620,000,000" official Croatian hr 12% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina BA "3,856,181" 98% "44,620,000,000" English en 45% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina BA "3,856,181" 98% "44,620,000,000" official Serbian sr 10% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina BA "3,856,181" 98% "44,620,000,000" official Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn 10% 5% "While Cyrillic is customary, the vast majority of the population can read both.For languages not customarily written, the writing populiation is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Botswana BW "2,214,858" 85% "38,860,000,000" Afrikaans af "6,000" |
| Botswana BW "2,214,858" 85% "38,860,000,000" official English en 81% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html English official, 81% literacy; the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop" |
| Botswana BW "2,214,858" 85% "38,860,000,000" official Tswana tn 62% |
| Bouvet Island BV 1 99% "44,990" Unknown language und 1 |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" English en 8% |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" German de "1,740,000" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Guajajára gub "17,400" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Italian it "579,000" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Japanese ja "440,000" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Kaingang kgp "20,800" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Korean ko "42,900" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Nheengatu yrl "10,800" |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" official Portuguese pt 91% |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Spanish es "75,700" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Brazil |
| Brazil BR "207,353,391" 90% "3,240,000,000,000" Xavánte xav "10,000" |
| British Indian Ocean Territory IO "3,500" 99% "157,500,000" official English en "3,500" 100% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/io.html No indigenous inhabitants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory |
| British Virgin Islands VG "35,015" 98% "500,000,000" official English en 98% |
| Brunei BN "443,593" 95% "33,540,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant 11% |
| Brunei BN "443,593" 95% "33,540,000,000" English en "8,000" |
| Brunei BN "443,593" 95% "33,540,000,000" official Malay ms 93% |
| Brunei BN "443,593" 95% "33,540,000,000" official Malay (Arabic) ms_Arab 5% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Brunei Modern use of Arabic (Jawi) seems to be minimal, but is co-official with ms; set to 5% for now." |
| Bulgaria BG "7,101,510" 98% "153,100,000,000" official Bulgarian bg 100% |
| Bulgaria BG "7,101,510" 98% "153,100,000,000" English en 25% |
| Bulgaria BG "7,101,510" 98% "153,100,000,000" German de 8% |
| Bulgaria BG "7,101,510" 98% "153,100,000,000" Russian ru 23% |
| Bulgaria BG "7,101,510" 98% "153,100,000,000" Turkish tr 11% |
| Burkina Faso BF "20,107,509" 29% "35,780,000,000" Dyula dyu 32% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dyu |
| Burkina Faso BF "20,107,509" 29% "35,780,000,000" official French fr 22% |
| Burkina Faso BF "20,107,509" 29% "35,780,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Burkina Faso BF "20,107,509" 29% "35,780,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Burkina Faso BF "20,107,509" 29% "35,780,000,000" Mossi mos 40% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mos Also called Moré |
| Burundi BI "11,466,756" 67% "7,990,000,000" official English en "6,240" "http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/blogs/english/english-is-now-official-language-of-burundi/ Newly designated official, not so widely used" |
| Burundi BI "11,466,756" 67% "7,990,000,000" official French fr 59% |
| Burundi BI "11,466,756" 67% "7,990,000,000" official Rundi rn 63% |
| Burundi BI "11,466,756" 67% "7,990,000,000" Swahili sw "6,360" |
| Cambodia KH "16,204,486" 74% "64,250,000,000" official Khmer km 89% |
| Cambodia KH "16,204,486" 74% "64,250,000,000" Kuy kdt "17,900" |
| Cambodia KH "16,204,486" 74% "64,250,000,000" Western Cham cja "255,000" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Aghem agq "36,100" 20% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Akoose bss "135,000" 30% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bss 2nd lang literacy 30% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Arabic ar "96,900" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Bafia ksf "81,200" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Bafut bfd "143,000" 30% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bfd 30% literacy |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Bamun bax "291,000" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Basaa bas "311,000" 25% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bas 25-50% literacy |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Bulu bum 4.6% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Duala dua "119,000" 25% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dua 2nd lang literacy 25-50% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" official English en 38% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon English 1/5 of pop, used 1/5 of pop * literacy rate" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Ewondo ewo 3.1% 15% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ewo 2nd lang literacy 15-25% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" official French fr 68% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Fulah ff 3.6% "This is base pop for """"""""""""""""fub"""""""""""""""" lang code; ff shows as a macrolanguage" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Ghomala bbj "352,000" 25% "http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bbj 2nd lang literacy 25-50%, taught formally" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Hausa (Arabic) ha_Arab "35,900" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Kako kkj "135,000" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Kom bkm "316,000" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bkm |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Kwasio nmg "9,000" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nmg |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Mafa maf "184,000" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Medumba byv "284,000" 15% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/byv literacy 15-25% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Metaʼ mgo "118,000" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/mgh low litreracy ~5% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Mundang mua "258,000" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Ngiemboon nnh "338,000" 8% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nnh 1st lang literacy 8% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Ngomba jgo "85,300" 30% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/jgo 2nd lang literacy 30% |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Yangben yav "2,300" |
| Cameroon CM "24,994,885" 71% "88,860,000,000" Yemba ybb "406,000" 2% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ybb |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Atikamekw atj "5,650" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Chipewyan chp 770 "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Cree cr "39,100" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Dogrib dgr "2,640" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlicho_Yatii_language also called Dogrib |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" official English en 86% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Canada |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" official French fr 22% |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" German de "668,000" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Gwichʼin gwi 570 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwichin_language 300 speakers out of 1100 pop; 1998 census shows 770 |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" official_regional Inuinnaqtun ikt "4,000" 30% "http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=837928&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" official_regional Inuktitut iu "15,000" 30% "http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=837928&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" official_regional Inuktitut (Latin) iu_Latn "15,000" 30% "http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=837928&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" Italian it "709,000" "http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=837928&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" Mohawk moh "3,500" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_language |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Montagnais moe "11,800" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Moose Cree crm "4,500" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Naskapi nsk "1,180" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized North Slavey scs "1,240" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Slavey |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Northern East Cree crl "5,310" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Plains Cree crk "37,900" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" Plautdietsch pdt "85,800" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Slave den "2,310" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Southern East Cree crj "7,310" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" recognized Swampy Cree csw "5,000" "Canadian census shows 97,230 total population for all Cree languages" |
| Canada CA "35,623,680" 99% "1,769,000,000,000" Yiddish yi "16,100" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Canada#Languages_by_mother_tongue |
| Canary Islands IC "2,098,593" 98% "76,040,000,000" official Spanish es 98% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_islands |
| Cape Verde CV "560,899" 85% "3,735,000,000" recognized Kabuverdianu kea 91% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CV Official language, 37-77% literacy" |
| Cape Verde CV "560,899" 85% "3,735,000,000" official Portuguese pt 76% |
| Caribbean Netherlands BQ "20,000" 96% "418,000,000" official Dutch nl "1,600" |
| Caribbean Netherlands BQ "20,000" 96% "418,000,000" recognized Papiamento pap 81% |
| Cayman Islands KY "58,441" 99% "2,507,000,000" official English en 98% |
| Central African Republic CF "5,625,118" 57% "3,373,000,000" official French fr 49% |
| Central African Republic CF "5,625,118" 57% "3,373,000,000" Lingala ln "13,500" |
| Central African Republic CF "5,625,118" 57% "3,373,000,000" official Sango sg 49% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sag Ethnologue: 350k in CAF + 1.6 million 2nd lang speakers |
| Ceuta & Melilla EA "150,000" 98% "5,435,000,000" official Spanish es 98% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta |
| Chad TD "12,075,985" 35% "28,560,000,000" official Arabic ar 17% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html low literacy and >120 langs in country |
| Chad TD "12,075,985" 35% "28,560,000,000" official French fr 26% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html low literacy and >120 langs in country |
| Chile CL "17,789,267" 99% "451,100,000,000" English en 9.5% |
| Chile CL "17,789,267" 99% "451,100,000,000" Mapuche arn "270,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche_language |
| Chile CL "17,789,267" 99% "451,100,000,000" official Spanish es 98% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Chile#Languages Spanish ""universal"", set to 98%" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Cantonese (Simplified) yue_Hans 5.2% 5% "Mainly in Guangdong Prov, ~70-80 million" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" official Chinese zh 90% |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" English en "62,700" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Gan Chinese gan "22,800,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Hakka Chinese hak "31,100,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Kazakh (Arabic) kk_Arab "1,180,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" official_regional Korean ko "2,030,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Kyrgyz (Arabic) ky_Arab "464,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Lisu lis "615,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Literary Chinese lzh 1 No estimate available. |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Lü khb "266,000" "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=khb (= Tai Lu, Xishuangbanna Dai; New Tai Lue script)" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Min Nan Chinese nan "26,700,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" official_regional Mongolian (Mongolian) mn_Mong "3,590,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Naxi nxq "328,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Russian ru "14,300" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Sichuan Yi ii "8,230,000" 60% |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Tai Nüa tdd "266,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" official_regional Tibetan bo "2,710,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" official_regional Uyghur ug "7,650,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Uzbek (Cyrillic) uz_Cyrl "5,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Vietnamese vi "7,200" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Western Lawa lcp "79,600" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Wu Chinese wuu 6% |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" Xiang Chinese hsn "39,400,000" |
| China CN "1,379,302,771" 95% "23,160,000,000,000" official_regional Zhuang za "4,240,000" |
| Christmas Island CX "2,205" 99% "118,300,000" official English en "1,400" |
| Clipperton Island CP 1 99% "42,260" Unknown language und 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipperton_Island |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC 596 99% "31,960,000" de_facto_official English en 100 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC 596 99% "31,960,000" Malay (Arabic) ms_Arab 496 |
| Colombia CO "47,698,524" 94% "714,000,000,000" official Spanish es 93% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/co.html Spanish official |
| Colombia CO "47,698,524" 94% "714,000,000,000" Wayuu guc "129,000" |
| Comoros KM "808,080" 76% "1,313,000,000" official Arabic ar 66% |
| Comoros KM "808,080" 76% "1,313,000,000" official French fr 56% |
| Comoros KM "808,080" 76% "1,313,000,000" official Ndzwani Comorian wni 34% https://www.ethnologue.com/language/wni |
| Comoros KM "808,080" 76% "1,313,000,000" official Ngazidja Comorian zdj 37% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zdj |
| Congo - Brazzaville CG "4,954,674" 84% "28,880,000,000" official French fr 84% |
| Congo - Brazzaville CG "4,954,674" 84% "28,880,000,000" recognized Lingala ln "118,000" |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" official French fr 3.8% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cg.html French official, the figure is derived from literacy * population" |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" Kinyarwanda rw "317,000" |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" official_regional Kongo kg "1,270,000" |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" official_regional Lingala ln 3.1% |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" Luba-Katanga lu "1,900,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lub |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" official_regional Luba-Lulua lua 9.6% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lua |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" Mongo lol "507,000" |
| Congo - Kinshasa CD "83,301,151" 67% "68,450,000,000" official_regional Swahili sw 50% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language - five eastern provinces of the DRC are Swahili speaking. Nearly half the 66 million Congolese speak it. |
| Cook Islands CK "9,290" 95% "299,900,000" official English en "8,830" |
| Costa Rica CR "4,930,258" 96% "83,850,000,000" official Spanish es 95% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html |
| Côte d’Ivoire CI "24,184,810" 57% "96,920,000,000" Baoulé bci 11% 10% |
| Côte d’Ivoire CI "24,184,810" 57% "96,920,000,000" Cebaara Senoufo sef 4.3% 5% |
| Côte d’Ivoire CI "24,184,810" 57% "96,920,000,000" Dan dnj 4% 1% |
| Côte d’Ivoire CI "24,184,810" 57% "96,920,000,000" official French fr 49% |
| Côte d’Ivoire CI "24,184,810" 57% "96,920,000,000" Koro kfo "56,500" |
| Côte d’Ivoire CI "24,184,810" 57% "96,920,000,000" Koro Wachi bqv "41,900" 10% |
| Croatia HR "4,292,095" 99% "101,300,000,000" official Croatian hr 99% |
| Croatia HR "4,292,095" 99% "101,300,000,000" English en 49% |
| Croatia HR "4,292,095" 99% "101,300,000,000" official_regional Italian it "66,600" |
| Cuba CU "11,147,407" 100% "137,000,000,000" official Spanish es 100% |
| Curaçao CW "149,648" 96% "3,128,000,000" official Dutch nl 8% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cc.html |
| Curaçao CW "149,648" 96% "3,128,000,000" de_facto_official Papiamento pap 81% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cc.html |
| Curaçao CW "149,648" 96% "3,128,000,000" Spanish es "5,690" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cc.html |
| Cyprus CY "1,221,549" 99% "31,590,000,000" Arabic ar "1,300" |
| Cyprus CY "1,221,549" 99% "31,590,000,000" Armenian hy "2,740" |
| Cyprus CY "1,221,549" 99% "31,590,000,000" English en 73% |
| Cyprus CY "1,221,549" 99% "31,590,000,000" French fr 7% |
| Cyprus CY "1,221,549" 99% "31,590,000,000" official Greek el 95% |
| Cyprus CY "1,221,549" 99% "31,590,000,000" official Turkish tr 23% |
| Czechia CZ "10,674,723" 99% "375,700,000,000" official Czech cs 98% |
| Czechia CZ "10,674,723" 99% "375,700,000,000" English en 27% |
| Czechia CZ "10,674,723" 99% "375,700,000,000" German de 15% |
| Czechia CZ "10,674,723" 99% "375,700,000,000" Polish pl "52,300" |
| Czechia CZ "10,674,723" 99% "375,700,000,000" Slovak sk 16% |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" official Danish da 93% |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" English en 86% |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" Faroese fo "21,100" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_language |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" official_regional German de 47% "protected minority, southern Jutland" |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" Jutish jut 1 No estimate available. |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" official_regional Kalaallisut kl "7,000" |
| Denmark DK "5,605,948" 99% "286,800,000,000" Swedish sv 13% No estimate available. |
| Diego Garcia DG 500 99% "22,500,000" de_facto_official English en 495 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia |
| Djibouti DJ "865,267" 68% "3,632,000,000" Afar aa 42% |
| Djibouti DJ "865,267" 68% "3,632,000,000" official Arabic ar 7.3% |
| Djibouti DJ "865,267" 68% "3,632,000,000" official French fr "18,600" |
| Djibouti DJ "865,267" 68% "3,632,000,000" Somali so 41% |
| Dominica DM "73,897" 94% "785,000,000" official English en 94% |
| Dominican Republic DO "10,734,247" 90% "172,400,000,000" English en "8,000" |
| Dominican Republic DO "10,734,247" 90% "172,400,000,000" official Spanish es 78% |
| Ecuador EC "16,290,913" 92% "192,600,000,000" Chimborazo Highland Quichua qug 5.7% |
| Ecuador EC "16,290,913" 92% "192,600,000,000" official Quechua qu 17% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechua_language |
| Ecuador EC "16,290,913" 92% "192,600,000,000" official Spanish es 96% "percentage calculated from http://www.spanishcourses.info/Mains/SpanishSpoken_EN.htm , see also http://www.spanishseo.org/resources/worldwide-spanish-speaking-population" |
| Egypt EG "97,041,072" 74% "1,201,000,000,000" official Arabic ar 94% |
| Egypt EG "97,041,072" 74% "1,201,000,000,000" Egyptian Arabic arz 64% |
| Egypt EG "97,041,072" 74% "1,201,000,000,000" English en 35% |
| Egypt EG "97,041,072" 74% "1,201,000,000,000" Greek el "59,400" |
| El Salvador SV "6,172,011" 85% "56,990,000,000" official Spanish es 89% |
| Equatorial Guinea GQ "778,358" 94% "30,350,000,000" Bube bvb 7.9% |
| Equatorial Guinea GQ "778,358" 94% "30,350,000,000" Fang fan 51% |
| Equatorial Guinea GQ "778,358" 94% "30,350,000,000" official French fr 8.8% http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/equatorial_guinea.htm French is a minority official language. Crude estimate of usage based on import partner data. |
| Equatorial Guinea GQ "778,358" 94% "30,350,000,000" official Portuguese pt 1 No estimate available. |
| Equatorial Guinea GQ "778,358" 94% "30,350,000,000" official Spanish es 87% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_guinea#Official_languages The great majority of Equatorial Guineans speak Spanish, especially those living in the capital, Malabo. Spanish has been an official language since 1844." |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" Afar aa 3.6% |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" official Arabic ar 4.9% 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=ER Official language, used in some schools." |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" Blin byn "75,300" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blin_language |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" official English en 59% etimate only based on literacy; no population data currently available |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" Saho ssy 3.6% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saho_language |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" Tigre tig 18% |
| Eritrea ER "5,918,919" 69% "9,382,000,000" de_facto_official Tigrinya ti 60% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea#Languages Tigrinya ethnic pop is about 60% |
| Estonia EE "1,251,581" 100% "41,560,000,000" English en 50% |
| Estonia EE "1,251,581" 100% "41,560,000,000" official Estonian et 71% |
| Estonia EE "1,251,581" 100% "41,560,000,000" Finnish fi 21% |
| Estonia EE "1,251,581" 100% "41,560,000,000" Russian ru 56% |
| Estonia EE "1,251,581" 100% "41,560,000,000" Võro vro 5.7% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" Afar aa "1,470,000" |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" official Amharic am 33% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" English en 43% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" Oromo om 32% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" Sidamo sid 3.5% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" Somali so 6% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" Tigrinya ti 6% |
| Ethiopia ET "105,350,020" 39% "200,200,000,000" Wolaytta wal "1,850,000" |
| Falkland Islands FK "2,931" 99% "206,400,000" official English en "2,810" |
| Faroe Islands FO "50,730" 99% "2,001,000,000" official Faroese fo 95% |
| Fiji FJ "920,938" 94% "8,652,000,000" official English en 94% |
| Fiji FJ "920,938" 94% "8,652,000,000" official Fiji Hindi hif 41% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_Hindi |
| Fiji FJ "920,938" 94% "8,652,000,000" official Fijian fj 39% |
| Fiji FJ "920,938" 94% "8,652,000,000" Hindi hi 44% http://www.uwplatt.edu/news/2005/02/uw-platteville-announces-study-abroad.html Estimates Indian ethnic 44% ; see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_Person_of_Indian_Origin and http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/paclangunit/English_South_Pacific.htm |
| Fiji FJ "920,938" 94% "8,652,000,000" Rotuman rtm "2,500" |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" English en 70% http://www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi/vrk/home.nsf/pages/index_eng |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" Estonian et "6,000" |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" official Finnish fi 94% |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" German de 18% |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" Inari Sami smn 600 http://www.kotus.fi/?l=en&s=207 |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" Kalo Finnish Romani rmf "5,000" http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=en&s=512 |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" Northern Sami se "2,000" |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" Russian ru "44,600" http://www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi/vrk/home.nsf/pages/index_eng |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" Skolt Sami sms 600 http://www.kotus.fi/?l=en&s=207 |
| Finland FI "5,518,371" 100% "244,000,000,000" official Swedish sv 44% |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Arpitan frp "62,900" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Basque eu "85,300" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Breton br "559,000" 3% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_language http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/langue_bretonne/chiffres_cles/index.php France blocks other languages in state schools; 1.4% attended Breton schools and 3% is estimated as family transmission rate |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Catalan ca "112,000" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Corsican co "162,000" 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=cos Corsican has been recognized as a language by the French government. Speakers also use French but many are not fluent in it. For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5%" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Dutch nl "89,400" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" English en 39% |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" official French fr 99% |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" German de 5% http://www.interlingua.com/statutos leading Interlingua assoc (Union Mundial pro Interlingua) registered French non-profit - real user pop figure is unknown but low |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Interlingua ia 100 http://www.interlingua.com/statutos leading Interlingua assoc (Union Mundial pro Interlingua) registered French non-profit - real user pop figure is unknown but low |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Italian it "1,120,000" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Occitan oc 3% 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lnc Languedocien = Occitan 'Everyone speaks French as first or second language.' For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5%" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Picard pcd "733,000" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Portuguese pt "840,000" |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Spanish es 13% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatian_language |
| France FR "67,106,161" 99% "2,836,000,000,000" Swiss German gsw "613,000" 5% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatian_language |
| French Guiana GF "199,509" 83% "1,551,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "5,000" |
| French Guiana GF "199,509" 83% "1,551,000,000" official French fr 77% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=GF French official; the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop |
| French Guiana GF "199,509" 83% "1,551,000,000" Guianese Creole French gcr 26% |
| French Polynesia PF "287,881" 98% "5,490,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant 7.8% |
| French Polynesia PF "287,881" 98% "5,490,000,000" official French fr 61% |
| French Polynesia PF "287,881" 98% "5,490,000,000" official Tahitian ty 31% |
| French Southern Territories TF 140 99% "5,917,000" French fr 140 100% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fs.html No indigenous inhabitants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Southern_Territories |
| Gabon GA "1,772,255" 89% "36,730,000,000" official French fr 63% |
| Gabon GA "1,772,255" 89% "36,730,000,000" Punu puu 9% |
| Gambia GM "2,051,363" 51% "3,602,000,000" official English en 40% |
| Gambia GM "2,051,363" 51% "3,602,000,000" Fulah ff 1 |
| Gambia GM "2,051,363" 51% "3,602,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 |
| Gambia GM "2,051,363" 51% "3,602,000,000" Mandingo man 29% |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" official_regional Abkhazian ab "110,000" |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" Armenian hy 7% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" official Georgian ka 86% |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" Kurdish ku "43,600" |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" Mingrelian xmf 11% |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" official_regional Ossetic os "109,000" |
| Georgia GE "4,926,330" 100% "39,700,000,000" Russian ru 9% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Bavarian bar 17% 5% "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_language Widely spoken less written, and most speakers know standard German as well" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Colognian ksh "245,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ksh |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Croatian hr "636,000" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Danish da "1,610,000" http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz-portal.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Broschueren/2008/Regional_und_Minderheitensprachen.pdf |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Dutch nl 9% http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1138/umfrage/fremdsprachenkenntnisse/ |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Eastern Frisian frs "2,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/language/frs Moribund language |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" English en 64% |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" French fr 18% http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1138/umfrage/fremdsprachenkenntnisse/ |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" official German de 91% |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Greek el "306,000" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Italian it 7% http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1138/umfrage/fremdsprachenkenntnisse/ |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Kurdish ku "534,000" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Low German nds 12% 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nds understood by 10 million, perhaps. Figure is questionable writing pop artificially set to 5% see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German (understood by 10 million people, and native to about 3 million people all around northern Germany)" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Lower Sorbian dsb "7,000" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dsb pop 7k. Figure is questionable writing pop artificially set to 5% see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Sorbian |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Main-Franconian vmf 6% |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Northern Frisian frr "10,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/language/frr |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Palatine German pfl 1 No estimate available. |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Polish pl "235,000" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Russian ru 6% http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1138/umfrage/fremdsprachenkenntnisse/ |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Saterland Frisian stq "1,000" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Spanish es 6% http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1138/umfrage/fremdsprachenkenntnisse/ |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Swabian swg "816,000" 5% |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Swiss German gsw "1,890,000" 5% |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Turkish tr "2,050,000" |
| Germany DE "80,594,017" 99% "4,171,000,000,000" Upper Sorbian hsb "12,700" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hsb pop 13k. Figure is questionable writing pop artificially set to 5% see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Sorbian |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Abron abr 5% |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Adangme ada "825,000" |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" official_regional Akan ak 39% |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" official English en 21% "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html English official in education, 36.1% 2000 census" |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" official_regional Ewe ee 11% |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Frafra gur 3.5% |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" official_regional Ga gaa "783,000" |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Hausa ha "238,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Nzima nzi "280,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=saf no other info available for now |
| Ghana GH "27,499,924" 72% "133,700,000,000" Safaliba saf "4,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=saf no other info available for now |
| Gibraltar GI "29,396" 80% "2,044,000,000" official English en 80% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gi.html English official, the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop" |
| Gibraltar GI "29,396" 80% "2,044,000,000" Spanish es 50% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gi.html English official, the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop" |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" Albanian sq "10,000" |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" Bulgarian bg "29,100" |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" English en 51% |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" French fr 9% |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" German de 5% |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" official Greek el 99% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" Macedonian mk "175,000" |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" Pontic pnt 3.7% |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" Tsakonian tsd 200 |
| Greece GR "10,768,477" 97% "298,700,000,000" Turkish tr "125,000" |
| Greenland GL "57,713" 100% "2,413,000,000" Danish da "7,830" |
| Greenland GL "57,713" 100% "2,413,000,000" official Kalaallisut kl 84% |
| Grenada GD "111,724" 96% "1,606,000,000" official English en 96% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gj.html English official; the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop |
| Guadeloupe GP "452,776" 90% "3,513,000,000" official French fr 90% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=GP French official; the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop |
| Guam GU "167,358" 99% "5,793,000,000" official Chamorro ch 22% |
| Guam GU "167,358" 99% "5,793,000,000" de_facto_official English en 91% |
| Guatemala GT "15,460,732" 76% "137,800,000,000" official_regional Kʼicheʼ quc 7% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K'iche'_language |
| Guatemala GT "15,460,732" 76% "137,800,000,000" official Spanish es 93% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala#Language https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gt.html Spanish official |
| Guernsey GG "66,502" 100% "3,465,000,000" official English en 100% |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" official French fr 29% No figures found for use of French. Used literacy 29.5% times population to get the writing pop; French is the only official language. |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" Fulah ff 26% |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No Data Available at present. |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" Kpelle kpe 3.8% |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" Mandingo (N’Ko) man_Nkoo 23% |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" N’Ko nqo 5% No figures available for this language. Estimating at 5%. |
| Guinea GN "12,413,867" 41% "26,470,000,000" Susu sus 11% |
| Guinea-Bissau GW "1,792,338" 55% "3,137,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Guinea-Bissau GW "1,792,338" 55% "3,137,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Guinea-Bissau GW "1,792,338" 55% "3,137,000,000" Mankanya knf "46,800" http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/knf/ |
| Guinea-Bissau GW "1,792,338" 55% "3,137,000,000" official Portuguese pt 100% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pu.html Many minor langs; Portuguese official |
| Guyana GY "737,718" 92% "6,287,000,000" official English en 100% |
| Haiti HT "10,646,714" 49% "19,930,000,000" official French fr 4.7% 100% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=fra 400k 2nd language speakers |
| Haiti HT "10,646,714" 49% "19,930,000,000" official Haitian Creole ht 81% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hat Most of the population uses Creole; see also http://www.country-studies.com/haiti/creole,-literacy,-and-education.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Haiti" |
| Heard & McDonald Islands HM 1 99% "53,630" Unknown language und 1 100% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/hm.html Uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands" |
| Honduras HN "9,038,741" 85% "46,200,000,000" English en "39,800" |
| Honduras HN "9,038,741" 85% "46,200,000,000" official Spanish es 78% |
| Hong Kong SAR China HK "7,191,503" 94% "454,900,000,000" Cantonese yue 90% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html and https://www.ethnologue.com/language/yue |
| Hong Kong SAR China HK "7,191,503" 94% "454,900,000,000" Chinese zh 5% Hans literacy is unknown; set to 5% artificially pending better or official figures. |
| Hong Kong SAR China HK "7,191,503" 94% "454,900,000,000" official Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant 95% |
| Hong Kong SAR China HK "7,191,503" 94% "454,900,000,000" official English en 51% |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" Croatian hr "31,400" |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" English en 20% |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" French fr "296,000" |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" German de 18% |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" official Hungarian hu 100% |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" Romanian ro "97,500" |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" Slovak sk "11,300" |
| Hungary HU "9,850,845" 99% "289,000,000,000" Slovenian sl "4,980" |
| Iceland IS "339,747" 99% "17,620,000,000" Danish da "2,250" |
| Iceland IS "339,747" 99% "17,620,000,000" official Icelandic is 100% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland - Icelandic official |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Ao Naga njo "291,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Assamese as "16,700,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Awadhi awa "23,700,000" 5% |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Badaga bfq "291,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bagheli bfy "470,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Balti bft "79,500" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Bangla bn 8.1% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bateri btv "33,500" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bhilali bhi "1,180,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bhili bhb "1,540,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bhojpuri bho "29,100,000" 30% |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bishnupriya bpy "86,600" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Bodo brx "1,790,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Braj bra "52,300" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Chakma ccp "357,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Chhattisgarhi hne "13,700,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Deccan dcc "12,800,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Divehi dv "4,500" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Dogri doi "2,500,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Dzongkha dz "3,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official English en 19% http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/MBE_Programme/paper/paper2.htm http://www.censusindia.net/cendat/datatable26.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Garhwali gbm "3,460,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Garo grt "682,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Goan Konkani gom "4,050,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Gondi gon "3,130,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Gujarati gu 4.5% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Hadothi hoj "1,050,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Haryanvi bgc "15,400,000" 55% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryanvi http://www.indianetzone.com/7/haryanvi.htm little literature mostly folksongs; writers use std Hindi; claim of 55% literacy |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official Hindi hi 41% "http://www.censusindia.net/ Figure for Hindi includes 2nd language users, India Census data." |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Ho hoc "1,280,000" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Kachhi kfr "957,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Kanauji bjj "7,120,000" 60% |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Kangri xnr "2,020,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Kannada kn 3.7% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Kashmiri ks "5,220,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Khamti kht "8,880" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Khandesi khn "1,880,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Khasi kha "1,030,000" 29% |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Konkani kok "4,750,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Kumaoni kfy "2,800,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Kurukh kru "2,440,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Lahnda lah "32,500" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Lambadi lmn "3,400,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Lepcha lep "45,100" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Limbu lif "33,300" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Magahi mag "15,400,000" 30% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mag |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Maithili mai "15,300,000" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Malayalam ml 3.2% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Manipuri mni "1,470,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Marathi mr 7% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Marwari mwr "15,400,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rwr |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Mewari mtr "1,250,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Mewati wtm "5,930,000" 25% |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Munda unx "616,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Mundari unr "1,210,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Nepali ne "7,120,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Nimadi noe "1,610,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Odia or 3.2% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Punjabi pa "35,900,000" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Rajasthani raj "1,310,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Rangpuri rkt "5,580,000" 20% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rkt language also called Kamta in India |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Riang [India] ria "165,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Sadri sck "2,330,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Sanskrit sa "15,800" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit - 14k reported as native. Taught as elective subject in grades 5-8; not widely spoken as primary communication. |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Santali sat "7,070,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Saurashtra saz "368,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Shekhawati swv "3,570,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Sindhi sd "3,340,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Sindhi (Devanagari) sd_Deva "334,000" http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=201 - Not widely used; set to 10%. |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Sirmauri srx "447,000" "http://www.himachalonline.com/temp/languages.htm Sirmauri (srx) Mahasui = Himachali, Pahari, Sirmouri, Sirmuri" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Tamil ta 5.9% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Telugu te 7.2% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Tibetan bo "147,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Tulu tcy "1,920,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" official_regional Urdu ur 5% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Waddar wbq "2,290,000" |
| India IN "1,281,935,911" 63% "9,459,000,000,000" Wagdi wbr "1,920,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Achinese ace "3,590,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Balinese ban "4,660,000" 10% http://yamiproject.cs.pu.edu.tw/yami/conference/paper/015.pdf http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Balinese-language widely used; taught in school as a main lang |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Banjar bjn "3,840,000" 10% |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Batak Toba bbc "2,390,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Betawi bew "5,490,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Buginese bug "4,180,000" 10% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buginese_language widely used in its cultural areas, often in Latin script" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "2,390,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Gayo gay "308,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Gorontalo gor "1,080,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" official Indonesian id 64% |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Javanese jv 34% 10% Indonesia high literacy; low written use of local languages |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Kerinci kvr "359,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Komering kge "837,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Lampung Api ljp "1,790,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Madurese mad 6.3% 40% |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Makasar mak "1,910,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Malay (Arabic) ms_Arab 4.6% |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Mandar mdr "239,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Mentawai mwv "63,600" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Minangkabau min "7,770,000" 10% |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Ngaju nij "957,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Rejang rej "1,190,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Sangir sxn "239,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Sasak sas "2,520,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Selayar sly "141,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Sundanese su 12% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundanese_language recognized in West Java |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Tae' rob "298,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Tolaki lbw "336,000" |
| Indonesia ID "260,580,739" 93% "3,243,000,000,000" Uab Meto aoz "700,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Arabic ar "1,640,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Armenian hy "199,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Azerbaijani (Arabic) az_Arab 24% |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Bakhtiari bqi "1,170,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Baluchi bal "1,640,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Central Kurdish ckb 3.9% www.amar.org.ir |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Domari rmt "1,550,000" 1% Mainly unwritten |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Georgian ka "58,100" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Gilaki glk 4.6% |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Kazakh (Arabic) kk_Arab "3,000" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language - the script is an assumption, needs a reference" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Laki lki "623,000" www.amar.org.ir |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Mazanderani mzn 5% |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Northern Luri lrc "1,750,000" 10% |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Parsi-Dari prd "407,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Pashto ps "132,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" official Persian fa 75% |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Southern Kurdish sdh 3.7% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/sdh |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Southern Luri luz "1,010,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Turkmen tk "2,320,000" |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Western Balochi bgn "458,000" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bgn low literacy |
| Iran IR "82,021,564" 85% "1,645,000,000,000" Zoroastrian Dari gbz "8,000" |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" official Arabic ar 68% |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" official_regional Azerbaijani (Arabic) az_Arab "722,000" |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" official_regional Central Kurdish ckb 20% "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html Lang pop est, CIA factbook 15-20% country pop" |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" English en 35% |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" Northern Luri lrc "241,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lrc |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" Persian fa "342,000" |
| Iraq IQ "39,192,111" 79% "658,800,000,000" Syriac syr "195,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=cld syr is a macrolang containing cld and aii) |
| Ireland IE "5,011,102" 99% "357,200,000,000" official English en 98% http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf |
| Ireland IE "5,011,102" 99% "357,200,000,000" French fr 17% |
| Ireland IE "5,011,102" 99% "357,200,000,000" official Irish ga 22% http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/Final%20Principal%20Demographic%20Results%202006.pdf |
| Isle of Man IM "88,815" 99% "6,792,000,000" official English en 100% |
| Isle of Man IM "88,815" 99% "6,792,000,000" official Manx gv "1,690" |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Amharic am "48,900" |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" official Arabic ar 20% |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" English en 85% |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" official Hebrew he 100% |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Hungarian hu "85,400" |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Ladino lad "106,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lad |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Malayalam ml "8,000" http://www.jewish-languages.org/jewish-malayalam.html |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Polish pl "122,000" |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Romanian ro 3.7% |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Russian ru 11% |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Tigrinya ti "10,000" |
| Israel IL "8,299,706" 97% "316,500,000,000" Yiddish yi 3% |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Catalan ca "21,600" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Croatian hr "3,500" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Emilian egl "31,000" Estimated. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilian_language |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" English en 34% |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" official_regional French fr 6.3% Aosta Valley |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" recognized Friulian fur "37,300" 5% 5% mainly spoken |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" recognized German de "994,000" co-official in South Tyrol |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Greek el "21,600" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" official Italian it 95% |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Ligurian lij "534,000" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Lombard lmo "18,600" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Neapolitan nap "602,000" 5% 5% writing pop estimated in absence of other data; literacy rate reported at 12% |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Piedmontese pms "6,170" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Romagnol rgn 1 No estimate available. |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" recognized Sardinian sc "1,060,000" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Sassarese Sardinian sdc "107,000" |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Sicilian scn "510,000" 5% 5% writing pop estimated in absence of other data; literacy rate reported at ~8% |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" recognized Slovenian sl "108,000" in Trieste and Gorizia |
| Italy IT "62,137,802" 99% "2,311,000,000,000" Venetian vec "802,000" http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Venetan/Venetan.html - est 50% pop of Veneto area |
| Jamaica JM "2,990,561" 87% "26,060,000,000" official English en 98% |
| Jamaica JM "2,990,561" 87% "26,060,000,000" Jamaican Creole English jam 95% |
| Japan JP "126,451,398" 99% "5,429,000,000,000" Central Okinawan ryu "973,000" 5% 5% writing pop estimated in absence of other data; Japanese is lingua franca here |
| Japan JP "126,451,398" 99% "5,429,000,000,000" official Japanese ja 95% |
| Japan JP "126,451,398" 99% "5,429,000,000,000" Korean ko "662,000" |
| Jersey JE "98,840" 99% "5,569,000,000" official English en 95% |
| Jordan JO "10,248,069" 96% "89,100,000,000" official Arabic ar 100% "http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jo0039) says: All Jordanians, regardless of ethnicity or religion, speak Arabic, the official language of Jordan" |
| Jordan JO "10,248,069" 96% "89,100,000,000" English en 45% "http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jo0039) says: All Jordanians, regardless of ethnicity or religion, speak Arabic, the official language of Jordan" |
| Kazakhstan KZ "18,556,698" 100% "477,600,000,000" English en 15% |
| Kazakhstan KZ "18,556,698" 100% "477,600,000,000" German de 6.4% |
| Kazakhstan KZ "18,556,698" 100% "477,600,000,000" official Kazakh kk 64% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kz.html CIA Factbook entry on Kazakhstan |
| Kazakhstan KZ "18,556,698" 100% "477,600,000,000" official Russian ru 72% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kz.html CIA Factbook entry on Kazakhstan http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-de-russianization.html http://www.stoletie.ru/vzglyad/derusifikacija_nabirajet_oboroty_934.htm http://www.stoletie.ru/vzglyad/derusifikacija_nabirajet_oboroty_934.htm |
| Kazakhstan KZ "18,556,698" 100% "477,600,000,000" Uyghur (Cyrillic) ug_Cyrl "371,000" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Arabic ar "22,100" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Embu ebu "727,000" 1% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" official English en 19% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Gujarati gu "5,000" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Gusii guz 4.9% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Kalenjin kln 7.6% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Kamba kam 7.6% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Kikuyu ki 17% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Luo luo 9.8% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Luyia luy 11% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Masai mas "741,000" 50% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Meru mer 4% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Oromo om "223,000" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Pökoot pko "331,000" 1% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Punjabi pa "10,000" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Samburu saq "218,000" 1% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=saq Many also use Swahili |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Somali so "617,000" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" official Swahili sw 66% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language - Most educated Kenyans are able to communicate fluently in Swahili, since it is a compulsory subject in school" |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Taita dav "391,000" 5% |
| Kenya KE "47,615,739" 87% "163,100,000,000" Teso teo "350,000" |
| Kiribati KI "108,145" 90% "226,000,000" official English en 100% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati English official; Kiribati widespread |
| Kiribati KI "108,145" 90% "226,000,000" official Gilbertese gil 60% |
| Kosovo XK "1,895,250" 92% "19,630,000,000" official Albanian sq 92% |
| Kosovo XK "1,895,250" 92% "19,630,000,000" Gheg Albanian aln 74% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/aln |
| Kosovo XK "1,895,250" 92% "19,630,000,000" official Serbian sr 5% Information on the Latin/Cyrillic script percentages for Kosovo not currently found. |
| Kosovo XK "1,895,250" 92% "19,630,000,000" official Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn 5% Information on the Latin/Cyrillic script percentages for Kosovo not currently found. |
| Kuwait KW "2,875,422" 94% "291,500,000,000" official Arabic ar 100% |
| Kyrgyzstan KG "5,789,122" 99% "22,970,000,000" official Kyrgyz ky 48% |
| Kyrgyzstan KG "5,789,122" 99% "22,970,000,000" official Russian ru 36% http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-de-russianization.html http://www.stoletie.ru/vzglyad/derusifikacija_nabirajet_oboroty_934.htm |
| Laos LA "7,126,706" 73% "49,210,000,000" Khmu kjg 5.8% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmu_language |
| Laos LA "7,126,706" 73% "49,210,000,000" Kuy kdt "68,300" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuy_language |
| Laos LA "7,126,706" 73% "49,210,000,000" official Lao lo 69% |
| Latvia LV "1,944,643" 100% "53,910,000,000" English en 46% |
| Latvia LV "1,944,643" 100% "53,910,000,000" Latgalian ltg 8.9% |
| Latvia LV "1,944,643" 100% "53,910,000,000" official Latvian lv 61% |
| Latvia LV "1,944,643" 100% "53,910,000,000" Russian ru 38% |
| Lebanon LB "6,229,794" 90% "87,680,000,000" official Arabic ar 86% |
| Lebanon LB "6,229,794" 90% "87,680,000,000" Armenian hy 5.2% |
| Lebanon LB "6,229,794" 90% "87,680,000,000" English en 40% |
| Lebanon LB "6,229,794" 90% "87,680,000,000" French fr "22,800" |
| Lebanon LB "6,229,794" 90% "87,680,000,000" Kurdish (Arabic) ku_Arab "103,000" |
| Lesotho LS "1,958,042" 90% "6,955,000,000" official English en 27% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=LS Lesotho English-using pop estimated at 5%, no figs available. Probably too low." |
| Lesotho LS "1,958,042" 90% "6,955,000,000" official Southern Sotho st 98% |
| Lesotho LS "1,958,042" 90% "6,955,000,000" Swati ss "46,600" |
| Lesotho LS "1,958,042" 90% "6,955,000,000" Xhosa xh "19,500" |
| Lesotho LS "1,958,042" 90% "6,955,000,000" Zulu zu 14% |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" official English en 83% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html English 20% |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" Kpelle kpe 14% |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" Mende men "22,300" |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" Vai vai "123,000" Vai script is the main script for this language. |
| Liberia LR "4,689,021" 61% "6,099,000,000" Vai (Latin) vai_Latn 1 Latin listed as being used (Scriptsource) but no pop figures available. |
| Libya LY "6,653,210" 90% "64,400,000,000" official Arabic ar 74% |
| Liechtenstein LI "38,244" 100% "4,978,000,000" official German de 100% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ls.html German official |
| Liechtenstein LI "38,244" 100% "4,978,000,000" de_facto_official Swiss German gsw 85% 5% |
| Liechtenstein LI "38,244" 100% "4,978,000,000" Walser wae "1,300" |
| Lithuania LT "2,823,859" 100% "91,240,000,000" English en 38% |
| Lithuania LT "2,823,859" 100% "91,240,000,000" German de 14% |
| Lithuania LT "2,823,859" 100% "91,240,000,000" official Lithuanian lt 86% |
| Lithuania LT "2,823,859" 100% "91,240,000,000" Russian ru 80% |
| Lithuania LT "2,823,859" 100% "91,240,000,000" Samogitian sgs 1 Estimate not available. |
| Luxembourg LU "594,130" 100% "62,730,000,000" English en 56% |
| Luxembourg LU "594,130" 100% "62,730,000,000" official French fr 87% |
| Luxembourg LU "594,130" 100% "62,730,000,000" official German de 63% |
| Luxembourg LU "594,130" 100% "62,730,000,000" official Luxembourgish lb 67% 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ltz Some 99% of users are literate in French or German. For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Luxembourg LU "594,130" 100% "62,730,000,000" Portuguese pt 16% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Luxembourger |
| Macau SAR China MO "601,969" 96% "71,780,000,000" Chinese zh 5% Hans literacy is unknown; set to 5% artificially pending better or official figures. |
| Macau SAR China MO "601,969" 96% "71,780,000,000" official Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant 98% |
| Macau SAR China MO "601,969" 96% "71,780,000,000" English en "13,800" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mc.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau |
| Macau SAR China MO "601,969" 96% "71,780,000,000" official Portuguese pt 5% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_distribution_of_Portuguese Macao reported 5% native Portuguese speakers. |
| Macedonia MK "2,103,721" 97% "30,960,000,000" official_regional Albanian sq 25% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html Albanian 25.1% |
| Macedonia MK "2,103,721" 97% "30,960,000,000" official Macedonian mk 67% |
| Macedonia MK "2,103,721" 97% "30,960,000,000" Turkish tr 3.5% |
| Madagascar MG "25,054,161" 65% "39,730,000,000" official English en 18% No literacy figure available for English in Madagascar; newly adopted official language; 5% is an estimate. |
| Madagascar MG "25,054,161" 65% "39,730,000,000" official French fr 69% |
| Madagascar MG "25,054,161" 65% "39,730,000,000" official Malagasy mg 90% http://www.wildmadagascar.org/overview/loc/27-minorities.html |
| Malawi MW "19,196,246" 75% "22,370,000,000" official English en 63% |
| Malawi MW "19,196,246" 75% "22,370,000,000" official Nyanja ny 63% |
| Malawi MW "19,196,246" 75% "22,370,000,000" Nyasa Tonga tog "188,000" |
| Malawi MW "19,196,246" 75% "22,370,000,000" Tumbuka tum 8.4% |
| Malawi MW "19,196,246" 75% "22,370,000,000" Zulu zu "64,200" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Banjar bjn "5,000" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Buginese bug "24,900" http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=101703&rog3=MY |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Central Dusun dtp "175,000" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant 17% |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" English en 21% |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Iban iba "781,000" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Javanese jv "374,000" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" official Malay ms 75% |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Malayalam ml "46,000" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Negeri Sembilan Malay zmi "374,000" |
| Malaysia MY "31,381,992" 93% "930,800,000,000" Tamil ta 4.2% |
| Maldives MV "392,709" 98% "6,887,000,000" official Divehi dv 94% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Arabic ar "160,000" |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Bambara bm 46% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Bambara (N’Ko) bm_Nkoo "358,000" No figures available for breakdown of Latin vs. N'Ko for Bambara. The 2% figure is an estimate. |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Bomu bmq "154,000" |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" official French fr 46% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Jenaama Bozo bze "151,000" |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Kita Maninkakan mwk 5% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Koyra Chiini khq "300,000" |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Koyraboro Senni ses 3.4% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Maasina Fulfulde ffm 7.7% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Soninke snk 5.9% |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Tamashek tmh "376,000" |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Tomo Kan Dogon dtm "200,000" |
| Mali ML "17,885,245" 33% "41,000,000,000" Xaasongaxango kao "180,000" |
| Malta MT "416,338" 92% "19,310,000,000" official English en 88% |
| Malta MT "416,338" 92% "19,310,000,000" French fr 11% |
| Malta MT "416,338" 92% "19,310,000,000" Italian it 56% http://nso.gov.mt/en/publicatons/Publications_by_Unit/Documents/C1_Living_Conditions_and_Culture_Statistics/Culture_Participation_Survey_2011.pdf |
| Malta MT "416,338" 92% "19,310,000,000" official Maltese mt 100% |
| Marshall Islands MH "74,539" 94% "189,000,000" official English en 93% |
| Marshall Islands MH "74,539" 94% "189,000,000" official Marshallese mh 73% |
| Martinique MQ "436,131" 98% "6,117,000,000" official French fr 98% |
| Mauritania MR "3,758,571" 59% "17,250,000,000" official Arabic ar 85% |
| Mauritania MR "3,758,571" 59% "17,250,000,000" French fr 17% http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/mauritania.htm Crude estimate based on import partner data. http://www.answers.com/topic/mauritania |
| Mauritania MR "3,758,571" 59% "17,250,000,000" Fulah ff 5.7% |
| Mauritania MR "3,758,571" 59% "17,250,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Mauritania MR "3,758,571" 59% "17,250,000,000" Wolof wo "10,000" |
| Mauritius MU "1,356,388" 89% "27,460,000,000" Bhojpuri bho 27% |
| Mauritius MU "1,356,388" 89% "27,460,000,000" official English en 72% http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/6362-chiba.htm |
| Mauritius MU "1,356,388" 89% "27,460,000,000" official French fr "40,700" |
| Mauritius MU "1,356,388" 89% "27,460,000,000" Morisyen mfe 90% |
| Mauritius MU "1,356,388" 89% "27,460,000,000" Tamil ta "34,000" |
| Mauritius MU "1,356,388" 89% "27,460,000,000" Urdu ur 5.2% |
| Mayotte YT "194,000" 92% "953,600,000" Bushi buc 23% |
| Mayotte YT "194,000" 92% "953,600,000" Comorian swb 88% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayotte#Languages See the 2006 language survey data for 2nd langs = Shimaore |
| Mayotte YT "194,000" 92% "953,600,000" official French fr 57% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayotte#Languages See the 2006 language survey data for 2nd langs |
| Mayotte YT "194,000" 92% "953,600,000" Swahili sw "2,740" |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" Central Huasteca Nahuatl nch "239,000" |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" Central Mazahua maz "419,000" |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl nhe "491,000" |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" English en 13% |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" Seri sei 900 |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" de_facto_official Spanish es 83% |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" Western Huasteca Nahuatl nhw "480,000" |
| Mexico MX "124,574,795" 94% "2,458,000,000,000" Yucateco yua "839,000" |
| Micronesia FM "104,196" 89% "347,000,000" Chuukese chk 30% |
| Micronesia FM "104,196" 89% "347,000,000" official English en 57% |
| Micronesia FM "104,196" 89% "347,000,000" Kosraean kos "8,000" |
| Micronesia FM "104,196" 89% "347,000,000" Pohnpeian pon 23% |
| Micronesia FM "104,196" 89% "347,000,000" Ulithian uli "3,000" |
| Micronesia FM "104,196" 89% "347,000,000" Yapese yap "6,590" |
| Moldova MD "3,474,121" 99% "20,080,000,000" Bulgarian bg 9.4% |
| Moldova MD "3,474,121" 99% "20,080,000,000" recognized Gagauz gag 3.3% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagauz_language |
| Moldova MD "3,474,121" 99% "20,080,000,000" official Romanian ro 63% |
| Moldova MD "3,474,121" 99% "20,080,000,000" recognized Russian ru "104,000" https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/md.html Russian 5.8%. |
| Moldova MD "3,474,121" 99% "20,080,000,000" recognized Ukrainian uk 14% |
| Monaco MC "30,645" 99% "7,672,000,000" official French fr 99% |
| Mongolia MN "3,068,243" 97% "39,700,000,000" Chinese zh "42,700" |
| Mongolia MN "3,068,243" 97% "39,700,000,000" Kazakh (Arabic) kk_Arab 7.2% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language - the script is an assumption, needs a reference" |
| Mongolia MN "3,068,243" 97% "39,700,000,000" official Mongolian mn 93% |
| Mongolia MN "3,068,243" 97% "39,700,000,000" Russian ru "4,000" |
| Mongolia MN "3,068,243" 97% "39,700,000,000" Uyghur (Cyrillic) ug_Cyrl "1,000" |
| Montenegro ME "642,550" 99% "11,050,000,000" Albanian sq 7.9% |
| Montenegro ME "642,550" 99% "11,050,000,000" Serbian sr 5% Information on the Latin/Cyrillic script percentages for Montenegro not currently found. |
| Montenegro ME "642,550" 99% "11,050,000,000" official Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn 100% |
| Montserrat MS "5,292" 97% "167,400,000" official English en "3,490" |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" official Arabic ar 62% |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" official Central Atlas Tamazight tzm 9.8% 25% |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" English en 14% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MA Ethnologue says 80k users of French. No other figures found yet, but this seems too low." |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" de_facto_official French fr 20% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MA Ethnologue says 80k users of French. No other figures found yet, but this seems too low." |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Moroccan Arabic ary 87% |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Riffian rif 4.9% 5% |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Riffian (Latin) rif_Latn 4.9% 5% |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Spanish es "22,200" |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Standard Moroccan Tamazight zgh 22% http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/attachment/ticket/5887/zgh-ISO639-2-certif.pdf |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Tachelhit shi 8.7% |
| Morocco MA "33,986,655" 67% "298,600,000,000" Tachelhit (Latin) shi_Latn 8.7% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=shi Latin is not shown as being used, rather Arabic" |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Lomwe ngl 6.8% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Makhuwa vmw 13% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Makhuwa-Meetto mgh 4.5% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/mgh but no literacy data |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Ndau ndc 9.9% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Nyanja ny "693,000" |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" official Portuguese pt 27% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Ronga rng 3.4% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Sena seh 4.6% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Swahili sw "9,230" |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Tsonga ts 7.9% |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Yao yao "625,000" |
| Mozambique MZ "26,573,706" 56% "36,730,000,000" Zulu zu "1,800" |
| Myanmar (Burma) MM "55,123,814" 93% "328,700,000,000" official Burmese my 64% |
| Myanmar (Burma) MM "55,123,814" 93% "328,700,000,000" Kachin kac "937,000" |
| Myanmar (Burma) MM "55,123,814" 93% "328,700,000,000" Khamti kht "4,240" |
| Myanmar (Burma) MM "55,123,814" 93% "328,700,000,000" Mon mnw "821,000" |
| Myanmar (Burma) MM "55,123,814" 93% "328,700,000,000" Shan shn 6.4% |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" Afrikaans af 75% "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html most of population use Afrikaans commonly, about 89% literacy" |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" official English en 7% |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" German de "22,400" |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" Herero hz 9.1% |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" Kuanyama kj 35% |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" Nama naq 11% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=naq Used in schools up to University. |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" Ndonga ng 21% |
| Namibia NA "2,484,780" 89% "26,510,000,000" Tswana tn "13,900" |
| Nauru NR "9,642" 99% "159,000,000" official English en "9,390" |
| Nauru NR "9,642" 99% "159,000,000" official Nauru na "6,890" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru_language almost all speakers bilingual in English |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Awadhi awa "654,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Bagheli bfy "159,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Bangla bn "27,500" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Bantawa bap "433,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Bhojpuri bho 6.8% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Dangaura Tharu thl "583,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Dotyali dty "749,000" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doteli_language |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Eastern Gurung ggn "122,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Eastern Magar mgp "337,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Eastern Tamang taj 3% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" English en 3% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Gurung gvr "83,900" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Hindi hi "123,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Jumli jml 3.2% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Kathoriya Tharu tkt "70,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Kochila Tharu thq "301,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Lepcha lep "2,830" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Limbu lif "333,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Maithili mai 11% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Mundari (Devanagari) unr_Deva "5,700" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" official Nepali ne 44% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Newari new 3.3% |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Rajbanshi rjs "129,000" 67% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rjs |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Rana Tharu thr "355,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Sherpa xsr "152,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Southwestern Tamang tsf "127,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Thulung tdh "34,900" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Tibetan bo "70,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Western Magar mrd "245,000" |
| Nepal NP "29,384,297" 57% "78,590,000,000" Western Tamang tdg "376,000" |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" official Dutch nl 100% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nl.html Used CIA literacy figure times population, added 'Vlaams' population" |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" English en 90% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population The figure is from Wikipedia article on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population The figure is from Wikipedia article on English-speaking populations |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" French fr 29% |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" German de 71% 5% |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Gronings gos 3.6% 5% |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Indonesian id "314,000" |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Limburgish li 5.5% 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lim Nearly all speakers are literate in a 2nd language. For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5%" |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Low German nds 11% 5% |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Riffian (Latin) rif_Latn "210,000" |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Turkish tr "201,000" |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" official_regional Western Frisian fy 4.3% |
| Netherlands NL "17,084,719" 99% "916,100,000,000" Zeelandic zea "231,000" |
| New Caledonia NC "279,070" 96% "11,110,000,000" official French fr 96% |
| New Zealand NZ "4,510,327" 99% "188,600,000,000" de_facto_official English en 98% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html |
| New Zealand NZ "4,510,327" 99% "188,600,000,000" official Maori mi "128,000" "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mri 70,000 in 1991, 100,000 who understand it, but do not speak it ; ethnic pop 530,000 in 2002" |
| Nicaragua NI "6,025,951" 78% "36,380,000,000" official Spanish es 78% |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Arabic ar "39,800" |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde fuq 7% |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" official French fr 29% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ng.html French official; the figure is derived from literacy * lang pop |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Hausa ha 41% |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Tamashek tmh 6% |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Tasawaq twq "8,000" |
| Niger NE "19,245,344" 29% "21,840,000,000" Zarma dje 17% |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Amo amo "16,700" |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Arabic ar "136,000" |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Atsam cch "40,800" |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Bini bin "1,360,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bin |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Efik efi "2,720,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=efi |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" official English en 53% |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Hausa ha 13% |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Hausa (Arabic) ha_Arab "1,900,000" Data completely unknown for Hausa in Arabic in Nigeria |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Ibibio ibb "2,720,000" |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Igbo ig 13% |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Jju kaj "408,000" |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Nigerian Fulfulde fuv 6.7% 20% |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Nigerian Pidgin pcm 21% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/pcm Including 1st and 2nd lang speakers |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Tiv tiv "3,010,000" 25% |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" Tyap kcg "178,000" |
| Nigeria NG "190,632,261" 61% "1,119,000,000,000" official Yoruba yo 13% |
| Niue NU "1,626" 95% "10,010,000" official English en "1,130" |
| Niue NU "1,626" 95% "10,010,000" official Niuean niu "1,130" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/NE.html Pop decline to ~1398 in 2009 |
| Norfolk Island NF "2,210" 99% "118,500,000" official English en "1,680" |
| North Korea KP "25,248,140" 100% "40,000,000,000" official Korean ko 88% |
| Northern Mariana Islands MP "52,263" 97% "1,242,000,000" Chamorro ch "9,270" |
| Northern Mariana Islands MP "52,263" 97% "1,242,000,000" de_facto_official English en 97% |
| Norway NO "5,320,045" 100% "380,000,000,000" official_regional Northern Sami se "15,400" |
| Norway NO "5,320,045" 100% "380,000,000,000" official Norwegian Bokmål nb 100% |
| Norway NO "5,320,045" 100% "380,000,000,000" official Norwegian Nynorsk nn 25% |
| Oman OM "3,424,386" 87% "186,600,000,000" official Arabic ar 81% |
| Oman OM "3,424,386" 87% "186,600,000,000" Baluchi bal 4.9% |
| Oman OM "3,424,386" 87% "186,600,000,000" Persian fa "32,100" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Balti bft "365,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Baluchi bal 3.7% |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Bateri btv "38,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Brahui brh "2,700,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" official English en 50% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Pakistan - More than 95% of Pakistanis can speak or understand Urdu as their second or third language |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Gujari gju "404,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Indus Kohistani mvy "297,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Kachi Koli gjk "229,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Kashmiri ks "141,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Khowar khw "300,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Lahnda lah 40% |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Northern Hindko hno "2,530,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Parkari Koli kvx "336,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Pashto ps 15% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashto_language 15.42% of population |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Persian fa "1,350,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Punjabi (Arabic) pa_Arab 70% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Pakistan#Punjabi Spoken by 70% of population, assumed to use Arabic script in Pakistan" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Saraiki skr 9.1% 1% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=skr |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Sindhi sd 12% |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Southern Hindko hnd "843,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Tajik (Arabic) tg_Arab "674,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" official Urdu ur 95% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Pakistan - More than 95% of Pakistanis can speak or understand Urdu as their second or third language |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Wadiyara Koli kxp "236,000" |
| Pakistan PK "204,924,861" 55% "1,057,000,000,000" Western Balochi bgn "1,170,000" 5% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bgn low literacy |
| Palau PW "21,431" 92% "291,000,000" official English en "1,880" "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html English official on some islands, total 9.4%" |
| Palau PW "21,431" 92% "291,000,000" official Palauan pau 74% |
| Palestinian Territories PS "4,543,126" 95% "21,220,000,000" official Arabic ar 100% |
| Panama PA "3,753,142" 94% "103,900,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "6,000" |
| Panama PA "3,753,142" 94% "103,900,000,000" English en 14% |
| Panama PA "3,753,142" 94% "103,900,000,000" official Spanish es 69% |
| Papua New Guinea PG "6,909,701" 62% "30,330,000,000" official English en 50% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea Low literacy, high linguistic diversity; English official (govt) but not widely spoken" |
| Papua New Guinea PG "6,909,701" 62% "30,330,000,000" official Hiri Motu ho "148,000" 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hmo A pidginizatino of Motu; 120k 2nd lang speakers, very few 1st lang." |
| Papua New Guinea PG "6,909,701" 62% "30,330,000,000" official Tok Pisin tpi 71% 45% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tpi 4mil 2nd lang speakers, 120k 1st lang, 20k monolinguals. English creole; 40-45% literacy." |
| Paraguay PY "6,943,739" 94% "68,330,000,000" German de "199,000" |
| Paraguay PY "6,943,739" 94% "68,330,000,000" official Guarani gn 80% |
| Paraguay PY "6,943,739" 94% "68,330,000,000" official Spanish es 3.2% |
| Peru PE "31,036,656" 90% "424,400,000,000" Aymara ay "499,000" |
| Peru PE "31,036,656" 90% "424,400,000,000" official Quechua qu 15% |
| Peru PE "31,036,656" 90% "424,400,000,000" official Spanish es 73% |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Albay Bicolano bhk "2,390,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Bikol bik "3,130,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Buhid bku "8,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Capiznon cps "693,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Cebuano ceb 24% 13% http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "756,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official English en 64% http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official Filipino fil 60% "http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/essays_on_philippine_languages.htm In this and other sources, such as Ethnologue, there is no estimate for number of users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=fil " |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Hanunoo hnn "16,400" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Hiligaynon hil 8.4% 8% http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Iloko ilo 9.6% 10% http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Kinaray-a krj "411,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Maguindanaon mdh "1,260,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Pampanga pam "2,390,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Pangasinan pag "1,460,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Rinconada Bikol bto "294,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Spanish es 31% |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" Tagbanwa tbw "10,000" 36% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tbw |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Tausug tsg "1,130,000" |
| Philippines PH "104,256,076" 95% "875,600,000,000" official_regional Waray war "3,060,000" |
| Pitcairn Islands PN 54 99% "2,429,000" official English en 46 |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" Belarusian be "222,000" |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" English en 33% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_minority_in_Poland regional-official in part of Opole Voivodeship; in Poland 325 schools with primary instr in German, estimate 37000 students. Real figure probably higher." |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" official_regional German de 19% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_minority_in_Poland regional-official in part of Opole Voivodeship; in Poland 325 schools with primary instr in German, estimate 37000 students. Real figure probably higher." |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" official_regional Kashubian csb "50,000" "http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/archive/languages/langmin/euromosaic/pol3_en.html - regional lang community status, taught in some schools" |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" official_regional Lithuanian lt "8,000" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_minority_in_Poland , Podlaskie Voivodeship " |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" Lower Silesian sli "12,000" |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" official Polish pl 96% |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" Russian ru 18% |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" Silesian szl "510,000" |
| Poland PL "38,476,269" 100% "1,121,000,000,000" Ukrainian uk "151,000" |
| Portugal PT "10,839,514" 95% "313,400,000,000" English en 27% |
| Portugal PT "10,839,514" 95% "313,400,000,000" French fr 15% |
| Portugal PT "10,839,514" 95% "313,400,000,000" Galician gl "15,600" |
| Portugal PT "10,839,514" 95% "313,400,000,000" official Portuguese pt 96% |
| Portugal PT "10,839,514" 95% "313,400,000,000" Spanish es 10% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Portugal#Immigration |
| Puerto Rico PR "3,351,827" 90% "121,000,000,000" de_facto_official English en 49% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population The figure is from Wikipedia article on English-speaking populations |
| Puerto Rico PR "3,351,827" 90% "121,000,000,000" official Spanish es 87% |
| Qatar QA "2,314,307" 96% "340,600,000,000" official Arabic ar 89% |
| Qatar QA "2,314,307" 96% "340,600,000,000" Malayalam ml "6,500" |
| Qatar QA "2,314,307" 96% "340,600,000,000" Persian fa 11% |
| Réunion RE "787,584" 88% "4,791,000,000" official French fr 89% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union - Education is in French; using literacy rate * pop for French-using population |
| Réunion RE "787,584" 88% "4,791,000,000" Réunion Creole French rcf 71% |
| Réunion RE "787,584" 88% "4,791,000,000" Tamil ta 15% |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Bulgarian bg "6,750" |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" English en 31% |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" French fr 17% |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" German de "44,300" |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Greek el "4,150" |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Hungarian hu 6.6% |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Polish pl "2,760" |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" official Romanian ro 90% |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn "26,600" |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Spanish es 10% |
| Romania RO "21,529,967" 98% "481,500,000,000" Turkish tr "28,200" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Adyghe ady "125,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Armenian hy "1,200,000" 50% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Russia Census figures cited there seem to put Armenian using pop between 50-75%. Using 50%. |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Avaric av "553,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) az_Cyrl "132,000" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijanis_in_Russia regional in Dagestan, population estimate" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Bashkir ba "1,790,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Buriat bua "317,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Chechen ce "940,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Church Slavic cu 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_russia#Russian_Orthodoxy |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Chuvash cv "1,790,000" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuvash_language#Language_use Reported to be (regional) official in Chuvashia, central Russia: taught at schools. However: http://cv.wikipedia.org/ Chuvash Wikipedia on-line." |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Dargwa dar "363,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Erzya myv "437,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Finnish fi "17,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Ingrian izh 120 |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Ingush inh "230,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Kabardian kbd "440,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Karachay-Balkar krc "235,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Karelian krl "117,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Komi kv "261,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Komi-Permyak koi "63,800" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Kumyk kum "280,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Lak lbe "111,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Lezghian lez "256,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Mari chm "522,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mhr |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Moksha mdf "296,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Mongolian mn "2,100" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Ossetic os "456,000" http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/per-itog/tab6.xls census data |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official Russian ru 94% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language (94% of studends in Russia receive primarily Russian-language ed) |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Sakha sah "461,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakha_language Also called Sakha. |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn "5,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Southern Altai alt "19,900" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Tatar tt "2,020,000" "http://www.tatar.ru/ - 52.9% of Tatarstan is ethnic Tatar, the pop figure is an upper bound" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Tuvinian tyv "179,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" official_regional Udmurt udm "547,000" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" recognized Veps vep "3,610" |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Votic vot 68 |
| Russia RU "142,257,519" 100% "4,008,000,000,000" Western Mari mrj "30,400" |
| Rwanda RW "11,901,484" 71% "24,630,000,000" official English en 15% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rw.html English is an official language, not widely spoken" |
| Rwanda RW "11,901,484" 71% "24,630,000,000" official French fr "2,300" |
| Rwanda RW "11,901,484" 71% "24,630,000,000" official Kinyarwanda rw 77% |
| Samoa WS "200,108" 99% "1,134,000,000" official English en "4,340" |
| Samoa WS "200,108" 99% "1,134,000,000" official Samoan sm 100% |
| San Marino SM "33,537" 96% "2,052,000,000" Esperanto eo 300 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademio_Internacia_de_la_Sciencoj_San_Marino - estimate 100% of the academy can use Esperanto; the language is used as 1st language of instruction; academy has 300 """"""""""""""""members""""""""""""""""." |
| San Marino SM "33,537" 96% "2,052,000,000" official Italian it 89% |
| São Tomé & Príncipe ST "201,025" 70% "676,000,000" official Portuguese pt 85% |
| Saudi Arabia SA "28,571,770" 87% "1,774,000,000,000" official Arabic ar 100% |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Balanta-Ganja bjt "89,100" 100% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal 50k Europeans, mostly French. The figure for writing population is derived from literacy * population, and may be too high." |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Bassari bsc "14,300" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official French fr 39% 100% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal 50k Europeans, mostly French. The figure for writing population is derived from literacy * population, and may be too high." |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Fulah ff 21% |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Hassaniyya mey "7,190" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Jola-Fonyi dyo "388,000" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Mandjak mfv "113,000" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Mankanya knf "31,400" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Ménik tnr "3,380" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Noon snf "35,400" 10% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dyo only 10% monolingual |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Saafi-Saafi sav "215,000" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal 50k Europeans, mostly French. The figure for writing population is derived from literacy * population, and may be too high." |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" official_regional Serer srr 11% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal 50k Europeans, mostly French. The figure for writing population is derived from literacy * population, and may be too high." |
| Senegal SN "14,668,522" 50% "43,240,000,000" de_facto_official Wolof wo 70% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" Albanian sq 19% |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official_regional Croatian hr "66,000" official in Vojvodina only |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official_regional Hungarian hu 4.8% official in Vojvodina only |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official_regional Romanian ro "151,000" official in Vojvodina only |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official Serbian sr 99% |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn 99% 5% "For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official_regional Slovak sk "60,800" official in Vojvodina only |
| Serbia RS "7,111,024" 98% "105,500,000,000" official_regional Ukrainian uk 1 official in Vojvodina only; no pop data yet found |
| Seychelles SC "93,920" 92% "2,718,000,000" official English en 38% |
| Seychelles SC "93,920" 92% "2,718,000,000" official French fr 60% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_French |
| Seychelles SC "93,920" 92% "2,718,000,000" Seselwa Creole French crs 98% http://www.flw.com/languages/creoleseychelles.htm http://www.mavicanet.com/directory/eng/2436.html |
| Sierra Leone SL "6,163,195" 43% "11,500,000,000" official English en 35% |
| Sierra Leone SL "6,163,195" 43% "11,500,000,000" Fulah ff 1 No estimate available. |
| Sierra Leone SL "6,163,195" 43% "11,500,000,000" Fulah (Adlam) ff_Adlm 1 No estimate available. |
| Sierra Leone SL "6,163,195" 43% "11,500,000,000" Krio kri 95% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html 'A lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krio_language |
| Sierra Leone SL "6,163,195" 43% "11,500,000,000" Mende men 27% |
| Sierra Leone SL "6,163,195" 43% "11,500,000,000" Timne tem 26% 6% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tem 1.2mil 1st lang + 240k 2nd lang users, low literacy" |
| Singapore SG "5,888,926" 96% "527,000,000,000" official Chinese zh 77% |
| Singapore SG "5,888,926" 96% "527,000,000,000" official English en 93% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore English is the first language learned by half the children by the time they reach preschool age; using 92.6% of pop for the English figure |
| Singapore SG "5,888,926" 96% "527,000,000,000" official Malay ms 14% |
| Singapore SG "5,888,926" 96% "527,000,000,000" Malayalam ml "10,000" |
| Singapore SG "5,888,926" 96% "527,000,000,000" Punjabi pa "9,500" |
| Singapore SG "5,888,926" 96% "527,000,000,000" official Tamil ta "123,000" |
| Sint Maarten SX "42,083" 99% "365,800,000" official Dutch nl "1,590" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sk.html |
| Sint Maarten SX "42,083" 99% "365,800,000" official English en 68% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sk.html |
| Sint Maarten SX "42,083" 99% "365,800,000" Spanish es "4,880" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sk.html |
| Sint Maarten SX "42,083" 99% "365,800,000" Virgin Islands Creole English vic "3,100" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sk.html |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" Czech cs 47% |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" English en 26% |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" German de 22% |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" Hungarian hu 11% |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" Polish pl "50,500" |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" official Slovak sk 90% |
| Slovakia SK "5,445,829" 100% "179,400,000,000" Ukrainian uk "101,000" |
| Slovenia SI "1,972,126" 100% "71,080,000,000" Croatian hr 61% |
| Slovenia SI "1,972,126" 100% "71,080,000,000" English en 59% |
| Slovenia SI "1,972,126" 100% "71,080,000,000" German de 42% |
| Slovenia SI "1,972,126" 100% "71,080,000,000" Hungarian hu "9,240" |
| Slovenia SI "1,972,126" 100% "71,080,000,000" Italian it "4,010" |
| Slovenia SI "1,972,126" 100% "71,080,000,000" official Slovenian sl 87% |
| Solomon Islands SB "647,581" 84% "1,324,000,000" official English en 100% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages |
| Solomon Islands SB "647,581" 84% "1,324,000,000" Roviana rug "9,870" |
| Somalia SO "11,031,386" 38% "18,660,000,000" official Arabic ar 34% 99% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html - estimate 90%of literate pop can use Arabic; Lpop = 99% |
| Somalia SO "11,031,386" 38% "18,660,000,000" Oromo om "46,100" |
| Somalia SO "11,031,386" 38% "18,660,000,000" official Somali so 78% |
| Somalia SO "11,031,386" 38% "18,660,000,000" Swahili sw "221,000" |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Afrikaans af 13% 99% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official English en 31% 99% "Estimate based on 90% of literate pop > 15 years (71% of Cpop) can use English, for lack of official number of users" |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" Hindi hi "1,070,000" 69% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Northern Sotho nso 9.4% 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional South Ndebele nr "877,000" 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Southern Sotho st 7.9% 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" Swahili sw "1,000" 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Swati ss "1,490,000" 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Tsonga ts 4.4% 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Tswana tn 8.2% 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Venda ve "1,260,000" 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Xhosa xh 18% 50% |
| South Africa ZA "54,841,552" 93% "765,600,000,000" official_regional Zulu zu 24% 50% |
| South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands GS 20 99% "899,800" Unknown language und 20 100% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sx.html No indigenous inhabitants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands |
| South Korea KR "51,181,299" 98% "2,029,000,000,000" official Korean ko 100% |
| South Sudan SS "13,026,129" 27% "18,740,000,000" Arabic ar 27% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/od.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan |
| South Sudan SS "13,026,129" 27% "18,740,000,000" official English en 27% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/od.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan |
| South Sudan SS "13,026,129" 27% "18,740,000,000" Nuer nus 5.6% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nus unknown literacy |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" official_regional Asturian ast "651,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ast |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" official_regional Basque eu "979,000" https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" official_regional Catalan ca 17% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" English en 24% |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" Extremaduran ext "242,000" |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" official_regional Galician gl 7% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html |
| Spain ES "48,958,159" 98% "1,774,000,000,000" official Spanish es 99% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language#Spain 98.8% speak Spanish. Also, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html" |
| Sri Lanka LK "22,409,381" 91% "274,700,000,000" English en 10% |
| Sri Lanka LK "22,409,381" 91% "274,700,000,000" official Sinhala si 68% |
| Sri Lanka LK "22,409,381" 91% "274,700,000,000" official Tamil ta 15% |
| St. Barthélemy BL "7,184" 99% "255,000,000" official French fr "6,850" |
| St. Helena SH "7,828" 97% "31,100,000" official English en "5,400" |
| St. Kitts & Nevis KN "52,715" 98% "1,528,000,000" official English en 98% |
| St. Lucia LC "164,994" 90% "2,536,000,000" official English en 90% |
| St. Martin MF "32,125" 99% "561,500,000" official French fr 100% |
| St. Pierre & Miquelon PM "5,533" 99% "261,300,000" English en 188 |
| St. Pierre & Miquelon PM "5,533" 99% "261,300,000" official French fr "5,110" |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines VC "102,089" 96% "1,266,000,000" official English en 96% |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" official Arabic ar 61% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html - source for GDP |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" Beja bej 5.4% http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/soudan.htm |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" official English en 61% "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html - source for GDP Level of English usage unclear, but official for govt and education" |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" Fur fvr "1,010,000" http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/soudan.htm |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" Hausa (Arabic) ha_Arab "672,000" http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/soudan.htm |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" Masalit mls "368,000" |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" Nobiin fia "310,000" |
| Sudan SD "37,345,935" 72% "187,000,000,000" Zaghawa zag "189,000" |
| Suriname SR "591,919" 95% "8,508,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "7,010" |
| Suriname SR "591,919" 95% "8,508,000,000" official Dutch nl 90% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname#Languages Dutch is spoken as a mother tongue by about 60% of the Surinamese, while most others speak it as a second or third language." |
| Suriname SR "591,919" 95% "8,508,000,000" Sranan Tongo srn 68% 75% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=srn The lingua franca of 80% of the population |
| Svalbard & Jan Mayen SJ "2,667" 100% "190,500,000" official Norwegian Bokmål nb "1,500" "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sv.html CIA Factbook lists spoken language, the entry for Bokmål only on Svalbard and Jan Mayan is an assumption." |
| Svalbard & Jan Mayen SJ "2,667" 100% "190,500,000" Russian ru "1,200" https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sv.html CIA Factbook |
| Swaziland SZ "1,467,152" 88% "11,340,000,000" official English en 80% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/wz.html |
| Swaziland SZ "1,467,152" 88% "11,340,000,000" official Swati ss 58% |
| Swaziland SZ "1,467,152" 88% "11,340,000,000" Tsonga ts "24,900" |
| Swaziland SZ "1,467,152" 88% "11,340,000,000" Zulu zu 6.8% |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" English en 86% |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" official_regional Finnish fi "219,000" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" Interlingua ia 1 " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua#Community Has a regular conf in Sweden, also Brazil; an auxiliary language with tiny population worldwide" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" Lule Sami smj "1,500" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" recognized Northern Sami se "33,100" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" Southern Sami sma 300 75% |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" official Swedish sv 95% "http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf Europeans and their languages survey, page 7" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" recognized Tavringer Romani rmu "9,500" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" recognized Tornedalen Finnish fit "55,100" |
| Sweden SE "9,960,487" 99% "520,900,000,000" recognized Yiddish yi "3,000" |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" English en 61% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" official French fr 21% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" official German de 73% |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" official Italian it 4.3% |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" Lombard lmo 4.1% 5% 5% writing pop estimated in absence of other data |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" Portuguese pt 3.4% http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/sprachen.html |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" official_regional Romansh rm "41,200" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/lexikon/bienvenue___login/blank/zugang_lexikon.Document.62669.xls |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" Sinte Romani rmo "23,500" |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" de_facto_official Swiss German gsw 65% 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland Literacy rate for gsw is 5% of reported speaker population; literacy is mostly in standard German. For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Switzerland CH "8,236,303" 99% "517,200,000,000" Walser wae "10,000" |
| Syria SY "18,028,549" 84% "50,280,000,000" official Arabic ar 80% |
| Syria SY "18,028,549" 84% "50,280,000,000" Armenian hy "324,000" |
| Syria SY "18,028,549" 84% "50,280,000,000" official French fr 5.9% http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/syria.htm Crude estimate based on import partner data. |
| Syria SY "18,028,549" 84% "50,280,000,000" Kurdish ku 8% |
| Syria SY "18,028,549" 84% "50,280,000,000" Syriac syr "15,200" 5% "For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Taiwan TW "23,508,428" 96% "1,185,000,000,000" official Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant 95% |
| Taiwan TW "23,508,428" 96% "1,185,000,000,000" Taroko trv "4,750" |
| Tajikistan TJ "8,468,555" 100% "28,380,000,000" Arabic ar "1,000" |
| Tajikistan TJ "8,468,555" 100% "28,380,000,000" Persian fa "65,800" |
| Tajikistan TJ "8,468,555" 100% "28,380,000,000" Russian ru 12% http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-on-eurasia-de-russianization.html http://www.stoletie.ru/vzglyad/derusifikacija_nabirajet_oboroty_934.htm |
| Tajikistan TJ "8,468,555" 100% "28,380,000,000" official Tajik tg 100% |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Asu asa "671,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=asa Most also use Swahili with 50% literacy. Only 5% monolingual. |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Bena bez "899,000" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" official English en 69% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tz.html English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education)" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Langi lag "470,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lag Most also use Swahili |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Machame jmc "402,000" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Makonde kde "1,320,000" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Masai mas "791,000" 50% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mas Shows 50% literacy |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Mbunga mgy "731,000" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Nyamwezi nym 3.3% "https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tz.html English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education)" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Rombo rof "402,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rombo_language |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Rwa rwk "121,000" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Sangu sbp "107,000" 1% "http://www.ethnologue.com/language/sbp near zero literacy; pop ~80000 (2009) see David Lawrence, Tanzania and its People, page 121, Google books" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Shambala ksb "891,000" |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Sukuma suk 8.7% |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" official Swahili sw 90% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language - 90 percent of approximately 39 million Tanzanians speak Swahili |
| Tanzania TZ "53,950,935" 68% "162,200,000,000" Vunjo vun "402,000" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "1,230,000" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Eastern Lawa lwl "7,000" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" English en 27% |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Kuy kdt "329,000" 50% |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Mon mnw "118,000" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Northeastern Thai tts 24% 5% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isan_language main language of trade and comm. in Isan region, except ... media where it gives way to Thai; now largely an unwritten language. 10% writing pop estimated in absence of other data" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Northern Khmer kxm "1,160,000" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Northern Thai nod 9.6% 5% |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Pattani Malay mfa 5% |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Shan shn "65,800" |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Southern Thai sou 8% 5% |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" official Thai th 80% 93% http://www.mapsofworld.com/thailand/geography/demographics.html More than 80 % of the total Thai population speaks the native Thai language. |
| Thailand TH "68,414,135" 94% "1,234,000,000,000" Western Lawa lcp "7,000" 25% |
| Timor-Leste TL "1,291,358" 58% "6,753,000,000" official Portuguese pt 59% 100% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=por Official language. Probably 2% of the population from East Timor worldwide can function in it |
| Timor-Leste TL "1,291,358" 58% "6,753,000,000" official Tetum tet 59% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tt.html CIA Factbook. See also http://www.jsmp.minihub.org/Reports/jsmpreports/Language%20Report/LanguageReport(english).pdf |
| Togo TG "7,965,055" 60% "12,940,000,000" Ewe ee 17% |
| Togo TG "7,965,055" 60% "12,940,000,000" official French fr 61% |
| Togo TG "7,965,055" 60% "12,940,000,000" Ifè ife "104,000" 15% http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/ife/ |
| Tokelau TK "1,285" 94% "1,500,000" official English en 100% |
| Tokelau TK "1,285" 94% "1,500,000" official Tokelau tkl 100% 5% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tl.html |
| Tonga TO "106,479" 99% "587,000,000" official English en 28% "http://www.pressreference.com/Sw-Ur/Tonga.html The Tonga Chronicle is a government-owned newspaper... It publishes two editions, one in Tongan with a circulation of 5,000, and one in English with a circulation of 1,500; Writing pop figure shown for English is set to 30% of that for Tonga. " |
| Tonga TO "106,479" 99% "587,000,000" official Tongan to 95% |
| Trinidad & Tobago TT "1,218,208" 99% "43,010,000,000" official English en 88% |
| Trinidad & Tobago TT "1,218,208" 99% "43,010,000,000" Spanish es "4,100" |
| Tristan da Cunha TA 275 99% "12,370,000" English en 272 |
| Tunisia TN "11,403,800" 79% "135,400,000,000" official Arabic ar 90% |
| Tunisia TN "11,403,800" 79% "135,400,000,000" official French fr 74% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia#Language - using pop * literacy rate |
| Tunisia TN "11,403,800" 79% "135,400,000,000" Tunisian Arabic aeb 90% |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Abkhazian ab "4,000" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=abk 96% bilingual in Turkish. |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Adyghe ady "314,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Albanian sq "16,800" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Arabic ar "451,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Armenian hy "45,100" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Azerbaijani az "597,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Azerbaijani (Arabic) az_Arab "525,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Balkan Gagauz Turkish bgx "368,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Bulgarian bg "339,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" English en 17% |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Georgian ka "45,100" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Greek el "4,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Kabardian kbd "620,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Kazakh kk 600 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language - the script is an assumption, needs a reference" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Kirmanjki kiu "157,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Kurdish ku 5.5% |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Kyrgyz (Latin) ky_Latn "1,140" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Laz lzz "22,500" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Serbian (Latin) sr_Latn "22,600" 5% "For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" official Turkish tr 93% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language#Geographic_distribution http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf Europeans and their languages survey, page 7" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Turoyo tru "3,000" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Uzbek uz "1,980" |
| Turkey TR "80,845,215" 94% "2,173,000,000,000" Zaza zza "1,130,000" |
| Turkmenistan TM "5,351,277" 100% "103,500,000,000" Kurdish ku "21,700" |
| Turkmenistan TM "5,351,277" 100% "103,500,000,000" Russian ru 12% |
| Turkmenistan TM "5,351,277" 100% "103,500,000,000" official Turkmen tk 70% |
| Turkmenistan TM "5,351,277" 100% "103,500,000,000" Uzbek uz 9% |
| Turks & Caicos Islands TC "52,570" 98% "632,000,000" official English en 98% |
| Tuvalu TV "11,052" 95% "42,000,000" official English en "1,070" "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu The Tuvaluan language is spoken by virtually everyone, while Gilbertese is spoken by some people on Nui. English is also an official language, but is not spoken in daily use. Writing pop set to 10% of Tuvalu." |
| Tuvalu TV "11,052" 95% "42,000,000" official Tuvalu tvl "9,920" |
| U.S. Outlying Islands UM 316 99% "18,760,000" de_facto_official English en 316 "https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/UM.html basically unihabited, officially ; http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc3-us-pt1.pdf" |
| U.S. Virgin Islands VI "107,268" 99% "3,872,000,000" de_facto_official English en 75% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Acoli ach 3.7% http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ACH/ (baseline) |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Chiga cgg 5.4% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" official English en 3.9% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng Ethnologue lists 1 million 2nd lang users of English; no other good figures found. |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Ganda lg 13% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Hindi hi "2,200" |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Kinyarwanda rw "814,000" |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Lango [Uganda] laj 3.8% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Masaaba myx "1,150,000" |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Nyankole nyn 6.3% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Soga xog 5.3% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" official Swahili sw 75% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language - Baganda generally don't speak Swahili, but it is in common use among the 25 million people elsewhere in the country, and is currently being implemented in schools nationwide (use 75% of Cpop for this figure)" |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Teso teo 3.9% |
| Uganda UG "39,570,125" 73% "88,670,000,000" Tooro ttj "746,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Belarusian be "367,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Bulgarian bg "215,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Crimean Turkish crh "247,000" http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/ |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Greek el "7,210" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Hungarian hu "162,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Polish pl "1,040,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Romanian ro "230,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" de_facto_official Russian ru 46% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Rusyn rue "514,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Turkish tr "184,000" |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" official Ukrainian uk 65% |
| Ukraine UA "44,033,874" 100% "368,800,000,000" Yiddish yi "582,000" |
| United Arab Emirates AE "6,072,475" 90% "686,800,000,000" official Arabic ar 78% |
| United Arab Emirates AE "6,072,475" 90% "686,800,000,000" Baluchi bal "142,000" |
| United Arab Emirates AE "6,072,475" 90% "686,800,000,000" Malayalam ml 7% |
| United Arab Emirates AE "6,072,475" 90% "686,800,000,000" Pashto ps "179,000" |
| United Arab Emirates AE "6,072,475" 90% "686,800,000,000" Persian fa "113,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Bangla bn "436,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "351,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Cornish kw "2,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language The 2008 estimate is ~2000 speakers due to revival efforts |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" official English en 99% |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" French fr 19% |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" German de 6% |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Greek el "217,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" official_regional Irish ga "17,000" "As with IE, we have to adjust the figures for real usage " |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Italian it "217,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Kashmiri ks "125,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Malayalam ml "22,900" http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=United+Kingdom |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Punjabi pa "513,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Scots sco "1,750,000" 5% "http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sco 100k+ native, plus 1.5 mil 2nd lang speakers. For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" official_regional Scottish Gaelic gd "64,000" 5% "For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Sylheti syl "327,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" official_regional Welsh cy "498,000" |
| United Kingdom GB "64,769,452" 99% "2,914,000,000,000" Yiddish yi "31,900" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_language#Numbers_of_speakers |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Cajun French frc "27,600" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Central Yupik esu "20,400" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Cherokee chr "25,100" 5% "For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "2,240,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Choctaw cho "10,700" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Creek mus "4,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Dakota dak "19,300" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" de_facto_official English en 96% |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Filipino fil "1,360,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" French fr "1,820,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" German de "1,540,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" official_regional Hawaiian haw "29,000" US 2005 census |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Inupiaq ik "8,000" 5% "For languages not customarily written, the writing population is artificially set to 5% in the absence of better information." |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Italian it "1,120,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Korean ko "994,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Lakota lkt "8,300" http://www.lakhota.org/html/status2.html (used lower figure) |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Navajo nv "165,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Pennsylvania German pdc "127,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Russian ru "785,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" official_regional Spanish es 9.6% |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Vietnamese vi "1,120,000" |
| United States US "326,625,791" 99% "19,390,000,000,000" Yiddish yi "161,000" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States#Yiddish |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Bihari bh NaN NaN% |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Ido io 0 99% |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Interlingua ia 0 99% |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Kotava avk 0 99% |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Lingua Franca Nova lfn 0 99% An artificial language. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Franca_Nova |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Novial nov 0 99% An artificial language. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novial_language |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Twi tw NaN NaN% |
| Unknown Region ZZ 0 0% 0 Volapük vo 0 99% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volap%C3%BCk Artificial: 'There are an estimated 20-30 Volapük speakers in the world today.'; see also http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/0031,lafarge,16942,12.html" |
| Uruguay UY "3,360,148" 98% "78,150,000,000" official Spanish es 88% |
| Uzbekistan UZ "29,748,859" 99% "222,600,000,000" Kara-Kalpak kaa "468,000" |
| Uzbekistan UZ "29,748,859" 99% "222,600,000,000" Russian ru 14% |
| Uzbekistan UZ "29,748,859" 99% "222,600,000,000" Turkish tr "226,000" |
| Uzbekistan UZ "29,748,859" 99% "222,600,000,000" official Uzbek uz 85% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbek_language#Writing_systems https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html Latin/Cyrillic balance is estimated, based on literacy; younger education now in Latin" |
| Uzbekistan UZ "29,748,859" 99% "222,600,000,000" official Uzbek (Cyrillic) uz_Cyrl 15% "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbek_language#Writing_systems https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html Latin/Cyrillic balance is estimated, based on literacy; younger education now in Latin" |
| Vanuatu VU "282,814" 83% "770,000,000" official Bislama bi 90% "native speaker pop is low, ~6200; but is most widely spoken 2nd language" |
| Vanuatu VU "282,814" 83% "770,000,000" official English en 83% |
| Vanuatu VU "282,814" 83% "770,000,000" official French fr 50% |
| Vatican City VA "1,000" 100% "37,190,000" de_facto_official Italian it 824 https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vt.html CIA Factbook. |
| Vatican City VA "1,000" 100% "37,190,000" Latin la 824 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4475099.stm No population figure yet on use of Latin in Vatican. Estimate 100% of Vatican residents can use Latin. |
| Venezuela VE "31,304,016" 96% "380,700,000,000" official Spanish es 82% |
| Vietnam VN "96,160,163" 93% "647,400,000,000" Chinese (Traditional) zh_Hant "1,010,000" |
| Vietnam VN "96,160,163" 93% "647,400,000,000" Eastern Cham cjm "85,200" 60% |
| Vietnam VN "96,160,163" 93% "647,400,000,000" official Vietnamese vi 86% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language (could be higher if 2nd lang included; no data yet) |
| Wallis & Futuna WF "15,714" 50% "60,000,000" East Futuna fud "4,820" |
| Wallis & Futuna WF "15,714" 50% "60,000,000" official French fr "7,620" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_and_futuna#Languages |
| Wallis & Futuna WF "15,714" 50% "60,000,000" Wallisian wls "9,440" |
| Western Sahara EH "603,253" 50% "906,500,000" official Arabic ar 100% |
| Yemen YE "28,036,829" 65% "38,600,000,000" official Arabic ar 74% |
| Yemen YE "28,036,829" 65% "38,600,000,000" English en 9% |
| Zambia ZM "15,972,000" 61% "68,890,000,000" Bemba bem 31% http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bem |
| Zambia ZM "15,972,000" 61% "68,890,000,000" official English en 16% |
| Zambia ZM "15,972,000" 61% "68,890,000,000" Lozi loz 6% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozi_language |
| Zambia ZM "15,972,000" 61% "68,890,000,000" Nyanja ny 15% |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" official English en 42% "Common lingua franca, widely used. High literacy." |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" Kalanga kck 5.3% |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" Manyika mxc 6.5% |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" Ndau ndc 6.1% |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" official North Ndebele nd 12% |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" Nyanja ny "264,000" |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" official Shona sn 81% |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" Tswana tn "30,700" |
| Zimbabwe ZW "13,805,084" 84% "33,960,000,000" Venda ve "87,800" |
