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Number of Living Languages by Country



Number of Living Languages by Country

Country

Living Languages

Number of Speakers

Total

Porcent

Indigenous

Immigrant

Count

Afghanistan

51

0.74

47

4

11,968,781

Albania

7

0.10

7

0

3,385,000

Algeria

22

0.32

18

4

24,859,164

American Samoa

6

0.09

2

4

60,348

Andorra

5

0.07

3

2

60,870

Angola

41

0.59

41

0

11,018,012

Anguilla

2

0.03

2

0

12,446

Antigua and Barbuda

4

0.06

2

2

68,970

Argentina

39

0.56

25

14

37,269,717

Armenia

11

0.16

6

5

3,748,539

Aruba

5

0.07

3

2

77,989

Australia

275

3.98

231

44

16,781,815

Austria

19

0.27

9

10

15,113,863

Azerbaijan

35

0.51

14

21

7,761,112

Bahamas

4

0.06

2

2

295,131

Bahrain

11

0.16

3

8

557,589

Bangladesh

46

0.67

39

7

123,877,068

Barbados

2

0.03

2

0

272,000

Belarus

9

0.13

1

8

8,797,031

Belgium

28

0.41

9

19

12,304,650

Belize

12

0.07

8

4

179,582

Benin

55

0.80

54

1

6,449,442

Bermuda

1

0.01

1

0

58,800

Bhutan

31

0.45

24

7

657,528

Bolivia

39

0.56

36

3

8,498,022

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8

0.12

4

4

5,323,000

Botswana

37

0.54

28

9

1,450,888

Brazil

200

2.89

188

12

165,836,223

British Indian Ocean Territory

1

0.01

1

0

3,500

British Virgin Islands

2

0.03

2

0

21,730

Brunei

19

0.27

17

2

341,573

Bulgaria

16

0.23

11

5

9,117,720

Burkina Faso

69

1.00

68

1

11,019,638

Burundi

4

0.06

3

1

4,609,456

Cambodia

24

0.35

21

3

13,204,056

Cameroon

280

4.05

279

1

9,638,055

Canada

145

2.10

85

60

27,388,756

Cape Verde Islands

2

0.03

2

0

408,760

Cayman Islands

3

0.04

1

2

42,974

Central African Republic

79

1.14

69

10

3,404,818

Chad

133

1.92

132

1

5,909,406

Chile

12

0.17

9

3

14,041,312

China

241

3.49

235

6

1,226,606,396

Colombia

83

1.20

80

3

34,521,390

Comoros

8

0.12

7

1

523,314

Congo

66

0.95

62

4

2,935,116

Cook Islands

6

0.09

5

1

21,619

Costa Rica

13

0.19

9

4

3,385,392

Côte d'Ivoire

92

1.33

78

14

9,220,274

Croatia

8

0.12

6

2

5,025,365

Cuba

4

0.06

2

2

10,003,500

Cyprus

6

0.09

4

2

759,040

Czech Republic

9

0.13

8

1

10,372,655

Democratic Republic of the Congo

216

3.12

214

2

37,945,510

Denmark

14

0.20

8

6

5,132,600

Djibouti

6

0.09

5

1

660,247

Dominica

3

0.04

3

0

52,800

Dominican Republic

8

0.12

4

4

7,079,500

East Timor

19

0.27

19

0

531,480

Ecuador

25

0.36

23

2

11,139,315

Egypt

21

0.30

11

10

69,089,400

El Salvador

7

0.10

5

2

5,912,816

Equatorial Guinea

14

0.20

14

0

355,164

Eritrea

18

0.26

12

6

2,965,000

Estonia

16

0.23

2

14

1,467,370

Ethiopia

86

1.24

84

2

53,388,969

Falkland Islands

5

0.01

1

0

1,991

Fiji

20

0.29

10

10

809,457

Finland

23

0.33

12

11

5,077,028

France

66

0.95

29

37

59,861,314

French Guiana

15

0.22

10

5

70,492

French Polynesia

11

0.16

9

2

192,758

Gabon

41

0.59

41

0

609,423

Gambia

22

0.32

9

13

1,113,325

Georgia

24

0.35

12

12

6,133,146

Germany

69

1.00

27

42

83,674,659

Ghana

83

1.20

79

4

20,119,660

Gibraltar

3

0.04

2

1

6,200

Greece

24

0.35

14

10

10,865,640

Albania

2

0.03

2

0

55,630

Grenada

3

0.04

3

0

92,277

Guadeloupe

4

0.06

4

0

449,500

Guam

8

0.12

2

6

121,800

Guatemala

54

0.78

54

0

9,141,619

Guinea

38

0.55

34

4

6,647,526

Guinea-Bissau

25

0.36

21

4

1,439,995

Guyana

19

0.27

16

3

677,164

Haiti

2

0.03

2

0

6,965,149

Honduras

13

0.19

10

3

5,763,764

Hungary

21

0.30

12

9

11,234,528

Iceland

3

0.04

3

0

232,250

India

427

6.18

415

12

943,283,395

Indonesia

742

10.73

737

5

218,607,876

Iran

79

1.14

75

4

73,367,033

Iraq

25

0.36

21

4

22,595,945

Ireland

5

0.07

5

0

2,966,000

Israel

48

0.69

33

15

8,668,332

Italy

42

0.61

33

9

88,717,451

Jamaica

6

0.09

3

2,680,636

Japan

16

0.23

15

1

122,801,150

Jordan

15

0.22

9

6

5,028,193

Kazakhstan

43

0.62

7

36

15,169,608

Kenya

64

0.93

61

3

26,408,109

Kiribati

3

0.04

2

1

59,312

Korea, North

1

0.01

1

0

20,000,000

Korea, South

4

0.06

2

2

42,063,600

Kuwait

7

0.10

3

4

819,358

Kyrgyzstan

34

0.46

3

29

5,060,314

Laos

86

1.24

82

4

5,387,373

Latvia

12

0.17

5

7

2,586,615

Lebanon

9

0.13

6

3

4,266,500

Lesotho

6

0.09

5

1

2,079,000

Liberia

31

0.45

30

1

2,463,817

Libya

14

0.20

9

5

5,409,186

Liechtenstein

4

0.06

3

1

31,100

Lithuania

11

0.16

4

7

3,675,303

Luxembourg

6

0.09

3

3

447,800

Macedonia

10

0.14

9

1

2,320,467

Madagascar

15

0.22

13

2

10,571,000

Malawi

22

0.32

14

8

10,314,480

Malaysia

147

2.13

140

7

15,676,135

Maldives

2

0.03

1

1

284,096

Mali

54

0.78

50

4

9,031,529

Malta

3

0.04

3

0

302,400

Marshall Islands

2

0.03

2

0

44,500

Martinique

3

0.04

2

1

427,784

Mauritania

9

0.13

6

3

2,725,734

Mauritius

13

0.19

6

7

1,157,798

Mayotte

4

0.06

4

0

137,000

Mexico

297

4.30

291

6

92,701,909

Micronesia

19

0.27

18

1

110,053

Moldova

13

0.19

5

8

4,399,547

Monaco

3

0.04

3

0

27,000

Mongolia

15

0.22

13

2

2,869,750

Montserrat

2

0.03

2

0

7,674

Morocco

10

0.14

9

1

26,448,925

Mozambique

43

0.62

43

0

16,210,221

Myanmar

113

1.63

108

5

46,627,310

Namibia

36

0.52

28

8

1,154,615

Nauru

9

0.13

3

6

10,009

Nepal

125

1.81

123

2

22,983,905

Netherlands

38

0.55

15

23

15,913,060

Netherlands Antilles

6

0.09

4

2

210,000

New Caledonia

41

0.59

39

2

147,491

New Zealand

21

0.30

3

18

3,391,096

Nicaragua

7

0.10

7

0

4,538,124

Niger

21

0.30

21

0

9,230,8620

Nigeria

516

7.47

510

6

90,026,548

Niue

3

0.04

2

1

2,105

Norfolk Island

1

0.01

1

0

1,678

Northern Mariana Islands

7

0.10

4

3

26,805

Norway

21

0.30

11

10

177,168

Oman

21

0.30

13

8

1,554,063

Pakistan

77

1.11

72

5

137,566,712

Palau

5

0.07

4

1

15,447

Palestinian West Bank and Gaza

6

0.09

4

2

1,812,000

Panama

18

0.26

14

4

2,580,472

Papua New Guinea

820

11.86

820

0

3,665,383

Paraguay

26

0.38

20

6

5,815,850

Peru

94

1.36

93

1

25,447,086

Philippines

180

2.60

171

9

70,556,507

Pitcairn

1

0.01

1

0

46

Poland

17

0.25

11

6

37,704,010

Portugal

8

0.12

7

1

10,110,539

Puerto Rico

13

0.19

3

10

3,525,391

Qatar

6

0.09

3

3

205,250

Réunion

6

0.09

3

3

573,900

Romania

23

0.33

15

8

21,706,330

Russia

129

1.87

101

28

139,356,854

Rwanda

5

0.07

3

2

6,504,952

Saint Helena

1

0.01

1

0

5,400

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2

0.03

2

0

39,200

Saint Lucia

2

0.03

2

0

159,778

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

3

0.04

2

1

5,502

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

3

0.04

2

1

138,600

Samoa

2

0.03

2

0

199,577

San Marino

2

0.03

2

0

45,112

São Tomé e Príncipe

5

0.07

4

1

91,450

Saudi Arabia

20

0.29

5

15

16,057,746

Senegal

41

0.59

36

5

9,479,825

Serbia and Montenegro

14

0.20

11

3

12,953,366

Seychelles

3

0.04

3

0

75,278

Sierra Leone

25

0.36

24

1

4,739,450

Singapore

30

0.43

21

9

2,619,376

Slovakia

12

0.17

10

2

5,898,350

Slovenia

10

0.14

4

6

1,908,637

Solomon Islands

70

1.01

70

0

354,001

Somalia

13

0.19

13

0

8,616,834

South Africa

35

0.51

24

11

41,151,149

Spain

20

0.29

13

7

38,801,740

Sri Lanka

7

0.17

7

0

16,317,876

Sudan

134

1.94

134

0

23,492,482

Suriname

20

0.29

16

4

628,827

Swaziland

4

0.06

4

0

745,000

Sweden

32

0.46