Number of Living Languages by Country

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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
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|
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
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Chad
|
133
|
1.92
|
132
|
1
|
5,909,406
|
|
Chile
|
12
|
0.17
|
9
|
3
|
14,041,312
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|
China
|
241
|
3.49
|
235
|
6
|
1,226,606,396
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|
Colombia
|
83
|
1.20
|
80
|
3
|
34,521,390
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|
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
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|
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
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
216
|
3.12
|
214
|
2
|
37,945,510
|
|
Denmark
|
14
|
0.20
|
8
|
6
|
5,132,600
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|
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
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|
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
| |