Top 10 of the World's most widely spoken Languages
Info by Interest | Last update on 2020-10-05 | Created on 2013-08-19
In this table I have compiled the top 10 of the world's most widely spoken and used languages.
The total number of speakers is the sum of the number of mother tongue speakers and those who have learned the language as a second language.
| Place | Language | Speaker | Native Speaker | Second Language |
| 1 | English | 1500 mio | 340 mio | 1160 mio |
| 2 | Chinese | 1100 mio | 980 mio | 120 mio |
| 3 | Hindi | 580 mio | 400 mio | 180 mio |
| 4 | Spanish | 450 mio | 390 mio | 60 mio |
| 5 | Arabic | 380 mio | 320 mio | 60 mio |
| 6 | French | 370 mio | 120 mio | 250 mio |
| 7 | Russian | 280 mio | 160 mio | 120 mio |
| 8 | Portuguese | 250 mio | 220 mio | 30 mio |
| 9 | Bengali | 230 mio | 210 mio | 20 mio |
| 10 | German | 180 mio | 100 mio | 80 mio |
Certainly, it is not a surprise that the first place is reserved for the English language. However, there it is interesting to have a look at the number of the native and the second language speakers. If looking only at the native speakers, English only has the fourth place behind Chinese, Hindi and Spanish.
All data is specified in millions of speakers and of course, the values are given without any guarantee. If you are looking at different websites on the Internet or in various books, you will find very different information about the number of speakers. Of course, this is because no one can exactly say how many speakers at particular language has. Therefore, such values can only give approximate information about the magnitude.
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