Languages

Languages

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jureor de facto official.

Language	World	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Countries
English	59	24	16	4	4	12	United States, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Philippines,Bangladesh, United Kingdom. (See the full list)
French	29	21	2	-	5	1	France, DRC, Canada, Madagascar.
Arabic	26	13	-	13	-	-	Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia.
Spanish	20	1	18	-	1	-	Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina.
Portuguese	9	6	1	-	1	1	Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola.
Hausa	8	8	-	-	-	-	Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Sudan
German	6	-	-	-	6	-	Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein
Serbo-Croatian	4-5*	-	-	-	4-5*	-	Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*
Italian	4	-	-	-	4	-	Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City
Malay based	4	-	-	4	-	-	Indonesia (known as Indonesian), Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
Russian	4	-	-	2	2	-	Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan
Swahili	4	4	-	-	-	-	Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda
Yoruba	3-4*	3	1	-	-	-	Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Brazil*
Dutch	3	-	1	-	2	-	Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname
Hindustani	3	-	-	2	-	1	Fiji,[1] India,[2]Pakistan[3]
Persian	3	-	-	3	-	-	Iran, Afghanistan(known as Dari), Tajikistan (known as Tajik)
Tamil	4	-	-	4	-	-	Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, Malaysia[4]
Quechua	3	-	3	-	-	-	Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador
Chinese	2-3*	-	-	2-3*	-	-	China, Singapore, Taiwan
Sotho	3	3	-	-	-	-	South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe

Several languages are officially used in two countries, these are:

• Albanian - Albania and Kosovo
• Aymara - Peru and Bolivia
• Bengali - Bangladesh and India
• Berber - Algeria and Morocco
• Greek - Greece and Cyprus
• Guarani - Bolivia and Paraguay
• Hausa - Niger and Nigeria
• Korean - North Korea and South Korea
• Romanian - Romania and Moldova
• Rwanda-Rundi - Burundi (known as Kirundi) and Rwanda (known as Kinyarwanda)
• Sotho - South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe
• Swati - South Africa and Eswatini (Swaziland)
• Swedish - Sweden and Finland
• Tswana - South Africa and Botswana
• Turkish - Turkey and Cyprus
• Cantonese - China (known as Guangdong), Hong Kong and Macau