World of Statistics releases list of most spoken languages worldwide

The most spoken languages worldwide have been revealed.

The World of Statistics, in its latest release on Friday via its verified Twitter handle, ranked English as the most spoken language in the world with a population of 1,132 million.

Following in that order are Mandarin Chinese: 1,117 million, Hindi: 615 million, Spanish: 534 million, French: 280 million,

Standard Arabic: 274 million, making up the top Six.

Here’s the full list of most spoken languages worldwide:

1. English: 1,132 million

2. Mandarin Chinese: 1,117 million

3. Hindi: 615 million

4. Spanish: 534 million

5. French: 280 million

6. Standard Arabic: 274 million

7. Bengali: 265 million

8. Russian: 258 million

9. Portuguese: 234 million

10. Indonesian: 199 million

11. Urdu: 170 million

12. German: 132 million

13. Japanese: 128 million

16. Telugu: 93 million

18. Wu Chinese: 81 million

20. Turkish: 79 million

21. Korean: 77 million

22. Vietnamese: 76 million

23. Yue Chinese: 73 million

25. Italian: 68 million

26. Egyptian Arabic: 64 million

28. Thai : 60 million

31. Iranian: 53 million

36. Filipino : 45 million

38. Polish: 40 million

48. Algerian Arabic: 32 million

50. Nigerian Pidgin: 30 million

58. Romanian: 24 million

60. Dutch: 23 million

68. Khmer: 17.5 million

79. Nigerian Fulfulde: 14.5 million

86. Czech: 13.3 million

87. Greek: 13.1 million

90. Swedish: 12.8 million

92. Hungarian: 12.5 million

100. Sanaani Arabic: 11.3 million

See tweet below

Most spoken languages worldwide:

1. English: 1,132 million
2. Mandarin Chinese: 1,117 million
3. Hindi: 615 million
4. Spanish: 534 million
5. French: 280 million
6. Standard Arabic: 274 million
7. Bengali: 265 million
8. Russian: 258 million
9. Portuguese: 234 million
10.…

— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) July 14, 2023

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