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This is a list of the number of languages by country and dependency according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1]

Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world. [2] [3]

List

Rank Country or territory Number of living languages Number of speakers
Established Immigrant Total Percent [note 1] Total Mean Median
1   Papua New Guinea 840 0 840 11.81 4,213,381 5,040 1,315
2   India 447 6 453 6.37 1,257,421,714 2,924,237 35,000
3   Indonesia 707 3 710 9.98 222,191,197 315,165 3,500
4   Nigeria 517 7 524 7.37 163,317,444 348,225 14,000
5   China (mainland only) 302 3 305 4.29 1,319,419,348 4,472,608 27,700
6   Mexico 287 5 292 4.11 125,535,200 435,886 4,730
7   Cameroon 274 1 275 3.87 10,228,065 38,451 10,000
8   Australia 226 93 319 4.49 22,693,732 72,504 10
9   United States 219 116 335 4.71 326,756,719 999,256 12
10   Brazil 217 11 228 3.21 204,653,402 934,490 210
11   Democratic Republic of the Congo 212 2 214 3.01 42,128,230 209,593 29,450
12   Philippines 183 8 191 2.69 70,776,614 386,757 19,200
13   Malaysia 133 11 144 2.03 22,242,065 205,945 3,400
14   Chad 130 1 131 1.84 8,865,556 74,500 14,000
15   Tanzania 125 1 126 1.77 51,108,150 422,381 102,500
16     Nepal 124 7 129 1.81 26,612,919 212,903 8,385
17   Myanmar 120 6 126 1.77 49,284,095 397,452 15,000
18   Russia 115 44 159 2.24 138,698,335 900,639 3,900
19   Vanuatu 110 6 116 1.63 196,298 1,722 665
20   Vietnam 109 3 112 1.58 86,884,520 835,428 14,900
21   Canada 96 99 195 2.74 33,362,312 174,672 260
22   Peru 93 1 94 1.32 30,994,201 336,893 4,635
23   Ethiopia 90 1 91 1.28 66,766,720 750,188 48,000
24   Côte d’Ivoire 86 15 101 1.42 18,439,310 209,538 34,150
25   Colombia 85 4 89 1.25 47,673,568 560,866 885
26   Laos 85 7 92 1.29 6,543,480 76,982 9,710
27   Ghana 81 6 87 1.22 27,661,206 359,236 36,000
28   Iran 79 5 84 1.18 82,927,520 1,256,478 62,000
29   Sudan 75 1 76 1.07 35,091,200 516,047 13,000
30   Pakistan 74 11 85 1.20 201,998,220 2,524,978 53,250
31   Thailand 73 15 88 1.24 53,357,924 675,417 8,000
32   Central African Republic 72 11 83 1.17 3,638,143 47,249 17,350
33   Solomon Islands 72 0 72 1.01 379,966 5,352 2,770
34   Burkina Faso 71 0 71 1.00 12,472,930 183,425 20,500
35   South Sudan 69 0 69 0.97 4,504,650 80,440 27,500
36   Mali 68 3 71 1.00 13,027,840 194,445 25,000
37   Kenya 67 5 72 1.01 37,037,960 544,676 180,000
38   Congo 62 2 64 0.90 3,690,660 60,503 14,400
39   Benin 55 1 56 0.79 9,605,590 177,881 64,000
40   Angola 46 1 47 0.66 24,288,770 528,017 30,000
41   Zambia 46 9 55 0.77 11,364,870 236,768 32,850
42   Togo 44 2 46 0.65 4,889,380 113,707 34,300
43   Bolivia 43 2 45 0.63 7,349,368 170,916 350
44   Gabon 43 1 44 0.62 1,077,960 25,069 4,000
45   Mozambique 43 4 47 0.66 23,792,100 517,220 197,500
46   Uganda 43 2 45 0.63 33,862,350 769,599 303,000
47   Venezuela 42 6 48 0.68 31,087,151 777,179 770
48   Afghanistan 41 1 42 0.59 23,352,300 569,568 16,500
49   Bangladesh 41 4 45 0.63 165,220,330 3,842,333 15,500
50   Turkey 39 15 54 0.76 90,297,204 2,149,933 66,000
51   New Caledonia 38 2 40 0.56 143,010 3,972 950
52   Senegal 38 8 46 0.65 13,977,980 310,622 20,000
53   Guinea 37 3 40 0.56 11,600,930 341,204 25,000
54   Israel 36 17 53 0.75 9,475,461 205,988 42,500
55   Italy 35 12 47 0.66 82,319,110 1,870,889 100,000
56   Botswana 31 7 38 0.53 2,213,660 63,247 5,950
57   Liberia 31 3 34 0.48 4,290,730 134,085 85,600
58   South Africa 30 12 42 0.59 51,004,892 1,416,803 133,500
59   Cambodia 27 2 29 0.41 16,326,490 583,089 5,210
60   Guatemala 27 0 27 0.38 14,708,590 544,763 28,000
61   Namibia 27 6 33 0.46 2,668,940 83,404 13,800
62   Romania 26 3 29 0.41 20,492,430 975,830 17,850
63   Germany 25 70 95 1.34 88,571,690 1,107,146 80,000
64   Argentina 24 16 40 0.56 46,160,150 1,318,861 5,120
65   Ecuador 24 0 24 0.34 16,665,750 694,406 11,000
66   Sierra Leone 24 2 26 0.37 6,977,150 290,715 138,000
67   Singapore 24 7 31 0.44 6,105,380 226,125 15,200
68   Bhutan 23 8 31 0.44 639,500 25,580 8,000
69   Taiwan 23 12 35 0.49 23,985,650 726,838 4,000
70   Guinea-Bissau 23 7 30 0.42 1,779,010 68,423 8,520
71   Iraq 23 4 27 0.38 33,977,620 1,477,288 136,000
72   Niger 23 0 23 0.32 15,810,500 718,659 28,450
73   Paraguay 23 4 27 0.38 6,633,188 255,123 2,530
74   France 22 73 95 1.42 69,961,900 1,793,895 126,000
75   Poland 22 5 27 0.38 37,460,007 1,498,400 12,800
76   Zimbabwe 22 2 24 0.34 11,926,440 596,322 145,000
77   Suriname 21 6 27 0.38 562,014 22,481 1,250
78   Ukraine 21 27 48 0.68 40,599,806 882,604 50,400
79   East Timor 20 1 21 0.30 1,040,816 49,563 16,700
80   Georgia 20 7 27 0.38 4,506,220 173,316 14,000
81   Greece 20 14 34 0.48 11,693,492 377,209 9,700
82   Algeria 18 4 22 0.31 38,548,160 1,927,408 40,000
83   Azerbaijan 18 20 38 0.53 9,280,890 257,802 11,700
84   Hungary 18 3 21 0.30 9,927,510 583,971 3,710
85   Micronesia 18 1 19 0.27 111,010 6,167 1,410
86   Malawi 17 7 24 0.34 13,016,000 813,500 200,000
87   Oman 17 14 31 0.44 4,236,000 151,286 42,400
88   Serbia 17 7 24 0.34 8,830,600 420,505 34,000
89   Spain 17 17 34 0.48 52,439,510 1,691,597 72,500
90   Syria 17 7 24 0.34 18,708,430 850,383 64,900
91   Croatia 16 11 27 0.38 4,333,590 180,566 10,200
92   Egypt 16 7 23 0.32 94,599,800 5,255,544 752,000
93   Guyana 16 2 18 0.25 1,319,041 109,920 1,500
94   Austria 15 21 36 0.51 9,490,430 316,348 32,750
95   Brunei 15 2 17 0.24 459,685 28,730 8,150
96   Eritrea 15 2 17 0.24 5,788,600 526,236 194,000
97   Japan 15 4 19 0.27 129,414,863 8,627,658 5,050
98   Netherlands 15 35 50 0.70 21,947,700 487,727 220,000
99   Sweden 15 22 37 0.52 10,325,090 295,003 4,000
100   Equatorial Guinea 14 2 16 0.23 699,150 58,262 7,000
101   Madagascar 14 6 20 0.28 18,368,000 1,020,444 1,130,000
102   Morocco 14 1 15 0.21 39,290,920 3,571,902 80,000
103   Panama 14 4 18 0.25 4,255,840 327,372 22,500
104   Bulgaria 13 12 25 0.35 7,833,570 356,071 5,310
105   Finland 13 25 38 0.53 5,818,940 153,130 5,170
106   French Guiana 13 3 16 0.23 178,780 14,898 2,400
107   Kazakhstan 13 35 48 0.68 15,308,820 356,019 95,000
108   Somalia 13 1 14 0.20 9,938,659 828,222 20,000
109    Switzerland 13 20 33 0.46 8,980,230 320,722 40,000
110   Tajikistan 13 20 33 0.46 7,580,210 303,208 27,500
111   United Kingdom 14 72 85 1.20 61,546,750 799,308 16,700
112   Belgium 12 24 36 0.51 13,686,200 506,896 200,000
113   Mongolia 12 2 14 0.20 3,113,100 345,900 42,500
114   Slovakia 12 3 15 0.21 5,524,990 460,416 25,100
115   Chile 11 6 17 0.24 17,412,013 1,741,201 10,000
116   Costa Rica 11 1 12 0.17 4,853,290 485,329 2,840
117   Czechia 11 15 26 0.37 10,802,090 415,465 10,000
118   Gambia 11 13 24 0.34 1,314,820 69,201 43,650
119   Jordan 11 3 14 0.20 7,572,800 841,422 94,500
120   Lithuania 11 4 15 0.21 3,573,225 274,863 7,555
121   Nicaragua 11 0 11 0.15 6,404,490 582,226 740
122   Norway 11 36 47 0.66 5,746,480 127,700 1,000
123   Slovenia 11 4 15 0.21 2,103,960 191,269 8,700
124   Uzbekistan 11 26 37 0.52 30,929,000 937,242 250,000
125   Yemen 11 6 17 0.24 26,810,300 1,915,021 62,900
126   Fiji 10 11 21 0.30 840,900 64,685 6,950
127   Honduras 10 2 12 0.17 8,982,840 816,622 990
128   Macedonia 10 5 15 0.21 2,154,380 179,532 25,000
129   Moldova 10 4 14 0.20 2,718,530 339,816 107,000
130   Portugal 10 13 23 0.32 10,259,240 446,054 15,000
131   United Arab Emirates 10 17 27 0.38 9,266,400 370,656 370,000
132   French Polynesia 9 1 10 0.14 257,960 25,796 3,000
133   Libya 9 20 29 0.41 6,322,800 234,178 21,000
134   Albania 8 4 12 0.17 2,847,936 284,794 9,820
135   Armenia 8 6 14 0.20 3,036,180 276,016 8,850
136   Belize 8 4 12 0.17 532,160 44,347 14,100
137   Latvia 8 8 16 0.23 2,305,130 164,652 8,000
138   Hong Kong 7 4 11 0.15 6,929,750 692,975 118,500
139   Estonia 7 13 20 0.28 1,541,760 85,653 44,250
140   Lebanon 7 9 16 0.23 6,603,910 471,708 294,000
141   Mauritania 7 1 8 0.11 3,858,400 551,200 111,150
142   Mauritius 7 7 14 0.20 1,234,660 94,974 28,550
143   Palestine 7 3 10 0.14 4,258,410 473,157 705
144   Saudi Arabia 7 18 25 0.35 18,763,220 852,874 500,000
145   Sri Lanka 7 5 12 0.17 19,550,320 1,955,032 46,000
146   Trinidad and Tobago 7 2 9 0.13 2,628,000 328,500 15,600
147   Tunisia 7 8 15 0.21 11,582,100 827,293 34,650
148   Bahrain 6 8 14 0.20 1,263,500 97,192 144,000
149   Comoros 6 0 6 0.08 764,500 152,900 40,000
150   Kyrgyzstan 6 27 33 0.46 5,825,990 215,777 290,650
151   Montenegro 6 7 13 0.18 575,330 63,926 34,700
152   Turkmenistan 6 25 31 0.44 5,300,460 176,682 256,900
153   Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 7 12 0.17 3,757,804 341,619 554,000
154   Caribbean Netherlands 5 1 6 0.08 18,540 3,708 3,390
155   Macao 5 2 7 0.10 582,430 83,204 3,680
156   Cook Islands 5 0 5 0.07 15,000 3,000 680
157   Curacao 5 1 6 0.08 137,670 27,534 8,760
158   Cyprus 5 11 16 0.23 1,541,700 110,121 34,800
159   Denmark 5 34 39 0.55 5,924,220 151,903 23,100
160   Djibouti 5 5 10 0.14 830,400 103,800 125,300
161   El Salvador 5 0 5 0.07 6,378,000 2,126,000 7,500
162   Eswatini 5 2 7 0.10 1,261,640 180,234 20,000
163   Ireland 5 8 13 0.18 4,682,020 425,638 27,000
164   Lesotho 5 0 5 0.07 2,164,000 541,000 190,000
165   Monaco 5 0 5 0.07 33,850 6,770 7,110
166   São Tomé and Príncipe 5 3 8 0.11 204,200 25,525 14,700
167   Uruguay 5 9 14 0.20 3,589,050 398,783 25,500
168   Andorra 4 1 5 0.07 73,500 18,375 19,650
169   Aruba 4 2 6 0.08 86,790 21,698 7,000
170   Belarus 4 7 11 0.15 8,946,400 813,309 1,121,000
171   Dominican Republic 4 5 9 0.13 10,193,500 1,698,917 159,000
172   Grenada 4 0 4 0.06 107,353 35,784 5,350
173   Haiti 4 0 4 0.06 6,960,600 2,320,200 600
174   Jamaica 4 4 8 0.11 2,692,540 448,757 7,500
175   Liechtenstein 4 1 5 0.07 35,910 11,970 17,750
176   Luxembourg 4 12 16 0.23 499,250 31,203 66,100
177   Malta 4 4 8 0.11 468,650 58,581 9,515
178   New Zealand 4 61 65 0.91 4,706,160 73,534 148,000
179   Northern Mariana Islands 4 3 7 0.10 42,180 6,026 4,620
180   Palau 4 2 6 0.08 20,870 3,478 2,185
181   Puerto Rico 4 8 12 0.17 3,530,200 353,020 159,000
182   Sint Maarten 4 5 9 0.13 39,880 4,431 6,000
183   South Korea 4 1 5 0.07 48,586,000 16,195,333 24,202,500
184   Aland Islands 3 0 3 0.04 27,652 9,217 1,450
185   Bahamas 3 2 5 0.07 667,280 166,820 330,000
186   Barbados 3 0 3 0.04 518,290 172,763 256,000
187   Burundi 3 1 4 0.06 10,036,100 2,509,025 9,600
188   Cuba 3 2 5 0.07 11,403,500 3,801,167 5,700,000
189   Dominica 3 2 5 0.07 45,800 15,267 3,000
190   Greenland 3 0 3 0.04 56,200 28,100 28,100
191   Guadeloupe 3 1 4 0.06 449,300 149,767 218,650
192   Guernsey 3 1 4 0.06 62,720 31,360 31,360
193   Jersey 3 1 4 0.06 99,230 33,077 47,350
194   Kuwait 3 4 7 0.10 3,187,200 637,440 1,163,600
195   Martinique 3 1 4 0.06 427,330 142,443 213,500
196   Mayotte 3 2 5 0.07 211,700 52,925 47,900
197   Nauru 3 6 9 0.13 13,500 2,250 5,100
198   Qatar 3 15 18 0.25 2,537,980 149,293 486,000
199   Rwanda 3 2 5 0.07 11,124,180 2,224,836 5,440
200   Réunion 3 5 8 0.11 656,200 93,743 313,000
201   Saint Barthélemy 3 0 3 0.04 7,850 2,617 1,000
202   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 3 0.04 52,040 17,347 1,000
203   Saint Lucia 3 1 4 0.06 159,600 79,800 79,800
204   Saint Martin 3 2 5 0.07 28,500 5,700 5,000
205   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 3 0.04 138,500 46,167 400
206   Seychelles 3 0 3 0.04 85,420 28,473 4,590
207   Tonga 3 1 4 0.06 105,800 26,450 1,270
208   Tuvalu 3 0 3 0.04 10,100 5,050 5,050
209   U.S. Virgin Islands 3 3 6 0.08 85,850 21,462 9,540
210   Wallis and Futuna 3 0 3 0.04 12,960 4,320 3,900
211   Western Sahara 3 1 4 0.06 584,000 292,000 292,000
212   American Samoa 2 5 7 0.10 56,090 9,348 25,890
213   Anguilla 2 0 2 0.03 12,450 6,225 6,225
214   Antigua and Barbuda 2 2 4 0.06 153,800 51,267 76,700
215   Bermuda 2 1 3 0.04 64,610 32,305 62,000
216   British Virgin Islands 2 0 2 0.03 39,700 19,850 19,850
217   Cape Verde 2 1 3 0.04 489,800 244,900 244,900
218   Christmas Island 2 0 2 0.03 1,000 500 500
219   Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2 0 2 0.03 600 300 300
220   Faroe Islands 2 0 2 0.03 48,000 48,000 48,000
221   Gibraltar 2 1 3 0.04 46,700 15,567 21,950
222   Guam 2 7 9 0.13 181,400 22,675 46,750
223   Iceland 2 0 2 0.03 300,300 150,150 150,150
224   Isle of Man 2 0 2 0.03 88,000 44,000 44,000
225   Kiribati 2 1 3 0.04 106,000 35,333 52,750
226   Maldives 2 0 2 0.03 331,000 331,000 331,000
227   Marshall Islands 2 0 2 0.03 65,700 32,850 32,850
228   Montserrat 2 0 2 0.03 3,920 1,960 1,960
229   Niue 2 1 3 0.04 1,550 775 775
230   Norfolk Island 2 0 2 0.03 2,110 1,055 1,055
231   Pitcairn 2 0 2 0.03 36 36 36
232   Samoa 2 1 3 0.04 187,000 62,333 93,400
233   San Marino 2 0 2 0.03 25,000 12,500 12,500
234   Tokelau 2 3 5 0.07 2,421 484 870
235   Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2 4 0.06 29,840 9,947 14,365
236   Vatican 2 0 2 0.03 330 165 165
237   British Indian Ocean Territory 1 0 1 0.01 4,000 4,000 4,000
238   Cayman Islands 1 3 4 0.06 74,840 18,710 50,000
239   Falkland Islands 1 1 2 0.03 2,860 1,430 2,610
240   North Korea 1 0 1 0.01 23,300,000 23,300,000 23,300,000
241   Saint Helena 1 0 1 0.01 5,900 5,900 5,900
242   Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 0 1 0.01 6,000 6,000 6,000

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This refers to the percentage of total number of languages in the world, including both established and immigrant languages.

References

  1. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Summary by country". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  2. ^ Palmer, Bill (2018). "Language families of the New Guinea Area". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 1–20. ISBN  978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. ^ Hopwood, Sean Patrick (2018-05-07). "Linguistic Diversity: The Languages in Papua New Guinea". Day Translations Blog. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of the number of languages by country and dependency according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1]

Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world. [2] [3]

List

Rank Country or territory Number of living languages Number of speakers
Established Immigrant Total Percent [note 1] Total Mean Median
1   Papua New Guinea 840 0 840 11.81 4,213,381 5,040 1,315
2   India 447 6 453 6.37 1,257,421,714 2,924,237 35,000
3   Indonesia 707 3 710 9.98 222,191,197 315,165 3,500
4   Nigeria 517 7 524 7.37 163,317,444 348,225 14,000
5   China (mainland only) 302 3 305 4.29 1,319,419,348 4,472,608 27,700
6   Mexico 287 5 292 4.11 125,535,200 435,886 4,730
7   Cameroon 274 1 275 3.87 10,228,065 38,451 10,000
8   Australia 226 93 319 4.49 22,693,732 72,504 10
9   United States 219 116 335 4.71 326,756,719 999,256 12
10   Brazil 217 11 228 3.21 204,653,402 934,490 210
11   Democratic Republic of the Congo 212 2 214 3.01 42,128,230 209,593 29,450
12   Philippines 183 8 191 2.69 70,776,614 386,757 19,200
13   Malaysia 133 11 144 2.03 22,242,065 205,945 3,400
14   Chad 130 1 131 1.84 8,865,556 74,500 14,000
15   Tanzania 125 1 126 1.77 51,108,150 422,381 102,500
16     Nepal 124 7 129 1.81 26,612,919 212,903 8,385
17   Myanmar 120 6 126 1.77 49,284,095 397,452 15,000
18   Russia 115 44 159 2.24 138,698,335 900,639 3,900
19   Vanuatu 110 6 116 1.63 196,298 1,722 665
20   Vietnam 109 3 112 1.58 86,884,520 835,428 14,900
21   Canada 96 99 195 2.74 33,362,312 174,672 260
22   Peru 93 1 94 1.32 30,994,201 336,893 4,635
23   Ethiopia 90 1 91 1.28 66,766,720 750,188 48,000
24   Côte d’Ivoire 86 15 101 1.42 18,439,310 209,538 34,150
25   Colombia 85 4 89 1.25 47,673,568 560,866 885
26   Laos 85 7 92 1.29 6,543,480 76,982 9,710
27   Ghana 81 6 87 1.22 27,661,206 359,236 36,000
28   Iran 79 5 84 1.18 82,927,520 1,256,478 62,000
29   Sudan 75 1 76 1.07 35,091,200 516,047 13,000
30   Pakistan 74 11 85 1.20 201,998,220 2,524,978 53,250
31   Thailand 73 15 88 1.24 53,357,924 675,417 8,000
32   Central African Republic 72 11 83 1.17 3,638,143 47,249 17,350
33   Solomon Islands 72 0 72 1.01 379,966 5,352 2,770
34   Burkina Faso 71 0 71 1.00 12,472,930 183,425 20,500
35   South Sudan 69 0 69 0.97 4,504,650 80,440 27,500
36   Mali 68 3 71 1.00 13,027,840 194,445 25,000
37   Kenya 67 5 72 1.01 37,037,960 544,676 180,000
38   Congo 62 2 64 0.90 3,690,660 60,503 14,400
39   Benin 55 1 56 0.79 9,605,590 177,881 64,000
40   Angola 46 1 47 0.66 24,288,770 528,017 30,000
41   Zambia 46 9 55 0.77 11,364,870 236,768 32,850
42   Togo 44 2 46 0.65 4,889,380 113,707 34,300
43   Bolivia 43 2 45 0.63 7,349,368 170,916 350
44   Gabon 43 1 44 0.62 1,077,960 25,069 4,000
45   Mozambique 43 4 47 0.66 23,792,100 517,220 197,500
46   Uganda 43 2 45 0.63 33,862,350 769,599 303,000
47   Venezuela 42 6 48 0.68 31,087,151 777,179 770
48   Afghanistan 41 1 42 0.59 23,352,300 569,568 16,500
49   Bangladesh 41 4 45 0.63 165,220,330 3,842,333 15,500
50   Turkey 39 15 54 0.76 90,297,204 2,149,933 66,000
51   New Caledonia 38 2 40 0.56 143,010 3,972 950
52   Senegal 38 8 46 0.65 13,977,980 310,622 20,000
53   Guinea 37 3 40 0.56 11,600,930 341,204 25,000
54   Israel 36 17 53 0.75 9,475,461 205,988 42,500
55   Italy 35 12 47 0.66 82,319,110 1,870,889 100,000
56   Botswana 31 7 38 0.53 2,213,660 63,247 5,950
57   Liberia 31 3 34 0.48 4,290,730 134,085 85,600
58   South Africa 30 12 42 0.59 51,004,892 1,416,803 133,500
59   Cambodia 27 2 29 0.41 16,326,490 583,089 5,210
60   Guatemala 27 0 27 0.38 14,708,590 544,763 28,000
61   Namibia 27 6 33 0.46 2,668,940 83,404 13,800
62   Romania 26 3 29 0.41 20,492,430 975,830 17,850
63   Germany 25 70 95 1.34 88,571,690 1,107,146 80,000
64   Argentina 24 16 40 0.56 46,160,150 1,318,861 5,120
65   Ecuador 24 0 24 0.34 16,665,750 694,406 11,000
66   Sierra Leone 24 2 26 0.37 6,977,150 290,715 138,000
67   Singapore 24 7 31 0.44 6,105,380 226,125 15,200
68   Bhutan 23 8 31 0.44 639,500 25,580 8,000
69   Taiwan 23 12 35 0.49 23,985,650 726,838 4,000
70   Guinea-Bissau 23 7 30 0.42 1,779,010 68,423 8,520
71   Iraq 23 4 27 0.38 33,977,620 1,477,288 136,000
72   Niger 23 0 23 0.32 15,810,500 718,659 28,450
73   Paraguay 23 4 27 0.38 6,633,188 255,123 2,530
74   France 22 73 95 1.42 69,961,900 1,793,895 126,000
75   Poland 22 5 27 0.38 37,460,007 1,498,400 12,800
76   Zimbabwe 22 2 24 0.34 11,926,440 596,322 145,000
77   Suriname 21 6 27 0.38 562,014 22,481 1,250
78   Ukraine 21 27 48 0.68 40,599,806 882,604 50,400
79   East Timor 20 1 21 0.30 1,040,816 49,563 16,700
80   Georgia 20 7 27 0.38 4,506,220 173,316 14,000
81   Greece 20 14 34 0.48 11,693,492 377,209 9,700
82   Algeria 18 4 22 0.31 38,548,160 1,927,408 40,000
83   Azerbaijan 18 20 38 0.53 9,280,890 257,802 11,700
84   Hungary 18 3 21 0.30 9,927,510 583,971 3,710
85   Micronesia 18 1 19 0.27 111,010 6,167 1,410
86   Malawi 17 7 24 0.34 13,016,000 813,500 200,000
87   Oman 17 14 31 0.44 4,236,000 151,286 42,400
88   Serbia 17 7 24 0.34 8,830,600 420,505 34,000
89   Spain 17 17 34 0.48 52,439,510 1,691,597 72,500
90   Syria 17 7 24 0.34 18,708,430 850,383 64,900
91   Croatia 16 11 27 0.38 4,333,590 180,566 10,200
92   Egypt 16 7 23 0.32 94,599,800 5,255,544 752,000
93   Guyana 16 2 18 0.25 1,319,041 109,920 1,500
94   Austria 15 21 36 0.51 9,490,430 316,348 32,750
95   Brunei 15 2 17 0.24 459,685 28,730 8,150
96   Eritrea 15 2 17 0.24 5,788,600 526,236 194,000
97   Japan 15 4 19 0.27 129,414,863 8,627,658 5,050
98   Netherlands 15 35 50 0.70 21,947,700 487,727 220,000
99   Sweden 15 22 37 0.52 10,325,090 295,003 4,000
100   Equatorial Guinea 14 2 16 0.23 699,150 58,262 7,000
101   Madagascar 14 6 20 0.28 18,368,000 1,020,444 1,130,000
102   Morocco 14 1 15 0.21 39,290,920 3,571,902 80,000
103   Panama 14 4 18 0.25 4,255,840 327,372 22,500
104   Bulgaria 13 12 25 0.35 7,833,570 356,071 5,310
105   Finland 13 25 38 0.53 5,818,940 153,130 5,170
106   French Guiana 13 3 16 0.23 178,780 14,898 2,400
107   Kazakhstan 13 35 48 0.68 15,308,820 356,019 95,000
108   Somalia 13 1 14 0.20 9,938,659 828,222 20,000
109    Switzerland 13 20 33 0.46 8,980,230 320,722 40,000
110   Tajikistan 13 20 33 0.46 7,580,210 303,208 27,500
111   United Kingdom 14 72 85 1.20 61,546,750 799,308 16,700
112   Belgium 12 24 36 0.51 13,686,200 506,896 200,000
113   Mongolia 12 2 14 0.20 3,113,100 345,900 42,500
114   Slovakia 12 3 15 0.21 5,524,990 460,416 25,100
115   Chile 11 6 17 0.24 17,412,013 1,741,201 10,000
116   Costa Rica 11 1 12 0.17 4,853,290 485,329 2,840
117   Czechia 11 15 26 0.37 10,802,090 415,465 10,000
118   Gambia 11 13 24 0.34 1,314,820 69,201 43,650
119   Jordan 11 3 14 0.20 7,572,800 841,422 94,500
120   Lithuania 11 4 15 0.21 3,573,225 274,863 7,555
121   Nicaragua 11 0 11 0.15 6,404,490 582,226 740
122   Norway 11 36 47 0.66 5,746,480 127,700 1,000
123   Slovenia 11 4 15 0.21 2,103,960 191,269 8,700
124   Uzbekistan 11 26 37 0.52 30,929,000 937,242 250,000
125   Yemen 11 6 17 0.24 26,810,300 1,915,021 62,900
126   Fiji 10 11 21 0.30 840,900 64,685 6,950
127   Honduras 10 2 12 0.17 8,982,840 816,622 990
128   Macedonia 10 5 15 0.21 2,154,380 179,532 25,000
129   Moldova 10 4 14 0.20 2,718,530 339,816 107,000
130   Portugal 10 13 23 0.32 10,259,240 446,054 15,000
131   United Arab Emirates 10 17 27 0.38 9,266,400 370,656 370,000
132   French Polynesia 9 1 10 0.14 257,960 25,796 3,000
133   Libya 9 20 29 0.41 6,322,800 234,178 21,000
134   Albania 8 4 12 0.17 2,847,936 284,794 9,820
135   Armenia 8 6 14 0.20 3,036,180 276,016 8,850
136   Belize 8 4 12 0.17 532,160 44,347 14,100
137   Latvia 8 8 16 0.23 2,305,130 164,652 8,000
138   Hong Kong 7 4 11 0.15 6,929,750 692,975 118,500
139   Estonia 7 13 20 0.28 1,541,760 85,653 44,250
140   Lebanon 7 9 16 0.23 6,603,910 471,708 294,000
141   Mauritania 7 1 8 0.11 3,858,400 551,200 111,150
142   Mauritius 7 7 14 0.20 1,234,660 94,974 28,550
143   Palestine 7 3 10 0.14 4,258,410 473,157 705
144   Saudi Arabia 7 18 25 0.35 18,763,220 852,874 500,000
145   Sri Lanka 7 5 12 0.17 19,550,320 1,955,032 46,000
146   Trinidad and Tobago 7 2 9 0.13 2,628,000 328,500 15,600
147   Tunisia 7 8 15 0.21 11,582,100 827,293 34,650
148   Bahrain 6 8 14 0.20 1,263,500 97,192 144,000
149   Comoros 6 0 6 0.08 764,500 152,900 40,000
150   Kyrgyzstan 6 27 33 0.46 5,825,990 215,777 290,650
151   Montenegro 6 7 13 0.18 575,330 63,926 34,700
152   Turkmenistan 6 25 31 0.44 5,300,460 176,682 256,900
153   Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 7 12 0.17 3,757,804 341,619 554,000
154   Caribbean Netherlands 5 1 6 0.08 18,540 3,708 3,390
155   Macao 5 2 7 0.10 582,430 83,204 3,680
156   Cook Islands 5 0 5 0.07 15,000 3,000 680
157   Curacao 5 1 6 0.08 137,670 27,534 8,760
158   Cyprus 5 11 16 0.23 1,541,700 110,121 34,800
159   Denmark 5 34 39 0.55 5,924,220 151,903 23,100
160   Djibouti 5 5 10 0.14 830,400 103,800 125,300
161   El Salvador 5 0 5 0.07 6,378,000 2,126,000 7,500
162   Eswatini 5 2 7 0.10 1,261,640 180,234 20,000
163   Ireland 5 8 13 0.18 4,682,020 425,638 27,000
164   Lesotho 5 0 5 0.07 2,164,000 541,000 190,000
165   Monaco 5 0 5 0.07 33,850 6,770 7,110
166   São Tomé and Príncipe 5 3 8 0.11 204,200 25,525 14,700
167   Uruguay 5 9 14 0.20 3,589,050 398,783 25,500
168   Andorra 4 1 5 0.07 73,500 18,375 19,650
169   Aruba 4 2 6 0.08 86,790 21,698 7,000
170   Belarus 4 7 11 0.15 8,946,400 813,309 1,121,000
171   Dominican Republic 4 5 9 0.13 10,193,500 1,698,917 159,000
172   Grenada 4 0 4 0.06 107,353 35,784 5,350
173   Haiti 4 0 4 0.06 6,960,600 2,320,200 600
174   Jamaica 4 4 8 0.11 2,692,540 448,757 7,500
175   Liechtenstein 4 1 5 0.07 35,910 11,970 17,750
176   Luxembourg 4 12 16 0.23 499,250 31,203 66,100
177   Malta 4 4 8 0.11 468,650 58,581 9,515
178   New Zealand 4 61 65 0.91 4,706,160 73,534 148,000
179   Northern Mariana Islands 4 3 7 0.10 42,180 6,026 4,620
180   Palau 4 2 6 0.08 20,870 3,478 2,185
181   Puerto Rico 4 8 12 0.17 3,530,200 353,020 159,000
182   Sint Maarten 4 5 9 0.13 39,880 4,431 6,000
183   South Korea 4 1 5 0.07 48,586,000 16,195,333 24,202,500
184   Aland Islands 3 0 3 0.04 27,652 9,217 1,450
185   Bahamas 3 2 5 0.07 667,280 166,820 330,000
186   Barbados 3 0 3 0.04 518,290 172,763 256,000
187   Burundi 3 1 4 0.06 10,036,100 2,509,025 9,600
188   Cuba 3 2 5 0.07 11,403,500 3,801,167 5,700,000
189   Dominica 3 2 5 0.07 45,800 15,267 3,000
190   Greenland 3 0 3 0.04 56,200 28,100 28,100
191   Guadeloupe 3 1 4 0.06 449,300 149,767 218,650
192   Guernsey 3 1 4 0.06 62,720 31,360 31,360
193   Jersey 3 1 4 0.06 99,230 33,077 47,350
194   Kuwait 3 4 7 0.10 3,187,200 637,440 1,163,600
195   Martinique 3 1 4 0.06 427,330 142,443 213,500
196   Mayotte 3 2 5 0.07 211,700 52,925 47,900
197   Nauru 3 6 9 0.13 13,500 2,250 5,100
198   Qatar 3 15 18 0.25 2,537,980 149,293 486,000
199   Rwanda 3 2 5 0.07 11,124,180 2,224,836 5,440
200   Réunion 3 5 8 0.11 656,200 93,743 313,000
201   Saint Barthélemy 3 0 3 0.04 7,850 2,617 1,000
202   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 3 0.04 52,040 17,347 1,000
203   Saint Lucia 3 1 4 0.06 159,600 79,800 79,800
204   Saint Martin 3 2 5 0.07 28,500 5,700 5,000
205   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 3 0.04 138,500 46,167 400
206   Seychelles 3 0 3 0.04 85,420 28,473 4,590
207   Tonga 3 1 4 0.06 105,800 26,450 1,270
208   Tuvalu 3 0 3 0.04 10,100 5,050 5,050
209   U.S. Virgin Islands 3 3 6 0.08 85,850 21,462 9,540
210   Wallis and Futuna 3 0 3 0.04 12,960 4,320 3,900
211   Western Sahara 3 1 4 0.06 584,000 292,000 292,000
212   American Samoa 2 5 7 0.10 56,090 9,348 25,890
213   Anguilla 2 0 2 0.03 12,450 6,225 6,225
214   Antigua and Barbuda 2 2 4 0.06 153,800 51,267 76,700
215   Bermuda 2 1 3 0.04 64,610 32,305 62,000
216   British Virgin Islands 2 0 2 0.03 39,700 19,850 19,850
217   Cape Verde 2 1 3 0.04 489,800 244,900 244,900
218   Christmas Island 2 0 2 0.03 1,000 500 500
219   Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2 0 2 0.03 600 300 300
220   Faroe Islands 2 0 2 0.03 48,000 48,000 48,000
221   Gibraltar 2 1 3 0.04 46,700 15,567 21,950
222   Guam 2 7 9 0.13 181,400 22,675 46,750
223   Iceland 2 0 2 0.03 300,300 150,150 150,150
224   Isle of Man 2 0 2 0.03 88,000 44,000 44,000
225   Kiribati 2 1 3 0.04 106,000 35,333 52,750
226   Maldives 2 0 2 0.03 331,000 331,000 331,000
227   Marshall Islands 2 0 2 0.03 65,700 32,850 32,850
228   Montserrat 2 0 2 0.03 3,920 1,960 1,960
229   Niue 2 1 3 0.04 1,550 775 775
230   Norfolk Island 2 0 2 0.03 2,110 1,055 1,055
231   Pitcairn 2 0 2 0.03 36 36 36
232   Samoa 2 1 3 0.04 187,000 62,333 93,400
233   San Marino 2 0 2 0.03 25,000 12,500 12,500
234   Tokelau 2 3 5 0.07 2,421 484 870
235   Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2 4 0.06 29,840 9,947 14,365
236   Vatican 2 0 2 0.03 330 165 165
237   British Indian Ocean Territory 1 0 1 0.01 4,000 4,000 4,000
238   Cayman Islands 1 3 4 0.06 74,840 18,710 50,000
239   Falkland Islands 1 1 2 0.03 2,860 1,430 2,610
240   North Korea 1 0 1 0.01 23,300,000 23,300,000 23,300,000
241   Saint Helena 1 0 1 0.01 5,900 5,900 5,900
242   Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 0 1 0.01 6,000 6,000 6,000

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This refers to the percentage of total number of languages in the world, including both established and immigrant languages.

References

  1. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Summary by country". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  2. ^ Palmer, Bill (2018). "Language families of the New Guinea Area". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 1–20. ISBN  978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. ^ Hopwood, Sean Patrick (2018-05-07). "Linguistic Diversity: The Languages in Papua New Guinea". Day Translations Blog. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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