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Countries by Language

Name: Countries by Language
Creator: REST Countries
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Languages spoken around the world and how many countries use each language as an official or recognized language.

Countries By Language — 155 entries in the culture category, sortable by Name, Language, Countries. A clean, structured reference list with the full source data in one place.

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Name↕	Language↕	Countries↕	Example Countries↕
English	English	91	Puerto Rico, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Tanzania
French	French	46	Belgium, Comoros, Central African Republic
Arabic	Arabic	25	Comoros, Saudi Arabia, Oman
Spanish	Spanish	24	Puerto Rico, Chile, Costa Rica
Portuguese	Portuguese	10	Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Portugal
Dutch	Dutch	7	Belgium, Suriname, Netherlands
Russian	Russian	7	Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia
German	German	6	Belgium, Austria, Liechtenstein
Chinese	Chinese	5	Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore
Italian	Italian	4	Vatican City, Switzerland, Italy
Swahili	Swahili	4	Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda
Tswana	Tswana	4	Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Samoan	Samoan	3	Tokelau, Samoa, American Samoa
Tamil	Tamil	3	India, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Swedish	Swedish	3	Sweden, Åland Islands, Finland
Papiamento	Papiamento	3	Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba
Serbian	Serbian	3	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo
Malay	Malay	3	Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei
Guaraní	Guaraní	3	Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
Catalan	Catalan	3	Andorra, Spain, Italy
Norwegian	Norwegian	2	Bouvet Island, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Slovak	Slovak	2	Slovakia, Czechia
Korean	Korean	2	North Korea, South Korea
Greek	Greek	2	Cyprus, Greece
Turkish	Turkish	2	Cyprus, Turkey
Danish	Danish	2	Denmark, Faroe Islands
Albanian	Albanian	2	Albania, Kosovo
Swazi	Swazi	2	Eswatini, South Africa
Kikongo	Kikongo	2	DR Congo, Republic of the Congo
Lingala	Lingala	2	DR Congo, Republic of the Congo
Romanian	Romanian	2	Romania, Moldova
Chamorro	Chamorro	2	Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Croatian	Croatian	2	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Turkmen	Turkmen	2	Afghanistan, Turkmenistan
Afrikaans	Afrikaans	2	Namibia, South Africa
Aymara	Aymara	2	Peru, Bolivia
Quechua	Quechua	2	Peru, Bolivia
Berber	Berber	2	Western Sahara, Morocco
Tsonga	Tsonga	2	South Africa, Zimbabwe
Venda	Venda	2	South Africa, Zimbabwe

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