| Chinese | China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Macao, Cambodia | 1,212,560,000 | | Arabic | Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestinian West Bank & Gaza, Israel, Iran, France, Oman, Turkey, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Chad, Bahrain, Niger, Tanzania, United States, The Netherlands, Belgium, Eritrea, Mali, Qatar, Nigeria | 422,039,637 | | Hindi | India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Yemen, Uganda | 366,000,000 | | English | United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Barbados, Singapore, Namibia, Israel, Sri Lanka, Germany, Puerto Rico, Japan, Liberia, Ecuador, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, Zambia, Philippines, Italy, Guam, Venezuela, Honduras, Malawi, Denmark | 341,000,000 | | Spanish | Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, United States, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Panama | 322,200,000 | | Bengali | Bangladesh, India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | 207,000,000 | | Portuguese | Brazil, Portugal, France, Paraguay, South Africa, United States, India, Luxembourg, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Angola, Mozambique, Uruguay | 176,000,000 | | Russian | Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Latvia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Israel, Georgia, Germany, Turkmenistan, Lithuania, United States, Tajikistan, Armenia, Poland | 167,000,000 | | Japanese | Japan, United States, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Singapore, Germany, Paraguay, Australia, United Kingdom, Taiwan | 125,000,000 | | German | Germany, Austria, United States, Brazil, Poland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Canada, Argentina, Hungary, Italy, Czech Republic, Paraguay, Bolivia, Belgium, Romania, Australia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Denmark, Namibia, Luxembourg, Moldova | 100,130,000 | | French | France, Canada, Belgium, United States, Switzerland, Algeria, Italy, Morocco, New Caledonia, Israel, Gabon, Mauritius, Congo, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire, Monaco, Benin, Djibouti, French Polynesia, Austria, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Mali, Central African Republic, Vanuatu, Niger, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Chad, Togo | 78,000,000 | | Korean | South Korea, North Korea, China, United States, Japan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Brazil, Australia | 78,000,000 | | Javanese | Indonesia, Malaysia, Suriname, The Netherlands, New Caledonia, Singapore | 75,567,550 | | Telugu | India, Malaysia, Fiji, Singapore | 69,666,000 | | Marathi | India | 68,022,000 | | Vietnamese | Vietnam, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Laos, Canada, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, China, New Caledonia | 68,000,000 | | Tamil | India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore, Germany, Mauritius | 66,000,000 | | Italian | Italy, Argentina, France, United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Uruguay, Paraguay, Luxembourg | 62,000,000 | | Turkish | Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Uzbekistan, The Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, France, Greece, Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Denmark, Israel, United States, Sweden, Azerbaijan | 61,000,000 | | Urdu | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mauritius, Oman | 60,290,000 | | Punjabi | Pakistan, India, Canada, United States, Malaysia, Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Kenya | 57,129,000 | | Ukrainian | Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Canada, Hungary, Belarus, United States, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, Latvia, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Paraguay | 47,000,000 | | Gujarati | India, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Fiji | 46,100,000 | | Thai | Thailand, Singapore | 46,050,000 | | Polish | Poland, United States, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Germany, Canada, Israel, Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia | 44,000,000 | | Malayalam | India, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore | 35,706,000 | | Kannada | India | 35,346,000 | | Oriya | India | 32,300,000 | | Burmese | Myanmar, Bangladesh | 32,250,000 | | Azerbaijani | Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iraq, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kyrgyzstan | 31,423,000 | | Farsi | Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, France, Sweden | 31,280,000 | | Sunda | Indonesia | 27,000,000 | | Pashto | Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, India | 26,811,657 | | Romanian | Romania, Moldova, Israel, Ukraine, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Russia, Hungary, United States, Albania, Kazakhstan | 26,265,555 | | Bhojpuri | India, Nepal, Mauritius | 26,254,000 | | Hausa | Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic | 24,200,000 | | Maithili | India, Nepal | 24,191,900 | | Malay | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, The Netherlands, Myanmar | 23,576,500 | | Serbo-Croatian | Serbia and Montenegro | 21,000,000 | | Awadhi | India, Nepal | 20,540,000 | | Uzbek | Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia | 20,051,000 | | Yoruba | Nigeria, Benin | 20,000,000 | | Dutch | The Netherlands, Belgium, United States, Suriname, Canada, Germany, France, Australia | 20,000,000 | | Sindh | Pakistan, India, United Kingdom, Philippines | 19,720,000 | | Igbo | Nigeria | 18,000,000 | | Amharic | Ethiopia, Israel | 17,413,000 | | Oromo | Ethiopia | 17,232,000 | | Indonesian | Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands | 17,070,000 | | Tagalog | Philippines, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | 17,000,000 | | Nepali | Nepal, India, Bhutan | 16,056,000 | | Assamese | India, Bhutan | 15,374,000 | | Saraiki | Pakistan, India | 15,059,000 | | Cebuano | Philippines | 15,000,000 | | Hungarian | Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, United States, Ukraine | 14,500,000 | | Chittagonian | Bangladesh | 14,000,000 | | Zhuang | China | 14,000,000 | | Shona | Indonesia | 14,000,000 | | Madura | Indonesia | 13,694,000 | | Sinhala | Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Maldives | 13,220,000 | | Marwari | India, Pakistan | 13,183,000 | | Magahi | India | 13,000,000 | | Haryanvi | India | 13,000,000 | | Greek | Greece, Cyprus, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Australia, Russia, Canada, Ukraine, South Africa, Egypt, Albania, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria | 12,000,000 | | Czech | Czech Republic, United States, Canada, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Austria, Israel, Poland, Slovakia | 12,000,000 | | Chhattisgarhi | India | 11,535,000 | | Fulfulde | Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Cameroon, Benin, Chad | 11,428,700 | | Deccan | India | 10,709,800 | | Malagasy | Madagascar | 10,484,000 | | Belarusan | Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Moldova | 10,200,000 | |
Source: Summer Institute of Linguistics. |