Country ranking for field: languages 1996

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This entry provides a listing of languages spoken in each country and specifies any that are official national or regional languages. When data is available, the languages spoken in each country are broken down according to the percent of the total population speaking each language as a first language. For those countries without available data, languages are listed in rank order based on prevalence, starting with the most-spoken language.


1flag of CameroonCameroon24 
2flag of AfghanistanAfghanistanPashtu 35% Afghan Persian 
3flag of PolandPolandPolish 
4flag of OmanOmanArabic 
5flag of PakistanPakistanUrdu 
6flag of PalauPalauEnglish 
7flag of PanamaPanamaSpanish 
8flag of Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaEnglish spoken by 1%-2% pidgin English widespread Motu spoken in Papua region 
9flag of ParaguayParaguaySpanish 
10flag of PeruPeruSpanish 
11flag of PhilippinesPhilippinesPilipino 
12flag of Pitcairn IslandsPitcairn IslandsEnglish 
13flag of PortugalPortugalPortuguese 
14flag of Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana IslandsEnglish Chamorro Carolinian 
15flag of Puerto RicoPuerto RicoSpanish English 
16flag of QatarQatarArabic 
17flag of RomaniaRomaniaRomanian Hungarian German 
18flag of RussiaRussiaRussian other 
19flag of RwandaRwandaKinyarwanda 
20flag of Saint HelenaSaint HelenaEnglish 
21flag of Saint LuciaSaint LuciaEnglish 
22flag of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesEnglish French patois 
23flag of San MarinoSan MarinoItalian 
24flag of Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaArabic 
25flag of NorwayNorwayNorwegian 
26flag of Norfolk IslandNorfolk IslandEnglish 
27flag of Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and MontenegroSerbo-Croatian 95% Albanian 5% 
28flag of Marshall IslandsMarshall IslandsEnglish 
29flag of LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuanian 
30flag of LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourgisch German French English 
31flag of MacauMacauPortuguese Chinese 
32flag of MacedoniaMacedoniaMacedonian 70% Albanian 21% Turkish 3% Serbo-Croatian 3% other 3% 
33flag of MadagascarMadagascarFrench 
34flag of MalawiMalawiEnglish 
35flag of MalaysiaMalaysiaPeninsular Malaysia:Malay 
36flag of MaldivesMaldivesDivehi 
37flag of MaliMaliFrench 
38flag of MaltaMaltaMaltese 
39flag of MartiniqueMartiniqueFrench Creole patois 
40flag of New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaFrench 28 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects 
41flag of MauritaniaMauritaniaHasaniya Arabic 
42flag of MauritiusMauritiusEnglish 
43flag of MayotteMayotteMahorian 
44flag of MoldovaMoldovaMoldovan 
45flag of MongoliaMongoliaKhalkha Mongol 90% Turkic Russian Chinese 
46flag of MontserratMontserratEnglish 
47flag of MoroccoMoroccoArabic 
48flag of MyanmarMyanmarBurmese; minority ethnic groups have their own languages 
49flag of NamibiaNamibiaEnglish 7% 
50flag of NepalNepalNepali 
51flag of SenegalSenegalFrench 
52flag of Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneEnglish 
53flag of SeychellesSeychellesEnglish 
54flag of United StatesUnited StatesEnglish Spanish 
55flag of TunisiaTunisiaArabic 
56flag of TurkeyTurkeyTurkish 
57flag of TurkmenistanTurkmenistanTurkmen 72% Russian 12% Uzbek 9% other 7% 
58flag of Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsEnglish 
59flag of TuvaluTuvaluTuvaluan English 
60flag of U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin IslandsEnglish 
61flag of UgandaUgandaEnglish 
62flag of UkraineUkraineUkrainian Russian Romanian Polish Hungarian 
63flag of United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesArabic 
64flag of United KingdomUnited KingdomEnglish Welsh 
65flag of UruguayUruguaySpanish Brazilero 
66flag of TongaTongaTongan English 
67flag of UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbek 74.3% Russian 14 
68flag of VanuatuVanuatuEnglish 
69flag of VenezuelaVenezuelaSpanish 
70flag of VietnamVietnamVietnamese 
71flag of Wallis and FutunaWallis and FutunaFrench Wallisian 
72flag of West BankWest BankArabic Hebrew 
73flag of Western SaharaWestern SaharaHassaniya Arabic Moroccan Arabic 
74flag of Western SamoaWestern SamoaSamoan 
75flag of YemenYemenArabic 
76flag of ZambiaZambiaEnglish 
77flag of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoEnglish 
78flag of TokelauTokelauTokelauan 
79flag of LibyaLibyaArabic Italian English all are widely understood in the major cities 
80flag of SurinameSurinameDutch 
81flag of SingaporeSingaporeChinese 
82flag of SlovakiaSlovakiaSlovak 
83flag of SloveniaSloveniaSlovenian 91% Serbo-Croatian 7% other 2% 
84flag of Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsMelanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca English spoken by 1%-2% of population 
85flag of SomaliaSomaliaSomali 
86flag of South AfricaSouth AfricaEleven official languages including Afrikaans English Ndebele Pedi Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu 
87flag of South KoreaSouth KoreaKorean English widely taught in high school 
88flag of SpainSpainCastilian Spanish Catalan 17% Galician 7% Basque 2% and a minority of Valencian 
89flag of Sri LankaSri LankaSinhala 
90flag of SudanSudanArabic 
91flag of SvalbardSvalbardRussian Norwegian 
92flag of TogoTogoFrench 
93flag of SwazilandSwazilandEnglish 
94flag of SwedenSwedenSwedish 
95flag of SwitzerlandSwitzerlandGerman 65% French 18% Italian 12% Romansch 1% other 4% 
96flag of SyriaSyriaArabic 
97flag of TaiwanTaiwanMandarin Chinese 
98flag of TajikistanTajikistanTajik 
99flag of TanzaniaTanzaniaSwahili 
100flag of ThailandThailandThai English the secondary language of the elite ethnic and regional dialects 
101flag of The BahamasThe BahamasEnglish Creole 
102flag of The GambiaThe GambiaEnglish 
103flag of LiechtensteinLiechtensteinGerman 
104flag of LiberiaLiberiaEnglish 20% 
105flag of AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbanian 
106flag of CongoCongoFrench 
107flag of CambodiaCambodiaKhmer 
108flag of Cayman IslandsCayman IslandsEnglish 
109flag of ChadChadFrench 
110flag of ChileChileSpanish 
111flag of ChinaChinaStandard Chinese or Mandarin 
112flag of Christmas IslandChristmas IslandEnglish 
113flag of Cocos IslandsCocos IslandsEnglish 
114flag of ColombiaColombiaSpanish 
115flag of ComorosComorosArabic 
116flag of Cook IslandsCook IslandsEnglish 
117flag of BurundiBurundiKirundi 
118flag of CroatiaCroatiaSerbo-Croatian 96% other 4% 
119flag of CubaCubaSpanish 
120flag of CyprusCyprusGreek Turkish English 
121flag of Czech RepublicCzech RepublicCzech Slovak 
122flag of Côte d'IvoireCôte d'IvoireFrench 
123flag of DenmarkDenmarkDanish Faroese Greenlandic 
124flag of DjiboutiDjiboutiFrench 
125flag of DominicaDominicaEnglish 
126flag of Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicSpanish 
127flag of EcuadorEcuadorSpanish 
128flag of Cabo VerdeCabo VerdePortuguese Crioulo a blend of Portuguese and West African words 
129flag of Burkina FasoBurkina FasoFrench 
130flag of El SalvadorEl SalvadorSpanish Nahua 
131flag of BahrainBahrainArabic English Farsi Urdu 
132flag of AlgeriaAlgeriaArabic 
133flag of American SamoaAmerican SamoaSamoan 
134flag of AndorraAndorraCatalan 
135flag of AnguillaAnguillaEnglish 
136flag of Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and BarbudaEnglish 
137flag of ArgentinaArgentinaSpanish 
138flag of ArmeniaArmeniaArmenian 96% Russian 2% other 2% 
139flag of ArubaArubaDutch 
140flag of AustriaAustriaGerman 
141flag of AzerbaijanAzerbaijanAzeri 89% Russian 3% Armenian 2% other 6% 
142flag of BangladeshBangladeshBangla 
143flag of BulgariaBulgariaBulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown 
144flag of BarbadosBarbadosEnglish 
145flag of BelarusBelarusByelorussian Russian other 
146flag of BelizeBelizeEnglish 
147flag of BermudaBermudaEnglish 
148flag of BhutanBhutanDzongkha 
149flag of BoliviaBoliviaSpanish 
150flag of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaSerbo-Croatian 99% 
151flag of BrazilBrazilPortuguese 
152flag of British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsEnglish 
153flag of BruneiBruneiMalay 
154flag of EgyptEgyptArabic 
155flag of Equatorial GuineaEquatorial GuineaSpanish 
156flag of LesothoLesothoSesotho 
157flag of ItalyItalyItalian German 
158flag of Hong KongHong KongChinese 
159flag of HungaryHungaryHungarian 98.2% other 1 
160flag of IcelandIcelandIcelandic 
161flag of IndiaIndiaEnglish enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national political and commercial communication Hindi the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people Bengali 
162flag of IndonesiaIndonesiaBahasa Indonesia 
163flag of IranIranPersian and Persian dialects 58% Turkic and Turkic dialects 26% Kurdish 9% Luri 2% Baloch 1% Arabic 1% Turkish 1% other 2% 
164flag of IraqIraqArabic Kurdish 
165flag of IrelandIrelandIrish 
166flag of Isle of ManIsle of ManEnglish Manx Gaelic 
167flag of IsraelIsraelHebrew 
168flag of JamaicaJamaicaEnglish Creole 
169flag of HaitiHaitiFrench 
170flag of JapanJapanJapanese 
171flag of JerseyJerseyEnglish 
172flag of JordanJordanArabic 
173flag of KenyaKenyaEnglish 
174flag of KiribatiKiribatiEnglish 
175flag of KuwaitKuwaitArabic 
176flag of KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstanKirghiz 
177flag of LaosLaosLao 
178flag of LatviaLatviaLettish 
179flag of LebanonLebanonArabic 
180flag of Holy SeeHoly SeeItalian Latin various other languages 
181flag of GuyanaGuyanaEnglish Amerindian dialects 
182flag of EritreaEritreaTigre and Kunama Cushitic dialects Tigre Nora Bana Arabic 
183flag of Gaza StripGaza StripArabic Hebrew 
184flag of EstoniaEstoniaEstonian 
185flag of EthiopiaEthiopiaAmharic 
186flag of Falkland IslandsFalkland IslandsEnglish 
187flag of Faroe IslandsFaroe IslandsFaroese 
188flag of Federated States of MicronesiaFederated States of MicronesiaEnglish 
189flag of FinlandFinlandFinnish 93.5% 
190flag of FranceFranceFrench 100% rapidly declining regional dialects and languages 
191flag of French GuianaFrench GuianaFrench 
192flag of French PolynesiaFrench PolynesiaFrench 
193flag of GabonGabonFrench 
194flag of GeorgiaGeorgiaArmenian 7% Azeri 6% Georgian 71% 
195flag of GuineaGuineaFrench 
196flag of GermanyGermanyGerman 
197flag of GhanaGhanaEnglish 
198flag of GibraltarGibraltarEnglish 
199flag of GreeceGreeceGreek 
200flag of GreenlandGreenlandEskimo dialects Danish 
201flag of GrenadaGrenadaEnglish 
202flag of GuadeloupeGuadeloupeFrench creole patois 
203flag of GuamGuamEnglish Chamorro Japanese 
204flag of GuernseyGuernseyEnglish French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts 
205flag of Guinea-BissauGuinea-BissauPortuguese 
206flag of ZimbabweZimbabweEnglish 


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