Country Comparison :: Languages
This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
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Rank
country (%) Date of Information
1 France
100.00
NA
2 Greece
99.00
NA
3 Marshall Islands
98.20
NA
4 Poland
97.80
2002 census
5 Armenia
97.70
2001 census
6 Nicaragua
97.50
NA
7 Croatia
96.10
2001 census
8 Kazakhstan
95.00
2001 est.
9 Cayman Islands
95.00
1999 census
10 Cambodia
95.00
NA
11 Czech Republic
94.90
2001 census
12 Jersey
94.50
2001 census
13 Hungary
93.60
2001 census
14 Mexico
92.70
2005
15 Seychelles
91.80
2002 census
16 New Zealand
91.20
2006 Census
17 Finland
91.20
2007
18 Slovenia
91.10
2002 census
19 Romania
91.00
NA
20 Hong Kong
90.80
2006 census
21 American Samoa
90.60
2000 census
22 Azerbaijan
90.30
1999 census
23 Malta
90.20
2005 census
24 Mongolia
90.00
1999
25 Austria
88.60
2001 census
26 Serbia
88.30
NA
27 Macau
85.70
2001 census
28 Peru
84.10
2007 Census
29 Slovakia
83.90
2001 census
30 United States
82.10
NA
31 Lithuania
82.00
2001 census
32 Curacao
81.20
2001 census
33 Mauritius
80.50
2000 census
34 Mali
80.00
NA
35 Australia
78.50
2006 Census
36 Botswana
78.20
2001 census
37 Bulgaria
76.80
2011 census
38 Virgin Islands
74.70
2000 census
39 Uzbekistan
74.30
NA
40 Spain
74.00
NA
41 Sri Lanka
74.00
NA
42 Vanuatu
72.60
1999 Census
43 Turkmenistan
72.00
NA
44 Georgia
71.00
NA
45 Belarus
70.20
1999 census
46 Equatorial Guinea
67.60
1994 census
47 Sint Maarten
67.50
2001 census
48 Estonia
67.30
2000 census
49 Ukraine
67.00
NA
50 Macedonia
66.50
2002 census
51 Aruba
66.30
2000 census
52 Palau
64.70
NA
53 Kyrgyzstan
64.70
1999 census
54 Kazakhstan
64.40
2001 est.
55 Switzerland
63.70
NA
56 Montenegro
63.60
2003 census
57 French Polynesia
61.10
2002 census
58 Bolivia
60.70
2001 census
59 Guatemala
60.00
NA
60 Belgium
60.00
NA
61 Wallis and Futuna
58.90
2003 census
62 Canada
58.80
2006 Census
63 Latvia
58.20
2000 census
64 Malawi
57.20
1998 census
65 Iran
53.00
NA
66 Afghanistan
50.00
NA
67 Pakistan
48.00
NA
68 Nepal
47.80
2001 est.
69 Belize
46.00
2000 census
70 India
41.00
2001 census
71 Belgium
40.00
NA
72 Guatemala
40.00
NA
73 Guam
38.30
2000 census
74 Latvia
37.50
2000 census
75 Ghana
36.10
2000 census
76 Afghanistan
35.00
NA
77 Singapore
35.00
2000 census
78 Ethiopia
33.80
1994 census
79 Belize
32.90
2000 census
80 Equatorial Guinea
32.40
1994 census
81 Namibia
32.00
NA
82 French Polynesia
31.40
2002 census
83 Wallis and Futuna
30.10
2003 census
84 Mozambique
30.10
1997 census
85 Zambia
30.10
2000 Census
86 Estonia
29.70
2000 census
87 Ethiopia
29.30
1994 census
88 Bhutan
28.00
NA
89 Bhutan
26.00
NA
90 Mozambique
25.30
1997 census
91 Macedonia
25.10
2002 census
92 Northern Mariana Islands
24.40
2000 census
93 Ukraine
24.00
NA
94 Bhutan
24.00
NA
95 South Africa
23.82
2001 census
96 Belarus
23.40
1999 census
97 Northern Mariana Islands
23.40
2000 census
98 Vanuatu
23.10
1999 Census
99 Singapore
23.00
2000 census
100 Zambia
22.50
2000 Census
101 Northern Mariana Islands
22.40
2000 census
102 Guam
22.20
2000 census
103 Guam
22.20
2000 census
104 Bhutan
22.00
NA
105 Montenegro
22.00
2003 census
106 Canada
21.60
2006 Census
107 Bolivia
21.20
2001 census
108 Switzerland
20.40
NA
109 Liberia
20.00
NA
110 Canada
19.60
2006 Census
111 Sri Lanka
18.00
NA
112 Iran
18.00
NA
113 South Africa
17.64
2001 census
114 Spain
17.00
NA
115 Virgin Islands
16.80
2000 census
116 Ghana
14.80
2000 census
117 Bolivia
14.60
2001 census
118 Uzbekistan
14.20
NA
119 Singapore
14.10
2000 census
120 Kyrgyzstan
13.60
1999 census
121 Palau
13.50
NA
122 South Africa
13.35
2001 census
123 Peru
13.00
2007 Census
124 Sint Maarten
12.90
2001 census
125 New Zealand
12.90
2006 Census
126 Malawi
12.80
1998 census
127 Ghana
12.70
2000 census
128 Aruba
12.60
2000 census
129 Kyrgyzstan
12.50
1999 census
130 Mauritius
12.10
2000 census
131 Nepal
12.10
2001 est.
132 Turkmenistan
12.00
NA
133 Pakistan
12.00
NA
134 Ethiopia
11.70
1994 census
135 Singapore
11.40
2000 census
136 Afghanistan
11.00
NA
137 Wallis and Futuna
10.80
2003 census
138 Northern Mariana Islands
10.80
2000 census
139 Slovakia
10.70
2001 census
140 Zambia
10.70
2000 Census
141 United States
10.70
NA
142 Mozambique
10.70
1997 census
143 Zambia
10.60
2000 Census
144 Bulgaria
10.50
2011 census
145 Mozambique
10.30
1997 census
146 Malawi
10.10
1998 census
147 Nepal
10.00
2001 est.
148 Pakistan
10.00
NA
149 Iran
10.00
NA
150 Ghana
9.90
2000 census
151 Northern Mariana Islands
9.60
2000 census
152 Northern Mariana Islands
9.50
2000 census
153 Malawi
9.50
1998 census
154 Palau
9.40
NA
155 South Africa
9.39
2001 census
156 Georgia
9.00
NA
157 Turkmenistan
9.00
NA
158 Ukraine
9.00
NA
159 Belize
8.90
2000 census
160 Botswana
8.60
2001 census
161 Sint Maarten
8.20
2001 census
162 South Africa
8.20
2001 census
163 South Africa
8.20
2001 census
164 Bulgaria
8.20
2011 census
165 Australia
8.20
2006 Census
166 Kyrgyzstan
8.20
1999 census
167 India
8.10
2001 census
168 Lithuania
8.00
2001 census
169 Curacao
8.00
2001 census
170 Pakistan
8.00
NA
171 Sri Lanka
8.00
NA
172 Pakistan
8.00
NA
173 Pakistan
8.00
NA
174 South Africa
7.93
2001 census
175 Botswana
7.90
2001 census
176 Aruba
7.70
2000 census
177 Mozambique
7.50
1997 census
178 Nepal
7.40
2001 est.
179 India
7.20
2001 census
180 Uzbekistan
7.10
NA
181 Georgia
7.00
NA
182 Georgia
7.00
NA
183 Namibia
7.00
NA
184 India
7.00
2001 census
185 Iran
7.00
NA
186 Spain
7.00
NA
187 Turkmenistan
7.00
NA
188 Mozambique
7.00
1997 census
189 Guam
7.00
2000 census
190 Guam
6.80
2000 census
191 Romania
6.70
NA
192 Virgin Islands
6.60
2000 census
193 Switzerland
6.50
NA
194 Hungary
6.40
2001 census
195 Belarus
6.40
1999 census
196 Ethiopia
6.20
1994 census
197 Iran
6.00
NA
198 Georgia
6.00
NA
199 Malta
6.00
2005 census
200 French Polynesia
6.00
2002 census
201 India
5.90
2001 census
202 India
5.90
2001 census
203 Ethiopia
5.90
1994 census
204 Nepal
5.80
2001 est.
205 Aruba
5.80
2000 census
206 Mexico
5.70
2005
207 Singapore
5.70
2000 census
208 Zambia
5.70
2000 Census
209 Australia
5.70
2006 Census
210 Palau
5.70
NA
211 Lithuania
5.60
2001 census
212 Finland
5.50
2007
213 Montenegro
5.50
2003 census
214 Austria
5.30
2001 census
215 Aruba
5.30
2000 census
216 Montenegro
5.30
2003 census
217 Mozambique
5.10
1997 census
218 Nepal
5.10
2001 est.
219 India
5.00
2001 census
220 Seychelles
4.90
2002 census
221 Singapore
4.90
2000 census
222 Zambia
4.90
2000 Census
223 Jersey
4.60
2001 census
224 Ghana
4.60
2000 census
225 India
4.50
2001 census
226 Slovenia
4.50
2002 census
227 South Africa
4.44
2001 census
228 Hong Kong
4.40
2006 census
229 Uzbekistan
4.40
NA
230 Lithuania
4.40
2001 census
231 Slovenia
4.40
2002 census
232 Latvia
4.30
2000 census
233 Ghana
4.30
2000 census
234 Ghana
4.30
2000 census
235 Sint Maarten
4.20
2001 census
236 Serbia
4.10
NA
237 Afghanistan
4.00
NA
238 Ethiopia
4.00
1994 census
239 Mozambique
4.00
1997 census
240 Curacao
4.00
2001 census
241 Macau
4.00
2001 census
242 New Zealand
3.90
2006 Census
243 Curacao
3.90
2001 census
244 Belize
3.90
2000 census
245 United States
3.80
NA
246 Serbia
3.80
NA
247 Bulgaria
3.80
2011 census
248 Mauritius
3.70
2000 census
249 Ghana
3.70
2000 census
250 India
3.70
2001 census
251 Montenegro
3.70
2003 census
252 Malawi
3.60
1998 census
253 Nepal
3.60
2001 est.
254 Macedonia
3.50
2002 census
255 Sint Maarten
3.50
2001 census
256 Guam
3.50
2000 census
257 Belize
3.40
2000 census
258 Ghana
3.40
2000 census
259 Ghana
3.40
2000 census
260 Mauritius
3.40
2000 census
261 Zambia
3.40
2000 Census
262 Azerbaijan
3.30
1999 census
263 Finland
3.30
2007
264 Belize
3.30
2000 census
265 Nepal
3.30
2001 est.
266 Singapore
3.20
2000 census
267 Macau
3.20
2001 census
268 India
3.20
2001 census
269 Cayman Islands
3.20
1999 census
270 India
3.20
2001 census
271 Seychelles
3.10
2002 census
272 Pakistan
3.00
NA
273 Malta
3.00
2005 census
274 Curacao
2.90
2001 census
275 Croatia
2.90
2001 census
276 Ghana
2.90
2000 census
277 American Samoa
2.90
2000 census
278 Switzerland
2.80
NA
279 India
2.80
2001 census
280 Hong Kong
2.80
2006 census
281 Botswana
2.80
2001 census
282 Macau
2.70
2001 census
283 United States
2.70
NA
284 Malawi
2.70
1998 census
285 South Africa
2.66
2001 census
286 Slovakia
2.60
2001 census
287 Zambia
2.50
2000 Census
288 Nepal
2.50
2001 est.
289 Australia
2.50
2006 Census
290 Nepal
2.40
2001 est.
291 Malawi
2.40
1998 census
292 American Samoa
2.40
2000 census
293 Bolivia
2.40
2001 census
294 Czech Republic
2.30
2001 census
295 Estonia
2.30
2000 census
296 Palau
2.30
NA
297 Austria
2.30
2001 census
298 South Africa
2.28
2001 census
299 Sint Maarten
2.20
2001 census
300 Austria
2.20
2001 census
301 Zambia
2.20
2000 Census
302 Aruba
2.20
2000 census
303 Azerbaijan
2.20
1999 census
304 Poland
2.20
2002 census
305 Ethiopia
2.20
1994 census
306 Botswana
2.10
2001 census
307 American Samoa
2.10
2000 census
308 New Zealand
2.10
2006 Census
309 Zambia
2.00
2000 Census
310 Pakistan
2.00
NA
311 Iran
2.00
NA
312 Iran
2.00
NA
313 Ethiopia
2.00
1994 census
314 Zambia
2.00
2000 Census
315 American Samoa
2.00
2000 census
316 Spain
2.00
NA
317 Czech Republic
2.00
2001 census
318 Iran
2.00
NA
319 Macedonia
1.90
2002 census
320 Vanuatu
1.90
1999 Census
321 Virgin Islands
1.90
2000 census
322 Singapore
1.80
2000 census
323 Azerbaijan
1.80
1999 census
324 Cayman Islands
1.80
1999 census
325 Slovakia
1.80
2001 census
326 Serbia
1.80
NA
327 Macedonia
1.80
2002 census
328 Marshall Islands
1.80
NA
329 Nicaragua
1.70
NA
330 Peru
1.70
2007 Census
331 Zambia
1.70
2000 Census
332 Zambia
1.70
2000 Census
333 Ethiopia
1.70
1994 census
334 Ethiopia
1.70
1994 census
335 Malawi
1.70
1998 census
336 Macau
1.60
2001 census
337 Australia
1.60
2006 Census
338 Austria
1.60
2001 census
339 South Africa
1.59
2001 census
340 Palau
1.50
NA
341 Palau
1.50
NA
342 Sint Maarten
1.50
2001 census
343 Palau
1.50
NA
344 Switzerland
1.50
NA
345 Ethiopia
1.50
1994 census
346 Macau
1.50
2001 census
347 Azerbaijan
1.50
1999 census
348 Vanuatu
1.40
1999 Census
349 Belize
1.40
2000 census
350 Switzerland
1.30
NA
351 Australia
1.30
2006 Census
352 New Zealand
1.30
2006 Census
353 Macau
1.30
2001 census
354 India
1.30
2001 census
355 Bolivia
1.20
2001 census
356 French Polynesia
1.20
2002 census
357 Macedonia
1.20
2002 census
358 Switzerland
1.20
NA
359 Australia
1.20
2006 Census
360 Romania
1.20
NA
361 India
1.20
2001 census
362 New Zealand
1.10
2006 Census
363 Switzerland
1.10
NA
364 Serbia
1.10
NA
365 New Zealand
1.10
2006 Census
366 Romania
1.10
NA
367 Hong Kong
1.10
2006 census
368 New Zealand
1.00
2006 Census
369 Greece
1.00
NA
370 Pakistan
1.00
NA
371 Croatia
1.00
2001 census
372 Namibia
1.00
NA
373 Australia
1.00
2006 Census
374 Kyrgyzstan
1.00
1999 census
375 Slovakia
1.00
2001 census
376 Azerbaijan
1.00
1999 census
377 Armenia
1.00
2001 census
378 Switzerland
1.00
NA
379 Armenia
0.90
2001 census
380 Hong Kong
0.90
2006 census
381 Singapore
0.90
2000 census
382 Jersey
0.90
2001 census
383 Serbia
0.90
NA
384 Czech Republic
0.80
2001 census
385 Nicaragua
0.80
NA
386 Mexico
0.80
2005
387 Mexico
0.80
2005
388 Malta
0.80
2005 census
389 Estonia
0.70
2000 census
390 Bulgaria
0.70
2011 census
391 United States
0.70
NA
392 Peru
0.70
2007 Census
393 Vanuatu
0.70
1999 Census
394 Switzerland
0.50
NA
395 South Africa
0.50
2001 census
396 Botswana
0.40
2001 census
397 Armenia
0.40
2001 census
398 Mauritius
0.30
2000 census
399 French Polynesia
0.30
2002 census
400 Vanuatu
0.30
1999 Census
401 Peru
0.30
2007 Census
402 Peru
0.20
2007 Census
403 Seychelles
0.20
2002 census
404 Belize
0.20
2000 census
405 Wallis and Futuna
0.20
2003 census