List of languages by number of native speakers
Ethnologue (2019, 22nd edition)
The following 90 languages are listed as having at least 10 million first language speakers in the 2019 edition of Ethnologue, a language reference published by SIL International, which is based in the United States.

List of languages by number of native speakers

Section Title: Ethnologue (2019, 22nd edition)
Table Section Text: The following 90 languages are listed as having at least 10 million first language speakers in the 2019 edition of Ethnologue, a language reference published by SIL International, which is based in the United States.

Rank	Rank	Language	Primary Country	Total Countries	Speakers (millions)	% of the World population (March 2019)	Macrolanguage	Language family Branch

—	1	Chinese (macrolanguage)	China	39	1,311	17.026	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

1	—	Mandarin	China	13	918	11.922	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

2	2	Spanish	Spain	31	460	5.974	Indo-European Romance

3	3	English	United Kingdom	137	379	4.922	Indo-European Germanic

4	4	Hindi	India	4	341	4.429	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

—	5	Arabic (macrolanguage)	Saudi Arabia	59	319	4.143	Afroasiatic Semitic

5	6	Bengali	Bangladesh	4	228	2.961	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

6	7	Portuguese	Portugal	15	221	2.870	Indo-European Romance

7	8	Russian	Russian Federation	19	154	2.000	Indo-European Balto-Slavic

8	9	Japanese	Japan	2	128	1.662	Japonic Japanese

—	10	Lahnda (macrolanguage)	Pakistan	6	119	1.545	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

9	—	Western Punjabi	Pakistan	2	92.7	1.204	Lahnda	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

10	11	Marathi	India	1	83.1	1.079	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

11	12	Telugu	India	2	82.0	1.065	Dravidian South-Central

12	—	Wu	China	1	81.4	1.057	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

—	13	Malay (macrolanguage)	Malaysia	20	80.3	1.043	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

13	14	Turkish	Turkey	8	79.4	1.031	Turkic Oghuz

14	15	Korean	South Korea	6	77.3	1.004	Koreanic language isolate

15	16	French	France	54	77.2	1.003	Indo-European Romance

16	17	German	Germany	28	76.1	0.988	Indo-European Germanic

17	18	Vietnamese	Viet Nam	4	76.0	0.987	Austroasiatic Vietic

18	19	Tamil	India	7	75.0	0.974	Dravidian South

19	—	Yue	China	13	73.1	0.949	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

20	20	Urdu	Pakistan	7	68.6	0.891	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

21	21	Javanese	Indonesia	3	68.3	0.887	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

22	22	Italian	Italy	14	64.8	0.842	Indo-European Romance

23	—	Egyptian Spoken Arabic	Egypt	1	64.6	0.839	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

—	23	Persian (macrolanguage)	Iran	30	61.8	0.803	Indo-European Iranian

24	24	Gujarati	India	7	56.4	0.732	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

25	—	Iranian Persian	Iran	7	52.8	0.686	Persian	Indo-European Iranian

26	25	Bhojpuri	India	3	53.2	0.691	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

27	—	Min Nan	China	10	50.1	0.651	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

28	—	Hakka	China	13	48.2	0.626	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

29	—	Jinyu	China	1	46.9	0.609	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

30	26	Hausa	Nigeria	9	43.9	0.570	Afroasiatic Chadic

31	27	Kannada	India	1	43.6	0.566	Dravidian South

32	—	Indonesian	Indonesia	1	43.4	0.564	Malay	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

33	28	Polish	Poland	10	39.7	0.516	Indo-European Balto-Slavic

—	29	Pushto (macrolanguage)	Pakistan	5	38.2	0.496	Indo-European Iranian

34	30	Yoruba	Nigeria	3	37.8	0.491	Niger–Congo Volta–Niger

35	—	Xiang Chinese	China	1	37.3	0.484	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

36	31	Malayalam	India	2	37.1	0.482	Dravidian South

—	32	Oriya (macrolanguage)	India	1	37.1	0.482	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

37	—	Odia	India	1	34.5	0.448	Oriya	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

38	33	Maithili	India	2	33.9	0.440	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

39	34	Burmese	Myanmar	1	32.9	0.427	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese

40	35	Eastern Punjabi	India	3	32.6	0.423	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

41	36	Sunda	Indonesia	1	32.4	0.421	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

42	—	Sudanese Spoken Arabic	Sudan	4	31.9	0.414	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

—	37	Fulah (macrolanguage)	Senegal	19	29.8	0.387	Niger–Congo Senegambian

—	38	Uzbek (macrolanguage)	Uzbekistan	8	29.5	0.383	Turkic Karluk

43	—	Algerian Spoken Arabic	Algeria	2	29.4	0.382	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

44	—	Moroccan Spoken Arabic	Morocco	3	27.5	0.357	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

45	39	Ukrainian	Ukraine	9	27.3	0.355	Indo-European Balto-Slavic

46	40	Igbo	Nigeria	1	27.0	0.351	Niger–Congo Volta–Niger

47	—	Northern Uzbek	Uzbekistan	6	25.1	0.326	Uzbek	Turkic Karluk

48	41	Sindhi	Pakistan	3	24.6	0.319	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

49	—	North Levantine Spoken Arabic	Syria	5	24.6	0.319	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

50	42	Romanian	Romania	6	24.3	0.316	Indo-European Romance

51	43	Tagalog	Philippines	3	23.6	0.306	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

52	44	Dutch	Netherlands	7	23.1	0.300	Indo-European Germanic

—	45	Azerbaijani (macrolanguage)	Iran	8	23.0	0.299	Turkic Oghuz

53	—	Saʽidi Spoken Arabic	Egypt	1	22.4	0.291	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

—	46	Kurdish (macrolanguage)	Iraq	9	22.1	0.287	Indo-European Iranian

54	—	Gan	China	1	22.1	0.287	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

55	47	Amharic	Ethiopia	2	21.9	0.284	Afroasiatic Semitic

56	—	Northern Pashto	Pakistan	4	20.9	0.271	Pushto	Indo-European Iranian

57	48	Magahi	India	2	20.7	0.269	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

58	49	Thai	Thailand	2	20.7	0.269	Kra–Dai Tai

—	50	Marwari (macrolanguage)	India	3	20.6	0.268	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

59	—	Saraiki	Pakistan	2	20.0	0.260	Lahnda	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

—	51	Malagasy (macrolanguage)	Madagascar	2	18.1	0.235	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

—	52	Oromo (macrolanguage)	Ethiopia	3	17.5	0.227	Afroasiatic Cushitic

—	53	Serbo-Croatian (macrolanguage)	Serbia	13	17.1	0.222	Indo-European Balto-Slavic

—	54	Nepali (macrolanguage)	Nepal	3	16.6	0.216	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

60	55	Khmer	Cambodia	2	16.6	0.216	Austroasiatic Khmer

61	56	Chhattisgarhi	India	1	16.3	0.212	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

62	57	Somali	Somalia	4	16.2	0.210	Afroasiatic Cushitic

63	—	Malay	Malaysia	3	16.1	0.209	Malay	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

64	58	Cebuano	Philippines	1	15.9	0.206	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian

65	—	Nepali	Nepal	3	15.8	0.205	Nepali	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

66	—	Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic	Iraq	4	15.7	0.204	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

67	59	Assamese	India	1	15.3	0.199	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

68	60	Sinhala	Sri Lanka	2	15.3	0.199	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

—	61	Zhuang (macrolanguage)	China	2	14.9	0.194	Kra–Dai Tai

69	—	Northern Kurdish	Turkey	9	14.6	0.190	Kurdish	Indo-European Iranian

70	—	Hijazi Spoken Arabic	Saudi Arabia	3	14.5	0.188	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

71	—	Nigerian Fulfulde	Nigeria	3	14.5	0.188	Fulah	Niger–Congo Senegambian

72	—	South Azerbaijani	Iran	5	13.8	0.179	Azerbaijani	Turkic Oghuz

73	62	Greek	Greece	9	13.1	0.170	Indo-European Hellenic

74	63	Chittagonian	Bangladesh	1	13.0	0.169	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

75	64	Kazakh	Kazakhstan	6	12.9	0.168	Turkic Kipchak

76	65	Deccan	India	1	12.8	0.166	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

77	66	Hungarian	Hungary	9	12.6	0.164	Uralic Ugric

78	67	Kinyarwanda	Rwanda	3	12.1	0.157	Niger–Congo Bantu

79	68	Zulu	South Africa	5	12.1	0.157	Niger–Congo Bantu

80	—	South Levantine Spoken Arabic	Jordan	4	11.6	0.151	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

81	—	Tunisian Spoken Arabic	Tunisia	1	11.6	0.151	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

82	—	Sanaani Spoken Arabic	Yemen	1	11.4	0.148	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

83	—	Min Bei Chinese	China	2	11.0	0.143	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

84	—	Southern Pashto	Afghanistan	4	10.9	0.142	Pushto	Indo-European Iranian

85	69	Rundi	Burundi	2	10.8	0.140	Niger–Congo Bantu

86	70	Czech	Czechia	8	10.7	0.139	Indo-European Balto-Slavic

87	—	Taʽizzi-Adeni Spoken Arabic	Yemen	2	10.5	0.136	Arabic	Afroasiatic Semitic

88	71	Uyghur	China	4	10.4	0.135	Turkic Karluk

89	—	Min Dong Chinese	China	6	10.3	0.134	Chinese	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic

90	72	Sylheti	Bangladesh	2	10.3	0.134	Indo-European Indo-Aryan

—	73	Baluchi (macrolanguage)	Pakistan	7	10.0	0.130	Indo-European Iranian

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Spanish language was second on the lists of languages by a number of native speakers.

final_sentence: Spanish language was second on the lists of languages by a number of native speakers.