# List of official languages by country and territory

This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language.

## Definitions
### Official language

    A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business.

### Regional language

    A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state. (On this page a regional language has parentheses next to it that contain a region, province, etc. where the language has regional status.)

### National language

    A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this status.

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| Country/Region | Number of official (including de facto) | Official language | Regional language | Minority language | National language | Widely spoken |
| Abkhazia | 2 | Abkhaz Russian | | Georgian | Abkhaz | |
| Afghanistan | 2 | Persian (Dari) Pashto | Uzbek Turkmen Pashayi Nuristani Balochi Pamiri | | Persian (Dari) Pashto | Persian (Dari) |
| Albania | 1 | Albanian | | Greek Macedonian Aromanian | | Italian |
| Algeria | 2 | Arabic Berber | | | Arabic Berber | French |
| Andorra | 1 | Catalan | | Spanish French Portuguese | | |
| Angola | 1 | Portuguese | | | Kimbundu Umbundu Kikongo Chokwe Kwanyama Ganguela | Angolan Portuguese |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | None (English has de facto status) | | | | Antiguan and Barbudan Creole |
| Argentina | 1 | None (Spanish has de facto status) | Spanish (in Corrientes and Chaco) Guaraní (in Corrientes) Kom (in Chaco) Moquoit (in Chaco) Wichi (in Chaco) | | | Argentine Spanish English Italian German French |
| Armenia | 1 | Armenian | | | Armenian (state language) | Russian |
| Australia | 1 | None (English has de facto status) | English (on Norfolk Island) Norfuk (on Norfolk Island) | | | |
| Austria | 1 | German | Burgenland Croatian (parts of Burgenland) Hungarian (parts of Burgenland) Slovene (parts of Carinthia) | Slovene Czech Hungarian Slovak Romani Serbian | German (state language) | English |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | Azerbaijani | | | Azerbaijani (state language) | Russian |
| Bahamas | 1 | English | | | | |
| Bahrain | 1 | Arabic | | English | | |
| Bangladesh | 1 | Bengali | Sylheti (parts of Sylhet Division) Chittagonian (parts of Chittagong Division) Rangpuri/Kamtapuri (parts of Rangpur Division) | Chakma Marma Rakhine Hajong Santali Tripuri Manipuri | Bengali | |
| Barbados | 1 | English | | | | |
| Belarus | 2 | Belarusian Russian | | | Belarusian | |
| Belgium | 3 | Dutch French German | Dutch (Flanders, Brussels) French (Brussels, Wallonia) German (German-speaking community) | | | English |
| Belize | 1 | English | | Garifuna | | Kriol (lingua franca) Spanish (border with Mexico and Guatemala) |
| Benin | 1 | French | | | | |
| Bhutan | 1 | Dzongkha | | | | |
| Bolivia | 37 | Castilian (Spanish) Aymara Araona Baure Bésiro (Chiquitano) Canichana Cavineña Cayubaba Chácobo Chimán Ese Ejja Guaraní Guarasu'we Guarayu Itonama Leco Machajuyai-Kallawaya Machineri Maropa Mojeño-Ignaciano Mojeño-Trinitario Moré Mosetén Movima Pacawara Puquina Quechua Sirionó Tacana Tapieté Toromona Uru-Chipaya Weenhayek Yaminawa Yuki Yuracaré Zamuco | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | None (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian all have de facto status) | | | | |
| Botswana | 1 | English | | | Tswana | Other Bantu languages Several Khoisan languages |
| Brazil | 1 | Portuguese | German (in Pomerode) East Pomeranian (in Pancas, Santa Maria de Jetibá, Domingos Martins, Itarana, Laranja da Terra, Vila Pavão and Canguçu) Riograndenser Hunsrückisch (in Antônio Carlos, Santa Catarina, and in Santa Maria do Herval, Rio Grande do Sul) Talian (in Bento Gonçalves, Caxias do Sul, Flores da Cunha Nova Roma do Sul and Serafina Corréa) Nheengatu, Baniwa, Tucano (in São Gabriel de Cachoeira, Amazonas) Guaraní (in Tacuru, Mato Grosso do Sul) | | Portuguese | Spanish English French |
| Brunei | 1 | Malay | | | | English Chinese |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Bulgarian | | | | |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | Mooré Bissa Dyula Fula | | | Working languages: English French | |
| Burundi | 3 | French Kirundi English | | | Kirundi | Swahili |
| Cambodia | 1 | Khmer | | | | French English Chinese |
| Cameroon | 2 | English French | | | | |
| Canada | 2 | English (Federal) French (Federal) | Chipewyan (Northwest Territories) Cree (Northwest Territories) Gwich'in (Northwest Territories) Inuinnaqtun (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) Inuktitut (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) Inuvialuktun (Northwest Territories) Mi'kmaq (Nova Scotia) North Slavey (Northwest Territories) South Slavey (Northwest Territories) Tłı̨chǫ (Northwest Territories) | Chipewyan Cree Gwich'in Inuinnaqtun Inuktitut Inuvialuktun Mi'kmaq North Slavey South Slavey Tłı̨chǫ | | |
| Cape Verde | 1 | Portuguese | | | Cape Verdean Creole | |
| Central African Republic | 2 | French Sango | | | | |
| Chad | 2 | Arabic French | | | | |
| Chile | 1 | Spanish | Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories | | | |
| China | 1 | Standard Chinese | English (Hong Kong) Portuguese (Macau) | Mongolian Uyghur Tibetan Zhuang Kazakh Korean | | Other Sinitic languages |
| Christmas Island | 3 | English Mandarin Chinese Malay | | | | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 2 | English Cocos Malay | | | | Malay |
| Colombia | 1 | Spanish | Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories | | | |
| Comoros | 3 | Arabic Comorian French | | | | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | French | | Lingala Kikongo | Swahili Tshiluba | |
| Republic of the Congo | 1 | French | | Lingala Munukutuba | | |
| Cook Islands | 2 | English Cook Islands Māori | | | | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | Spanish | | Indigenous languages Limonese Creole | | |
| Croatia | 1 | Croatian | Serbian Hungarian Czech Slovak Pannonian Rusyn | | Italian (Istria County) Romani (non-territorial) Slovene (non-territorial) | English |
| Cuba | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
| Cyprus | 2 | Greek Turkish | | | Armenian Cypriot Arabic | English |
| Czech Republic | 2 | Czech | | Belarusian Bulgarian Croatian German Greek Hungarian Polish Romani Russian Rusyn Serbian Ukrainian Vietnamese | Czech | |
| Denmark | 1 | Danish | Faroese (in the Faroe Islands) Kalaallisut (in Greenland) | German (in Southern Jutland) | | English |
| Djibouti | 2 | Arabic French | | | | |
| Dominica | 1 | English | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
| East Timor | 2 | Portuguese Tetum | | Indonesian | | |
| Ecuador | 1 | Spanish | Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories | Spanish Kichwa Shuar | | |
| Egypt | 1 | Arabic | | Coptic | Egyptian Arabic | English |
| El Salvador | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3 | French Portuguese Spanish | | | | |
| Eritrea | 1 | Tigrinya | | | | Arabic Italian |
| Estonia | 1 | Estonian | | | | Russian |
| Eswatini | 2 | English Swazi | | | | |
| Ethiopia | 5 | Afar Amharic Oromo Somali Tigrinya | | | Afar Amharic Benshangul Gumuz Harari Kunama Oromo Sidamo Somali Tigrinya | |
| Fiji | 3 | English Fijian Fiji Hindi | | | | |
| Finland | 2 | Finnish Swedish | | Sami (in Enontekiö, Inari, Sodankylä, Utsjoki) | Finnish Swedish | English |
| France | 1 | French | | Corsican language Basque language Breton language | | Occitan language |
| Gabon | 1 | French | | | | |
| The Gambia | 1 | English | | | | Wolof Mandinka Pulaar Soninke Jola Serer Mandjak Bainuk Kiriol |
| Georgia | 1 | Georgian | | | | Russian |
| Germany | 1 | German | Danish (in Schleswig-Holstein) Lower Sorbian (in Brandenburg) North Frisian (in Schleswig-Holstein) Saterland Frisian (in Lower Saxony) Upper Sorbian (in Saxony) German Sign Language Low German | Danish Lower Sorbian North Frisian Romani Upper Sorbian | | English |
| Ghana | 1 | English | Fante Asante Twi Akuapem Twi Adangme (in Greater Accra) Dagaare (in the Upper West Region) Dagbani (in the Northern Region) Ewe (in the Volta Region) Ga (in the Greater Accra) Gonja (in the Northern Region) Kasem (in the Upper East Region) Nzema (in the Western Region) | | | |
| Greece | 1 | Greek | | | | |
| Grenada | 1 | English | | | | |
| Guatemala | 1 | Spanish | | | Garifuna Maya Xinca | |
| Guinea | 1 | French | | | | Fula Maninka Susu |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
| Guyana | 1 | English | | | | Guyanese Creole |
| Haiti | 2 | French Haitian Creole | | | | |
| Honduras | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
| Hong Kong | 3 | Cantonese English Mandarin | | | | |
| Hungary | 1 | Hungarian | | Croatian German Romanian Serbian Slovak Slovene | | |
| Iceland | 2 | Icelandic Icelandic Sign Language | | | | |
| India | 2 | Hindi English | | 22 official languages - Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Meitei (Manipuri) Marathi Nepali Odia (Oriya), Punjabi Sanskrit Santali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu | see Languages of India | |
| Indonesia | 1 | Indonesian | Javanese (in Yogyakarta) | | Indonesian | Indonesian Malay Javanese Sundanese Batak Minangkabau 700 more languages in Indonesia |
| Iran | 1 | Persian | | Azerbaijani Kurdish Luri Gilaki Mazanderani Balochi Arabic Qashqai Tati Turkmeni | Persian | |
| Iraq | 2 | Arabic Kurdish | Armenian recognized Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (in Assyrian areas) Iraqi Turkmen (in Turkmen areas) | | | |
| Ireland | 2 | Irish English | | | Irish | |
| Israel | 1 | Hebrew | Arabic | English | | Russian English |
| Italy | 1 | Italian | French (in Aosta Valley) Franco-Provençal (in Aosta Valley) German (in South Tyrol) Ladin (in South Tyrol) Friulian (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Sardinian (in Sardinia) Corsican (in northern Sardinia) | Catalan (in Sardinia) Slovene (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Occitan (in Piedmont's Occitan valleys) Albanian (in Sicily and Calabria) Greek (in Calabria and Puglia) | | Other Italo-Dalmatian languages |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | French | | | | |
| Jamaica | 1 | English | | | Jamaican Patois | |
| Japan | 1 | None (Japanese has de facto status) | | | Japanese | |
| Jordan | 1 | Arabic | | Circassian Chechen Armenian | | |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | Kazakh Russian | | | Kazakh | |
| Kenya | 2 | English Swahili | | | Swahili | |
| Kiribati | 2 | English Gilbertese | | | | |
| North Korea | 1 | Korean | | | | |
| South Korea | 2 | Korean Korean Sign Language | | | | |
| Kosovo | 2 | Albanian Serbian | Turkish | | Albanian (nationwide) Serbian (Northern Kosovo) | |
| Kuwait | 1 | Arabic | | | Kuwaiti Sign Language Kuwaiti Arabic Kuwaiti Persian | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | Kyrgyz Russian | | | Kyrgyz | |
| Laos | 1 | Lao | | | | |
| Latvia | 1 | Latvian | | | | Russian |
| Lebanon | 1 | Arabic | Arabic | Armenian | Arabic English French | Arabic English French |
| Lesotho | 2 | Sesotho English | | | Sotho | |
| Liberia | 1 | English | | | | |
| Libya | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | German | | | | |
| Lithuania | 1 | Lithuanian | | | | Polish Russian |
| Luxembourg | 3 | French German Luxembourgish | | | Luxembourgish | English Portuguese |
| Macau | 2 | Cantonese Portuguese | | | | |
| Madagascar | 2 | French Malagasy | | | Malagasy | |
| Malawi | 2 | English | | | Chichewa | |
| Malaysia | 1 | Malay | Regional/State dialects | | Malay | Malay Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Tamil English |
| Maldives | 1 | Dhivehi | | | Dhivehi | English |
| Mali | 13 | Bambara Bobo Bozo Dogon Fula Hassaniya Kassonke Maninke Minyanka Senufo Songhay languages Soninke Tamasheq | | French | | |
| Malta | 2 | Maltese English | | | Maltese | |
| Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 1 | Italian | | | | |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | English Marshallese | | | | |
| Mauritania | 1 | Arabic | | | Arabic Fula Soninke Wolof | French |
| Mauritius | 2 | None (English has de jure status and French has de facto status) | | English | | |
| Mexico | 1 | None (Spanish has de facto status) | | | 68 National languages | |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | English | Chuukese (in Chuuk State) Kosraean (in Kosrae State) Pohnpeian (in Pohnpei State) Yapese (in Yap State) | | | |
| Moldova | 1 | Romanian | Gagauz Russian Ukrainian | | | |
| Monaco | 1 | French | | | | Monégasque |
| Mongolia | 1 | Mongolian | | | | |
| Montenegro | 1 | Montenegrin | | | | |
| Morocco | 2 | Arabic Berber | | | Arabic Berber | French |
| Mozambique | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 1 | Burmese | Chin Kachin Karen Karenni Mon Rakhine Shan | | | English |
| Namibia | 1 | English | German Oshiwambo | | Afrikaans | |
| Nauru | 2 | English Nauruan | | | | |
| Nepal | 1 | Nepali | | | all languages spoken as the mother tongue in Nepal | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Dutch | Frisian (in the province Friesland) English (in Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, Saba) Papiamento (in Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire) | Dutch Low Saxon Dutch Sign Language Limburgish Sinte Romani Yiddish | | English |
| New Zealand | 3 | English Māori language New Zealand Sign Language | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 1 | Spanish | Creole (in Autonomous Regions) Garifuna (in Autonomous Regions) Mayangna (in Autonomous Regions) Miskito (in Autonomous Regions) Rama (in Autonomous Regions) Sumo (in Autonomous Regions) | | | |
| Niger | 1 | French | | | Arabic Hausa Fulfulde Gulmancema Kanuri Zarma Tamazight | |
| Nigeria | 1 | English | | | Hausa Yoruba Igbo | English Hausa |
| Niue | 2 | English Niuean | | | | |
| Norfolk Island | 2 | English Norfuk | | | | |
| North Macedonia | 2 | Macedonian Albanian | | | | |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | Turkish | | | | |
| Norway | 2 | Norwegian Sami languages | Northern Sami Lule Sami Southern Sámi Kven | Kven Scandoromani | Bokmål (written) Nynorsk (written) | English |
| Oman | 1 | Arabic | | Shehri | | |
| Pakistan | 2 | Urdu English | Sindhi | | Urdu | Punjabi Balochi Sindhi Pashto Saraiki |
| Palau | 2 | English Palauan | Sonsorolese (in Sonsorol) Tobian (in Hatohobei) Japanese (in Angaur) | | | |
| Palestine | 1 | Arabic | | | | English Hebrew |
| Panama | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | English Hiri Motu PNG Sign Language Tok Pisin | | | | |
| Paraguay | 2 | Spanish Guaraní | | | | |
| Peru | 1 | Spanish | Quechua, Aymara and another native languages are official wherever they predominate | | | |
| Philippines | 2 | Filipino English | Aklanon (in the Visayas) Bikol (in Luzon) Cebuano (in the Visayas and Mindanao) Chavacano (in Mindanao) Hiligaynon (in the Visayas) Ibanag (in Luzon) Ilocano (in Luzon, official in La Union) Ivatan (in Luzon) Kapampangan (in Luzon) Kinaray-a (in the Visayas) Maguindanao (in Mindanao) Maranao (in Mindanao) Pangasinan (in Luzon) Sambal (in Luzon) Tagalog (in Luzon) Tausug (in Mindanao) Waray (in the Visayas) Yakan (in Mindanao) | Arabic (optional language) Spanish (optional language) (+ over 100 more minority languages) | Filipino Filipino Sign Language (national sign language) | |
| Poland | 1 | Polish | Kashubian (Pomeranian Voivodeship) German (Opole Voivodeship) Lithuanian (Puńsk commune) Belarusian (Podlaskie Voivodseship) | Lemko Karaim Tatar Ukrainian | | English |
| Portugal | 1 | Portuguese | Mirandese (Terra de Miranda) | | | English |
| Qatar | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
| Romania | 1 | Romanian | | Armenian German Hungarian Romani Russian Serbian Slovak Tatar Turkish Ukrainian | | |
| Russia | 1 | Russian | (33 languages) | | | |
| Rwanda | 4 | English French Kinyarwanda Swahili | | | | |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 2 | Arabic Spanish | | | Arabic | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | English | | | | |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | English | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | English | | | | |
| Samoa | 2 | English Samoan | | | | |
| San Marino | 1 | Italian | | | | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | Arabic | | Faifi Razihi Mehri | | Indian Languages Filipino Bengali |
| Senegal | 1 | French | | | Jola-Fogny Mandinka Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof | |
| Serbia | 1 | Serbian | | (15 languages) | | |
| Seychelles | 3 | English French Seychellois Creole | | | | |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | English | | | Krio | |
| Singapore | 4 | English Malay Mandarin Chinese Tamil | | | Malay | |
| Slovakia | 1 | Slovak | | Bulgarian Czech German Hungarian Polish Romani Rusyn Serbian Ukrainian | | |
| Slovenia | 1 | Slovene | | Hungarian (Dobrovnik, Hodoš, Lendava) Italian (Izola, Koper, Piran) Croatian (Metlika, Brežice) | | |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | English | | | | |
| Somalia | 2 | Somali, Arabic | | | | |
| Somaliland | 3 | Arabic English Somali | | | | |
| South Africa | 11 | Afrikaans English Southern Ndebele Sotho Northern Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu | | | | |
| South Ossetia | 2 | Ossetian Russian | Georgian | Georgian | | |
| South Sudan | 1 | English | | | Bari Dinka Luo Murle Nuer Zande (60 other languages) | |
| Spain | 1 | Spanish | Catalan (Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Community) Galician (Galicia) Occitan (Catalonia) Basque (Basque Country, Navarra) | Astur-Leonese (Asturias) Aragonese (Aragon) Fala (Province of Cáceres) French Portuguese | | |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | Sinhala Tamil | | | | English |
| Sudan | 2 | Arabic English | | | | |
| Suriname | 1 | Dutch | | | Sranan Tongo | |
| Sweden | 1 | Swedish | | Finnish (Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå) Meänkieli (Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå) Sami (Arjeplog, Gällivare, Jokkmokk, Kiruna) Yiddish Romani | | English |
| Switzerland | 4 | French (Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais, Vaud) German (Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Saint Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Uri, Valais, Zug, Zürich) Italian (Ticino, Graubünden) Romansh (Graubünden) | | | | |
| Syria | 1 | Arabic | Kurdish | Assyrian Western Neo-Aramaic Armenian | | |
| Taiwan | 1 | None (Mandarin Chinese has de facto status) | | | Taiwanese Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hakka Formosan languages Taiwan Sign Language Matsu dialect Wuqiu dialect | |
| Tajikistan | 1 | Tajik | | | Tajik | Russian |
| Tanzania | 2 | Swahili English | | | Swahili | |
| Thailand | 1 | Thai | Central Thai Isan Northern Thai Southern Thai | Sixty-two 'domestic' languages are officially recognized | | Burmese |
| Togo | 1 | French | | | | |
| Tokelau | 2 | English Tokelauan | | | | |
| Tonga | 2 | English Tongan | | | | |
| Transnistria | 3 | Moldovan Russian Ukrainian | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | English | | | | Trinidadian Creole |
| Tunisia | 1 | Arabic | | | Arabic | |
| Turkey | 1 | Turkish | | Kurdish | Turkish | |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | Turkmen | | | Turkmen | Russian |
| Tuvalu | 2 | Tuvaluan English | | | Tuvaluan English |
| Uganda | 2 | English Swahili | | | | |
| Ukraine | 1 | Ukrainian | Russian (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) Crimean Tatar (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | Arabic | | | | English |
| United Kingdom and Crown dependencies etc. | 1 | None (English has de facto status) | Irish and Ulster-Scots (in Northern Ireland) Scots and Scottish Gaelic (in Scotland) Welsh (in Wales) Pitcairnese (in Pitcairn Islands) Guernésiais and French (in Guernsey) Jèrriais and French (in Jersey) Manx (in Isle of Man) | | | |
| United States | 1 | None (English has de facto status) | (28 languages) | | Several indigenous languages of recognized federal tribes | English Spanish |
| Uruguay | 2 | Spanish Uruguayan Sign Language | | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | Uzbek | | Uzbek Karakalpak and Uzbek in Karakalpakstan | | Russian |
| Vanuatu | 3 | English French Bislama | | | | |
| Vatican City | 2 | Italian Latin | | | | Swiss German |
| Venezuela | 2 | Spanish | | Native languages are official for indigenous peoples | | |
| Vietnam | 1 | Vietnamese | | Cantonese Cham Hmong Khmer Lao Muong Rade Tay Thai Vietnamese sign languages | Vietnamese | |
| Yemen | 1 | Arabic | | Mehri Soqotri | | |
| Zambia | 1 | English | | | |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | Chewa Chibarwe English Kalanga Khoisan Nambya Ndau Ndebele Shangani Shona Sign language Sotho Tonga Tswana Venda Xhosa | | | | |

## Number of countries with the same official language

This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed.
Partially recognized or de facto independent countries are denoted by an asterisk (*)
| Language | World | Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Countries |
| English | 58 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 14 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, South Africa, Nigeria (See the full list) |
| French | 27 | 19 | 2 | – | 5 | 1 | France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Madagascar, Monaco, Haiti, Vanuatu (See the full list) |
| Arabic | 23–26* | 12–14* | – | 11–12* | – | – | Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine* (See the full list) |
| Spanish | 20 | 1 | 18 | – | 1 | | Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico (See the full list) |
| Portuguese | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor (See the full list) |
| German | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein (See the full list) |
| Russian | 5–8* | – | – | 3 | 2–5* | – | Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Abkhazia*, South Ossetia*, Transnistria*. (See the full list) |
| Swahili | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Serbo-Croatian | 4–5* | – | – | – | 4–5* | – | Serbia (known as Serbian), Croatia (known as Croatian), Montenegro (known as Montenegrin), Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian), Kosovo* (known as Serbian) |
| Italian | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City |
| Malay | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | Malaysia (known as Malaysian), Indonesia (known as Indonesian), Singapore, Brunei |
| Dutch | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
| Persian | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | Iran, Afghanistan (known as Dari), Tajikistan (known as Tajik) |
| Sotho | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe |
| Tswana | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe |
| Albanian | 2–3* | – | – | – | 2–3* | – | Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia |
| Standard Chinese | 2–3* | – | – | 2–3* | – | – | China, Singapore, Taiwan* |
| Romanian | 2–3* | – | – | – | 2-3* | – | Romania, Moldova, Transnistria* |
| Somali | 2–3* | 2–3* | – | – | – | – | Somalia, Ethiopia, and Somaliland* |
| Turkish | 2–3* | – | – | – | 2–3* | – | Turkey, Northern Cyprus* and Cyprus |
| Aymara | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | Bolivia and Peru |
| Berber | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Algeria and Morocco |
| Chichewa | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Malawi and Zimbabwe |
| Greek | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | Greece and Cyprus |
| Guarani | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | Paraguay and Bolivia |
| Hindi | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | (Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh) India |
| Quechua | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | Bolivia and Peru |
| Korean | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | North Korea and South Korea |
| Kurdish | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | Iraq and Armenia |
| Rwanda-Rundi | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Burundi (known as Kirundi) & Rwanda (known as Kinyarwanda) |
| Swati | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa |
| Swedish | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | Sweden and Finland |
| Tamil | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | Sri Lanka, India (in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry) and Singapore |
| Tigrinya | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Eritrea and Ethiopia |
| Venda | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | South Africa and Zimbabwe |
| Bengali | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | India (West Bengal, Tripura, Assam) and Bangladesh |