List of languages by number of native speakers

Table columns:
Rank
Language
Nativespeakersin millions2007 (2010)
Percentageof worldpopulation(2007)

Table rows:
cells: 1
Mandarin (entire branch)
935 (955)
14.1%
cells: 2
Spanish
390 (405)
5.85%
cells: 3
English
365 (360)
5.52%
cells: 4
Hindi[a]
295 (310)
4.46%
cells: 5
Arabic
280 (295)
4.23%
cells: 6
Portuguese
205 (215)
3.08%
cells: 7
Bengali (Bangla)
200 (205)
3.05%
cells: 8
Russian
160 (155)
2.42%
cells: 9
Japanese
125 (125)
1.92%
cells: 10
Punjabi
95 (100)
1.44%
cells: 11
German
92 (95)
1.39%
cells: 12
Javanese
82
1.25%
cells: 13
Wu (e.g. Shanghainese)
80
1.20%
cells: 14
Malay (inc. Malaysian and Indonesian)
77
1.16%
cells: 15
Telugu
76
1.15%
cells: 16
Vietnamese
76
1.14%
cells: 17
Korean
76
1.14%
cells: 18
French
75
1.12%
cells: 19
Marathi
73
1.10%
cells: 20
Tamil
70
1.06%
cells: 21
Urdu
66
0.99%
cells: 22
Turkish
63
0.95%
cells: 23
Italian
59
0.90%
cells: 24
Yue (incl. Cantonese)
59
0.89%
cells: 25
Thai
56
0.85%
cells: 26
Gujarati
49
0.74%
cells: 27
Jin
48
0.72%
cells: 28
Southern Min (incl. Hokkien and Teochew)
47
0.71%
cells: 29
Persian
45
0.68%
cells: 30
Polish
40
0.61%
cells: 31
Pashto
39
0.58%
cells: 32
Kannada
38
0.58%
cells: 33
Xiang (Hunanese)
38
0.58%
cells: 34
Malayalam
38
0.57%
cells: 35
Sundanese
38
0.57%
cells: 36
Hausa
34
0.52%
cells: 37
Odia (Oriya)
33
0.50%
cells: 38
Burmese
33
0.50%
cells: 39
Hakka
31
0.46%
cells: 40
Ukrainian
30
0.46%
cells: 41
Bhojpuri
29[b]
0.43%
cells: 42
Tagalog (Filipino)
28
0.42%
cells: 43
Yoruba
28
0.42%
cells: 44
Maithili
27[b]
0.41%
cells: 45
Uzbek
26
0.39%
cells: 46
Sindhi
26
0.39%
cells: 47
Amharic
25
0.37%
cells: 48
Fula
24
0.37%
cells: 49
Romanian
24
0.37%
cells: 50
Oromo
24
0.36%
cells: 51
Igbo
24
0.36%
cells: 52
Azerbaijani
23
0.34%
cells: 53
Awadhi
22[b]
0.33%
cells: 54
Gan Chinese
22
0.33%
cells: 55
Cebuano (Visayan)
21
0.32%
cells: 56
Dutch
21
0.32%
cells: 57
Kurdish
21
0.31%
cells: 58
Serbo-Croatian
19
0.28%
cells: 59
Malagasy
18
0.28%
cells: 60
Saraiki
17[c]
0.26%
cells: 61
Nepali
17
0.25%
cells: 62
Sinhalese
16
0.25%
cells: 63
Chittagonian
16
0.24%
cells: 64
Zhuang
16
0.24%
cells: 65
Khmer
16
0.24%
cells: 66
Turkmen
16
0.24%
cells: 67
Assamese
15
0.23%
cells: 68
Madurese
15
0.23%
cells: 69
Somali
15
0.22%
cells: 70
Marwari
14[b]
0.21%
cells: 71
Magahi
14[b]
0.21%
cells: 72
Haryanvi
14[b]
0.21%
cells: 73
Hungarian
13
0.19%
cells: 74
Chhattisgarhi
12[b]
0.19%
cells: 75
Greek
12
0.18%
cells: 76
Chewa
12
0.17%
cells: 77
Deccan
11
0.17%
cells: 78
Akan
11
0.17%
cells: 79
Kazakh
11
0.17%
cells: 80
Northern Min[disputed – discuss]
10.9
0.16%
cells: 81
Sylheti
10.7
0.16%
cells: 82
Zulu
10.4
0.16%
cells: 83
Czech
10.0
0.15%
cells: 84
Kinyarwanda
9.8
0.15%
cells: 85
Dhundhari
9.6[b]
0.15%
cells: 86
Haitian Creole
9.6
0.15%
cells: 87
Eastern Min (inc. Fuzhounese)
9.5
0.14%
cells: 88
Ilocano
9.1
0.14%
cells: 89
Quechua
8.9
0.13%
cells: 90
Kirundi
8.8
0.13%
cells: 91
Swedish
8.7
0.13%
cells: 92
Hmong
8.4
0.13%
cells: 93
Shona
8.3
0.13%
cells: 94
Uyghur
8.2
0.12%
cells: 95
Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (Visayan)
8.2
0.12%
cells: 96
Mossi
7.6
0.11%
cells: 97
Xhosa
7.6
0.11%
cells: 98
Belarusian
7.6[d]
0.11%
cells: 99
Balochi
7.6
0.11%
cells: 100
Konkani
7.4
0.11%
cells: Total
5,610
85%

Questions about this table:
originalText: which language has the largest number of speakers in the world
answer: answerTexts: Mandarin (entire branch)