list of languages by total number of speakers
ethnologue, kryss talaat's estimate and other current estimates
Table:
Language

Ethnologue[1]

Kryss Talaat's estimate[2]

Other current estimates

1. Standard Chinese

1026 mill. (848 mill. L1 + 175 mill. L2)[3]

1151 million

1365 million[4]

2. English

765 mill. (335 mill. L1 + 430 mill. L2)[5]

1000 million

1500 mill. (375 mill. L1 + 375 mill. L2 + 750 mill. FL)[6]

3. Spanish

466 mill. (406 mill. L1 + 60 mill. L2)[7]

500 million

528 mill. (457 mill. natively + 51 mill. with limited knowledge)[8]

4. Hindi

380 mill. (260 mill. L1 + 120 mill. L2)[9]

490 million

5. Standard Arabic

353.5 mill. (L2)[10]

255 million

422 million Arab-speaking countries[11]

6. Russian

272 mill. (162 mill. L1 + 110 mill. L2)[12]

277 million

7. Bengali

250 mill. (193 mill. L1 + 57 mill. L2)[13]

215 million

8. Portuguese

217 mill. (202 mill. L1 + 15 mill. L2)[14]

240 million

240 million [15]

9. Malaysian/Indonesian

163 mill. (23 mill. L1 + 140 mill. L2)[16]

175 million

268 million[17]

10. Japanese

123 mill. (122 mill. L1 + 1 mill. L2)[18]

132 million

11. French

118.5 mill. (68.5 mill. L1 + 50 mill. L2)[19]

200 million

220 million,[20]

12. German

111.8 mill. (83.8 mill. L1 + 28 mill. L2)[21]

166 million

169 million[22]

13. Filipino

(64.0 mill. L1 + 36.6 mill. L2)

13. Urdu

104 mill. (63.4 mill. L1 + 36.6 mill. L2)[23]

104 million

14. Javanese

84.3 mill. (L1)[24]

85 million

15. Telugu

79 mill. (74 mill. L1 + 5 mill. L2)[25]

74 million

16. Wu

77.2 mill. (L1)[26]

90 million

90 million[4]

17. Tamil

76.8 mill. (68.8 mill. L1 + 8 mill. L2)[27]

78 million

18. Marathi

74.8 mill. (71.8 mill. L1 + 3 mill. L2)[28]

72 million

19. Italian

73.4 mill. (61.2 mill. L1 + 11.2 mill. L2)[29]

75 million

187 million (62 mill. L1 + 125 mill. L2)[30]

20. Turkish

73.2 mill. (70.0 mill .L1 + 3.2 mill. L2)[31]

73 million

21. Vietnamese

67.8 mill. (L1)[32]

86 million

22. Korean

66.4 mill. (L1)[33]

78 million

23. Western Punjabi

62.6 mill. (L1)[34]

103 million

24. Cantonese

62.2 mill. (L1)[35]

55 million

70 million[4]

25. Persian

56.6 million (L1)[36]

110 million

26. Kannada

46.1 million (L1)[37]

46.1 million

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