The Top Ten: World's Most Widely Spoken Languages

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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World's Most Widely Spoken Languages

Rank	Language	Approx. number of Speakers (in millions)
1.	Chinese, Mandarin	1,075.0
2.	English	514.0
3.	Hindustani¹	496.0
4.	Spanish	425.0
5.	Russian	275.0
6.	Arabic	256.0
7.	Bengali	215.0
8.	Portuguese	194.0
9.	Malay-Indonesian	176.0
10.	French	129.0

1. Encompasses multiple dialects, including Hindi and Urdu.

Source: Ethnologue, 13th Edition, and other sources.

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