Languages by number of speakers

Source: https://aidb.si/d/languages-by-speakers — Data from Wikidata (CC0), compiled by its volunteer editors from cited sources.

Rank	Language	Wikidata	Speakers	Counted as	As of	First-language speakers	Second-language speakers	Total speakers	Family	Writing systems	ISO 639-3
1	Chinese	Q7850	1299877520	Unspecified					Sino-Tibetan	simplified Chinese characters; Chinese characters; traditional Chinese characters	zho
2	Mandarin	Q9192	918000000	First language	2019	918000000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters	cmn
3	Standard Chinese	Q727694	897071810	Unspecified	2013				Sino-Tibetan	Taiwanese Braille; Chinese characters; Two-Cell Chinese Braille; Standard Chinese Braille	cmn
4	Hindustani	Q11051	490100000	Unspecified	2006				Indo-European	Kaithi; Informal Roman Urdu; Urdu orthography; Devanagari
5	Spanish	Q1321	485000000	First language	2023	485000000	70606900		Indo-European	Latin script	spa
6	English	Q1860	379007140	First language	2019	379007140	753359540	1132366680	Indo-European	English alphabet; Unified English Braille; Deseret alphabet; Shavian alphabet	eng
7	Modern Standard Arabic	Q56467	335000000	First language	2023	335000000			Semitic	Arabic script
8	Standard Arabic	Q122602987	335000000	First language	2023	335000000			Semitic	Arabic script	arb
9	American English	Q7976	300000000	Unspecified					Indo-European	Latin script
10	Bangla	Q9610	300000000	First language	2019	300000000	19202880		Indo-European	Bengali Braille; Bangla alphabet	ben
11	Arabic	Q13955	295000000	First language	2010	295000000			Semitic	Arabic script; Arabic alphabet; Arabic Braille	ara
12	Portuguese	Q5146	221000000	First language	2019	221000000	6300000		Indo-European	Latin script; Portuguese alphabet	por
13	Standard Indonesian	Q110620923	199000000	First language		199000000	71200000	270200000	Austronesian	Latin script
14	Russian	Q7737	154000000	First language	2019	154000000	110440620		Indo-European	Cyrillic script	rus
15	Japanese	Q5287	128000000	First language	2019	128000000			Japonic	hiragana; kana; katakana; kanji	jpn
16	Punjabi	Q58635	125000000	First language	2021	125000000			Indo-European	Punjabi Braille; Shahmukhi; Mahajani; Urdu orthography; Gurmukhi; Informal Roman Urdu; Devanagari	pan
17	New Persian	Q56356571	96308080	Unspecified					Indo-European	Persian alphabet; Armenian alphabet; Cyrillic script; Hebrew alphabet; Latin script; Manichaean; Eastern Syriac script; Gurmukhi
18	Marathi	Q1571	83100000	First language	2019	83100000	3000000		Indo-European	Modi; Balbodh	mar
19	Turkish	Q256	82231620	First language	2021	82231620	5870300		Turkic	Turkish alphabet; Turkish Braille	tur
20	Telugu	Q8097	82000000	First language	2019	82000000	5000000		Dravidian	Telugu script	tel
21	Wu Chinese	Q34290	81400000	First language	2019	81400000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters	wuu
22	Korean	Q9176	77300000	First language	2019	77300000			Koreanic	Hangul; Hanja	kor
23	French	Q150	77200000	First language	2019	77200000	208157220		Indo-European	French alphabet; French Braille	fra
24	Malay	Q9237	77000000	First language	2007	77000000			Austronesian	Jawi; Latin script; Malay alphabet	msa
25	German	Q188	76540740	First language	2019	76540740	58452300		Indo-European	German Braille; German alphabet	deu
26	Vietnamese	Q9199	76000000	First language	2019	76000000			Austroasiatic	Vietnamese Braille; Vietnamese alphabet; chữ Nôm; Latin script	vie
27	Tamil	Q5885	75000000	First language	2019	75000000	8000000		Dravidian	Koleluttu; Vatteluttu; Arabic script; Tamil script	tam
28	Yue Chinese	Q7033959	73100000	First language	2019	73100000			Sino-Tibetan	written Cantonese; Traditional Chinese; Cantonese Braille; Simplified Chinese	yue
29	Cantonese	Q9186	72893210	Unspecified	2007				Sino-Tibetan	Cantonese Braille; written Cantonese; Chinese characters
30	Standard Persian	Q17993025	70000000	First language	2019	70000000	110000000		Indo-European	Persian alphabet; Cyrillic script
31	Urdu	Q1617	68600000	First language	2019	68600000	94022900		Indo-European	Kaithi; Urdu orthography; Devanagari	urd
32	Javanese	Q33549	68300000	First language	2019	68300000			Austronesian	Formal Javanese Spelling; Latin script; Pegon alphabet; Kawi script; Javanese script	jav
33	Italian	Q652	64800000	First language	2019	64800000	3026000		Indo-European	Italian Braille; Italian alphabet	ita
34	Egyptian Arabic	Q29919	64600000	First language	2019	64600000			Semitic	Arabic script; Arabic chat alphabet	arz
35	Gujarati	Q5137	56400000	First language	2019	56400000			Indo-European	Gujarati	guj
36	Iranian Persian	Q3513637	52800000	First language	2019	52800000			Indo-European	Persian alphabet	pes
37	Bhojpuri	Q33268	52200000	First language	2019	52200000			Indo-European	Devanagari; Kaithi	bho
38	Southern Min	Q36495	50100000	First language	2019	50100000			Sino-Tibetan	Pe̍h-ōe-jī; Taiwanese Taigi Romanization System; Chinese characters	nan
39	Hakka Chinese	Q33375	48200000	First language	2019	48200000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters; Pe̍h-ōe-jī	hak
40	Jin	Q56479	46900000	First language	2019	46900000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters	cjy
41	Romani	Q13201	46000000	Unspecified					Indo-European	Devanagari; Cyrillic script; Latin script	rom
42	Levantine Arabic	Q56593	44000000	Unspecified	2022				Semitic	Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Hebrew alphabet	apc
43	Hausa	Q56475	43900000	First language	2019	43900000			Chadic	Latin script; Arabic alphabet; Hausa Braille	hau
44	Indonesian	Q9240	43627550	First language	2010	43627550	155369000	198996550	Austronesian	Latin script	ind
45	Kannada	Q33673	43600000	First language	2019	43600000			Dravidian	Kannada script	kan
46	Algerian Arabic	Q56499	42252851	First language	2024	42252851			Semitic	Arabic alphabet; Arabic script	arq
47	Polish	Q809	39700000	First language	2019	39700000	454000		Indo-European	Latin script	pol
48	Pashto	Q58680	39000000	First language	2007	39000000			Indo-European	Arabic script; Arabic alphabet	pus
49	Yoruba	Q34311	37800000	First language	2019	37800000			Niger–Congo	Yoruba alphabet; Yoruba Braille	yor
50	Xiang Chinese	Q13220	37300000	First language	2019	37300000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters	hsn
51	Malayalam	Q36236	37100000	First language	2019	37100000			Dravidian	Malayalam script; Arabi Malayalam script; Suriyani Malayalam	mal
52	Rajasthani	Q13196	36000000	Unspecified	2001				Indo-European	Devanagari	raj
53	Odia	Q33810	34500000	First language	2019	34500000			Indo-European	Odia	ory
54	Maithili	Q36109	33900000	First language	2019	33900000	195000		Indo-European	Tirhuta; Devanagari; Kaithi	mai
55	Burmese	Q9228	32900000	First language	2019	32900000	10000000		Sino-Tibetan	Burmese alphabet; Mon–Burmese script	mya
56	Sundanese	Q34002	32400000	First language	2019	32400000			Austronesian	Latin script; Sundanese script	sun
57	Sudanese Arabic	Q56573	31900000	First language	2019	31900000			Semitic	Arabic alphabet	apd
58	Moroccan Arabic	Q56426	27500000	First language	2019	27500000			Semitic	Arabic script; Arabic alphabet	ary
59	Uzbek	Q9264	27000000	Unspecified	2015				Turkic	Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script	uzb
60	Igbo	Q33578	27000000	First language	2019	27000000			Niger–Congo	Igbo alphabet; Igbo Braille; Akagu	ibo
61	N’Ko	Q18546266	27000000	Unspecified					Niger–Congo	N’ko	nqo
62	Ukrainian	Q8798	26900000	First language	2023	26900000			Indo-European	Cyrillic script; Latin script	ukr
63	Sindhi	Q33997	24600000	First language	2019	24600000			Indo-European	Khudabadi script; Khojki; Devanagari Sindhi; Gujarati; Sindhi Perso-Arabic script	snd
64	North Levantine Arabic	Q22809485	24600000	First language	2019	24600000			Semitic	Arabic alphabet	apc
65	Romanian	Q7913	24300000	First language	2019	24300000			Indo-European	Cyrillic script; Latin script	ron
66	Fula	Q33454	24000000	Unspecified	2007				Niger–Congo	Adlam; Latin script; Ajami script	ful
67	Oromo	Q33864	24000000	First language	2007	24000000			Cushitic	Latin script; Geʽez script	orm
68	Tagalog	Q34057	23600000	First language	2019	23600000	45000000		Austronesian	Latin script; Filipino alphabet; Abakada alphabet; Baybayin; Philippine Braille	tgl
69	Dutch	Q7411	23100000	First language	2019	23100000			Indo-European	Dutch six-dot Braille; Dutch alphabet; Dutch eight-dot Braille	nld
70	Azerbaijani	Q9292	23000000	First language	2007	23000000			Turkic	Latin script; Persian alphabet; Arabic alphabet; Cyrillic script; Azerbaijani Braille	aze
71	Saʽidi Arabic	Q56592	22400000	First language	2019	22400000			Semitic	Arabic alphabet	aec
72	Gan Chinese	Q33475	22100000	First language	2019	22100000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters	gan
73	Awadhi	Q29579	22000000	First language	2007	22000000			Indo-European	Devanagari	awa
74	Amharic	Q28244	21900000	First language	2019	21900000			Semitic	Geʽez script	amh
75	Kurdish language	Q36368	21000000	First language	2007	21000000			Indo-European	Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script	kur
76	Northern Pashto	Q12642194	20900000	First language	2019	20900000			Indo-European		pbu
77	Thai	Q9217	20700000	First language	2019	20700000	40000000		Kam–Tai	Thai script; romanization of Thai	tha
78	Magahi	Q33728	20700000	First language	2019	20700000			Indo-European	Kaithi; Devanagari	mag
79	Saraiki	Q33902	20009000	Unspecified					Indo-European	Devanagari; Multani; Langdi; Saraiki Shahmukhi; Gurmukhi	skr
80	Lingala	Q36217	20000000	Unspecified	2020				Niger–Congo	Latin script	lin
81	Kongu Tamil	Q6429269	20000000	Unspecified					Dravidian	Tamil script; Vatteluttu
82	Serbo-Croatian	Q9301	19000000	First language	2022	19000000			Indo-European	Serbian Cyrillic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script; Gaj's Latin alphabet	hbs
83	Malagasy	Q7930	18000000	First language	2007	18000000			Austronesian	Latin script; Sorabe alphabet	mlg
84	Taiwanese Hokkien	Q36778	18000000	Unspecified					Sino-Tibetan
85	Central Atlas Tamazight	Q49741	17000000	Unspecified	2025				Berber	Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Tifinagh	tzm
86	Khmer	Q9205	16600000	First language	2019	16600000	1000000		Austroasiatic	Khmer script	khm
87	Chhattisgarhi	Q33158	16300000	First language	2019	16300000			Indo-European	Devanagari	hne
88	Somali	Q13275	16200000	First language	2019	16200000			Cushitic	Osmanya; Latin script; Wadaad's writing	som
89	Kiswahili	Q3197533	16010110	First language	2010	16010110	82300000		Niger–Congo	Latin script	swh
90	Turkmen	Q9267	16000000	First language	2007	16000000			Turkic	Cyrillic script; Perso-Arabic script; Latin script; Turkmen alphabet; Russian Braille	tuk
91	Zhuang	Q13216	16000000	First language	2007	16000000			Kam–Tai	Latin script; Sawndip	zha
92	Cebuano	Q33239	15900000	First language	2019	15900000			Austronesian	Filipino alphabet; Philippine Braille	ceb
93	Nepali	Q33823	15800000	First language	2019	15800000	8680000		Indo-European	Devanagari	nep
94	Iraqi Arabic	Q56232	15700000	First language	2019	15700000			Semitic	Arabic alphabet	acm
95	Swahili	Q7838	15437390	Unspecified	2012				Niger–Congo	Swahili Ajami; Latin script	swa
96	Sinhala	Q13267	15300000	First language	2019	15300000			Indo-European	Sinhala script	sin
97	Assamese	Q29401	15300000	First language	2019	15300000			Indo-European	Assamese alphabet	asm
98	Kanuri	Q36094	15000000	Unspecified					Nilo-Saharan	Arabic alphabet; Latin script	kau
99	Isan	Q33417	15000000	Unspecified					Kam–Tai	Thai script	tts
100	Madurese	Q36213	15000000	First language	2007	15000000			Austronesian	Javanese script; Latin script	mad
101	Modern Greek	Q36510	15000000	Unspecified					Indo-European	Greek alphabet	ell
102	Standard Taiwanese Mandarin	Q262828	15000000	Unspecified	2000				Sino-Tibetan	Traditional Chinese
103	Kurmanji	Q36163	14600000	First language	2019	14600000			Indo-European	Cyrillic script; Arabic script; Latin script	kmr
104	Nigerian Fulfulde	Q36129	14500000	First language	2019	14500000			Niger–Congo		fuv
105	Bavarian	Q29540	14100000	First language	2019	14100000			Indo-European	Latin script	bar
106	Tajik	Q9260	14000000	Unspecified	2018				Indo-European	Hebrew alphabet; Tajik Cyrillic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script; Persian alphabet	tgk
107	Marwari	Q56312	14000000	First language	2007	14000000			Indo-European	Arabic script; Devanagari	mwr
108	Haryanvi	Q33410	14000000	First language	2007	14000000			Indo-European	Devanagari; Urdu orthography	bgc
109	South Azerbaijani	Q3449805	13800000	First language	2019	13800000			Turkic	Arabic alphabet	azb
110	Banyumasan	Q33219	13500000	Unspecified					Austronesian	Latin script
111	Chittagonian	Q33173	13000000	First language	2019	13000000			Indo-European	Bangla alphabet	ctg
112	Tsonga	Q34327	13000000	First language	2011	13000000	3400000		Niger–Congo	Latin script	tso
113	Kazakh	Q9252	12900000	First language	2019	12900000			Turkic	Arabic alphabet; Kazakh Braille; Cyrillic script; Latin script	kaz
114	Dakhanī	Q669431	12800000	First language	2019	12800000			Indo-European	Arabic script; Devanagari
115	Hungarian	Q9067	12600000	First language	2019	12600000			Uralic	Old Hungarian; Hungarian alphabet; Hungarian Braille	hun
116	Zulu	Q10179	12100000	First language	2019	12100000	15700000		Niger–Congo	Latin script	zul
117	Kinyarwanda	Q33573	12100000	First language	2019	12100000			Niger–Congo	Latin script	kin
118	Chewa	Q33273	12000000	First language	2007	12000000			Niger–Congo	Latin script	nya
119	Sylheti	Q2044560	12000000	First language	2020	12000000	10000000	13980000	Indo-European	Latin script; Devanagari; Bangla–Assamese script; Sylheti Nagari	syl
120	Tunisian Arabic	Q56240	11600000	First language	2019	11600000			Semitic	Latin script; Arabic chat alphabet; Arabic script	aeb
121	South Levantine Arabic	Q55633582	11600000	First language	2019	11600000			Semitic		ajp
122	Sanʽani Arabic	Q56578	11400000	First language	2019	11400000			Semitic	Arabic alphabet	ayn
123	Akan	Q28026	11000000	First language	2007	11000000			Niger–Congo	Latin script; Akan Braille	aka
124	Northern Min	Q36457	11000000	First language	2019	11000000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters; Latin script	mnp
125	Southern Pashto	Q16112855	10900000	First language	2019	10900000			Indo-European		pbt
126	Kirundi	Q33583	10800000	First language	2019	10800000			Niger–Congo	Latin script	run
127	Czech	Q9056	10700000	First language	2019	10700000			Indo-European	Czech Braille; Czech alphabet	ces
128	Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic	Q56579	10500000	First language	2019	10500000			Semitic	Arabic alphabet	acq
129	Uyghur	Q13263	10400000	First language	2019	10400000			Turkic	Arabic script; Latin script; Cyrillic script	uig
130	Eastern Min	Q36455	10300000	First language	2019	10300000			Sino-Tibetan	Chinese characters; Latin script	cdo
131	Malvi	Q33413	10000000	Unspecified	2003				Indo-European	Devanagari	mup
132	Alemannic	Q131339	10000000	Unspecified					Indo-European	Latin script	gsw