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Number of Languages by Country

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of the number of languages by country and dependency according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of the number of languages by country and dependency according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue(2019). Rank Country or territory Number of living languages Number of speakers Established Immigrant Total Percent[note 1] Total Mean Median 1 Papua New Guinea 840 0 840 11.81 4,213,381 5,040 1,315 2 Indonesia 707 2 710 9.98 222,191,197 315,165 3,500 3 Nigeria 517 7 524 7.37 163,317,444 348,225 14,000 4 India 453 6 447 1,257,421,714 2,924,237 35,000 5 China(mainland only) 302 3 305 4.29 1,319,419,348 4,472,608 27,700 6 Mexico 287 5 292 4.11 125,535,200 435,886 4,730 7 Cameroon 274 1 275 3.87 10,228,065 38,451 10,000 8 Australia 226 93 319 4.49 22,693,732 72,504 10 9 United States 219 116 335 4.71 326,756,719 999,256 12 10 Brazil 217 11 228 3.21 204,653,402 934,490 210 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 212 2 214 3.01 42,128,230 209,593 29,450 12 Philippines 183 8 191 2.69 70,776,614 386,757 19,200 13 Malaysia 133 11 144 2.03 22,242,065 205,945 3,400 14 Chad 130 1 131 1.84 8,865,556 74,500 14,000 15 Tanzania 125 1 126 1.77 51,108,150 422,381 102,500 16 Nepal 124 7 129 1.81 26,612,919 212,903 8,385 17 Myanmar 120 6 126 1.77 49,284,095 397,452 15,000 18 Russia 115 44 159 2.24 138,698,335 900,639 3,900 19 Vanuatu 110 6 116 1.63 196,298 1,722 665 20 Vietnam 109 3 112 1.58 86,884,520 835,428 14,900 21 Canada 96 99 195 2.74 33,362,312 174,672 260 22 Peru 93 1 94 1.32 30,994,201 336,893 4,635 23 Ethiopia 90 1 91 1.28 66,766,720 750,188 48,000 24 Côte d’Ivoire 86 15 101 1.42 18,439,310 209,538 34,150 25 Colombia 85 4 89 1.25 47,673,568 560,866 885 26 Laos 85 7 92 1.29 6,543,480 76,982 9,710 27 Ghana 81 6 87 1.22 27,661,206 359,236 36,000 28 Iran 79 5 84 1.18 82,927,520 1,256,478 62,000 29 Sudan 75 1 76 1.07 35,091,200 516,047 13,000 30 Pakistan 74 11 85 1.20 201,998,220 2,524,978 53,250 31 Thailand 73 15 88 1.24 53,357,924 675,417 8,000 32 Central African Republic 72 11 83 1.17 3,638,143 47,249 17,350 33 Solomon Islands 72 0 72 1.01 379,966 5,352 2,770 34 Burkina Faso 71 0 71 1.00 12,472,930 183,425 20,500 35 South Sudan 69 0 69 0.97 4,504,650 80,440 27,500 36 Mali 68 3 71 1.00 13,027,840 194,445 25,000 37 Kenya 67 5 72 1.01 37,037,960 544,676 180,000 38 Congo 62 2 64 0.90 3,690,660 60,503 14,400 39 Benin 55 1 56 0.79 9,605,590 177,881 64,000 40 Angola 46 1 47 0.66 24,288,770 528,017 30,000 41 Zambia 46 9 55 0.77 11,364,870 236,768 32,850 42 Togo 44 2 46 0.65 4,889,380 113,707 34,300 43 Bolivia 43 2 45 0.63 7,349,368 170,916 350 44 Gabon 43 1 44 0.62 1,077,960 25,069 4,000 45 Mozambique 43 4 47 0.66 23,792,100 517,220 197,500 46 Uganda 43 2 45 0.63 33,862,350 769,599 303,000 47 Venezuela 42 6 48 0.68 31,087,151 777,179 770 48 Afghanistan 41 1 42 0.59 23,352,300 569,568 16,500 49 Bangladesh 41 4 45 0.63 165,220,330 3,842,333 15,500 50 Turkey 39 15 54 0.76 90,297,204 2,149,933 66,000 51 New Caledonia 38 2 40 0.56 143,010 3,972 950 52 Senegal 38 8 46 0.65 13,977,980 310,622 20,000 53 Guinea 37 3 40 0.56 11,600,930 341,204 25,000 54 Israel 36 17 53 0.75 9,475,461 205,988 42,500 55 Italy 35 12 47 0.66 82,319,110 1,870,889 100,000 56 Botswana 31 7 38 0.53 2,213,660 63,247 5,950 57 Liberia 31 3 34 0.48 4,290,730 134,085 85,600 58 South Africa 30 12 42 0.59 51,004,892 1,416,803 133,500 59 Cambodia 27 2 29 0.41 16,326,490 583,089 5,210 60 Guatemala 27 0 27 0.38 14,708,590 544,763 28,000 61 Namibia 27 6 33 0.46 2,668,940 83,404 13,800 62 Romania 26 3 29 0.41 20,492,430 975,830 17,850 63 Germany 25 70 95 1.34 88,571,690 1,107,146 80,000 64 Argentina 24 16 40 0.56 46,160,150 1,318,861 5,120 65 Ecuador 24 0 24 0.34 16,665,750 694,406 11,000 66 Sierra Leone 24 2 26 0.37 6,977,150 290,715 138,000 67 Singapore 24 7 31 0.44 6,105,380 226,125 15,200 68 Bhutan 23 8 31 0.44 639,500 25,580 8,000 69 Taiwan 23 12 35 0.49 23,985,650 726,838 4,000 70 Guinea-Bissau 23 7 30 0.42 1,779,010 68,423 8,520 71 Iraq 23 4 27 0.38 33,977,620 1,477,288 136,000 72 Niger 23 0 23 0.32 15,810,500 718,659 28,450 73 Paraguay 23 4 27 0.38 6,633,188 255,123 2,530 74 France 22 73 95 1.42 69,961,900 1,793,895 126,000 75 Poland 22 5 27 0.38 37,460,007 1,498,400 12,800 76 Zimbabwe 22 2 24 0.34 11,926,440 596,322 145,000 77 Suriname 21 6 27 0.38 562,014 22,481 1,250 78 Ukraine 21 27 48 0.68 40,599,806 882,604 50,400 79 East Timor 20 1 21 0.30 1,040,816 49,563 16,700 80 Georgia 20 7 27 0.38 4,506,220 173,316 14,000 81 Greece 20 14 34 0.48 11,693,492 377,209 9,700 82 Algeria 18 4 22 0.31 38,548,160 1,927,408 40,000 83 Azerbaijan 18 20 38 0.53 9,280,890 257,802 11,700 84 Hungary 18 3 21 0.30 9,927,510 583,971 3,710 85 Micronesia 18 1 19 0.27 111,010 6,167 1,410 86 Malawi 17 7 24 0.34 13,016,000 813,500 200,000 87 Oman 17 14 31 0.44 4,236,000 151,286 42,400 88 Serbia 17 7 24 0.34 8,830,600 420,505 34,000 89 Spain 17 17 34 0.48 52,439,510 1,691,597 72,500 90 Syria 17 7 24 0.34 18,708,430 850,383 64,900 91 Croatia 16 11 27 0.38 4,333,590 180,566 10,200 92 Egypt 16 7 23 0.32 94,599,800 5,255,544 752,000 93 Guyana 16 2 18 0.25 1,319,041 109,920 1,500 94 Austria 15 21 36 0.51 9,490,430 316,348 32,750 95 Brunei 15 2 17 0.24 459,685 28,730 8,150 96 Eritrea 15 2 17 0.24 5,788,600 526,236 194,000 97 Japan 15 4 19 0.27 129,414,863 8,627,658 5,050 98 Netherlands 15 35 50 0.70 21,947,700 487,727 220,000 99 Sweden 15 22 37 0.52 10,325,090 295,003 4,000 100 Equatorial Guinea 14 2 16 0.23 699,150 58,262 7,000 101 Madagascar 14 6 20 0.28 18,368,000 1,020,444 1,130,000 102 Morocco 14 1 15 0.21 39,290,920 3,571,902 80,000 103 Panama 14 4 18 0.25 4,255,840 327,372 22,500 104 Bulgaria 13 12 25 0.35 7,833,570 356,071 5,310 105 Finland 13 25 38 0.53 5,818,940 153,130 5,170 106 French Guiana 13 3 16 0.23 178,780 14,898 2,400 107 Kazakhstan 13 35 48 0.68 15,308,820 356,019 95,000 108 Somalia 13 1 14 0.20 9,938,659 828,222 20,000 109 Switzerland 13 20 33 0.46 8,980,230 320,722 40,000 110 Tajikistan 13 20 33 0.46 7,580,210 303,208 27,500 111 United Kingdom 14 72 85 1.20 61,546,750 799,308 16,700 112 Belgium 12 24 36 0.51 13,686,200 506,896 200,000 113 Mongolia 12 2 14 0.20 3,113,100 345,900 42,500 114 Slovakia 12 3 15 0.21 5,524,990 460,416 25,100 115 Chile 11 6 17 0.24 17,412,013 1,741,201 10,000 116 Costa Rica 11 1 12 0.17 4,853,290 485,329 2,840 117 Czechia 11 15 26 0.37 10,802,090 415,465 10,000 118 Gambia 11 13 24 0.34 1,314,820 69,201 43,650 119 Jordan 11 3 14 0.20 7,572,800 841,422 94,500 120 Lithuania 11 4 15 0.21 3,573,225 274,863 7,555 121 Nicaragua 11 0 11 0.15 6,404,490 582,226 740 122 Norway 11 36 47 0.66 5,746,480 127,700 1,000 123 Slovenia 11 4 15 0.21 2,103,960 191,269 8,700 124 Uzbekistan 11 26 37 0.52 30,929,000 937,242 250,000 125 Yemen 11 6 17 0.24 26,810,300 1,915,021 62,900 126 Fiji 10 11 21 0.30 840,900 64,685 6,950 127 Honduras 10 2 12 0.17 8,982,840 816,622 990 128 Macedonia 10 5 15 0.21 2,154,380 179,532 25,000 129 Moldova 10 4 14 0.20 2,718,530 339,816 107,000 130 Portugal 10 13 23 0.32 10,259,240 446,054 15,000 131 United Arab Emirates 10 17 27 0.38 9,266,400 370,656 370,000 132 French Polynesia 9 1 10 0.14 257,960 25,796 3,000 133 Libya 9 20 29 0.41 6,322,800 234,178 21,000 134 Albania 8 4 12 0.17 2,847,936 284,794 9,820 135 Armenia 8 6 14 0.20 3,036,180 276,016 8,850 136 Belize 8 4 12 0.17 532,160 44,347 14,100 137 Latvia 8 8 16 0.23 2,305,130 164,652 8,000 138 Hong Kong 7 4 11 0.15 6,929,750 692,975 118,500 139 Estonia 7 13 20 0.28 1,541,760 85,653 44,250 140 Lebanon 7 9 16 0.23 6,603,910 471,708 294,000 141 Mauritania 7 1 8 0.11 3,858,400 551,200 111,150 142 Mauritius 7 7 14 0.20 1,234,660 94,974 28,550 143 Palestine 7 3 10 0.14 4,258,410 473,157 705 144 Saudi Arabia 7 18 25 0.35 18,763,220 852,874 500,000 145 Sri Lanka 7 5 12 0.17 19,550,320 1,955,032 46,000 146 Trinidad and Tobago 7 2 9 0.13 2,628,000 328,500 15,600 147 Tunisia 7 8 15 0.21 11,582,100 827,293 34,650 148 Bahrain 6 8 14 0.20 1,263,500 97,192 144,000 149 Comoros 6 0 6 0.08 764,500 152,900 40,000 150 Kyrgyzstan 6 27 33 0.46 5,825,990 215,777 290,650 151 Montenegro 6 7 13 0.18 575,330 63,926 34,700 152 Turkmenistan 6 25 31 0.44 5,300,460 176,682 256,900 153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 7 12 0.17 3,757,804 341,619 554,000 154 Caribbean Netherlands 5 1 6 0.08 18,540 3,708 3,390 155 Macao 5 2 7 0.10 582,430 83,204 3,680 156 Cook Islands 5 0 5 0.07 15,000 3,000 680 157 Curacao 5 1 6 0.08 137,670 27,534 8,760 158 Cyprus 5 11 16 0.23 1,541,700 110,121 34,800 159 Denmark 5 34 39 0.55 5,924,220 151,903 23,100 160 Djibouti 5 5 10 0.14 830,400 103,800 125,300 161 El Salvador 5 0 5 0.07 6,378,000 2,126,000 7,500 162 Eswatini 5 2 7 0.10 1,261,640 180,234 20,000 163 Ireland 5 8 13 0.18 4,682,020 425,638 27,000 164 Lesotho 5 0 5 0.07 2,164,000 541,000 190,000 165 Monaco 5 0 5 0.07 33,850 6,770 7,110 166 São Tomé and Príncipe 5 3 8 0.11 204,200 25,525 14,700 167 Uruguay 5 9 14 0.20 3,589,050 398,783 25,500 168 Andorra 4 1 5 0.07 73,500 18,375 19,650 169 Aruba 4 2 6 0.08 86,790 21,698 7,000 170 Belarus 4 7 11 0.15 8,946,400 813,309 1,121,000 171 Dominican Republic 4 5 9 0.13 10,193,500 1,698,917 159,000 172 Grenada 4 0 4 0.06 107,353 35,784 5,350 173 Haiti 4 0 4 0.06 6,960,600 2,320,200 600 174 Jamaica 4 4 8 0.11 2,692,540 448,757 7,500 175 Liechtenstein 4 1 5 0.07 35,910 11,970 17,750 176 Luxembourg 4 12 16 0.23 499,250 31,203 66,100 177 Malta 4 4 8 0.11 468,650 58,581 9,515 178 New Zealand 4 61 65 0.91 4,706,160 73,534 148,000 179 Northern Mariana Islands 4 3 7 0.10 42,180 6,026 4,620 180 Palau 4 2 6 0.08 20,870 3,478 2,185 181 Puerto Rico 4 8 12 0.17 3,530,200 353,020 159,000 182 Sint Maarten 4 5 9 0.13 39,880 4,431 6,000 183 South Korea 4 1 5 0.07 48,586,000 16,195,333 24,202,500 184 Aland Islands 3 0 3 0.04 27,652 9,217 1,450 185 Bahamas 3 2 5 0.07 667,280 166,820 330,000 186 Barbados 3 0 3 0.04 518,290 172,763 256,000 187 Burundi 3 1 4 0.06 10,036,100 2,509,025 9,600 188 Cuba 3 2 5 0.07 11,403,500 3,801,167 5,700,000 189 Dominica 3 2 5 0.07 45,800 15,267 3,000 190 Greenland 3 0 3 0.04 56,200 28,100 28,100 191 Guadeloupe 3 1 4 0.06 449,300 149,767 218,650 192 Guernsey 3 1 4 0.06 62,720 31,360 31,360 193 Jersey 3 1 4 0.06 99,230 33,077 47,350 194 Kuwait 3 4 7 0.10 3,187,200 637,440 1,163,600 195 Martinique 3 1 4 0.06 427,330 142,443 213,500 196 Mayotte 3 2 5 0.07 211,700 52,925 47,900 197 Nauru 3 6 9 0.13 13,500 2,250 5,100 198 Qatar 3 15 18 0.25 2,537,980 149,293 486,000 199 Rwanda 3 2 5 0.07 11,124,180 2,224,836 5,440 200 Réunion 3 5 8 0.11 656,200 93,743 313,000 201 Saint Barthélemy 3 0 3 0.04 7,850 2,617 1,000 202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 3 0.04 52,040 17,347 1,000 203 Saint Lucia 3 1 4 0.06 159,600 79,800 79,800 204 Saint Martin 3 2 5 0.07 28,500 5,700 5,000 205 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 3 0.04 138,500 46,167 400 206 Seychelles 3 0 3 0.04 85,420 28,473 4,590 207 Tonga 3 1 4 0.06 105,800 26,450 1,270 208 Tuvalu 3 0 3 0.04 10,100 5,050 5,050 209 U.S. Virgin Islands 3 3 6 0.08 85,850 21,462 9,540 210 Wallis and Futuna 3 0 3 0.04 12,960 4,320 3,900 211 Western Sahara 3 1 4 0.06 584,000 292,000 292,000 212 American Samoa 2 5 7 0.10 56,090 9,348 25,890 213 Anguilla 2 0 2 0.03 12,450 6,225 6,225 214 Antigua and Barbuda 2 2 4 0.06 153,800 51,267 76,700 215 Bermuda 2 1 3 0.04 64,610 32,305 62,000 216 British Virgin Islands 2 0 2 0.03 39,700 19,850 19,850 217 Cape Verde 2 1 3 0.04 489,800 244,900 244,900 218 Christmas Island 2 0 2 0.03 1,000 500 500 219 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2 0 2 0.03 600 300 300 220 Faroe Islands 2 0 2 0.03 48,000 48,000 48,000 221 Gibraltar 2 1 3 0.04 46,700 15,567 21,950 222 Guam 2 7 9 0.13 181,400 22,675 46,750 223 Iceland 2 0 2 0.03 300,300 150,150 150,150 224 Isle of Man 2 0 2 0.03 88,000 44,000 44,000 225 Kiribati 2 1 3 0.04 106,000 35,333 52,750 226 Maldives 2 0 2 0.03 331,000 331,000 331,000 227 Marshall Islands 2 0 2 0.03 65,700 32,850 32,850 228 Montserrat 2 0 2 0.03 3,920 1,960 1,960 229 Niue 2 1 3 0.04 1,550 775 775 230 Norfolk Island 2 0 2 0.03 2,110 1,055 1,055 231 Pitcairn 2 0 2 0.03 36 36 36 232 Samoa 2 1 3 0.04 187,000 62,333 93,400 233 San Marino 2 0 2 0.03 25,000 12,500 12,500 234 Tokelau 2 3 5 0.07 2,421 484 870 235 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2 4 0.06 29,840 9,947 14,365 236 Vatican 2 0 2 0.03 330 165 165 237 British Indian Ocean Territory 1 0 1 0.01 4,000 4,000 4,000 238 Cayman Islands 1 3 4 0.06 74,840 18,710 50,000 239 Falkland Islands 1 1 2 0.03 2,860 1,430 2,610 240 North Korea 1 0 1 0.01 23,300,000 23,300,000 23,300,000 241 Saint Helena 1 0 1 0.01 5,900 5,900 5,900 242 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 0 1 0.01 6,000 6,000 6,000^ This refers to the percentage of total number of languages in the world, including both established and immigrant languages.

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