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Top Five Countries by Language

For each of these languages, guess the five countries which have the most NATIVE speakers of that language.
Total population rather than percent of the population
Afrikaans is not considered Dutch in this quiz
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Penghuan
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First submittedOctober 21, 2021
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English
United States
United Kingdom
Nigeria
Canada
Australia
 
Italian
Italy
Brazil
Argentina
Switzerland
France
Spanish
Mexico
Colombia
United States
Argentina
Spain
 
Dutch
Netherlands
Belgium
Suriname
United States
Germany
French
France
Canada
Belgium
Switzerland
United States
 
Russian
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Germany
Portuguese
Brazil
Angola
Portugal
Mozambique
United States
 
Arabic
Egypt
Algeria
Sudan
Iraq
Yemen
German
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Brazil
France
 
Mandarin
China
Taiwan
Singapore
United States
Malaysia
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26 Comments
Penghuan
+7
Level 60
Oct 21, 2021
Source:

English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_(Language)_speakers

Spanish, Arabic: Jetpunk Quiz

Mandarin: Ethnologue

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Dec 9, 2025
A couple more notes from the last update. For Dutch, we ignored Indonesia in the Wikipedia article because the data was from 1985 and almost all the Dutch speakers would have died of old age by now.

Mandarin is tricky because many Asian countries have large and influential Chinese diasporas, but they usually speak either the native language or a non-Mandarin dialect.

Etanna
+4
Level 73
Dec 9, 2025
I expected more countries from Africa to be there for French and possibly other languages too, but I guess they are technically not native speakers even though they often learn it very intensively and from a very young age at school
81928128
+3
Level 63
Dec 9, 2025
Surprised Singapore is ahead of Malaysia for Mandarin but I guess that's because the non-Mandarin dialects are a lot more commonplace in Malaysia.
Limukala
+1
Level 61
Jan 27, 2026
I'd be willing to bet Malaysia is ahead of Singapore. In my experience most Malaysian Chinese speak at least passable Mandarin, and there are far more of them than the entire population of Singapore (some of which are not native Mandarin speakers).
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Dec 10, 2025
I'm from the least guessed country :D
Xtrordinary
+4
Level 75
Dec 11, 2025
Does where you're from change if the least guessed country changes?
CapitanLatAm
+3
Level 66
Jan 27, 2026
Bom dia pois :)
IridiumPingo
+1
Level 39
Dec 13, 2025
The list for Italian is so confusing
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Jan 21, 2026
That got me looking into Italian immigration into Brazil in the late 19th, early 20th century. After Brazilian slavery was abolished, there was, shall we say, a labor shortage, so the nation of Brazil paid for travel for Europeans to come and effectively settle the southern part of the country, much like America did with the Homestead act. Poor Italians were the ones who answered the call and formed a bunch of isolated Italian communities in Southern Brazil. Some cities even still have Italian names.
cocachiantos
+1
Level 75
Jan 27, 2026
The more-or-less unspoken goal was also to whiten the population.
LooserFromIndia
+1
Level 51
Jan 27, 2026
Dang completed the last one right at 5:00
AustinWiebe
+1
Level 28
Jan 27, 2026
Got all of them except for Ukraine (stupid me), Angola, and Mozambique
Jorissie
+2
Level 94
Jan 27, 2026
I actually missed spain for spanish, tried every south en middle american country :(
viewtifuljordan
+1
Level 68
Jan 27, 2026
Same here haha
geoexpert3
+1
Level 28
Mar 27, 2026
I almost did.
dumBunny
+1
Level 61
Jan 27, 2026
Good quiz: Without looking at the data, the difference in numbers between the top and fifth would vary greatly by language, which makes it a challenging and fun quiz.
caspianpunk
+1
Level 32
Jan 27, 2026
Lovely quiz.
erikj
+1
Level 67
Jan 28, 2026
I typed all versions of Saudi Arabia to really make sure it wasn't on this list. That was my biggest surprise!
Fred96
+2
Level 49
Jan 29, 2026
Jetpunk considers Taiwan a sovereign state despite it being only recognised by 11 UN member states and the Holy See. Palestine on the other hand, which not only has non-member observer state status at the UN (which Taiwan doesn't have) but is considered a sovereign state by 157 UN Member states including 4 permanent security council members (UK, France, Russia and China) isn't recognised as a state by Jetpunk. Okay
thfhcwt
+3
Level 37
Feb 21, 2026
It’s based on sovereignty. Whatever your beliefs on the right of Palestine to be a state, the government currently does not have control over its territory, while Taiwan does. That’s Jetpunk’s rationale anyway
Timtim786
+1
Level 56
Mar 19, 2026
In that case, Transnistria, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Northern Cyprus should all be recognized by JetPunk as the governments of these entities control their territory just like Taiwan does.
CraigXJ87
+1
Level 41
Jan 29, 2026
Only missed Suriname, damn!
oj11
+1
Level 20
Mar 24, 2026
I am so surprised that saudi arabia isnt even on the arabian list
shape816
+1
Level 68
Apr 17, 2026
I didn't guess Spain for Spanish. 😐
badgerkaiju
+1
Level 46
Apr 30, 2026
I tried so hard for the third Portuguese one, 95% of my time was spent on it. When I gave up I looked to see what it was; despair set in, alas, it was Portugal.
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