5 Most Spoken Languages in Every Country L-Z

Chinese languages just missed out in the US based on very rough estimates I did with the most spoken one being about 1.37m.

Vatican City isn't here since there aren't any statistics for it

Numbers for small countries, island countries and a lot of Africa (especially central and western) are very rough due to the relatively small amount of info.

* next to a language means it's including a disputed territory

Scots could be under United Kingdom but there are no numbers for L1 speakers

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#	Country	Speakers	Answer
1	Madagascar	31.5m	Malagasy
2		120k	French
3		110k	Malagasy Sign Language
4		60k	Arabic
5		>50k~	Mandarin
1	Malawi	6.1m	chiChewa
2		4.1m	chiTumbuka
3		3.7m	chiYao
4		2.4m	Malawian Sena
5		2.2m	Malawi Lomwe
1	Malaysia	20m	Malay
2		2.6m	Kedahan Malay
3		1.99m	Tamil
4		1.96m	Hokkien
5		1.78m	Hakka
1	Maldives	500k	Dhivehi
2		<25k~	Hindi
3		<19k~	Sinhala
4		<10k~	Urdu
5		3k	Tagalog
1	Mali	4m	Bambara
2		1.2m	Soninke
3		1m	Maasina Fulfulde
4		738k	Minyanka
5		700k	Xaasongaxango
1	Malta	510k	Maltese
2		48k	English
3		3k	Italian
4		2.5k	Bulgarian
5		1.7k	Arabic
1	Marshall Islands	36k	Marshallese
2		2.5k	English
3		<300~	Tagalog
4		<100~	Japanese
5		<80~	Mandarin
1	Mauritania	4m	Arabic
2		300k	Pulaar
3		185k	Wolof
4		180k	Soninke
5		130k	Tamasheq
1	Mauritius	1.1m	Mauritian Creole
2		64.7k	Bhojpuri
3		55.8k	French
4		25k	Hindi
5		24k	Punjabi
1	Mexico	128m	Spanish
2		775k	Yucatec Maya
3		550k	Tzotzil
4		410k	Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl
5		400k	Tamazunchale Huasteca Nahuatl
1	Micronesia	45.9k	Chuukese
2		30k	Pohnpeian
3		8k	Kosraean
4		5.9k	Mortlockese
5		5.1k	Yapese
1	Moldova	2.37m	Romanian
2		284k	Russian*
3		114k	Ukrainian*
4		90k	Gagauz
5		75k	Bulgarian
1	Monaco	22k	French
2		7.3k	Italian
3		3.2k	English
4		1.5k	German
5		600~	Russian
1	Mongolia	3m	Mongolian
2		200k	Oirat
3		106k	Kazakh
4		80k	Buryat
5		12k	Mongolian Sign Language
1	Montenegro	552k	Serbo-Croatian / Montenegrin / Bosnian
2		33.4k	Albanian
3		15k	Russian
4		3k~	Balkan Romani
5		200~	Italian
1	Morocco	35m	Arabic
2		5.3m	Tashelhiyt
3		3.1m	Central Atlas Tamazight
4		1.27m	Tarifit
5		175k	Ait Seghrouchen / Eastern Middle Atlas Berber
1	Mozambique	17.4m	Portuguese
2		8.6m	eMakhuwa
3		3.9m	Sena
4		3.5m	Xitsonga
5		2.5m	Elomwe
1	Myanmar	33m	Burmese
2		4.7m	Shan
3		2m	S'gaw Karen
4		1m	Eastern Pwo
5		1m	Tamil
1	Namibia	1.49m	Oshiwambo
2		317k	Afrikaans
3		262k	Otjiherero
4		259k	RuKwangali
5		210k	Khoekhoegowab
1	Nauru	11.4k	Nauruan
2		380	English
3		280	Kiribati
4		263	Fijian
5		140	Mandarin
1	Nepal	13m	Nepali
2		3.2m	Maithili
3		1.8m	Bhojpuri
4		1.7m	Tharu
5		1.4m	Tamang
1	Netherlands	17.4m	Dutch
2		1.7m	Dutch Low Saxon
3		450k	West Frisian
4		350k	Papiamento
5		>300k	Arabic
1	New Zealand	5m	English
2		101k	Samoan
3		95k	Mandarin
4		69k	Hindi
5		52k	Yue
1	Nicaragua	4.3m	Spanish
2		154k	Miskito
3		40k	Miskito Coast Creole
4		20.3k	English
5		7k	Mandarin
1	Niger	15.1m	Hausa
2		4.8m	Zarma
3		946k	Songhoyboro Ciine
4		860k	Lettugal Niiser Fulfulde
5		829k	Tawəlləmmət
1	Nigeria	57m	Hausa
2		48m	Yoruba
3		41m	Igbo
4		40m	English
5		17m	Nigerian Fulfulde
1	North Korea	26m	Korean
2		10k	Mandarin
3		580	Hindi
4		200~	English
5		>5	Japanese
1	North Macedonia	1.21m	Macedonian
2		457k	Albanian
3		64.5k	Turkish
4		34.6k	Balkan Romani
5		29.8k	Serbo-Croatian / Bosnian
1	Norway	5m	Norwegian
2		97k	Polish
3		83.5k	Arabic
4		43.2k	Somali
5		37k	Lithuanian
1	Oman	3m	Arabic
2		500k	Balochi
3		200k	Malayalam
4		190k	Bengali
5		70k~	Urdu
1	Pakistan	93.3m	Punjabi
2		46.7m	Pashto
3		36.1m	Sindhi
4		30.2m	Saraiki
5		23.3m	Urdu
1	Palau	17k	Palauan
2		1.75k	Tagalog
3		1.6k	English
4		900	Mandarin
5		400	Sonsorolese
1	Palestine	5.3m	Arabic
2		350k	Hebrew
3		150k~	Turkish
4		10k	Domari
5		5k	Armenian
1	Panama	4.2m	Spanish
2		270k	Bocas del Toro Creole
3		170k	Ngäbere
4		64k	Hakka
5		61k	Guna
1	Papua New Guinea	230k	Enga
2		150k	Huli
3		130k	Tok Pisin
4		130k	Melpa
5		120k	Kuman
1	Paraguay	4.17m	Spanish
2		2m	Guaraní
3		400k	Portuguese
4		166k	German
5		40k	Plautdietsch
1	Peru	28.3m	Spanish
2		2.91m	Southern Quechua
3		1m	Ancash Quechua
4		500k	Aymara
5		300k	Wanka Quechua
1	Philippines	43.1m	Tagalog
2		25.5m	Cebuano
3		7.9m	Hiligaynon
4		7.6m	Ilocano
5		4.2m	Bikol Naga
1	Poland	37.8m	Polish
2		460k	Silesian
3		96k	German
4		87k	Kashubian
5		26k	Belarusian
1	Portugal	9.9m	Portuguese
2		61.6k	English
3		60k	Portuguese Sign Language
4		48.8k	Cape Verdean Creole
5		40k	Caló
1	Qatar	440k	Malayalam
2		400k	Bengali
3		400k	Nepali
4		337k	Arabic
5		230k	Tagalog
1	Romania	17.3m	Romanian
2		1.19m	Hungarian
3		227k	Vlax Romani
4		47.4k	Ukrainian
5		18.9k	Turkish
1	Russia	117.1m	Russian
2		4.2m	Tatar
3		1.3m	Chechen
4		1.15m	Bashkir
5		1.12m	Ukrainian*
1	Rwanda	14m	Kinyarwanda
2		50k	Kirundi
3		14k	French
4		14k	English
5		2.8k	Swahili
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41.4k	English
2		40k	Saint Kitts Creole (Hard to know the amount of L1 speakers of St. Kitts Creole vs English so both are here)
3		800	Guyanese Creole
4		550	Spanish
5		250	Virgin Islands Creole
1	Saint Lucia	158k	Saint Lucian Creole
2		18k	English
3		1.8k	Guyanese Creole
4		742	Trinidadian Creole
5		740	Bajan Creole
1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108k	Vincentian Creole
2		15k~	English
3		3.4k	Trinidadian Creole
4		1k	Garifuna
5		500~	Arabic

#	Country	Speakers	Answer
1	Samoa	210k	Samoan
2		<10k	English
3		6.4k	Samoan Sign Language
4		600~	Mandarin
5		156	Fijian
1	San Marino	27.8k	Sammarinese / Romagnol
2		4.8k	Italian
3		121	Romanian
4		73	Spanish
5		63	Ukrainian
1	São Tomé and Príncipe	120k	Portuguese
2		70k	Forro Creole
3		20k	Cape Verdean Creole
4		8k	Angolar Creole
5		557	Kinyarwanda
1	Saudi Arabia	26.9m	Arabic
2		1.5m	Bengali
3		900k	Tagalog
4		800k	Punjabi
5		740k	Urdu
1	Senegal	7.45m	Wolof
2		4.09m	Pulaar
3		1.2m	Serer
4		1.1mn	Mandinka
5		340k	Jola-Fonyi
1	Serbia	5.6m	Serbo-Croatian / Bosnian
2		174k	Hungarian
3		>80k	Balkan Romani
4		70k~	Romano-Serbian
5		44.3k	Slovak
1	Seychelles	119k	Seychellois Creole
2		6.6k	English
3		4k~	Tamil
4		918	French
5		762	Malagasy
1	Sierra Leone	2.5m	Mɛnde
2		2m	KʌThemnɛ
3		913k	Krio
4		580k	Limba
5		370k	Kuranko
1	Singapore	2m	Mandarin
2		1.8m	Singlish
3		1.2m	Hokkien
4		785k	Malay
5		600k	Teochew
1	Slovakia	4.5m	Slovak
2		466k	Hungarian
3		101k	Carpathian Romani
4		39k	Rusyn
5		19k	Czech
1	Slovenia	1.85m	Slovene
2		159k	Serbo-Croatian / Bosnian / Montenegrin
3		8.5k	Balkan Romani
4		7k	Italian
5		5.2k	German
1	Solomon Islands	32.4k	Kwara'ae
2		24.3k	Pijin
3		17.8k	'Are'are
4		16.9k	Lau
5		13.7k	Lengo
1	Somalia	14.9m	Somali
2		2.5m	Maay Maay
3		380k	Arabic
4		86k	Garre
5		41.6k	Oromo
1	South Africa	14.5m	Zulu
2		10.2m	Xhosa
3		8.6m	Afrikaans
4		6.16m	English
5		5.84m	Northern Sotho
1	South Korea	51.6m	Korean
2		300k~	Mandarin
3		200k	Vietnamese
4		174k	Thai
5		145k	English
1	South Sudan	4.2m	Dinka
2		1.8m	Nuer
3		850k	Zande
4		770k	Bari
5		570k	Shilluk
1	Spain	38.8m	Spanish
2		3.83m	Catalan
3		1.91m	Valencian
4		1.4m	Galician
5		1.1m	Arabic
1	Sri Lanka	17.3m	Sinhala
2		6m~	Tamil
3		74k	English
4		40k	Sri Lankan Malay
5		12k~	Sri Lankan Sign Language
1	Sudan	36m	Arabic
2		2.55m	Beja
3		790k	Fur
4		300k	Nòbíín
5		297k	Masalit
1	Suriname	410k	Dutch
2		150k	Sarnami Hindustani
3		130k	Sranan Tongo
4		67k	Aukan
5		57k	Saamáka
1	Sweden	9.5m	Swedish
2		400k~	Arabic
3		250k	Finnish
4		100k~	Kurmanji
5		95k~	Polish
1	Switzerland	5.6m	German
2		2.04m	French
3		732k	Italian
4		482k	English
5		330k	Portuguese
1	Syria	21.2m	Arabic
2		2m~	Kurmanji
3		1m~	Turkish
4		200k~	Suret / Assyrian
5		100k	Armenian
1	Taiwan	16m	Hokkien
2		4.6m	Mandarin
3		2.58m	Hakka
4		299k	Malay / Indonesian
5		255k	Vietnamese
1	Tajikistan	8.98m	Tajik
2		1.26m	Uzbek
3		85.1k	Kyrgyz
4		53.2k	Russian
5		50k	Shughni
1	Tanzania	8.1m	Sukuma
2		3m~	Swahili
3		2.4m	Tumbuka
4		1.9m	Haya
5		1.5m	Nyamwezi
1	Thailand	28.6m	Thai
2		18m	Isan
3		7.8m	Kam Mueang
4		6.4m	Southern Thai
5		1.29m	Khmer
1	Timor-Leste	590.7k	Tetun-Dili / Prasa / Tetum
2		172.8k	Mambai
3		134.5k	Makasae
4		94.9k	Baikeno / Uab Metô
5		81.7k	Kemak
1	Togo	3.1m	Eʋe
2		2.2m	Kabɩyɛ
3		476k	Gen
4		339k	Tem
5		260k	Lama
1	Tonga	97k	Tongan
2		3k	Mandarin
3		687	Fijian
4		317	Samoan
5		103	Japanese
1	Trinidad and Tobago	1m	Trinidadian Creole
2		300k	Tobagonian Creole
3		48k	Spanish
4		27k	English
5		1.6k	Trinidadian Hindustani
1	Tunisia	12m	Arabic
2		21k	Tunisian Sign Language
3		20k	Domari
4		11k	Jerba Berber
5		3.7k	Matmata Berber
1	Turkey	83.4m	Turkish
2		9m	Kurmanji
3		4.25m	Arabic
4		1.28m	Zazakî
5		1.1m	Kabardian
1	Turkmenistan	5.42m	Turkmen
2		903k	Russian
3		677k	Uzbek
4		143k	Kazakh
5		67k	Tatar
1	Tuvalu	11k	Tuvaluan
2	Tuvalu	100	Kiribati / Nuian
1	Uganda	5.6m	Luganda
2		5.5m	Southern Luo
3		4.5m	Soga
4		3m	Nkore
5		2.5m	Teso
1	Ukraine	25.8m	Ukrainian
2		11.3m	Russian
3		255k	Romanian
4		129k	Hungarian
5		106k	Bulgarian
1	United Arab Emirates	7.65m	Arabic
2		1m	Malayalam
3		750k	Bengali
4		560k	Tagalog
5		523k	Pashto
1	United Kingdom	67.8m	English
2		611k	Polish
3		471k	Romanian
4		290k	Punjabi
5		269k	Urdu
1	United States	245m	English
2		41.3m	Spanish
3		1.72m	Tagalog
4		1.52m	Vietnamese
5		1.39m	Arabic
1	Uruguay	3.3m	Spanish
2		90k	Italian
3		30k	Portuguese
4		10k	German
5		7k	Uruguayan Sign Language
1	Uzbekistan	31m	Uzbek
2		3m	Tajik
3		877k	Kazakh
4		872k	Qaraqalpaq
5		700k	Russian
1	Vanuatu	11.5k	Lenakel
2		10k	Bislama
3		9.5k	Nakanamanga
4		9k	Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin
5		8.7k	West Ambae
1	Venezuela	28.1m	Spanish
2		400k~	Yue
3		294k	Wayúu
4		200k	Italian
5		185k	Portuguese
1	Vietnam	87m	Vietnamese
2		1.63m	Tày
3		1.1m	Mường
4		1.08m~	Nùng
5		1m	Khmer
1	Yemen	>35m~	Arabic
2		>400k~	Somali
3		110k	Soqotri
4		62.9k	Rāziḥī
5		50k	Mehri
1	Zambia	6.6m	Bemba
2		5.39m	Chewa
3		3.73m	isiTonga
4		1.98m	siLozi
5		600k	Chilunda
1	Zimbabwe	12m~	Shona
2		2.5m~	Northern Ndebele
3		1.5m~	Chewa
4		1.1m	Ndau
5		700k	Kalanga

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