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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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