Official Languages

An official language is defined as a language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Can you name the official language of every country in the world? For countries that have more than one official language, naming any one of them is correct.
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# of Languages
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Hungary
1
Hungarian
Ethiopia
5
Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya
Nicaragua
1
Spanish
Chile
1
Spanish
Japan
0
none, Japanese has de facto status
Slovakia
1
Slovak
Chad
2
Arabic, French
Algeria
2
Arabic, Berber
Zambia
1
English
Kosovo
2
Albanian, Serbian
Ireland
2
Irish, English
Vatican City
2
Latin, Italian
Greece
1
Greek
Sri Lanka
2
Sinhala, Tamil
Honduras
1
Spanish
El Salvador
1
Spanish
The Gambia
1
English
Barbados
1
English
Armenia
1
Armenian
Fiji
3
Fijian, Fiji Hindi, English
Bahrain
1
Arabic
Côte d'Ivoire
1
French
Vanuatu
3
Bislama, French, English
Afghanistan
2
Persian (Dari), Pashto
Kyrgyzstan
2
Kyrgyz, Russian
Singapore
4
Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, English
Tunisia
1
Arabic
Brunei
1
Malay
South Africa
11
Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
Uruguay
1
Spanish
Bangladesh
1
Bengali
Laos
1
Lao
Equatorial Guinea
3
Spanish, Portuguese, French
Mongolia
1
Mongolian
Netherlands
1
Dutch
Poland
1
Polish
Marshall Islands
2
Marshallese, English
Guyana
1
English
Libya
1
Arabic
Trinidad and Tobago
1
English
Grenada
1
English
Tanzania
2
Swahili, English
Israel
1
Hebrew
Paraguay
2
Spanish, Guaraní
Benin
1
French
Slovenia
1
Slovene
South Korea
1
Korean
Finland
2
Finnish, Swedish
Romania
1
Romanian
Iran
1
Persian
Belgium
3
Dutch, French, German
Pakistan
2
Urdu, English
San Mario
1
Italian
Venezuela
1
Spanish
Costa Rica
1
Spanish
Guinea-Bissau
1
Portuguese
Serbia
1
Serbian
Ukraine
1
Ukrainian
Iceland
1
Icelandic
New Zealand
2
Māori language, English has de facto status
Georgia
1
Georgian
Yemen
1
Arabic
Saudi Arabia
1
Arabic
Thailand
1
Thai
Lithuana
1
Lithuanian
Russia
1
Russian
Andorra
1
Catalan
Niger
1
Hausa
Oman
1
Arabic
Botswana
1
English
Ghana
1
English
Canada
2
French, English
Malaysia
1
Malay
Micronesia
1
English
Seychelles
3
Seychellois Creole, French, English
Cameroon
2
French, English
Liberia
1
English
Jordan
1
Arabic
Germany
1
German
Gabon
1
French
Comoros
3
Comorian, Arabic, French
Republic of the Congo
1
French
North Korea
1
Korean
Namibia
1
English
Macedonia
2
Macedonian, Albanian
Colombia
1
Spanish
Philippines
2
Filipino, English
Kazakhstan
2
Kazakh, Russian
Peru
1
Spanish
Mozambique
1
Portuguese
Qatar
1
Arabic
Croatia
1
Croatian
Cuba
1
Spanish
Cyprus
2
Turkish, Greek
Mexico
0
none, Spanish has de facto status
Malta
2
Maltese, English
Dominica
1
English
Montenegro
1
Montenegrin
Bulgaria
1
Bulgarian
Malawi
1
English
Cabo Verde
1
Portuguese
Estonia
1
Estonian
Morocco
2
Arabic, Berber
Zimbabwe
15
Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, English
Samoa
2
Samoan, English
Tonga
2
Tongan, English
Nigeria
1
English
United Kingdom
0
none, English has de facto status
Guinea
1
French
Papua New Guinea
3
Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, English
Syria
1
Arabic
Norway
2
Norwegian, Sami languages
Antigua and Barbuda
0
none, English has de facto status
Egypt
1
Arabic
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1
English
Luxembourg
3
Luxembourgish, German, French
Spain
1
Spanish
United States
0
none, English has de facto status
Mali
13
Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hassaniya, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay languages, Soninke, Tamasheq
Brazil
1
Portuguese
Burundi
3
Kirundi, French, English
Sweden
1
Swedish
Angola
1
Portuguese
Maldives
1
Dhivehi
Guatemala
1
Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
none; Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian all have de facto status
Nauru
2
Nauruan, English
Dominican Republic
1
Spanish
Senegal
1
French
Portugal
1
Portuguese
Denmark
1
Danish
Indonesia
1
Indonesian
Cambodia
1
Khmer
Jamaica
1
English
China
1
Standard Chinese
Palau
2
Palauan, English
Kenya
2
Swahili, English
Sudan
2
Arabic, English
Somalia
2
Somali, Arabic
Eswatini
2
Swazi, English
Czech Republic
1
Czech
Rwanda
4
Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, English
Togo
1
French
Monaco
1
French
Turkey
1
Turkish
Central African Republic
2
Sango, French
Austria
1
German
Belize
1
English
Taiwan
0
none, Mandarin Chinese has de facto status
Bahamas
1
English
Panama
1
Spanish
Burkina Faso
4
Mooré, Bissa, Dyula, Fula
United Arab Emirates
1
Arabic
Haiti
3
Haitian Creole, French
Liechtenstein
1
German
Azerbaijan
1
Azerbaijani
Ecuador
1
Spanish
Saint Lucia
1
English
Moldova
1
Romanian
Vietnam
1
Vietnamese
Kiribati
2
Gilbertese, English
Belarus
2
Belarusian, Russian
Eritrea
1
Tigrinya
Italy
1
Italian
France
1
French
Australia
0
none, English had de facto status
Timor-Leste
2
Tetum, Portuguese
Albania
1
Albanian
India
2
Hindi, English
Tajikistan
1
Tajik
Sierra Leone
1
English
Nepal
1
Nepali
Bhutan
1
Dzongkha
Latvia
1
Latvian
Tuvalu
2
Tuvaluan, English
Iraq
2
Kurdish, Arabic
Switzerland
3
French, German, Italian, Romansh
Madagascar
2
Malagasy, French
Uzbekistan
1
Uzbek
Djibouti
2
Arabic, French
São Tomé and Príncipe
1
Portuguese
Kuwait
1
Arabic
Turkmenistan
1
Turkmen
Argentina
0
none, Spanish has de facto status
Solomon Islands
1
English
Lesotho
2
Sesotho, English
Myanmar
1
Burmese
Bolivia
37
Castilian (Spanish), Aymara, Araona, Baure, Bésiro (Chiquitano), Canichana, Cavineña, Cayubaba, Chácobo, Chimán, Ese Ejja, Guaraní. Guarasu'we, Guarayu, Itonama, Leco, Machajuyai-Kallawaya, Machineri, Maropa, Mojeño-Ignaciano, Mojeño-Trinitario, Moré, Mosetén, Movima, Pacawara, Puquina, Quechua, Sirionó, Tacana, Tapieté, Toromona, Uru-Chipaya, Weenhayek, Yaminawa, Yuki, Yuracar, Zamuco
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1
English
Uganda
2
Swahili, English
Mauritius
0
none, English has de jure status and French has de facto status
Mauritania
1
Arabic
Lebanon
1
Arabic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
French
South Sudan
1
English
Suriname
1
Dutch
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