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Top 200 Languages (Ethnologue 2025)

Can you name the top 200 most spoken languages in the world in 2025?
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Rank
Language
Population
Language Family
1
English
1.5B
Indo-European
2
Mandarin Chinese
1.2B
Sino-Tibetan
3
Hindi
609.1M
Indo-European
4
Spanish
558.5M
Indo-European
5
Standard Arabic
334.8M
Afro-Asiatic
6
French
311.9M
Indo-European
7
Bengali
284.3M
Indo-European
8
Portuguese
266.6M
Indo-European
9
Russian
253.4M
Indo-European
10
Indonesian
252.4M
Austronesian
11
Urdu
246.0M
Indo-European
12
Standard German
134.0M
Indo-European
13
Japanese
125.6M
Japonic
14
Nigerian Pidgin
120.7M
Creole
15
Egyptian Arabic
118.6M
Afro-Asiatic
16
Marathi
99.3M
Indo-European
17
Vietnamese
97.0M
Austroasiatic
18
Telugu
95.8M
Dravidian
19
Hausa
94.4M
Afro-Asiatic
20
Turkish
91.3M
Turkic
21
Western Punjabi
90.3M
Indo-European
22
Swahili
87.2M
Niger-Congo
23
Tagalog
86.9M
Austronesian
24
Tamil
86.3M
Dravidian
25
Yue Chinese
85.7M
Sino-Tibetan
26
Wu Chinese
83.4M
Sino-Tibetan
27
Iranian Persian
82.6M
Indo-European
28
Korean
81.6M
Koreanic
29
Thai
71.4M
Tai-Kadai
30
Javanese
69.2M
Austronesian
31
Italian
66.2M
Indo-European
32
Gujarati
62.5M
Indo-European
33
Levantine Arabic
60.4M
Afro-Asiatic
34
Amharic
60.0M
Afro-Asiatic
35
Kannada
59.7M
Dravidian
36
Bhojpuri
52.7M
Indo-European
37
Sudanese Arabic
52.3M
Afro-Asiatic
38
Yoruba
49.9M
Niger-Congo
39
Jinyu Chinese
48.0M
Sino-Tibetan
40
Min Nan Chinese
45.8M
Sino-Tibetan
41
Polish
45.3M
Indo-European
42
Burmese
44.4M
Sino-Tibetan
43
Algerian Arabic
41.6M
Afro-Asiatic
44
Hakka Chinese
40.7M
Sino-Tibetan
45
Lingala
40.6M
Niger-Congo
46
Moroccan Arabic
40.2M
Afro-Asiatic
47
Odia
39.5M
Indo-European
48
Ukrainian
39.0M
Indo-European
49
Xiang Chinese
38.2M
Sino-Tibetan
50
Malayalam
38.2M
Dravidian
51
Sindhi
36.9M
Indo-European
52
Eastern Punjabi
36.5M
Indo-European
53
Sunda
35.5M
Austronesian
54
Igbo
33.7M
Niger-Congo
55
Dari
33.4M
Indo-European
56
Nepali
33.1M
Indo-European
57
Malay
29.5M
Austronesian
58
Northern Uzbek
29.4M
Turkic
59
Zulu
27.8M
Niger-Congo
60
Sa'idi Arabic
27.3M
Afro-Asiatic
61
Northern Pashto
27.2M
Indo-European
62
West Central Oromo
27.0M
Afro-Asiatic
63
Saraiki
25.6M
Indo-European
64
Dutch
25.4M
Indo-European
65
Somali
24.7M
Afro-Asiatic
66
Romanian
23.7M
Indo-European
67
Assamese
23.6M
Indo-European
68
Gan Chinese
22.6M
Sino-Tibetan
69
Southern Pashto
21.7M
Indo-European
70
Cebuano
21.4M
Austronesian
71
Kazakh
21.4M
Turkic
72
Magahi
21.0M
Indo-European
73
Najdi Arabic
20.9M
Afro-Asiatic
74
Sinhala
20.2M
Indo-European
75
Mesopotamian Arabic
20.1M
Afro-Asiatic
76
Xhosa
19.2M
Niger-Congo
77
Khmer
19.0M
Austroasiatic
78
Afrikaans
18.1M
Indo-European
79
Nigerian Fulfulde
18.0M
Niger-Congo
80
Maithili
17.6M
Indo-European
81
Wolof
17.3M
Niger-Congo
82
Northern Kurdish
17.2M
Indo-European
83
Chhattisgarhi
16.3M
Indo-European
84
Kinyarwanda
15.3M
Niger-Congo
85
Northeastern Thai
15.1M
Tai-Kadai
86
Chichewa
14.5M
Niger-Congo
87
Bamanankan
14.4M
Niger-Congo
88
Shona
14.1M
Niger-Congo
89
South Azerbaijani
13.8M
Turkic
90
Setswana
13.7M
Niger-Congo
91
Northern Sotho
13.7M
Niger-Congo
92
Bavarian
13.7M
Indo-European
93
Haitian Creole
13.7M
Creole
94
Uyghur
13.6M
Turkic
95
Southern Sotho
13.5M
Niger-Congo
96
Greek
13.3M
Indo-European
97
Swedish
13.3M
Indo-European
98
Chittagonian
13.0M
Indo-European
99
Rundi
12.9M
Niger-Congo
100
Jula
12.8M
Niger-Congo
101
Deccan
12.8M
Indo-European
102
Bajjika
12.7M
Indo-European
103
Ganda
12.6M
Niger-Congo
104
Sanaani Arabic
12.6M
Afro-Asiatic
105
Tunisian Arabic
12.5M
Afro-Asiatic
106
Czech
12.5M
Indo-European
107
Kituba
12.4M
Creole
108
Hijazi Arabic
12.3M
Afro-Asiatic
109
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
12.2M
Afro-Asiatic
110
Hungarian
12.1M
Uralic
111
Sadri
12.1M
Indo-European
112
Eastern Oromo
12.1M
Afro-Asiatic
113
Cameroon Pidgin
12.0M
Creole
114
North Mesopotamian Arabic
11.9M
Afro-Asiatic
115
Moore
11.9M
Niger-Congo
116
Min Bei Chinese
11.7M
Sino-Tibetan
117
Sylheti
11.5M
Indo-European
118
Ibibio
11.4M
Niger-Congo
119
Congo Swahili
11.2M
Niger-Congo
120
Rangpuri
10.8M
Indo-European
121
Min Dong Chinese
10.7M
Sino-Tibetan
122
Tigrigna
10.7M
Afro-Asiatic
123
Tajik
10.6M
Indo-European
124
Hebrew
10.5M
Afro-Asiatic
125
Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo
10.4M
Afro-Asiatic
126
North Azerbaijani
10.4M
Turkic
127
Gulf Arabic
10.3M
Afro-Asiatic
128
Tsonga
10.0M
Niger-Congo
129
Akan
10.0M
Niger-Congo
130
Haryanvi
9.8M
Indo-European
131
Yerwa Kanuri
9.8M
Saharan
132
Catalan
9.3M
Indo-European
133
Ilocano
8.5M
Austronesian
134
Chadian Arabic
8.3M
Afro-Asiatic
135
Gikuyu
8.3M
Niger-Congo
136
Serbian
8.3M
Indo-European
137
Sukuma
8.1M
Niger-Congo
138
Koongo
8.0M
Niger-Congo
139
Bulgarian
7.9M
Indo-European
140
Santhali
7.9M
Austroasiatic
141
Kabyle
7.9M
Afro-Asiatic
142
Marwari
7.9M
Indo-European
143
Northern Thai
7.8M
Tai-Kadai
144
Umbundu
7.8M
Niger-Congo
145
Turkmen
7.8M
Turkic
146
Madura
7.8M
Austronesian
147
Krio
7.8M
Creole
148
Merina Malagasy
7.5M
Austronesian
149
Slovak
7.4M
Indo-European
150
Adamawa Fulfulde
7.4M
Niger-Congo
151
Central Pashto
7.3M
Indo-European
152
Kashmiri
7.2M
Indo-European
153
Luba-Kasai
7.1M
Niger-Congo
154
Pulaar
7.0M
Niger-Congo
155
Varhadi-Nagpuri
7.0M
Indo-European
156
Indian Sign Language
6.8M
Sign Language
157
Paraguayan Guaraní
6.6M
Tupian
158
Swiss German
6.5M
Indo-European
159
Croatian
6.5M
Indo-European
160
Hainanese
6.4M
Sino-Tibetan
161
Hiligaynon
6.3M
Austronesian
162
Kyrgyz
6.1M
Turkic
163
Libyan Arabic
6.1M
Afro-Asiatic
164
Central Kurdish
6.1M
Indo-European
165
Kanauji
6.0M
Indo-European
166
Southern Kurdish
6.0M
Indo-European
167
Tachelhit
5.8M
Afro-Asiatic
168
Danish
5.8M
Indo-European
169
Éwé
5.8M
Niger-Congo
170
Napoletano
5.7M
Indo-European
171
Hassaniyya
5.6M
Afro-Asiatic
172
Bundeli
5.6M
Indo-European
173
Finnish
5.6M
Uralic
174
Minangkabau
5.6M
Austronesian
175
Norwegian
5.5M
Indo-European
176
Malvi
5.4M
Indo-European
177
Huizhou Chinese
5.3M
Sino-Tibetan
178
Zarma
5.3M
Songhay
179
Baoulé
5.3M
Niger-Congo
180
Kamba
5.3M
Niger-Congo
181
Dholuo
5.3M
Nilotic
182
Sango
5.2M
Creole
183
Hadrami Arabic
5.1M
Afro-Asiatic
184
Lambadi
5.1M
Indo-European
185
Hazaragi
5.1M
Indo-European
186
Sidaama
5.0M
Afro-Asiatic
187
Ghanaian Pidgin English
5.0M
Creole
188
Liberian Pidgin English
5.0M
Creole
189
Tiv
5.0M
Niger-Congo
190
Pular
4.9M
Niger-Congo
191
Gheg Albanian
4.9M
Indo-European
192
Tatar
4.8M
Turkic
193
Awadhi
4.8M
Indo-European
194
Swati
4.7M
Niger-Congo
195
Sicilian
4.7M
Indo-European
196
Southern Uzbek
4.7M
Turkic
197
Shan
4.7M
Tai-Kadai
198
Luba-Katanga
4.7M
Niger-Congo
199
Lao
4.7M
Tai-Kadai
200
Southern Thai
4.5M
Tai-Kadai
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DwarvinBishnu
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Level 83
Sep 10, 2025
No Hmong? Interesting quiz though
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