Statistics for Most Spoken Languages of Africa

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Answer	Regions with Most Speakers	# of Speakers	% Correct
Algerian Arabic	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia	41 000 000	98%
Arabic (all varieties)	Egypt, Sudan, Algeria	200 000 000	98%
Egyptian Arabic	Egypt, Sudan	103 000 000	98%
Modern Standard Arabic	Egypt, Sudan, Algeria	115 000 000	98%
Moroccan Arabic	Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria	40 000 000	98%
Ṣaʽīdi Arabic	Egypt	25 000 000	98%
Sudanese Arabic	Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea	48 000 000	98%
English	Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana	237 000 000	97%
French	DRC, Algeria, Morocco	167 000 000	97%
Swahili	Tanzania, Kenya, DRC	88 300 000	88%
Portuguese	Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau	35 000 000	80%
Somali	Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia	24 000 000	80%
Amharic	Ethiopia	60 000 000	78%
Yoruba	Nigeria, Benin, Ghana	47 000 000	78%
Zulu	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho	29 000 000	76%
Igbo	Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana	31 000 000	73%
Hausa	Nigeria, Niger, Benin	88 000 000	64%
Oromo	Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan	45 500 000	59%
Fulani	Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea	39 700 000	49%
Lingala	DRC, R Congo, Angola	80 000 000	29%
Nigerian Pidgin	Nigeria	120 700 000	22%