According to the United Nations data, there are 208 countries in the world. The majority of these countries, with their diverse cultures and traditions, use their own languages. However, widely spoken languages like English also stand out globally. So, what are the most spoken languages worldwide? Here’s the ranking…

Here are the most spoken languages in the world!

According to the 2023 data published by Ethnologue, the most spoken languages in the world have been determined. According to this data, English emerges as the most popular language, spoken as a first or second language by over 1.452 billion people.

The second most spoken language is Mandarin Chinese, the native language of China. This language, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family, has a population of around 1.118 billion. On the other hand, Hindi ranks third with 602.2 million speakers. It’s worth noting that a significant portion of the population in India speaks languages other than Hindi.

Here is the ranking of the most spoken languages in the world:

Rank	Language	Total Number of Speakers
1	English	1.452 billion
2	Mandarin Chinese	1.118 billion
3	Hindi	602.2 million
4	Spanish	548.3 million
5	French	274.1 million
6	Arabic	274 million
7	Bengali	272.7 million
8	Russian	258.2 million
9	Portuguese	257.7 million
10	Urdu	231.3 million
11	Indonesian	199 million
12	German	134.6 million
13	Japanese	125.4 million
14	Nigerian Pidgin	120.7 million
15	Marathi	99.1 million
16	Telugu	95.7 million
17	Turkish (Turkey)	88.1 million
18	Tamil	86.4 million
19	Yue Chinese	85.6 million
20	Vietnamese	85.3 million
21	Tagalog	82.3 million
22	Wu Chinese	81.8 million
23	Korean	81.7 million
24	Iranian Persian	77.4 million
25	Hausa	77.1 million
26	Egyptian Arabic	74.8 million
27	Swahili	71.4 million
28	Javanese	68.3 million
29	Italian	67.9 million
30	Western Punjabi	66.4 million
31	Kannada	64 million
32	Gujarati	62 million
33	Thai	60.7 million

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