World Languages List
Top languages by population per Nationalencyklopedin
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Rank
|
Language
|
Native
speakers in millions 2007 (2010) |
Percentage
of world population (2007) |
1
|
Mandarin (entire
branch)
|
935 (955)
|
14.1%
|
2
|
Spanish
|
390 (405)
|
5.85%
|
3
|
English
|
365 (360)
|
5.52%
|
4
|
Hindi
|
295 (310)
|
4.46%
|
5
|
Arabic
|
280 (295)
|
4.23%
|
6
|
Portuguese
|
205 (215)
|
3.08%
|
7
|
Bengali (Bangla)
|
200 (205)
|
3.05%
|
8
|
Russian
|
160 (155)
|
2.42%
|
9
|
Japanese
|
125 (125)
|
1.92%
|
10
|
Punjabi
|
95 (100)
|
1.44%
|
11
|
German
|
92 (95)
|
1.39%
|
12
|
Javanese
|
82
|
1.25%
|
13
|
Wu (inc. Shanghainese)
|
80
|
1.20%
|
14
|
Malay (inc. Indonesian and Malaysian)
|
77
|
1.16%
|
15
|
Telugu
|
76
|
1.15%
|
16
|
Vietnamese
|
76
|
1.14%
|
17
|
Korean
|
76
|
1.14%
|
18
|
French
|
75
|
1.12%
|
19
|
Marathi
|
73
|
1.10%
|
20
|
Tamil
|
70
|
1.06%
|
21
|
Urdu
|
66
|
0.99%
|
22
|
Turkish
|
63
|
0.95%
|
23
|
Italian
|
59
|
0.90%
|
24
|
Yue (inc. Cantonese)
|
59
|
0.89%
|
25
|
Thai
|
56
|
0.85%
|
26
|
Gujarati
|
49
|
0.74%
|
27
|
Jin
|
48
|
0.72%
|
28
|
Southern Min (inc. Hokkien and Teochew)
|
47
|
0.71%
|
29
|
Persian
|
45
|
0.68%
|
30
|
Polish
|
40
|
0.61%
|
31
|
Pashto
|
39
|
0.58%
|
32
|
Kannada
|
38
|
0.58%
|
33
|
Xiang
|
38
|
0.58%
|
34
|
Malayalam
|
38
|
0.57%
|
35
|
Sundanese
|
38
|
0.57%
|
36
|
Hausa
|
34
|
0.52%
|
37
|
Odia (Oriya)
|
33
|
0.50%
|
38
|
Burmese
|
33
|
0.50%
|
39
|
Hakka
|
31
|
0.46%
|
40
|
Ukrainian
|
30
|
0.46%
|
41
|
Bhojpuri
|
29[c]
|
0.43%
|
42
|
Tagalog (Filipino)
|
28
|
0.42%
|
43
|
Yoruba
|
28
|
0.42%
|
44
|
Maithili
|
27[c]
|
0.41%
|
45
|
Uzbek
|
26
|
0.39%
|
46
|
Sindhi
|
26
|
0.39%
|
47
|
Amharic
|
25
|
0.37%
|
48
|
Fula
|
24
|
0.37%
|
49
|
Romanian
|
24
|
0.37%
|
50
|
Oromo
|
24
|
0.36%
|
51
|
Igbo
|
24
|
0.36%
|
52
|
Azerbaijani
|
23
|
0.34%
|
53
|
Awadhi
|
22[c]
|
0.33%
|
54
|
Gan
|
22
|
0.33%
|
55
|
Cebuano (Visayan)
|
21
|
0.32%
|
56
|
Dutch
|
21
|
0.32%
|
57
|
Kurdish
|
21
|
0.31%
|
58
|
Serbo-Croatian
|
19
|
0.28%
|
59
|
Malagasy
|
18
|
0.28%
|
60
|
Saraiki
|
17[d]
|
0.26%
|
61
|
Nepali
|
17
|
0.25%
|
62
|
Sinhalese
|
16
|
0.25%
|
63
|
Chittagonian
|
16
|
0.24%
|
64
|
Zhuang
|
16
|
0.24%
|
65
|
Khmer
|
16
|
0.24%
|
66
|
Turkmen
|
16
|
0.24%
|
67
|
Assamese
|
15
|
0.23%
|
68
|
Madurese
|
15
|
0.23%
|
69
|
Somali
|
15
|
0.22%
|
70
|
Marwari
|
14[c]
|
0.21%
|
71
|
Magahi
|
14[c]
|
0.21%
|
72
|
Haryanvi
|
14[c]
|
0.21%
|
73
|
Hungarian
|
13
|
0.19%
|
74
|
Chhattisgarhi
|
12[c]
|
0.19%
|
75
|
Greek
|
12
|
0.18%
|
76
|
Chewa
|
12
|
0.17%
|
77
|
Deccan
|
11
|
0.17%
|
78
|
Akan
|
11
|
0.17%
|
79
|
Kazakh
|
11
|
0.17%
|
80
|
Northern Min
|
10.9
|
0.16%
|
81
|
Sylheti
|
10.7
|
0.16%
|
82
|
Zulu
|
10.4
|
0.16%
|
83
|
Czech
|
10.0
|
0.15%
|
84
|
Kinyarwanda
|
9.8
|
0.15%
|
85
|
Dhundhari
|
9.6[c]
|
0.15%
|
86
|
Haitian Creole
|
9.6
|
0.15%
|
87
|
Eastern Min (inc. Fuzhou dialect)
|
9.5
|
0.14%
|
88
|
Ilocano
|
9.1
|
0.14%
|
89
|
Quechua
|
8.9
|
0.13%
|
90
|
Kirundi
|
8.8
|
0.13%
|
91
|
Swedish
|
8.7
|
0.13%
|
92
|
Hmong
|
8.4
|
0.13%
|
93
|
Shona
|
8.3
|
0.13%
|
94
|
Uyghur
|
8.2
|
0.12%
|
95
|
Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (Visayan)
|
8.2
|
0.12%
|
96
|
Mossi
|
7.6
|
0.11%
|
97
|
Xhosa
|
7.6
|
0.11%
|
98
|
Belarusian
|
7.6[e]
|
0.11%
|
99
|
Balochi
|
7.6
|
0.11%
|
100
|
Konkani
|
7.4
|
0.11%
|
Total
|
5,610
|
85%
|
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