| 1 | Afghanistan | Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism, but Dari functions as the lingua franca. Note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them |
| 2 | Akrotiri | English, Greek |
| 3 | Albania | Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Roma, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.) |
| 4 | Algeria | Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Berber or Tamazight (official) dialects include Kabyle Berber (Taqbaylit), Shawiya Berber (Tacawit), Mzab Berber, Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq) |
| 5 | American Samoa | Samoan 88.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 3.9%, Tongan 2.7%, other Pacific islander 3%, other 1.8%. Note: most people are bilingual (2010 est.) |
| 6 | Andorra | Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese |
| 7 | Angola | Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages |
| 8 | Anguilla | English (official) |
| 9 | Antigua and Barbuda | English (official), Antiguan creole |
| 10 | Argentina | Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua) |
| 11 | Armenia | Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1% (2011 est.) |
| 12 | Aruba | Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.) |
| 13 | Australia | English 76.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Greek 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1%, other 10.4%, unspecified 5% (2011 est.) |
| 14 | Austria | German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in South Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.) |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.) |
| 16 | Bahamas, The | English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
| 17 | Bahrain | Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu |
| 18 | Bangladesh | Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.) |
| 19 | Barbados | English (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings) |
| 20 | Belarus | Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.) |
| 21 | Belgium | Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1% |
| 22 | Belize | English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%, German 3.2%, Garifuna 2.9%, other 1.8%, unknown 0.3%, none 0.2% (cannot speak). Note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2010 est.) |
| 23 | Benin | French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) |
| 24 | Bermuda | English (official), Portuguese |
| 25 | Bhutan | Sharchhopka 28%, Dzongkha (official) 24%, Lhotshamkha 22%, other 26% (includes foreign languages) (2005 est.) |
| 26 | Bolivia | Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, Guarani (official) 0.6%, other native languages 0.4%, none 0.1%. Note: Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official 36 indigenous languages are specified, including some that are extinct (2001 est.) |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian (official), Croatian (official), Serbian (official) |
| 28 | Botswana | Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English (official) 2.1%, Sesarwa 1.9%, Sempukushu 1.7%, other 5.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.) |
| 29 | Brazil | Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language). Note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages |
| 30 | British Virgin Islands | English (official) |
| 31 | Brunei | Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects |
| 32 | Bulgaria | Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Roma 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.) |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population |
| 34 | Burma | Burmese (official). Note: minority ethnic groups have their own languages |
| 35 | Burundi | Kirundi 29.7% (official), Kirundi and other language 9.1%, French (official) and French and other language 0.3%, Swahili and Swahili and other language 0.2% (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area), English and English and other language 0.06%, more than 2 languages 3.7%, unspecified 56.9% (2008 est.) |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | Portuguese (official), Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words) |
| 37 | Cambodia | Khmer (official) 96.3%, other 3.7% (2008 est.) |
| 38 | Cameroon | 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) |
| 39 | Canada | English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.) |
| 40 | Cayman Islands | English (official) 90.9%, Spanish 4%, Filipino 3.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.) |
| 41 | Central African Republic | French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages |
| 42 | Chad | French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects |
| 43 | Chile | Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%. Note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.) |
| 44 | China | Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry). Note: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet) |
| 45 | Christmas Island | English (official), Chinese, Malay |
| 46 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Malay (Cocos dialect), English |
| 47 | Colombia | Spanish (official) |
| 48 | Comoros | Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (official a blend of Swahili and Arabic) (Comorian) |
| 49 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba |
| 50 | Congo, Republic of the | French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread) |
| 51 | Cook Islands | English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3%. Note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2011 est.) |
| 52 | Costa Rica | Spanish (official), English |
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken |
| 54 | Croatia | Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.) |
| 55 | Cuba | Spanish (official) |
| 56 | Curacao | Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 81.2%, Dutch (official) 8%, Spanish 4%, English (official) 2.9%, other 3.9% (2001 census) |
| 57 | Cyprus | Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%. Note: data represents only the government-controlled area of Cyprus (2011 est.) |
| 58 | Czech Republic | Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 census) |
| 59 | Denmark | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). Note: English is the predominant second language |
| 60 | Dhekelia | English, Greek |
| 61 | Djibouti | French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar |
| 62 | Dominica | English (official), French patois |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | Spanish (official) |
| 64 | Ecuador | Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%, other indigenous 0.7%, foreign 2.2%. Note: (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit) (2010 est.) |
| 65 | Egypt | Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes |
| 66 | El Salvador | Spanish (official), Nawat (among some Amerindians) |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) 32.4% (1994 census) |
| 68 | Eritrea | Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages |
| 69 | Estonia | Estonian (official) 68.5%, Russian 29.6%, Ukrainian 0.6%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.) |
| 70 | Ethiopia | Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est.) |
| 71 | European Union | Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish. Note: only the 24 official languages are listed German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 18% of the EU population English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 38% of the EU population is conversant with it (2013) |
| 72 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | English 89%, Spanish 7.7%, other 3.3% (2006 est.) |
| 73 | Faroe Islands | Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish |
| 74 | Fiji | English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani |
| 75 | Finland | Finnish (official) 89%, Swedish (official) 5.3%, Russian 1.3%, other 4.4% (2014 est.) |
| 76 | France | French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) |
| 77 | French Polynesia | French (official) 61.1%, Polynesian (official) 31.4%, Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002 census) |
| 78 | Gabon | French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi |
| 79 | Gambia, The | English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars |
| 80 | Gaza Strip | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood) |