Rank

Language Name

Primary Country

Population

1

CHINESE, MANDARIN

China

885,000,000

2

SPANISH

Spain

332,000,000

3

ENGLISH

United Kingdom

322,000,000

4

BENGALI

Bangladesh

189,000,000

5

HINDI

India

182,000,000

6

PORTUGUESE

Portugal

170,000,000

7

RUSSIAN

Russia

170,000,000

8

JAPANESE

Japan

125,000,000

9

GERMAN

Germany

98,000,000

10

CHINESE,WU

China

77,175,000

11

JAVANESE

Indonesia, Java, Bali

75,500,800

12

KOREAN

Korea, South

75,000,000

13

FRENCH

France

72,000,000

14

VIETNAMESE

Vietnam

67,662,000

15

TELUGU

India

66,350,000

16

CHINESE, YUE

China

66,000,000

17

MARATHI

India

64,783,000

18

TAMIL

India

63,075,000

19

TURKISH

Turkey

59,000,000

20

URDU

Pakistan

58,000,000

21

CHINESE, MIN NAN

China

49,000,000

22

CHINESE, JINYU

China

45,000,000

23

GUJARATI

India

44,000,000

24

POLISH

Poland

44,000,000

25

ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN

Egypt

42,500,000

26

UKRAINIAN

Ukraine

41,000,000

27

ITALIAN

Italy

37,000,000

28

CHINESE, XIANG

China

36,015,000

29

MALAYALAM

India

34,022,000

30

CHINESE, HAKKA

China

34,000,000

31

KANNADA

India

33,663,000

32

ORIYA

India

31,000,000

33

PANJABI, WESTERN

Pakistan

30,000,000

34

SUNDA

Indonesia

27,000,000

35

PANJABI, EASTERN

India

26,013,000

36

ROMANIAN

Romania

26,000,000

37

BHOJPURI

India

25,000,000

38

AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH

Iran

24,364,000

39

FARSI, WESTERN

Iran

24,280,000

40

MAITHILI

India

24,260,000

41

HAUSA

Nigeria

24,200,000

42

ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN

Algeria

22,400,000

43

BURMESE

Myanmar

22,000,000

44

SERBO-CROATIAN

Yugoslavia

21,000,000

45

CHINESE, GAN

China

20,580,000

46

AWADHI

India

20,540,000

47

THAI

Thailand

20,047,000

48

DUTCH

Netherlands

20,000,000

49

YORUBA

Nigeria

20,000,000

50

SINDHI

Pakistan

19,720,000

51

ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN

Morocco

19,542,000

52

ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN

Egypt

18,900,000

53

UZBEK, NORTHERN

Uzbekistan

18,466,000

54

MALAY

Malaysia, Peninsular

17,600,000

55

AMHARIC

Ethiopia

17,413,000

56

INDONESIAN

Indonesia

17,050,000

57

IGBO

Nigeria

17,000,000

58

TAGALOG

Philippines

17,000,000

59

NEPALI

Nepal

16,056,000

60

ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN

Sudan

16,000,000

61

SARAIKI

Pakistan

15,015,000

62

CEBUANO

Philippines

15,000,000

63

ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN

Syria

15,000,000

64

THAI, NORTHEASTERN

Thailand

15,000,000

65

ASSAMESE

India

14,634,000

66

HUNGARIAN

Hungary

14,500,000

67

CHITTAGONIAN

Bangladesh

14,000,000

68

ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN

Iraq

13,900,000

69

MADURA

Indonesia, Java, Bali

13,694,000

70

SINHALA

Sri Lanka

13,220,000

71

HARYANVI

India

13,000,000

72

MARWARI

India

12,104,000

73

CZECH

Czech Republic

12,000,000

74

GREEK

Greece

12,000,000

75

MAGAHI

India

12,000,000

76

CHHATTISGARHI

India

10,985,000

77

DECCAN

India

10,709,800

78

CHINESE, MIN BEI

China

10,537,000

79

BELARUSAN

Belarus

10,200,000

80

ZHUANG, NORTHERN

China

10,000,000

81

ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN

Saudi Arabia

9,800,000

82

PASHTO, NORTHERN

Pakistan

9,685,000

83

SOMALI

Somalia

9,472,000

84

MALAGASY

Madagascar

9,398,700

85

ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN

Tunisia

9,308,000

86

RWANDA

Rwanda

9,306,800

87

ZULU

South Africa

9,142,000

88

BULGARIAN

Bulgaria

9,000,000

89

SWEDISH

Sweden

9,000,000

90

LOMBARD

Italy

8,974,000

91

OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL

Ethiopia

8,920,000

92

PASHTO, SOUTHERN

Afghanistan

8,206,000

93

KAZAKH

Kazakhstan

8,000,000

94

ILOCANO

Philippines

8,000,000

95

TATAR

Russia

8,000,000

96

FULFULDE, NIGERIAN

Nigeria

7,611,000

97

ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN

Yemen

7,600,000

98

UYGHUR

China

7,595,512

99

HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH

Haiti

7,372,000

100

AZERBAIJANI, NORTH

Azerbaijan

7,059,000

101

NAPOLETANO-CALABRESE

Italy

7,047,400

102

KHMER, CENTRAL

Cambodia

7,039,200

103

FARSI, EASTERN

Afghanistan

7,000,000

104

AKAN

Ghana

7,000,000

105

HILIGAYNON

Philippines

7,000,000

106

KURMANJI

Turkey

7,000,000

107

SHONA

Zimbabwe

7,000,000