ExploLanguages
Languages by country
The official languages of 199 countries and territories, and where the 16 most shared ones are spoken, from English and French to Swahili and Malay.
Most shared languages
Africa
- AlgeriaArabic
- AngolaPortuguese
- BeninFrench
- BotswanaEnglish, Tswana
- Burkina FasoFrench
- BurundiFrench, Kirundi
- CameroonEnglish, French
- Cape VerdePortuguese
- Central African RepublicFrench, Sango
- ChadArabic, French
- ComorosArabic, French, Comorian
- DjiboutiArabic, French
- DR CongoFrench, Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili
- EgyptArabic
- Equatorial GuineaFrench, Portuguese, Spanish
- EritreaArabic, English, Tigrinya
- EswatiniEnglish, Swazi
- EthiopiaAmharic
- GabonFrench
- GambiaEnglish
- GhanaEnglish
- GuineaFrench
- Guinea-BissauPortuguese, Upper Guinea Creole
- Ivory CoastFrench
- KenyaEnglish, Swahili
- LesothoEnglish, Sotho
- LiberiaEnglish
- LibyaArabic
- MadagascarFrench, Malagasy
- MalawiEnglish, Chewa
- MaliFrench
- MauritaniaArabic
- MauritiusEnglish, French, Mauritian Creole
- MoroccoArabic, Berber
- MozambiquePortuguese
- NamibiaAfrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
- NigerFrench
- NigeriaEnglish
- Republic of the CongoFrench, Kikongo, Lingala
- RwandaEnglish, French, Kinyarwanda
- São Tomé and PríncipePortuguese
- SenegalFrench
- SeychellesSeychellois Creole, English, French
- Sierra LeoneEnglish
- SomaliaArabic, Somali
- South AfricaAfrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
- South SudanEnglish
- SudanArabic, English
- TanzaniaEnglish, Swahili
- TogoFrench
- TunisiaArabic
- UgandaEnglish, Swahili
- ZambiaEnglish
- ZimbabweChibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwean Sign Language
Asia
- AfghanistanDari, Pashto, Turkmen
- ArmeniaArmenian
- AzerbaijanAzerbaijani, Russian
- BahrainArabic
- BangladeshBengali
- BhutanDzongkha
- BruneiMalay
- CambodiaKhmer
- ChinaChinese
- GeorgiaGeorgian
- Hong KongEnglish, Chinese
- IndiaEnglish, Hindi, Tamil
- IndonesiaIndonesian
- IranPersian (Farsi)
- IraqArabic, Aramaic, Sorani
- IsraelArabic, Hebrew
- JapanJapanese
- JordanArabic
- KazakhstanKazakh, Russian
- KuwaitArabic
- KyrgyzstanKyrgyz, Russian
- LaosLao
- LebanonArabic, French
- MacauPortuguese, Chinese
- MalaysiaEnglish, Malay
- MaldivesMaldivian
- MongoliaMongolian
- MyanmarBurmese
- NepalNepali
- North KoreaKorean
- OmanArabic
- PakistanEnglish, Urdu
- PalestineArabic
- PhilippinesEnglish, Filipino
- QatarArabic
- Saudi ArabiaArabic
- SingaporeEnglish, Malay, Tamil, Chinese
- South KoreaKorean
- Sri LankaSinhala, Tamil
- SyriaArabic
- TaiwanChinese
- TajikistanRussian, Tajik
- ThailandThai
- Timor-LestePortuguese, Tetum
- TürkiyeTurkish
- TurkmenistanRussian, Turkmen
- United Arab EmiratesArabic
- UzbekistanRussian, Uzbek
- VietnamVietnamese
- YemenArabic
Europe
- AlbaniaAlbanian
- AndorraCatalan
- AustriaAustro-Bavarian German
- BelarusBelarusian, Russian
- BelgiumGerman, French, Dutch
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian, Croatian, Serbian
- BulgariaBulgarian
- CroatiaCroatian
- CyprusGreek, Turkish
- CzechiaCzech, Slovak
- DenmarkDanish
- EstoniaEstonian
- FinlandFinnish, Swedish
- FranceFrench
- GermanyGerman
- GreeceGreek
- HungaryHungarian
- IcelandIcelandic
- IrelandEnglish, Irish
- ItalyItalian
- KosovoAlbanian, Serbian
- LatviaLatvian
- LiechtensteinGerman
- LithuaniaLithuanian
- LuxembourgGerman, French, Luxembourgish
- MaltaEnglish, Maltese
- MoldovaMoldavian
- MonacoFrench
- MontenegroMontenegrin
- NetherlandsDutch
- North MacedoniaMacedonian
- NorwayNorwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål, Sami
- PolandPolish
- PortugalPortuguese
- RomaniaRomanian
- RussiaRussian
- San MarinoItalian
- SerbiaSerbian
- SlovakiaSlovak
- SloveniaSlovene
- SpainSpanish
- SwedenSwedish
- SwitzerlandFrench, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh
- UkraineUkrainian
- United KingdomEnglish
- Vatican CityItalian, Latin
North America
- Antigua and BarbudaEnglish
- BahamasEnglish
- BarbadosEnglish
- BelizeBelizean Creole, English, Spanish
- CanadaEnglish, French
- Costa RicaSpanish
- CubaSpanish
- DominicaEnglish
- Dominican RepublicSpanish
- El SalvadorSpanish
- GrenadaEnglish
- GuatemalaSpanish
- HaitiFrench, Haitian Creole
- HondurasSpanish
- JamaicaEnglish, Jamaican Patois
- MexicoSpanish
- NicaraguaSpanish
- PanamaSpanish
- Saint Kitts and NevisEnglish
- Saint LuciaEnglish
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEnglish
- Trinidad and TobagoEnglish
- United StatesEnglish
Oceania
- AustraliaEnglish
- FijiEnglish, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
- KiribatiEnglish, Gilbertese
- Marshall IslandsEnglish, Marshallese
- MicronesiaEnglish
- NauruEnglish, Nauru
- New ZealandEnglish, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
- PalauEnglish, Palauan
- Papua New GuineaEnglish, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
- SamoaEnglish, Samoan
- Solomon IslandsEnglish
- TongaEnglish, Tongan
- TuvaluEnglish, Tuvaluan
- VanuatuBislama, English, French
South America
Questions
Which language is official in the most countries?
English (60), French (31) and Arabic (25).
Which country has the most official languages?
Zimbabwe (15), South Africa (11) and Namibia (9) have the most in our data.
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