Top 10 Countries with the Most Multilingual Speakers

Which countries have the highest number of people who can speak two or more languages?
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350 mil
China
255 mil
India
82.9 mil
Nigeria
68.3 mil
Pakistan
68.1 mil
DR Congo
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Country
64.9 mil
United States
58.6 mil
Mexico
40.3 mil
Philippines
42.4 mil
South Africa
42.8 mil
Indonesia
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Level 65
Mar 10, 2017
And edits to be made?
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Level 65
Mar 10, 2017
And is anyone up for the challenge of making this quiz by percentage?
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Level 60
Mar 10, 2017
Didn't expect Mexico to be on here. Must be the people who speak indigenous languages or know English.
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Level 65
Mar 10, 2017
Not necessarily the indigenous languages portion. Almost all of that number comes from English/Spanish bilinguals.
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Level 76
Mar 11, 2017
Fascinating! How about a version of the same quiz with the same answers, but also asking you to name the languages?
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Level 65
Mar 11, 2017
Good idea! But for African countries there is a complete diversity of the languages. I wouldn't know how to calculate that.
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Level 71
Mar 11, 2017
I don't know how the numbers are collated, but I know from experience that most German, Scandinavian, Swiss, Austrian people can speak English very well.
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Level 53
Dec 7, 2020
yea but it's by sheer number, not percentages