Continent
|
Speakers
|
Country
|
Africa
|
82,449,200
|
Egypt
|
Africa
|
40,100,000
|
Algeria
|
Africa
|
28,164,500
|
Sudan
|
Asia
|
27,178,770
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Africa
|
25,003,930
|
Morocco
|
Asia
|
22,908,120
|
Iraq
|
Asia
|
17,951,639
|
Syria
|
Asia
|
14,671,000
|
Yemen
|
Africa
|
10,800,500
|
Tunisia
|
Asia
|
5,083,300
|
Jordan
|
Africa
|
4,526,000
|
Libya
|
Asia
|
4,180,000
|
Lebanon
|
Africa
|
3,788,000
|
Somalia
|
Asia
|
3,607,600
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Africa
|
3,140,000
|
Mauritania
|
Asia
|
2,518,816
|
Oman
|
Asia
|
2,039,000
|
Israel
|
Asia
|
1,735,000
|
Kuwait
|
Africa
|
1,320,000
|
Chad
|
Asia
|
1,215,446
|
Qatar
|
Asia
|
609,302
|
Bahrain
|
|
Arabic.
Although I have looked it up and Hebrew & Arabic are co-official languages in Israel. This means Hebrew has been declared as the "state's language" and Arabic as a language that has "a special status in the state".