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
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 54
Dec 7, 2020
yea but it's by sheer number, not percentages