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100 Most Spoken Languages

Can you name the top 100 languages with the most native speakers? The country with the most speakers of each language is given as a hint.
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Last updated: August 30, 2021
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Most Native
Speakers
Language
Speakers
(millions)
China
Mandarin Chinese
935
Mexico
Spanish
415
United States
English
395
India
Hindi
310
Egypt
Arabic
295
Brazil
Portuguese
215
Bangladesh
Bengali
205
Russia
Russian
160
Japan
Japanese
125
Pakistan
Punjabi
95
Germany
German
92
Indonesia
Javanese
82
China
Wu Chinese
80
Indonesia
Malay
77
India
Telugu
76
Vietnam
Vietnamese
76
South Korea
Korean
76
France
French
75
India
Marathi
73
India
Tamil
70
Pakistan
Urdu
66
Turkey
Turkish
63
Italy
Italian
59
China
Cantonese
59
Thailand
Thai
56
India
Gujarati
49
China
Jin Chinese
48
Taiwan
Min Nan Chinese
47
Iran
Persian
45
Poland
Polish
40
Afghanistan
Pashto
39
India
Kannada
38
China
Xiang Chinese
38
India
Malayalam
38
Indonesia
Sundanese
38
Nigeria
Hausa
34
India
Odia
33
Myanmar
Burmese
33
China
Hakka Chinese
31
Ukraine
Ukrainian
30
India
Bhojpuri
29
Philippines
Tagalog
28
Nigeria
Yoruba
28
India
Maithili
27
Uzbekistan
Uzbek
26
Pakistan
Sindhi
26
Ethiopia
Amharic
25
Nigeria
Fulani
24
Romania
Romanian
24
Ethiopia
Oromo
24
Most Native
Speakers
Language
Speakers
(millions)
Nigeria
Igbo
24
Azerbaijan
Azeri
23
India
Awadhi
22
China
Gan Chinese
22
Philippines
Cebuano
21
Netherlands
Dutch
21
Turkey
Kurdish
21
Serbia
Serbo-Croatian
19
Madagascar
Malagasy
18
Pakistan
Saraiki
17
Nepal
Nepali
17
Sri Lanka
Sinhala
16
Bangladesh
Chittagonian
16
China
Zhuang
16
Cambodia
Khmer
16
Turkmenistan
Turkmen
16
India
Assamese
15
Indonesia
Madurese
15
Somalia
Somali
15
India
Marwari
14
India
Magahi
14
India
Haryanvi
14
Hungary
Hungarian
13
India
Chhattisgarhi
12
Greece
Greek
12
Malawi
Chewa
12
India
Dekhini
11
Ghana
Akan
11
Kazakhstan
Kazakh
11
China
Northern Min Chinese
10.9
Bangladesh
Sylheti
10.7
South Africa
Zulu
10.4
Czech Republic
Czech
10.0
DR Congo
Kinyarwanda
9.8
India
Dhundari
9.6
Haiti
Haitian Creole
9.6
China
Eastern Min Chinese
9.5
Philippines
Ilocano
9.1
Peru
Quechua
8.9
Burundi
Kirundi
8.8
Sweden
Swedish
8.7
China
Hmong
8.4
Zimbabwe
Shona
8.3
China
Uighur
8.2
Philippines
Hiligaynon
8.2
Burkina Faso
Mossi
7.6
South Africa
Xhosa
7.6
Belarus
Belorussian
7.6
Pakistan
Baluchi
7.6
India
Konkani
7.4
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Level 67
Aug 29, 2021
I tried Hakka and Xiang but these didn't work
+1
Level 57
Aug 30, 2021
It should be fixed now
+1
Level 58
Nov 23, 2021
I tried Taiwanese but it didn't work.

Also, China has the most Min Nan native speakers, not Taiwan.

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Level 33
Feb 23, 2024
Belarusian didn’t work