Chinese tops the list of most popular world languages, with over one billion speakers. English trails in third place, with 335 million speakers. This data represents first-language speakers.
| Language1 | Approx. number of speakers |
|---|---|
| 1. Chinese2 | 1,197,000,000 |
| 2. Spanish | 414,000,000 |
| 3. English | 335,000,000 |
| 4. Hindi | 260,000,000 |
| 5. Arabic3 | 237,000,000 |
| 6. Portuguese | 203,000,000 |
| 7. Bengali | 193,000,000 |
| 8. Russian | 167,000,000 |
| 9. Japanese | 122,000,000 |
| 10. Javanese | 84,300,000 |
1. May encompass multiple dialects.
2. The macrolanguage Chinese [zho] includes 13 individual languages with at least 1 million speakers.
3. The macrolanguage Arabic [ara] includes 18 individual languages with at least 1 million speakers.
2. The macrolanguage Chinese [zho] includes 13 individual languages with at least 1 million speakers.
3. The macrolanguage Arabic [ara] includes 18 individual languages with at least 1 million speakers.
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