#10. Portuguese
Number of speakers - 250 million
Countries and territories where Portuguese is official -
Brazil. Mozambique. Angola. Portugal. Guinea-Bissau. East Timor. Equatorial Guinea. Macau. Cape Verde. Sao Tome and Principe.
#9. Russian
Number of speakers - 250 million
Countries and territories where Russian is official -
Russia. Belarus. Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan.
#8. Japanese
Number of speakers - 129 million
Countries and territories where Japanese is official -
Japan.
#7. Hindi
Number of speakers - 260 million
Countries and territories where Hindi is official -
India. Fiji.
#6. Arabic
Number of speakers - 422 million
Countries and territories where Arabic is official -
Algeria. Bahrain. Chad. Comoros. Djibouti. Egypt. Eritrea. Iraq. Israel. Jordon. Kuwait. Lebanon. Libya. Malta. Mauritania. Morocco. Oman. Palestine. Qatar. Saudi Arabia. Somalia. Sudan. Syria. Tanzania. Tunisia. UAE. Yemen.
#5. German
Number of speakers - 229 million
Countries and territories where German is official -
Germany. Belgium. Austria. Switzerland. Luxembourg. Liechtenstein.
#4. French
Number of speakers - 430 million
Countries and territories where French is official -
France. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Canada. Madagascar. Cameroon. Ivory Coast. Niger. Burkina Faso. Mali. Senegal.
#3. Spanish
Number of speakers - 540 million
Countries and territories where Spanish is official -
Mexico. Colombia. Spain. Argentina. Peru. Venezuela. Chile. Cuba. Bolivia. Uruguay. Panama.
#2. Chinese
Number of speakers - 1.09 billion
Countries and territories where Chinese is official -
China. Taiwan. Singapore. Hong Kong. Macau.
#1. English
Number of speakers - 983 million
Countries and territories where English is official -
United States. Canada. United Kingdom. Australia. India.
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