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Languages with the Highest Number of Native Speakers

This list features the languages with the highest number of native speakers worldwide.

RANK

LANGUAGE

NATIVE SPEAKERS

1

Chinese

1,346,000,000

2

Spanish

485,063,960

3

English

379,682,200

4

Arabic

373,000,000

5

Hindi

344,650,870

6

Portuguese

236,266,050

7

Bengali

233,808,880

8

Russian

146,954,150

9

Japanese

123,285,670

10

Lahnda

103,000,000


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References

Encyclopaedia Britannica. (n.d.). Languages by number of native speakers. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/languages-by-number-of-native-speakers-2228882 [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Ethnologue. (n.d.). Most spoken languages. Ethnologue. Available at: https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/most-spoken-language [Accessed 1 December 2025]. Ethnologue. (n.d.). Ethnologue: Languages of the world. Ethnologue. Available at: https://www.ethnologue.com[Accessed 1 December 2025].
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