100 Most Spoken Languages By Number Of Native Speakers. Figures from 2010.
| Native speakers (millions) | Language Name | Mostly Spoken In The Following Countries |
| 935 | Mandarin | China, Taiwan, Singapore |
| 387 | Spanish | Hispanic America, Spain, United States, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, Pacific islands |
| 365 | English | Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Singapore, Philippines |
| 295 | Hindi | India, Fiji, Nepal |
| 280 | Arabic | North Africa, Western Asia (Middle East), East Africa |
| 204 | Portuguese | Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste |
| 202 | Bengali | Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India), Assam (India) |
| 160 | Russian | Russia, former Republics of the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Israel |
| 127 | Japanese | Japan |
| 96 | Punjabi | Punjab region (India, Pakistan) |
| 92 | German | Austria, Belgium (Eupen-Malmedy), Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, South Tirol (in Italy) |
| 82 | Javanese | Java (Indonesia) |
| 80 | Wu | Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu (eastern China) |
| 77 | Malay/Indonesian | Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore |
| 76 | Korean | North Korea, South Korea |
| 76 | Telugu | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry (India) |
| 76 | Vietnamese | Vietnam |
| 74 | French | Belgium (Wallonia, Brussels), Canada (particularly Quebec, New Brunswick and Eastern parts of Ontario), France, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, French Caribbean, French Polynesia, various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. |
| 73 | Marathi | Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat (India) |
| 70 | Tamil | Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (India), Puducherry (India), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius |
| 66 | Urdu | India, Pakistan |
| 65 | Persian | Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan |
| 63 | Turkish | Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria |
| 59 | Cantonese | Guangdong (Canton), southern Guangxi (southern China), Hong Kong, Macau |
| 59 | Italian | Italy, Switzerland, San Marino |
| 56 | Thai | Thailand |
| 49 | Gujarati | Gujarat (India) |
| 48 | Jin | Shanxi, parts of Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi (northern China) |
| 47 | Min Nan | Fujian, eastern part of Guandong (southeastern China), Hainan (southern China), Taiwan, Malaysia |
| 40 | Polish | Poland, USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Belarus, western Ukraine, Lithuania |
| 39 | Pashto | Afghanistan, Pakistan |
| 38 | Kannada | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra (India) |
| 38 | Malayalam | Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé (India) |
| 38 | Sundanese | Java (Indonesia) |
| 38 | Xiang | Hunan (south central China) |
| 34 | Hausa | Nigeria |
| 33 | Burmese | Burma |
| 33 | Oriya | Odisha (India) |
| 31 | Hakka | Southern China |
| 30 | Ukrainian | Ukraine |
| 29 | Bhojpuri | Bihar (India) |
| 28 | Tagalog | Manila and Northern Philippines |
| 28 | Yoruba | Nigeria, Benin and Togo |
| 27 | Maithili | Bihar (India) |
| 26 | Sindhi | Sindh (Pakistan and neighboring areas in India) |
| 26 | Swahili | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
| 26 | Uzbek | Uzbekistan |
| 25 | Amharic | Ethiopia |
| 24 | Fula | West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Sudan |
| 24 | Igbo | Nigeria |
| 24 | Oromo | Ethiopia and Kenya |
| 24 | Romanian | Romania, Moldova |
| 23 | Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan and Northern Iran |
| 22 | Awadhi | Uttar Pradesh (India) |
| 22 | Gan | Jiangxi (Southeastern China) |
| 21 | Cebuano | Central and Southern Philippines |
| 21 | Dutch | Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Netherlands and Suriname |
| 21 | Kurdish | “Kurdistan”, northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria |
| 19 | Serbo-Croatian | Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro |
| 18 | Malagasy | Madagascar |
| 17 | Nepali | Nepal and neighbouring areas, Sikkim, (India) |
| 17 | Saraiki | Sindh (Pakistan) |
| 16 | Chittagonian | Chittagong in Bangladesh |
| 16 | Khmer | Cambodia |
| 16 | Sinhalese | Sri Lanka |
| 16 | Zhuang | Guangxi (Southern China) |
| 15 | Assamese | Assam (India) |
| 15 | Madurese | Madura, and Java (Indonesia) |
| 15 | Somali | Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Yemen |
| 14 | Haryanvi | Haryana (India) |
| 14 | Magahi | Bihar (India) |
| 14 | Marwari | Rajastan (India and Pakistan) |
| 13 | Hungarian | Hungary and areas in neighbouring countries |
| 12 | Chewa | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| 12 | Chhattisgarhi | Chhattisgarh (India) |
| 12 | Greek | Greece, Cyprus |
| 11 | Akan | Ghana, Ivory Coast |
| 11 | Deccan | Deccan (India) |
| 11 | Kazakh | Kazakhstan |
| 10.9 | Min Bei | Fujian (Southestern China) |
| 10.7 | Sylheti | Northern Bangladesh and neighbouring parts of India |
| 10.4 | Zulu | South Africa |
| 10 | Czech | Czech Republic |
| 9.8 | Kinyarwanda | Rwanda |
| 9.6 | Dhundhari | Rajastan (India) |
| 9.6 | Haitian Creole | Haiti |
| 9.5 | Min Dong | Fujian (Southeaster China) |
| 9.1 | Ilokano | Northern Luzon in the Philippines |
| 8.9 | Quechua | Peru and Bolivia |
| 8.8 | Kirundi | Burundi and Uganda |
| 8.7 | Swedish | Sweden and Finland |
| 8.4 | Hmong | Laos and neighbouring areas |
| 8.3 | Shona | Zimbabwe |
| 8.2 | Hiligaynon | Western Visayas in the Philippines |
| 8.2 | Uyghur | Xinjiang (Western China) |
| 7.6 | Balochi | Balochistan (province in Pakistan and Iran) |
| 7.6 | Belarusian | Belarus |
| 7.6 | Mossi | Burkina Faso |
| 7.6 | Xhosa | South Africa |
| 7.4 | Konkani | Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra (States in India) |