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Top 5 most-spoken languages in the world (native + second-language)

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Total speakers (L1 + L2)

Snapshot · 2026-08-09

  1. 1

    English

    ~1.5B

  2. 2

    Mandarin Chinese

    ~1.1B

  3. 3

    Hindi

    ~610M

  4. 4

    Spanish

    ~560M

  5. 5

    French

    ~310M