உலகில் அதிகம் பேசப்படும் 100 மொழிகள்

Top 100 Languages by Population

Last updated: February 1999
The population figures in this table refer to first language speakers in all countries. Note that these figures are updated from the 13th Edition of the Ethnologue (1996).
Click on the language name to view its home country Ethnologue entry. For other countries in which the language is spoken, click on the three-letter abbreviation.

Rank	Language Name	Primary Country	Population
1	CHINESE, MANDARIN [CHN]	China	885,000,000
2	SPANISH [SPN]	Spain	332,000,000
3	ENGLISH [ENG]	United Kingdom	322,000,000
4	BENGALI [BNG]	Bangladesh	189,000,000
5	HINDI [HND]	India	182,000,000
6	PORTUGUESE [POR]	Portugal	170,000,000
7	RUSSIAN [RUS]	Russia	170,000,000
8	JAPANESE [JPN]	Japan	125,000,000
9	GERMAN, STANDARD [GER]	Germany	98,000,000
10	CHINESE, WU [WUU]	China	77,175,000
11	JAVANESE [JAN]	Indonesia, Java, Bali	75,500,800
12	KOREAN [KKN]	Korea, South	75,000,000
13	FRENCH [FRN]	France	72,000,000
14	VIETNAMESE [VIE]	Viet Nam	67,662,000
15	TELUGU [TCW]	India	66,350,000
16	CHINESE, YUE [YUH]	China	66,000,000
17	MARATHI [MRT]	India	64,783,000
18	TAMIL [TCV]	India	63,075,000
19	TURKISH [TRK]	Turkey	59,000,000
20	URDU [URD]	Pakistan	58,000,000
21	CHINESE, MIN NAN [CFR]	China	49,000,000
22	CHINESE, JINYU [CJY]	China	45,000,000
23	GUJARATI [GJR]	India	44,000,000
24	POLISH [PQL]	Poland	44,000,000
25	ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN [ARZ]	Egypt	42,500,000
26	UKRAINIAN [UKR]	Ukraine	41,000,000
27	ITALIAN [ITN]	Italy	37,000,000
28	CHINESE, XIANG [HSN]	China	36,015,000
29	MALAYALAM [MJS]	India	34,022,000
30	CHINESE, HAKKA [HAK]	China	34,000,000
31	KANNADA [KJV]	India	33,663,000
32	ORIYA [ORY]	India	31,000,000
33	PANJABI, WESTERN [PNB]	Pakistan	30,000,000
34	SUNDA [SUO]	Indonesia	27,000,000
35	PANJABI, EASTERN [PNJ]	India	26,013,000
36	ROMANIAN [RUM]	Romania	26,000,000
37	BHOJPURI [BHJ]	India	25,000,000
38	AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH [AZB]	Iran	24,364,000
39	FARSI, WESTERN [PES]	Iran	24,280,000
40	MAITHILI [MKP]	India	24,260,000
41	HAUSA [HUA]	Nigeria	24,200,000
42	ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN [ARQ]	Algeria	22,400,000
43	BURMESE [BMS]	Myanmar	22,000,000
44	SERBO-CROATIAN [SRC]	Yugoslavia	21,000,000
45	CHINESE, GAN [KNN]	China	20,580,000
46	AWADHI [AWD]	India	20,540,000
47	THAI [THJ]	Thailand	20,047,000
48	DUTCH [DUT]	Netherlands	20,000,000
49	YORUBA [YOR]	Nigeria	20,000,000
50	SINDHI [SND]	Pakistan	19,720,000
51	ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN [ARY]	Morocco	19,542,000
52	ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN [AEC]	Egypt	18,900,000
53	UZBEK, NORTHERN [UZB]	Uzbekistan	18,466,000
54	MALAY [MLI]	Malaysia, Peninsular	17,600,000
55	AMHARIC [AMH]	Ethiopia	17,413,000
56	INDONESIAN [INZ]	Indonesia	17,050,000
57	IGBO [IGR]	Nigeria	17,000,000
58	TAGALOG [TGL]	Philippines	17,000,000
59	NEPALI [NEP]	Nepal	16,056,000
60	ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN [APD]	Sudan	16,000,000
61	SARAIKI [SKR]	Pakistan	15,015,000
62	CEBUANO [CEB]	Philippines	15,000,000
63	ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN [APC]	Syria	15,000,000
64	THAI, NORTHEASTERN [TTS]	Thailand	15,000,000
65	ASSAMESE [ASM]	India	14,634,000
66	HUNGARIAN [HNG]	Hungary	14,500,000
67	CHITTAGONIAN [CIT]	Bangladesh	14,000,000
68	ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN [ACM]	Iraq	13,900,000
69	MADURA [MHJ]	Indonesia, Java, Bali	13,694,000
70	SINHALA [SNH]	Sri Lanka	13,220,000
71	HARYANVI [BGC]	India	13,000,000
72	MARWARI [MKD]	India	12,104,000
73	CZECH [CZC]	Czech Republic	12,000,000
74	GREEK [GRK]	Greece	12,000,000
75	MAGAHI [MQM]	India	12,000,000
76	CHHATTISGARHI [HNE]	India	10,985,000
77	DECCAN [DCC]	India	10,709,800
78	CHINESE, MIN BEI [MNP]	China	10,537,000
79	BELARUSAN [RUW]	Belarus	10,200,000
80	ZHUANG, NORTHERN [CCX]	China	10,000,000
81	ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN [ARS]	Saudi Arabia	9,800,000
82	PASHTO, NORTHERN [PBU]	Pakistan	9,685,000
83	SOMALI [SOM]	Somalia	9,472,000
84	MALAGASY [MEX]	Madagascar	9,398,700
85	ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN [AEB]	Tunisia	9,308,000
86	RWANDA [RUA]	Rwanda	9,306,800
87	ZULU [ZUU]	South Africa	9,142,000
88	BULGARIAN [BLG]	Bulgaria	9,000,000
89	SWEDISH [SWD]	Sweden	9,000,000
90	LOMBARD [LMO]	Italy	8,974,000
91	OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL [GAZ]	Ethiopia	8,920,000
92	PASHTO, SOUTHERN [PBT]	Afghanistan	8,206,000
93	KAZAKH [KAZ]	Kazakhstan	8,000,000
94	ILOCANO [ILO]	Philippines	8,000,000
95	TATAR [TTR]	Russia	8,000,000
96	FULFULDE, NIGERIAN [FUV]	Nigeria	7,611,000
97	ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN [AYN]	Yemen	7,600,000
98	UYGHUR [UIG]	China	7,595,512
99	HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH [HAT]	Haiti	7,372,000
100	AZERBAIJANI, NORTH [AZE]	Azerbaijan	7,059,000
101	NAPOLETANO-CALABRESE [NPL]	Italy	7,047,400
102	KHMER, CENTRAL [KMR]	Cambodia	7,039,200
103	FARSI, EASTERN [PRS]	Afghanistan	7,000,000
104	AKAN [TWS]	Ghana	7,000,000
105	HILIGAYNON [HIL]	Philippines	7,000,000
106	KURMANJI [KUR]	Turkey	7,000,000
107	SHONA [SHD]	Zimbabwe	7,000,000  kamarudeen     thanks  web