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This is a list of the number of languages by country and dependency according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019).^[1]

Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.^[2]^[3]

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Rank	Country or territory	Number of living languages				Number of speakers
Rank	Country or territory	Established	Immigrant	Total	Percent^{[note 1]}	Total	Mean	Median
1	Papua New Guinea	840	0	840	11.81	4,213,381	5,040	1,315
2	India	447	6	453	6.37	1,257,421,714	2,924,237	35,000
3	Indonesia	707	3	710	9.98	222,191,197	315,165	3,500
4	Nigeria	517	7	524	7.37	163,317,444	348,225	14,000
5	China (mainland only)	302	3	305	4.29	1,319,419,348	4,472,608	27,700
6	Mexico	287	5	292	4.11	125,535,200	435,886	4,730
7	Cameroon	274	1	275	3.87	10,228,065	38,451	10,000
8	Australia	226	93	319	4.49	22,693,732	72,504	10
9	United States	219	116	335	4.71	326,756,719	999,256	12
10	Brazil	217	11	228	3.21	204,653,402	934,490	210
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	212	2	214	3.01	42,128,230	209,593	29,450
12	Philippines	183	8	191	2.69	70,776,614	386,757	19,200
13	Malaysia	133	11	144	2.03	22,242,065	205,945	3,400
14	Chad	130	1	131	1.84	8,865,556	74,500	14,000
15	Tanzania	125	1	126	1.77	51,108,150	422,381	102,500
16	Nepal	124	7	129	1.81	26,612,919	212,903	8,385
17	Myanmar	120	6	126	1.77	49,284,095	397,452	15,000
18	Russia	115	44	159	2.24	138,698,335	900,639	3,900
19	Vanuatu	110	6	116	1.63	196,298	1,722	665
20	Vietnam	109	3	112	1.58	86,884,520	835,428	14,900
21	Canada	96	99	195	2.74	33,362,312	174,672	260
22	Peru	93	1	94	1.32	30,994,201	336,893	4,635
23	Ethiopia	90	1	91	1.28	66,766,720	750,188	48,000
24	Côte d’Ivoire	86	15	101	1.42	18,439,310	209,538	34,150
25	Colombia	85	4	89	1.25	47,673,568	560,866	885
26	Laos	85	7	92	1.29	6,543,480	76,982	9,710
27	Ghana	81	6	87	1.22	27,661,206	359,236	36,000
28	Iran	79	5	84	1.18	82,927,520	1,256,478	62,000
29	Sudan	75	1	76	1.07	35,091,200	516,047	13,000
30	Pakistan	74	11	85	1.20	201,998,220	2,524,978	53,250
31	Thailand	73	15	88	1.24	53,357,924	675,417	8,000
32	Central African Republic	72	11	83	1.17	3,638,143	47,249	17,350
33	Solomon Islands	72	0	72	1.01	379,966	5,352	2,770
34	Burkina Faso	71	0	71	1.00	12,472,930	183,425	20,500
35	South Sudan	69	0	69	0.97	4,504,650	80,440	27,500
36	Mali	68	3	71	1.00	13,027,840	194,445	25,000
37	Kenya	67	5	72	1.01	37,037,960	544,676	180,000
38	Congo	62	2	64	0.90	3,690,660	60,503	14,400
39	Benin	55	1	56	0.79	9,605,590	177,881	64,000
40	Angola	46	1	47	0.66	24,288,770	528,017	30,000
41	Zambia	46	9	55	0.77	11,364,870	236,768	32,850
42	Togo	44	2	46	0.65	4,889,380	113,707	34,300
43	Bolivia	43	2	45	0.63	7,349,368	170,916	350
44	Gabon	43	1	44	0.62	1,077,960	25,069	4,000
45	Mozambique	43	4	47	0.66	23,792,100	517,220	197,500
46	Uganda	43	2	45	0.63	33,862,350	769,599	303,000
47	Venezuela	42	6	48	0.68	31,087,151	777,179	770
48	Afghanistan	41	1	42	0.59	23,352,300	569,568	16,500
49	Bangladesh	41	4	45	0.63	165,220,330	3,842,333	15,500
50	Turkey	39	15	54	0.76	90,297,204	2,149,933	66,000
51	New Caledonia	38	2	40	0.56	143,010	3,972	950
52	Senegal	38	8	46	0.65	13,977,980	310,622	20,000
53	Guinea	37	3	40	0.56	11,600,930	341,204	25,000
54	Israel	36	17	53	0.75	9,475,461	205,988	42,500
55	Italy	35	12	47	0.66	82,319,110	1,870,889	100,000
56	Botswana	31	7	38	0.53	2,213,660	63,247	5,950
57	Liberia	31	3	34	0.48	4,290,730	134,085	85,600
58	South Africa	30	12	42	0.59	51,004,892	1,416,803	133,500
59	Cambodia	27	2	29	0.41	16,326,490	583,089	5,210
60	Guatemala	27	0	27	0.38	14,708,590	544,763	28,000
61	Namibia	27	6	33	0.46	2,668,940	83,404	13,800
62	Romania	26	3	29	0.41	20,492,430	975,830	17,850
63	Germany	25	70	95	1.34	88,571,690	1,107,146	80,000
64	Argentina	24	16	40	0.56	46,160,150	1,318,861	5,120
65	Ecuador	24	0	24	0.34	16,665,750	694,406	11,000
66	Sierra Leone	24	2	26	0.37	6,977,150	290,715	138,000
67	Singapore	24	7	31	0.44	6,105,380	226,125	15,200
68	Bhutan	23	8	31	0.44	639,500	25,580	8,000
69	Taiwan	23	12	35	0.49	23,985,650	726,838	4,000
70	Guinea-Bissau	23	7	30	0.42	1,779,010	68,423	8,520
71	Iraq	23	4	27	0.38	33,977,620	1,477,288	136,000
72	Niger	23	0	23	0.32	15,810,500	718,659	28,450
73	Paraguay	23	4	27	0.38	6,633,188	255,123	2,530
74	France	22	73	95	1.42	69,961,900	1,793,895	126,000
75	Poland	22	5	27	0.38	37,460,007	1,498,400	12,800
76	Zimbabwe	22	2	24	0.34	11,926,440	596,322	145,000
77	Suriname	21	6	27	0.38	562,014	22,481	1,250
78	Ukraine	21	27	48	0.68	40,599,806	882,604	50,400
79	East Timor	20	1	21	0.30	1,040,816	49,563	16,700
80	Georgia	20	7	27	0.38	4,506,220	173,316	14,000
81	Greece	20	14	34	0.48	11,693,492	377,209	9,700
82	Algeria	18	4	22	0.31	38,548,160	1,927,408	40,000
83	Azerbaijan	18	20	38	0.53	9,280,890	257,802	11,700
84	Hungary	18	3	21	0.30	9,927,510	583,971	3,710
85	Micronesia	18	1	19	0.27	111,010	6,167	1,410
86	Malawi	17	7	24	0.34	13,016,000	813,500	200,000
87	Oman	17	14	31	0.44	4,236,000	151,286	42,400
88	Serbia	17	7	24	0.34	8,830,600	420,505	34,000
89	Spain	17	17	34	0.48	52,439,510	1,691,597	72,500
90	Syria	17	7	24	0.34	18,708,430	850,383	64,900
91	Croatia	16	11	27	0.38	4,333,590	180,566	10,200
92	Egypt	16	7	23	0.32	94,599,800	5,255,544	752,000
93	Guyana	16	2	18	0.25	1,319,041	109,920	1,500
94	Austria	15	21	36	0.51	9,490,430	316,348	32,750
95	Brunei	15	2	17	0.24	459,685	28,730	8,150
96	Eritrea	15	2	17	0.24	5,788,600	526,236	194,000
97	Japan	15	4	19	0.27	129,414,863	8,627,658	5,050
98	Netherlands	15	35	50	0.70	21,947,700	487,727	220,000
99	Sweden	15	22	37	0.52	10,325,090	295,003	4,000
100	Equatorial Guinea	14	2	16	0.23	699,150	58,262	7,000
101	Madagascar	14	6	20	0.28	18,368,000	1,020,444	1,130,000
102	Morocco	14	1	15	0.21	39,290,920	3,571,902	80,000
103	Panama	14	4	18	0.25	4,255,840	327,372	22,500
104	Bulgaria	13	12	25	0.35	7,833,570	356,071	5,310
105	Finland	13	25	38	0.53	5,818,940	153,130	5,170
106	French Guiana	13	3	16	0.23	178,780	14,898	2,400
107	Kazakhstan	13	35	48	0.68	15,308,820	356,019	95,000
108	Somalia	13	1	14	0.20	9,938,659	828,222	20,000
109	Switzerland	13	20	33	0.46	8,980,230	320,722	40,000
110	Tajikistan	13	20	33	0.46	7,580,210	303,208	27,500
111	United Kingdom	14	72	85	1.20	61,546,750	799,308	16,700
112	Belgium	12	24	36	0.51	13,686,200	506,896	200,000
113	Mongolia	12	2	14	0.20	3,113,100	345,900	42,500
114	Slovakia	12	3	15	0.21	5,524,990	460,416	25,100
115	Chile	11	6	17	0.24	17,412,013	1,741,201	10,000
116	Costa Rica	11	1	12	0.17	4,853,290	485,329	2,840
117	Czechia	11	15	26	0.37	10,802,090	415,465	10,000
118	Gambia	11	13	24	0.34	1,314,820	69,201	43,650
119	Jordan	11	3	14	0.20	7,572,800	841,422	94,500
120	Lithuania	11	4	15	0.21	3,573,225	274,863	7,555
121	Nicaragua	11	0	11	0.15	6,404,490	582,226	740
122	Norway	11	36	47	0.66	5,746,480	127,700	1,000
123	Slovenia	11	4	15	0.21	2,103,960	191,269	8,700
124	Uzbekistan	11	26	37	0.52	30,929,000	937,242	250,000
125	Yemen	11	6	17	0.24	26,810,300	1,915,021	62,900
126	Fiji	10	11	21	0.30	840,900	64,685	6,950
127	Honduras	10	2	12	0.17	8,982,840	816,622	990
128	Macedonia	10	5	15	0.21	2,154,380	179,532	25,000
129	Moldova	10	4	14	0.20	2,718,530	339,816	107,000
130	Portugal	10	13	23	0.32	10,259,240	446,054	15,000
131	United Arab Emirates	10	17	27	0.38	9,266,400	370,656	370,000
132	French Polynesia	9	1	10	0.14	257,960	25,796	3,000
133	Libya	9	20	29	0.41	6,322,800	234,178	21,000
134	Albania	8	4	12	0.17	2,847,936	284,794	9,820
135	Armenia	8	6	14	0.20	3,036,180	276,016	8,850
136	Belize	8	4	12	0.17	532,160	44,347	14,100
137	Latvia	8	8	16	0.23	2,305,130	164,652	8,000
138	Hong Kong	7	4	11	0.15	6,929,750	692,975	118,500
139	Estonia	7	13	20	0.28	1,541,760	85,653	44,250
140	Lebanon	7	9	16	0.23	6,603,910	471,708	294,000
141	Mauritania	7	1	8	0.11	3,858,400	551,200	111,150
142	Mauritius	7	7	14	0.20	1,234,660	94,974	28,550
143	Palestine	7	3	10	0.14	4,258,410	473,157	705
144	Saudi Arabia	7	18	25	0.35	18,763,220	852,874	500,000
145	Sri Lanka	7	5	12	0.17	19,550,320	1,955,032	46,000
146	Trinidad and Tobago	7	2	9	0.13	2,628,000	328,500	15,600
147	Tunisia	7	8	15	0.21	11,582,100	827,293	34,650
148	Bahrain	6	8	14	0.20	1,263,500	97,192	144,000
149	Comoros	6	0	6	0.08	764,500	152,900	40,000
150	Kyrgyzstan	6	27	33	0.46	5,825,990	215,777	290,650
151	Montenegro	6	7	13	0.18	575,330	63,926	34,700
152	Turkmenistan	6	25	31	0.44	5,300,460	176,682	256,900
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	7	12	0.17	3,757,804	341,619	554,000
154	Caribbean Netherlands	5	1	6	0.08	18,540	3,708	3,390
155	Macao	5	2	7	0.10	582,430	83,204	3,680
156	Cook Islands	5	0	5	0.07	15,000	3,000	680
157	Curacao	5	1	6	0.08	137,670	27,534	8,760
158	Cyprus	5	11	16	0.23	1,541,700	110,121	34,800
159	Denmark	5	34	39	0.55	5,924,220	151,903	23,100
160	Djibouti	5	5	10	0.14	830,400	103,800	125,300
161	El Salvador	5	0	5	0.07	6,378,000	2,126,000	7,500
162	Eswatini	5	2	7	0.10	1,261,640	180,234	20,000
163	Ireland	5	8	13	0.18	4,682,020	425,638	27,000
164	Lesotho	5	0	5	0.07	2,164,000	541,000	190,000
165	Monaco	5	0	5	0.07	33,850	6,770	7,110
166	São Tomé and Príncipe	5	3	8	0.11	204,200	25,525	14,700
167	Uruguay	5	9	14	0.20	3,589,050	398,783	25,500
168	Andorra	4	1	5	0.07	73,500	18,375	19,650
169	Aruba	4	2	6	0.08	86,790	21,698	7,000
170	Belarus	4	7	11	0.15	8,946,400	813,309	1,121,000
171	Dominican Republic	4	5	9	0.13	10,193,500	1,698,917	159,000
172	Grenada	4	0	4	0.06	107,353	35,784	5,350
173	Haiti	4	0	4	0.06	6,960,600	2,320,200	600
174	Jamaica	4	4	8	0.11	2,692,540	448,757	7,500
175	Liechtenstein	4	1	5	0.07	35,910	11,970	17,750
176	Luxembourg	4	12	16	0.23	499,250	31,203	66,100
177	Malta	4	4	8	0.11	468,650	58,581	9,515
178	New Zealand	4	61	65	0.91	4,706,160	73,534	148,000
179	Northern Mariana Islands	4	3	7	0.10	42,180	6,026	4,620
180	Palau	4	2	6	0.08	20,870	3,478	2,185
181	Puerto Rico	4	8	12	0.17	3,530,200	353,020	159,000
182	Sint Maarten	4	5	9	0.13	39,880	4,431	6,000
183	South Korea	4	1	5	0.07	48,586,000	16,195,333	24,202,500
184	Aland Islands	3	0	3	0.04	27,652	9,217	1,450
185	Bahamas	3	2	5	0.07	667,280	166,820	330,000
186	Barbados	3	0	3	0.04	518,290	172,763	256,000
187	Burundi	3	1	4	0.06	10,036,100	2,509,025	9,600
188	Cuba	3	2	5	0.07	11,403,500	3,801,167	5,700,000
189	Dominica	3	2	5	0.07	45,800	15,267	3,000
190	Greenland	3	0	3	0.04	56,200	28,100	28,100
191	Guadeloupe	3	1	4	0.06	449,300	149,767	218,650
192	Guernsey	3	1	4	0.06	62,720	31,360	31,360
193	Jersey	3	1	4	0.06	99,230	33,077	47,350
194	Kuwait	3	4	7	0.10	3,187,200	637,440	1,163,600
195	Martinique	3	1	4	0.06	427,330	142,443	213,500
196	Mayotte	3	2	5	0.07	211,700	52,925	47,900
197	Nauru	3	6	9	0.13	13,500	2,250	5,100
198	Qatar	3	15	18	0.25	2,537,980	149,293	486,000
199	Rwanda	3	2	5	0.07	11,124,180	2,224,836	5,440
200	Réunion	3	5	8	0.11	656,200	93,743	313,000
201	Saint Barthélemy	3	0	3	0.04	7,850	2,617	1,000
202	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	3	0.04	52,040	17,347	1,000
203	Saint Lucia	3	1	4	0.06	159,600	79,800	79,800
204	Saint Martin	3	2	5	0.07	28,500	5,700	5,000
205	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	0.04	138,500	46,167	400
206	Seychelles	3	0	3	0.04	85,420	28,473	4,590
207	Tonga	3	1	4	0.06	105,800	26,450	1,270
208	Tuvalu	3	0	3	0.04	10,100	5,050	5,050
209	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	3	6	0.08	85,850	21,462	9,540
210	Wallis and Futuna	3	0	3	0.04	12,960	4,320	3,900
211	Western Sahara	3	1	4	0.06	584,000	292,000	292,000
212	American Samoa	2	5	7	0.10	56,090	9,348	25,890
213	Anguilla	2	0	2	0.03	12,450	6,225	6,225
214	Antigua and Barbuda	2	2	4	0.06	153,800	51,267	76,700
215	Bermuda	2	1	3	0.04	64,610	32,305	62,000
216	British Virgin Islands	2	0	2	0.03	39,700	19,850	19,850
217	Cape Verde	2	1	3	0.04	489,800	244,900	244,900
218	Christmas Island	2	0	2	0.03	1,000	500	500
219	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	2	0	2	0.03	600	300	300
220	Faroe Islands	2	0	2	0.03	48,000	48,000	48,000
221	Gibraltar	2	1	3	0.04	46,700	15,567	21,950
222	Guam	2	7	9	0.13	181,400	22,675	46,750
223	Iceland	2	0	2	0.03	300,300	150,150	150,150
224	Isle of Man	2	0	2	0.03	88,000	44,000	44,000
225	Kiribati	2	1	3	0.04	106,000	35,333	52,750
226	Maldives	2	0	2	0.03	331,000	331,000	331,000
227	Marshall Islands	2	0	2	0.03	65,700	32,850	32,850
228	Montserrat	2	0	2	0.03	3,920	1,960	1,960
229	Niue	2	1	3	0.04	1,550	775	775
230	Norfolk Island	2	0	2	0.03	2,110	1,055	1,055
231	Pitcairn	2	0	2	0.03	36	36	36
232	Samoa	2	1	3	0.04	187,000	62,333	93,400
233	San Marino	2	0	2	0.03	25,000	12,500	12,500
234	Tokelau	2	3	5	0.07	2,421	484	870
235	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	2	4	0.06	29,840	9,947	14,365
236	Vatican	2	0	2	0.03	330	165	165
237	British Indian Ocean Territory	1	0	1	0.01	4,000	4,000	4,000
238	Cayman Islands	1	3	4	0.06	74,840	18,710	50,000
239	Falkland Islands	1	1	2	0.03	2,860	1,430	2,610
240	North Korea	1	0	1	0.01	23,300,000	23,300,000	23,300,000
241	Saint Helena	1	0	1	0.01	5,900	5,900	5,900
242	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1	0	1	0.01	6,000	6,000	6,000

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This refers to the percentage of total number of languages in the world, including both established and immigrant languages.

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