| Country/Region | Number of official (including de facto) | Official language(s) | Regional language(s) | Minority language(s) | National language(s) | Widely spoken |
|---|
Abkhazia[a] | 2 | | | Georgian | Abkhaz | |
Afghanistan[1][2][3] | 2 | | | | | |
Albania[4] | 1 | Albanian | | | | Italian |
Algeria[5] | 2 | | | | | French |
Andorra | 1 | Catalan[6] | | | | |
Angola[7] | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | None (English hasde facto status) | | | | |
Argentina | 2 | None at federal level (Spanish has de facto status) Argentine Sign Language[8] | | | | |
Armenia | 1 | Armenian | | | Armenian (state language)[12] | Russian |
Australia | 1 | None (English has de facto status) | | | | |
Austria[13][14] | 1 | German | | | German (state language) | English |
Azerbaijan | 1 | Azerbaijani | | | Azerbaijani (state language)[15] | Russian |
Bahamas | 1 | English | | | | |
Bahrain | 1 | Arabic | | English | | |
Bangladesh | 1 | Bengali | | | Bengali | |
Barbados | 1 | English | | | | |
Belarus | 2 | | | | Belarusian | Russian |
Belgium | 3 | | | | | English |
Belize | 1 | English | | Garifuna | | |
Benin | 1 | French | | | | |
Bhutan | 1 | Dzongkha | | | | |
Bolivia[17] | 37 | | | | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | None (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian all have de facto status)[18] | | | | |
Botswana | 1 | English | | | Tswana | |
Brazil | 1 | Portuguese[19] | 95 municipalities and 3 Brazilian states have co-official languages, with 61 co-officialized languages.[20] The list can be seen atLanguages of Brazil. | | Portuguese | |
Brunei | 1 | Malay | | | | |
Bulgaria | 1 | Bulgarian | | | | |
Burkina Faso | 4 | | | | Working languages: | |
Burundi[21][22] | 3 | | | | Kirundi | Swahili |
Cambodia | 1 | Khmer | | | | |
Cameroon | 2 | | | | | |
Canada | 2 | | | - Chipewyan
- Cree
- Gwich'in
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut
- Inuvialuktun
- Mi'kmaq
- North Slavey
- South Slavey
- Tłı̨chǫ
| | |
Cape Verde | 1 | Portuguese | | | Cape Verdean Creole | |
Central African Republic | 2 | | | | | |
Chad | 2 | | | | | |
Chile | 1 | Spanish | Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories[23] | | | |
China | 1 | Standard Chinese | | | | OtherSinitic languages |
Christmas Island | 3 | | | | | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 2 | | | | | Malay |
Colombia | 1 | Spanish | Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories[24] | | | |
Comoros | 3 | | | | | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | French | | | | |
Republic of the Congo | 1 | French | | | | |
Cook Islands | 2 | | | | | |
Costa Rica | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Croatia | 1 | Croatian | | | - Italian (Istria County)
- Romani (non-territorial)
- Slovene (non-territorial)
| English |
Cuba | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Cyprus | 2 | | | | | English |
Czech Republic | 2 | | | | Czech | |
Denmark | 1 | Danish | | German (inSouthern Jutland) | | English |
Djibouti | 2 | | | | | |
Dominica | 1 | English | | | | |
Dominican Republic | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
East Timor | 2 | | | | | |
Ecuador[30] | 1 | | Languages of ethnic groups are official in their territories | | | |
Egypt | 1 | Arabic | | Coptic | Egyptian Arabic | English |
El Salvador | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Equatorial Guinea | 3 | | | | | |
Eritrea | 1 | Tigrinya | | | | |
Estonia | 1 | Estonian | | | | |
Eswatini | 2 | | | | | |
Ethiopia | 5 | | | | | |
Fiji | 3 | | | | | |
Finland | 2 | | | Sami (inEnontekiö,Inari,Sodankylä,Utsjoki) | | English |
France | 1 | French[31] | | | | Occitan language |
Gabon | 1 | French | | | | |
The Gambia | 1 | English | | | | |
Georgia | 1 | Georgian | | | | Russian |
Germany | 1 | German[32] | | - Danish
- Lower Sorbian
- North Frisian
- Romani[33]
- Upper Sorbian
| | English |
Ghana | 1 | English | | | | |
Greece | 1 | Greek | | | | |
Grenada | 1 | English | | | | |
Guatemala | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Guinea | 1 | French | | | | |
Guinea-Bissau | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
Guyana | 1 | English | | | | Guyanese Creole |
Haiti | 2 | | | | | |
Honduras | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Hong Kong | 2 | | | | | |
Hungary | 1 | Hungarian[34] | | | | |
Iceland | 2 | | | | | |
India | 2 | | 22 official languages:[37] | | No national language | |
Indonesia | 1 | Indonesian | | | Indonesian | |
Iran | 1 | Persian | | | Persian | |
Iraq | 2 | | | | | |
Ireland[39] | 2 | | | | Irish | |
Israel | 1 | Hebrew | Arabic | English | | |
Italy | 1 | Italian | | - Catalan (in Sardinia)
- Slovene (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
- Occitan (in Piedmont's Occitan valleys)
- Albanian (in Sicily and Calabria)
- Greek (in Calabria and Puglia)
| | OtherItalo-Dalmatian languages |
Ivory Coast | 1 | French | | | | |
Jamaica | 1 | English | Jamaican Patois | | Jamaican Patois | Jamaican Patois |
Japan | 1 | None (Japanese has de facto status) | | | Japanese | |
Jordan | 1 | Arabic | | - Circassian
- Chechen
- Armenian
| | |
Kazakhstan | 2 | | | | Kazakh | |
Kenya | 2 | | | | Swahili | |
Kiribati | 2 | | | | | |
North Korea | 1 | Korean | | | | |
South Korea | 2 | | | | | |
Kosovo[a] | 2 | | Turkish | | - Albanian (nationwide)
- Serbian (Northern Kosovo)
| |
Kuwait | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | 2 | | | | Kyrgyz | |
Laos | 1 | Lao | | | | French |
Latvia | 1 | Latvian[40][41] | | | | Russian |
Lebanon | 1 | Arabic | Arabic | Armenian | | |
Lesotho | 2 | | | | Sotho | |
Liberia | 1 | English | | | | |
Libya | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
Liechtenstein | 1 | German | | | | |
Lithuania | 1 | Lithuanian | | | | |
Luxembourg | 3 | | | | Luxembourgish | |
Macau | 2 | | | | | |
Madagascar | 2 | | | | Malagasy | |
Malawi | 2 | | | | Chichewa | |
Malaysia | 1 | Malay[f] | Regional/State dialects | | Malay | |
Maldives | 1 | Dhivehi | | | Dhivehi | English |
Mali | 13 | | | French | | |
Malta | 2 | | | | Maltese | |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta[a] | 1 | Italian | | | | |
Marshall Islands | 2 | | | | | |
Mauritania | 1 | Arabic | | | | French |
Mauritius | 2 | None (English has de jure status and French has de facto status) | | English | | |
Mexico | 1 | None (Spanish has de facto status) | | | 68 National languages | |
Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | English | | | | |
Moldova | 1 | Romanian | | | | |
Monaco[43] | 1 | French | | | | Monégasque |
Mongolia | 1 | Mongolian | | | | |
Montenegro | 1 | Montenegrin | | | | |
Morocco | 2 | | | | | French |
Mozambique | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
Myanmar (Burma) | 1 | Burmese | | | | English |
Namibia[44] | 1 | English | | | Afrikaans | |
Nauru | 2 | | | | | |
Nepal | 1 | Nepali[45] | | | All languages spoken as the mother tongue in Nepal[46] | |
Netherlands | 1 | Dutch | | | | English |
New Zealand | 3 | | | | | |
Nicaragua | 1 | Spanish | InAutonomous Regions: | | | |
Niger | 1 | Hausa | | | | |
Nigeria | 1 | English | | | | |
Niue | 2 | | | | | |
Norfolk Island | 2 | | | | | |
North Macedonia | 2 | | | | | |
Northern Cyprus[a] | 1 | Turkish | | | | |
Norway | 2 | | | | | English |
Oman | 1 | Arabic | | Shehri | | |
Pakistan | 2 | | | | Urdu | |
Palau | 2 | | | | | |
Palestine | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
Panama | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Papua New Guinea | 4 | | | | | |
Paraguay | 2 | | | | | |
Peru | 1 | Spanish | Quechua,Aymara and other native languages are official wherever they predominate. | | | |
Philippines | 2 | | | | | |
Poland | 1 | Polish | | | | English |
Portugal | 1 | Portuguese | Mirandese (Terra de Miranda) | | | English |
Qatar | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
Romania | 1 | Romanian | | - Armenian
- German
- Hungarian
- Romani
- Russian
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Tatar
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
| | |
Russia | 1 | Russian | - Ossetic
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
- Buryat
- Kalmyk
- Chechen
- Ingush
- Abaza
- Adyghe
- Tsakhur
- Lezgian
- Cherkess
- Kabardian
- Altai
- Bashkir
- Chuvash
- Crimean Tatar
- Karachay-Balkar
- Khakas
- Nogai
- Tatar
- Tuvan
- Yakut
- Erzya
- Komi
- Hill Mari
- Meadow Mari
- Karelian
- Moksha
- Veps
- Ingrian
- Ludian
- Udmurt
| | | |
Rwanda | 4 | | | | Kinyarwanda | |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[a] | 2 | | | | Arabic | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | English | | | | |
Saint Lucia | 1 | English | | | | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | English | | | | |
Samoa | 2 | | | | | |
San Marino | 1 | Italian | | | | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | Portuguese | | | | |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | Arabic | | | | - Indian Languages
- Filipino
- Bengali
|
Senegal | 1 | French | | | | |
Serbia | 1 | Serbian | | (15 languages) | | |
Seychelles | 3 | | | | | |
Sierra Leone | 1 | English | | | Krio | |
Singapore | 4 | | | | Malay | |
Slovakia | 1 | Slovak | | - Bulgarian
- Czech
- German
- Hungarian
- Polish
- Romani
- Rusyn
- Serbian
- Ukrainian
| | |
Slovenia | 1 | Slovene | | | | |
Solomon Islands | 1 | | | | | |
Somalia | 2 | | | | | |
Somaliland[a] | 3 | | | | | |
South Africa | 12 | | | | | |
South Ossetia[a] | 2 | | Georgian | Georgian | | |
South Sudan | 1 | English | | | | |
Spain | 1 | Spanish | | | | |
Sri Lanka | 2 | | | | | English |
Sudan | 2 | | | | | |
Suriname | 1 | Dutch | | | Sranan Tongo | |
Sweden | 1 | Swedish | | - Finnish (Gällivare,Haparanda,Kiruna,Pajala,Övertorneå)
- Meänkieli (Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå)
- Sami (Arjeplog, Gällivare,Jokkmokk, Kiruna)
- Yiddish
- Romani
| | English |
Switzerland | 4 | - French (Bern, Fribourg,Geneva,Jura,Neuchâtel, Valais,Vaud)
- German (Aargau,Appenzell Ausserrhoden,Appenzell Innerrhoden,Basel-Landschaft,Basel-Stadt,Bern,Fribourg,Glarus,Graubünden,Lucerne,Nidwalden,Obwalden,Saint Gallen,Schaffhausen,Schwyz,Solothurn,Thurgau,Uri,Valais,Zug,Zürich)
- Italian (Ticino, Graubünden)
- Romansh (Graubünden)
| | | | |
Syria | 1 | Arabic | Kurdish | - Assyrian
- Western Neo-Aramaic
- Armenian
| | |
Taiwan | 1 | None (Mandarin Chinese has de facto status) | | | | |
Tajikistan | 1 | Tajik | | | Tajik | Russian |
Tanzania | 2 | | | | Swahili | |
Thailand | 1 | Thai | | Sixty-two 'domestic' languages are officially recognized | | Burmese |
Togo | 1 | French | | | | |
Tokelau | 2 | | | | | |
Tonga | 2 | | | | | |
Transnistria[a] | 3 | | | | | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | English | | | | Trinidadian Creole |
Tunisia | 1 | Arabic | | | Arabic | |
Turkey | 1 | Turkish | | Kurdish | Turkish | |
Turkmenistan | 1 | Turkmen | | | Turkmen | Russian |
Tuvalu | 2 | | | | |
Uganda | 2 | | | | | |
Ukraine | 1 | Ukrainian | | | | |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | Arabic | | | | English |
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies etc. | 1 | None (English has de facto status) | | | | |
United States | 1 | None (English has de facto status)[i] | (28 languages) | indigenous languages of recognized federal tribes | |
Uruguay | 2 | - Uruguayan Sign Language (Spanish has de facto status)
| | | | |
Uzbekistan | 1 | Uzbek | | | | Russian |
Vanuatu | 3 | | | | | |
Vatican City | 2 | | | | | Swiss German |
Venezuela | 2 | | | Native languages are official for indigenous peoples | | |
Vietnam | 1 | Vietnamese | | | Vietnamese | |
Yemen | 1 | Arabic | | | | |
Zambia | 1 | English | | | |
Zimbabwe | 16 | | | | | |