University
University
Libya Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
Liechtenstein German, Alemannic dialect
Lithuania Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, other and unspecified
Luxembourg Luxembourgish, German, French
Macau Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, other Chinese dialects, other indigenous
languages
Macedonia Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, Roma, Serbian, other indigenous languages
Micronesia, Federated States of English, Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro,
Kapingamarangi
Moldova Moldovan, Russian, Gagauz
Monaco French, English, Italian, Monegasque
Mongolia Khalkha Mongol, Turkic, Russian
Montenegro Serbian
Montserrat English
Morocco Arabic, Berber dialects, French; NOTE: French often the language of business,
government, and diplomacy
Mozambique Emakhuwa, Xichangana, Portuguese, Elomwe, Cisena, Echuwabo, other
Mozambican languages, other foreign languages
English, Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
Nauru Nauruan
Nepal Nepali, Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, Newar, Magar, Awadhi, other
unspecified languages; NOTE: many in government and business also speak
English
Netherlands Dutch, Frisian
Netherlands Antilles Papiamento, English, Dutch, Spanish, Creole, other unspecified languages
New Caledonia French, 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
New Zealand English, Maori
Nicaragua Spanish, Miskito, other unspecified languages; NOTE: English and indigenous
languages on Atlantic coast
Niger French, Hausa, Djerma
Nigeria English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani
Niue Niuean, English
Norfolk Island English, Norfolk (a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian)
Northern Mariana Islands Philippine languages, Chinese, Chamorro, English, other Pacific island
languages
Norway Norwegian (Bokmal Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian), Sami, Finnish; NOTE:
small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities, Sami is official in six municipalities
6,000 170,000
1,000 3,000
14,000 300,000
12,000,000
110,000 1,800,000
2,000 200,000
>93,500[10]
75,000
18,000,000
6,549,329
10,000 1,900,000
4,000,000
2,500,000
2,700,000
1,400,000
1,804 6,953,511
4,855,000
50,000
209[16] 540,000
920
188
40
40,000
3,500,000
10,000,000
31,500
1,986 169,726
20,000
8,000
3,300
200
60,000
28,000 2,000
800 9,500
78 2,082
Rank Country First language
1 United States 214,809,000[21]
2 United Kingdom 58,200,000[22]
3 Canada 18,232,195[23]
4 Australia 15,581,334[24]
5 Ireland 4,400,000[25]
6 South Africa 3,673,203[26]
7 New Zealand 3,500,000+ (approx.)[27]
8 Philippines 3,427,000[8]
9 Jamaica 2,600,000+ (approx.)[28]
10 Trinidad and Tobago 1,145,000
11 Singapore 884,418[29]
12 Guyana 650,000
13 Liberia 600,000
14 Sierra Leone 500,000
15 Malaysia 380,000
16 Germany 272,504
17 Barbados 262,000
18 Bahamas 260,000
19 Zimbabwe 250,000
20 India 227,000
Hong Kong if ranked separately 200,000
21 Belize 190,000
22 Papua New Guinea 150,000
23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 114,000
24 Zambia 110,000
25 Grenada 100,000
25 Israel 100,000[17]
25 Puerto Rico 100,000
28 U.S. Virgin Islands 98,000
29 Japan >93,500[10]
30 Switzerland 73,000
31 Antigua and Barbuda 66,000
32 Bermuda 63,000
33 Vanuatu 60,000
34 Guam 58,000
35 Saint Kitts and Nevis 39,000
36 Cayman Islands 36,000
37 Honduras 31,500
38 Saint Lucia 31,000
39 Gibraltar 28,000
40 British Virgin Islands 20,000
41 Namibia 14,000
42 Anguilla 12,000
43 Solomon Islands 10,000
43 Sri Lanka 10,000
43 Brunei 10,000
46 Aruba 9,000
47 Dominican Republic 8,000
48 Fiji 6,000
49 Saint Helena 5,400
50 Northern Mariana Islands 5,000
51 Federated States of Micronesia 4,000
52 Montserrat 4,000
53 British Indian Ocean Territory 3,500
54 Dominica 3,000
54 Seychelles 3,000
56 American Samoa 2,000
56 Mauritius 2,000
57 Falkland Islands 1,991
58 Russia 1,804
59 Ethiopia 1,986
60 Norfolk Island 1,678
61 Cook Islands 1,000
61 Samoa 1,000
63 Turks and Caicos Islands 920
64 Nauru 800
65 Palau 500
66 Guadeloupe 200
67 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 188
68 Niue 78
69 Pitcairn 46
70 Tokelau 40
71 East Timor 30