Top 20 of the most widely spoken languages by "First language" speakers (2009)

Rank		Primary Country	Number of total countries where the language is spoken	Speakers (millions)
1	Chinese	China	31	1,213
2	Spanish	Spain	44	329
3	English	United Kingdom	112	328
4	Arabic	Saudi Arabia	57	221
5	Hindi	India	20	182
6	Bengali	Bangladesh	10	181
7	Portuguese	Portugal	37	178
8	Russian	Russian Federation	33	144
9	Japanese	Japan	25	122
10	German, Standard	Germany	43	90.3
11	Javanese	Indonesia	5	84.6
12	Lahnda	Pakistan	8	78.3
13	Telugu	India	10	69.8
14	Vietnamese	Viet Nam	23	68.6
15	Marathi	India	5	68.1
16	French	France	60	67.8
17	Korean	Korea	33	66.3
18	Tamil	India	17	65.7
19	Italian	Italy	34	61.7
20	Urdu	Pakistan	23	60.6

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