| Rank | Language | No. of speakers |
| 1. | English | 1.35 billion |
| 2. | Mandarin Chinese | 1.12 billion |
| 3. | Hindi | 600 million |
| 4. | Spanish | 543 million |
| 5. | Arabic | 274 million |
| 6. | Bengali | 268 million |
| 7. | French | 267 million |
| 8. | Russian | 258 million |
| 9. | Portuguese | 258 million |
| 10. | Urdu | 230 million |
| 11. | Indonesian | 199 million |
| 12. | German | 135 million |
| 13. | Japanese | 126 million |
| 14. | Marathi | 99 million |
| 15. | Telugu | 96 million |
| 16. | Turkish | 88 million |
| 17. | Tamil | 85 million |
| 18. | Yue Chinese | 85 million |
| 19. | Wu Chinese | 82 million |
| 20. | Korean | 82 million |
