Statistical Summaries
Part I, “Languages of the World,” provides language-by-language information. This section steps back from the detail to offer a summary view of the world language situation. Specifically, it offers numerical tabulations of languages and number of speakers
- by world area,
- by language size,
- by language family, and
- by country.
- World area
- Language size
- Language family
- Country
Summary by country
Table 6 summarizes the distribution of languages and their populations within the countries of the world. The Total column gives the total number of living languages used as a first language in that country, and Percent translates that to a percentage of all living languages in the world. No grand totals are given for these columns since the same language can be counted as being used in multiple countries. The next two columns break the total number into Indigenous languages versus Immigrant languages. The next three columns summarize populations: Count gives the total number of first-language speakers in that country for all languages for which population figures are known, Mean gives the average size of those language groups for which population figures are known, and Median gives the middle size of a language group (that is, half are larger and half are smaller). The last two columns are explained in the next paragraph.
Table 7 repeats the information in table 6 but presents the countries in order of their linguistic diversity, from most diverse to least diverse. The Index column reports Greenberg’s diversity index. This is the probability that any two people of the country selected at random would have different mother tongues (Lieberson 1981). The highest possible value, 1, indicates total diversity (that is, no two people have the same mother tongue) while the lowest possible value, 0, indicates no diversity at all (that is, everyone has the same mother tongue). The computation of the diversity index is based on the population of each language as a proportion of the total population. The Coverage column indicates the completeness of the computation by reporting the percentage of languages in the country for which population estimates are available. Missing values are compensated for by using the total of known language populations (shown in the Count column) as the total population, rather than an estimate of the country’s population.
Table 6. Distribution of living languages by country
Country | Living languages | Number of speakers | Diversity | ||||||
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Total | Percent | Indigenous | Immigrant | Count | Mean | Median | Index | Coverage | |
Afghanistan | 52 | 0.75 | 48 | 4 | 12,164,970 | 258,829 | 4,000 | 0.741 | 90% |
Albania | 7 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 5,277,000 | 753,857 | 150,000 | 0.577 | 100% |
Algeria | 22 | 0.32 | 18 | 4 | 24,934,100 | 1,781,007 | 70,000 | 0.317 | 64% |
American Samoa | 6 | 0.09 | 2 | 4 | 60,350 | 12,070 | 1,250 | 0.116 | 83% |
Andorra | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 60,870 | 12,174 | 2,400 | 0.574 | 100% |
Angola | 41 | 0.59 | 41 | 0 | 12,042,130 | 301,053 | 39,400 | 0.813 | 98% |
Anguilla | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 12,450 | 6,225 | 950 | 0.141 | 67% |
Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 78,000 | 19,500 | 1,600 | 0.248 | 100% |
Argentina | 40 | 0.58 | 25 | 15 | 37,755,711 | 1,078,735 | 15,000 | 0.233 | 88% |
Armenia | 12 | 0.17 | 7 | 5 | 3,431,030 | 311,912 | 3,500 | 0.159 | 92% |
Aruba | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 77,990 | 19,498 | 5,290 | 0.387 | 80% |
Australia | 207 | 3.00 | 161 | 46 | 18,595,570 | 103,886 | 50 | 0.124 | 86% |
Austria | 20 | 0.29 | 9 | 11 | 15,049,070 | 940,567 | 18,000 | 0.535 | 80% |
Azerbaijan | 34 | 0.49 | 16 | 18 | 8,385,510 | 262,047 | 5,210 | 0.455 | 94% |
Bahamas | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 295,100 | 73,775 | 20,000 | 0.386 | 100% |
Bahrain | 12 | 0.17 | 3 | 9 | 557,600 | 61,956 | 25,000 | 0.663 | 75% |
Bangladesh | 46 | 0.67 | 42 | 4 | 142,283,460 | 3,308,918 | 21,600 | 0.387 | 93% |
Barbados | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 272,000 | 136,000 | 13,000 | 0.091 | 67% |
Belarus | 11 | 0.16 | 2 | 9 | 8,800,600 | 977,844 | 231,000 | 0.397 | 82% |
Belgium | 29 | 0.42 | 10 | 19 | 17,240,500 | 820,976 | 63,600 | 0.747 | 72% |
Belize | 12 | 0.17 | 8 | 4 | 289,450 | 24,121 | 8,460 | 0.769 | 100% |
Benin | 56 | 0.81 | 54 | 2 | 6,743,340 | 124,877 | 62,000 | 0.921 | 96% |
Bermuda | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 61,410 | 30,705 | 2,610 | 0.081 | 100% |
Bhutan | 35 | 0.51 | 25 | 10 | 1,134,500 | 34,379 | 8,200 | 0.884 | 94% |
Bolivia | 41 | 0.59 | 37 | 4 | 8,501,091 | 223,713 | 1,300 | 0.681 | 93% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 0.12 | 4 | 4 | 4,223,000 | 703,833 | 400,000 | 0.659 | 75% |
Botswana | 40 | 0.58 | 29 | 11 | 1,551,320 | 40,824 | 5,000 | 0.512 | 95% |
Brazil | 193 | 2.79 | 181 | 12 | 172,228,296 | 984,162 | 330 | 0.103 | 91% |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 0.000 | 100% |
British Virgin Islands | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 21,700 | 10,850 | 2,000 | 0.167 | 100% |
Brunei | 17 | 0.25 | 15 | 2 | 343,195 | 24,514 | 7,060 | 0.585 | 82% |
Bulgaria | 16 | 0.23 | 11 | 5 | 9,362,100 | 668,721 | 11,000 | 0.263 | 88% |
Burkina Faso | 70 | 1.01 | 68 | 2 | 11,025,870 | 169,629 | 24,000 | 0.773 | 93% |
Burundi | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | 4,609,460 | 1,152,365 | 2,200 | 0.004 | 100% |
Cambodia | 25 | 0.36 | 23 | 2 | 13,511,970 | 614,180 | 6,060 | 0.169 | 88% |
Cameroon | 279 | 4.04 | 278 | 1 | 10,751,460 | 39,968 | 8,500 | 0.946 | 96% |
Canada | 169 | 2.45 | 86 | 83 | 33,399,367 | 219,733 | 6,330 | 0.599 | 90% |
Cape Verde Islands | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 408,800 | 204,400 | 14,800 | 0.070 | 100% |
Cayman Islands | 3 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 43,010 | 14,337 | 20,000 | 0.547 | 100% |
Central African Republic | 82 | 1.19 | 71 | 11 | 3,478,795 | 46,384 | 15,000 | 0.959 | 91% |
Chad | 133 | 1.93 | 131 | 2 | 6,573,351 | 54,325 | 12,000 | 0.944 | 91% |
Chile | 16 | 0.23 | 9 | 7 | 14,049,503 | 1,561,056 | 3,390 | 0.035 | 56% |
China | 296 | 4.28 | 292 | 4 | 1,211,179,642 | 4,190,933 | 28,000 | 0.509 | 98% |
Colombia | 83 | 1.20 | 80 | 3 | 34,596,247 | 449,302 | 1,500 | 0.034 | 93% |
Comoros | 7 | 0.10 | 6 | 1 | 594,100 | 99,017 | 1,700 | 0.545 | 86% |
Congo | 66 | 0.96 | 62 | 4 | 3,942,950 | 63,596 | 9,600 | 0.836 | 94% |
Cook Islands | 6 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 12,440 | 2,073 | 840 | 0.602 | 100% |
Costa Rica | 13 | 0.19 | 10 | 3 | 3,385,390 | 338,539 | 4,500 | 0.050 | 77% |
Côte d’Ivoire | 93 | 1.35 | 77 | 16 | 9,220,990 | 115,262 | 26,400 | 0.917 | 86% |
Croatia | 22 | 0.32 | 7 | 15 | 4,488,450 | 213,736 | 4,710 | 0.211 | 95% |
Cuba | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 10,003,500 | 5,001,750 | 3,500 | 0.001 | 50% |
Cyprus | 6 | 0.09 | 4 | 2 | 870,040 | 217,510 | 2,740 | 0.331 | 67% |
Czech Republic | 20 | 0.29 | 10 | 10 | 10,019,810 | 527,358 | 10,900 | 0.146 | 95% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 217 | 3.14 | 215 | 2 | 40,099,030 | 199,498 | 26,000 | 0.948 | 93% |
Denmark | 13 | 0.19 | 7 | 6 | 5,606,300 | 560,630 | 10,000 | 0.055 | 77% |
Djibouti | 10 | 0.14 | 5 | 5 | 484,900 | 53,878 | 10,200 | 0.571 | 90% |
Dominica | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 52,800 | 17,600 | 10,000 | 0.313 | 100% |
Dominican Republic | 8 | 0.12 | 4 | 4 | 7,083,500 | 1,180,583 | 8,000 | 0.053 | 75% |
East Timor | 19 | 0.28 | 19 | 0 | 531,510 | 29,528 | 20,000 | 0.897 | 95% |
Ecuador | 25 | 0.36 | 23 | 2 | 11,167,601 | 465,317 | 8,000 | 0.267 | 96% |
Egypt | 27 | 0.39 | 11 | 16 | 82,130,100 | 3,422,088 | 116,000 | 0.536 | 89% |
El Salvador | 7 | 0.10 | 5 | 2 | 5,912,830 | 1,182,566 | 500 | 0.004 | 71% |
Equatorial Guinea | 14 | 0.20 | 14 | 0 | 393,439 | 30,265 | 5,000 | 0.417 | 93% |
Eritrea | 18 | 0.26 | 12 | 6 | 4,540,300 | 412,755 | 100,000 | 0.627 | 61% |
Estonia | 18 | 0.26 | 2 | 16 | 1,402,170 | 82,481 | 1,390 | 0.454 | 94% |
Ethiopia | 88 | 1.27 | 85 | 3 | 58,433,608 | 695,638 | 32,100 | 0.864 | 95% |
Falkland Islands | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 1,990 | 1,990 | 1,990 | 0.000 | 100% |
Fiji | 21 | 0.30 | 10 | 11 | 810,100 | 62,315 | 5,300 | 0.608 | 62% |
Finland | 23 | 0.33 | 12 | 11 | 5,102,260 | 300,133 | 4,500 | 0.148 | 74% |
France | 62 | 0.90 | 23 | 39 | 62,236,150 | 1,682,058 | 70,000 | 0.267 | 60% |
French Guiana | 15 | 0.22 | 12 | 3 | 68,490 | 6,226 | 800 | 0.450 | 73% |
French Polynesia | 11 | 0.16 | 9 | 2 | 192,790 | 19,279 | 3,400 | 0.596 | 91% |
Gabon | 43 | 0.62 | 42 | 1 | 1,275,110 | 31,100 | 6,000 | 0.762 | 95% |
Gambia | 23 | 0.33 | 10 | 13 | 1,372,890 | 68,644 | 11,500 | 0.780 | 87% |
Georgia | 25 | 0.36 | 13 | 12 | 6,183,840 | 257,660 | 20,000 | 0.582 | 96% |
Germany | 69 | 1.00 | 27 | 42 | 95,349,200 | 1,945,902 | 26,000 | 0.369 | 71% |
Ghana | 84 | 1.22 | 79 | 5 | 20,119,465 | 275,609 | 30,000 | 0.805 | 87% |
Gibraltar | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 6,200 | 3,100 | 2,900 | 0.498 | 67% |
Greece | 24 | 0.35 | 14 | 10 | 11,527,730 | 606,723 | 20,000 | 0.137 | 79% |
Greenland | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 55,630 | 27,815 | 7,830 | 0.242 | 100% |
Grenada | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 92,250 | 30,750 | 2,300 | 0.064 | 100% |
Guadeloupe | 4 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 449,500 | 112,375 | 7,300 | 0.084 | 100% |
Guam | 8 | 0.12 | 2 | 6 | 151,000 | 30,200 | 24,000 | 0.655 | 62% |
Guatemala | 53 | 0.77 | 53 | 0 | 9,120,012 | 175,385 | 30,000 | 0.690 | 98% |
Guinea | 38 | 0.55 | 34 | 4 | 6,729,390 | 210,293 | 13,000 | 0.754 | 84% |
Guinea-Bissau | 25 | 0.36 | 21 | 4 | 1,754,220 | 76,270 | 15,500 | 0.871 | 92% |
Guyana | 19 | 0.28 | 16 | 3 | 677,674 | 52,129 | 480 | 0.080 | 68% |
Haiti | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 6,960,600 | 3,480,300 | 600 | 0.000 | 100% |
Honduras | 13 | 0.19 | 10 | 3 | 5,763,760 | 480,313 | 990 | 0.056 | 92% |
Hungary | 17 | 0.25 | 9 | 8 | 9,637,050 | 741,312 | 3,390 | 0.018 | 76% |
Iceland | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 230,000 | 230,000 | 230,000 | ? | 50% |
India | 445 | 6.44 | 438 | 7 | 1,040,676,464 | 2,425,819 | 30,000 | 0.940 | 96% |
Indonesia | 722 | 10.45 | 719 | 3 | 222,699,476 | 314,992 | 3,390 | 0.816 | 98% |
Iran | 79 | 1.14 | 75 | 4 | 61,208,340 | 1,037,429 | 60,000 | 0.822 | 75% |
Iraq | 26 | 0.38 | 22 | 4 | 22,916,020 | 996,349 | 40,000 | 0.674 | 88% |
Ireland | 5 | 0.07 | 5 | 0 | 4,116,000 | 1,029,000 | 100,000 | 0.165 | 80% |
Israel | 48 | 0.69 | 33 | 15 | 8,672,085 | 216,802 | 45,000 | 0.665 | 83% |
Italy | 42 | 0.61 | 33 | 9 | 87,915,330 | 2,313,561 | 70,000 | 0.586 | 90% |
Jamaica | 7 | 0.10 | 3 | 4 | 2,685,000 | 671,250 | 5,000 | 0.011 | 57% |
Japan | 16 | 0.23 | 15 | 1 | 122,750,865 | 10,229,239 | 5,000 | 0.028 | 75% |
Jordan | 16 | 0.23 | 10 | 6 | 5,084,210 | 391,093 | 44,300 | 0.496 | 81% |
Kazakhstan | 43 | 0.62 | 8 | 35 | 15,119,240 | 431,978 | 22,900 | 0.699 | 81% |
Kenya | 74 | 1.07 | 69 | 5 | 27,872,508 | 456,926 | 121,000 | 0.877 | 82% |
Kiribati | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 59,290 | 19,763 | 500 | 0.033 | 100% |
Korea, North | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 0.000 | 100% |
Korea, South | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 42,063,600 | 21,031,800 | 63,600 | 0.003 | 50% |
Kuwait | 7 | 0.10 | 3 | 4 | 819,400 | 163,880 | 85,000 | 0.556 | 71% |
Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 0.46 | 3 | 29 | 5,062,800 | 187,511 | 14,000 | 0.670 | 84% |
Laos | 89 | 1.29 | 84 | 5 | 5,349,894 | 65,243 | 6,000 | 0.674 | 92% |
Latvia | 13 | 0.19 | 5 | 8 | 2,544,715 | 212,060 | 8,000 | 0.584 | 92% |
Lebanon | 9 | 0.13 | 6 | 3 | 4,266,900 | 533,362 | 18,000 | 0.161 | 89% |
Lesotho | 6 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 2,079,000 | 519,750 | 43,000 | 0.260 | 67% |
Liberia | 31 | 0.45 | 30 | 1 | 2,716,980 | 90,566 | 53,200 | 0.916 | 97% |
Libya | 32 | 0.46 | 9 | 23 | 5,733,770 | 197,716 | 12,200 | 0.500 | 91% |
Liechtenstein | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | 31,100 | 10,367 | 1,300 | 0.128 | 75% |
Lithuania | 12 | 0.17 | 4 | 8 | 3,684,730 | 368,473 | 5,100 | 0.341 | 83% |
Luxembourg | 6 | 0.09 | 3 | 3 | 363,400 | 60,567 | 13,100 | 0.489 | 100% |
Macedonia | 10 | 0.14 | 9 | 1 | 2,359,000 | 294,875 | 33,300 | 0.578 | 80% |
Madagascar | 20 | 0.29 | 17 | 3 | 15,237,000 | 846,500 | 330,000 | 0.721 | 90% |
Malawi | 24 | 0.35 | 16 | 8 | 10,389,500 | 611,147 | 70,000 | 0.525 | 71% |
Malaysia | 145 | 2.10 | 137 | 8 | 19,465,720 | 163,577 | 4,000 | 0.747 | 82% |
Maldives | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 357,400 | 178,700 | 1,400 | 0.008 | 100% |
Mali | 60 | 0.87 | 56 | 4 | 8,996,950 | 163,581 | 45,300 | 0.874 | 92% |
Malta | 4 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 420,400 | 140,133 | 118,000 | 0.412 | 75% |
Marshall Islands | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 43,900 | 43,900 | 43,900 | ? | 50% |
Martinique | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 427,330 | 142,443 | 9,000 | 0.043 | 100% |
Mauritania | 10 | 0.14 | 6 | 4 | 3,073,730 | 439,104 | 39,000 | 0.183 | 70% |
Mauritius | 13 | 0.19 | 6 | 7 | 1,357,840 | 123,440 | 31,000 | 0.587 | 85% |
Mayotte | 4 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 136,990 | 34,248 | 2,740 | 0.459 | 100% |
Mexico | 297 | 4.30 | 291 | 6 | 92,806,584 | 320,023 | 5,000 | 0.137 | 98% |
Micronesia | 19 | 0.28 | 18 | 1 | 117,600 | 6,533 | 1,630 | 0.772 | 95% |
Moldova | 13 | 0.19 | 5 | 8 | 4,395,860 | 488,429 | 138,000 | 0.590 | 69% |
Monaco | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 27,000 | 9,000 | 5,100 | 0.521 | 100% |
Mongolia | 15 | 0.22 | 13 | 2 | 2,871,300 | 287,130 | 27,000 | 0.332 | 67% |
Montenegro | 6 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 332,810 | 83,202 | 48,000 | 0.567 | 67% |
Montserrat | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 7,670 | 3,835 | 100 | 0.026 | 100% |
Morocco | 10 | 0.14 | 9 | 1 | 26,448,930 | 3,306,116 | 80,000 | 0.466 | 80% |
Mozambique | 53 | 0.77 | 43 | 10 | 19,326,700 | 371,667 | 90,000 | 0.932 | 98% |
Myanmar | 116 | 1.68 | 111 | 5 | 47,319,800 | 450,665 | 20,000 | 0.535 | 91% |
Namibia | 37 | 0.54 | 28 | 9 | 2,112,460 | 58,679 | 9,540 | 0.810 | 97% |
Nauru | 9 | 0.13 | 3 | 6 | 10,010 | 1,668 | 710 | 0.596 | 67% |
Nepal | 127 | 1.84 | 124 | 3 | 22,828,857 | 193,465 | 7,500 | 0.737 | 93% |
Netherlands | 38 | 0.55 | 15 | 23 | 19,520,120 | 848,701 | 45,000 | 0.291 | 61% |
Netherlands Antilles | 7 | 0.10 | 4 | 3 | 212,200 | 30,314 | 4,000 | 0.281 | 100% |
New Caledonia | 41 | 0.59 | 39 | 2 | 147,467 | 3,597 | 950 | 0.834 | 100% |
New Zealand | 22 | 0.32 | 4 | 18 | 3,398,100 | 226,540 | 3,970 | 0.107 | 68% |
Nicaragua | 7 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 4,540,724 | 908,145 | 30,000 | 0.081 | 71% |
Niger | 21 | 0.30 | 21 | 0 | 10,010,900 | 476,710 | 30,000 | 0.640 | 100% |
Nigeria | 521 | 7.54 | 514 | 7 | 89,618,571 | 188,274 | 12,000 | 0.869 | 91% |
Niue | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 2,108 | 1,054 | 78 | 0.071 | 67% |
Norfolk Island | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 2,080 | 1,040 | 400 | 0.311 | 100% |
Northern Mariana Islands | 7 | 0.10 | 4 | 3 | 26,800 | 6,700 | 4,400 | 0.642 | 57% |
Norway | 20 | 0.29 | 10 | 10 | 4,818,670 | 321,245 | 6,000 | 0.072 | 75% |
Oman | 21 | 0.30 | 15 | 6 | 1,553,400 | 97,088 | 22,000 | 0.693 | 76% |
Pakistan | 77 | 1.11 | 72 | 5 | 137,480,330 | 2,051,945 | 50,000 | 0.762 | 87% |
Palau | 5 | 0.07 | 4 | 1 | 15,422 | 5,141 | 600 | 0.078 | 60% |
Palestinian West Bank and Gaza | 6 | 0.09 | 4 | 2 | 1,812,000 | 453,000 | 10,000 | 0.208 | 67% |
Panama | 18 | 0.26 | 14 | 4 | 2,580,043 | 198,465 | 3,000 | 0.324 | 72% |
Papua New Guinea | 830 | 12.01 | 830 | 0 | 3,833,255 | 4,624 | 1,200 | 0.990 | 100% |
Paraguay | 27 | 0.39 | 20 | 7 | 5,839,140 | 224,582 | 6,810 | 0.352 | 96% |
Peru | 93 | 1.35 | 92 | 1 | 25,681,710 | 282,217 | 5,500 | 0.388 | 98% |
Philippines | 181 | 2.62 | 171 | 10 | 100,221,395 | 575,985 | 18,000 | 0.855 | 96% |
Pitcairn | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 36 | ? | 50% |
Poland | 20 | 0.29 | 14 | 6 | 37,827,910 | 2,521,861 | 38,000 | 0.064 | 75% |
Portugal | 9 | 0.13 | 8 | 1 | 10,112,000 | 1,264,000 | 15,000 | 0.022 | 89% |
Puerto Rico | 13 | 0.19 | 3 | 10 | 3,546,270 | 506,610 | 1,560 | 0.058 | 54% |
Qatar | 6 | 0.09 | 3 | 3 | 205,700 | 41,140 | 20,000 | 0.608 | 83% |
Réunion | 9 | 0.13 | 3 | 6 | 574,400 | 82,057 | 3,000 | 0.066 | 78% |
Romania | 23 | 0.33 | 15 | 8 | 21,668,300 | 1,140,437 | 22,000 | 0.169 | 83% |
Russian Federation | 135 | 1.95 | 100 | 35 | 142,089,904 | 1,084,656 | 12,200 | 0.331 | 97% |
Rwanda | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 6,503,000 | 2,167,667 | 10,700 | 0.004 | 60% |
Saint Helena | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 0.000 | 100% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 39,200 | 19,600 | 200 | 0.010 | 100% |
Saint Lucia | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 159,600 | 79,800 | 1,600 | 0.020 | 100% |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 5,500 | 1,833 | 200 | 0.134 | 100% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 138,600 | 46,200 | 400 | 0.009 | 100% |
Samoa | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 199,200 | 99,600 | 200 | 0.002 | 100% |
San Marino | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 45,100 | 22,550 | 20,100 | 0.494 | 100% |
São Tomé e Príncipe | 5 | 0.07 | 4 | 1 | 91,480 | 18,296 | 5,000 | 0.390 | 100% |
Saudi Arabia | 20 | 0.29 | 5 | 15 | 16,140,720 | 896,707 | 66,000 | 0.613 | 90% |
Senegal | 46 | 0.67 | 37 | 9 | 10,557,840 | 234,619 | 16,100 | 0.775 | 98% |
Serbia | 21 | 0.30 | 14 | 7 | 7,885,960 | 415,051 | 80,000 | 0.626 | 90% |
Seychelles | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 75,280 | 25,093 | 1,600 | 0.067 | 100% |
Sierra Leone | 26 | 0.38 | 24 | 2 | 4,885,380 | 203,558 | 40,000 | 0.822 | 92% |
Singapore | 31 | 0.45 | 21 | 10 | 3,060,430 | 117,709 | 9,500 | 0.773 | 84% |
Slovakia | 13 | 0.19 | 10 | 3 | 5,311,080 | 482,825 | 10,800 | 0.237 | 85% |
Slovenia | 10 | 0.14 | 4 | 6 | 1,911,260 | 238,908 | 4,020 | 0.174 | 80% |
Solomon Islands | 71 | 1.03 | 71 | 0 | 368,786 | 5,268 | 2,770 | 0.967 | 99% |
Somalia | 15 | 0.22 | 13 | 2 | 10,590,659 | 882,555 | 23,000 | 0.349 | 80% |
South Africa | 40 | 0.58 | 24 | 16 | 44,645,309 | 1,240,147 | 18,000 | 0.874 | 90% |
Spain | 21 | 0.30 | 14 | 7 | 43,551,910 | 3,110,851 | 25,000 | 0.509 | 67% |
Sri Lanka | 7 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 19,326,330 | 3,221,055 | 10,000 | 0.319 | 86% |
Sudan | 134 | 1.94 | 133 | 1 | 22,325,960 | 197,575 | 15,000 | 0.543 | 84% |
Suriname | 20 | 0.29 | 16 | 4 | 629,365 | 41,958 | 7,010 | 0.788 | 75% |
Swaziland | 8 | 0.12 | 5 | 3 | 1,106,500 | 138,312 | 7,500 | 0.210 | 100% |
Sweden | 30 | 0.43 | 12 | 18 | 8,558,850 | 356,619 | 4,000 | 0.145 | 80% |
Switzerland | 26 | 0.38 | 12 | 14 | 7,548,830 | 471,802 | 53,000 | 0.577 | 62% |
Syria | 22 | 0.32 | 16 | 6 | 13,170,010 | 693,158 | 53,000 | 0.527 | 86% |
Taiwan | 28 | 0.41 | 22 | 6 | 22,073,704 | 1,003,350 | 4,750 | 0.488 | 79% |
Tajikistan | 33 | 0.48 | 12 | 21 | 4,823,660 | 178,654 | 7,000 | 0.485 | 82% |
Tanzania | 129 | 1.87 | 128 | 1 | 28,383,210 | 240,536 | 87,800 | 0.947 | 91% |
Thailand | 85 | 1.23 | 74 | 11 | 51,668,997 | 807,328 | 18,000 | 0.740 | 75% |
Togo | 43 | 0.62 | 39 | 4 | 3,978,800 | 104,705 | 40,000 | 0.897 | 88% |
Tokelau | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 1,450 | 725 | 40 | 0.054 | 100% |
Tonga | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 96,990 | 48,495 | 690 | 0.014 | 67% |
Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 0.10 | 6 | 1 | 74,300 | 10,614 | 4,100 | 0.696 | 100% |
Tunisia | 10 | 0.14 | 6 | 4 | 9,052,500 | 1,131,562 | 3,000 | 0.012 | 80% |
Turkey | 45 | 0.65 | 34 | 11 | 55,574,680 | 1,543,741 | 20,000 | 0.300 | 80% |
Turkmenistan | 27 | 0.39 | 4 | 23 | 4,419,690 | 176,788 | 5,290 | 0.386 | 93% |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 11,620 | 5,810 | 920 | 0.146 | 67% |
Tuvalu | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 11,570 | 5,785 | 870 | 0.139 | 100% |
Uganda | 45 | 0.65 | 43 | 2 | 23,692,900 | 550,998 | 260,000 | 0.928 | 96% |
Ukraine | 42 | 0.61 | 13 | 29 | 46,609,190 | 1,370,859 | 21,000 | 0.495 | 81% |
United Arab Emirates | 36 | 0.52 | 7 | 29 | 1,773,670 | 65,691 | 5,000 | 0.777 | 75% |
United Kingdom | 56 | 0.81 | 12 | 44 | 62,408,140 | 1,356,699 | 29,000 | 0.133 | 82% |
United States | 364 | 5.27 | 176 | 188 | 262,728,296 | 855,792 | 1,100 | 0.319 | 84% |
United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 0.07 | 2 | 3 | 66,150 | 13,230 | 4,440 | 0.354 | 100% |
Uruguay | 12 | 0.17 | 2 | 10 | 3,150,200 | 525,033 | 28,000 | 0.092 | 50% |
Uzbekistan | 39 | 0.56 | 8 | 31 | 21,988,220 | 646,712 | 29,000 | 0.427 | 87% |
Vanuatu | 114 | 1.65 | 108 | 6 | 188,549 | 1,683 | 700 | 0.974 | 98% |
Vatican State | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 0.000 | 100% |
Venezuela | 47 | 0.68 | 40 | 7 | 22,068,213 | 565,852 | 2,000 | 0.051 | 83% |
Viet Nam | 108 | 1.56 | 106 | 2 | 75,650,099 | 804,788 | 13,500 | 0.242 | 87% |
Wallis and Futuna | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 13,340 | 4,447 | 3,600 | 0.407 | 100% |
Yemen | 14 | 0.20 | 10 | 4 | 15,720,600 | 1,572,060 | 70,600 | 0.579 | 71% |
Zambia | 50 | 0.72 | 43 | 7 | 10,913,380 | 242,520 | 54,400 | 0.878 | 90% |
Zimbabwe | 22 | 0.32 | 19 | 3 | 15,712,470 | 924,263 | 137,000 | 0.518 | 77% |
Table 7. Linguistic diversity of countries (from highest to lowest)
Country | Diversity | Living languages | Number of speakers | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index | Coverage | Total | Percent | Indigenous | Immigrant | Count | Mean | Median | |
Papua New Guinea | 0.990 | 100% | 830 | 12.01 | 830 | 0 | 3,833,255 | 4,624 | 1,200 |
Vanuatu | 0.974 | 98% | 114 | 1.65 | 108 | 6 | 188,549 | 1,683 | 700 |
Solomon Islands | 0.967 | 99% | 71 | 1.03 | 71 | 0 | 368,786 | 5,268 | 2,770 |
Central African Republic | 0.959 | 91% | 82 | 1.19 | 71 | 11 | 3,478,795 | 46,384 | 15,000 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.948 | 93% | 217 | 3.14 | 215 | 2 | 40,099,030 | 199,498 | 26,000 |
Tanzania | 0.947 | 91% | 129 | 1.87 | 128 | 1 | 28,383,210 | 240,536 | 87,800 |
Cameroon | 0.946 | 96% | 279 | 4.04 | 278 | 1 | 10,751,460 | 39,968 | 8,500 |
Chad | 0.944 | 91% | 133 | 1.93 | 131 | 2 | 6,573,351 | 54,325 | 12,000 |
India | 0.940 | 96% | 445 | 6.44 | 438 | 7 | 1,040,676,464 | 2,425,819 | 30,000 |
Mozambique | 0.932 | 98% | 53 | 0.77 | 43 | 10 | 19,326,700 | 371,667 | 90,000 |
Uganda | 0.928 | 96% | 45 | 0.65 | 43 | 2 | 23,692,900 | 550,998 | 260,000 |
Benin | 0.921 | 96% | 56 | 0.81 | 54 | 2 | 6,743,340 | 124,877 | 62,000 |
Côte d’Ivoire | 0.917 | 86% | 93 | 1.35 | 77 | 16 | 9,220,990 | 115,262 | 26,400 |
Liberia | 0.916 | 97% | 31 | 0.45 | 30 | 1 | 2,716,980 | 90,566 | 53,200 |
East Timor | 0.897 | 95% | 19 | 0.28 | 19 | 0 | 531,510 | 29,528 | 20,000 |
Togo | 0.897 | 88% | 43 | 0.62 | 39 | 4 | 3,978,800 | 104,705 | 40,000 |
Bhutan | 0.884 | 94% | 35 | 0.51 | 25 | 10 | 1,134,500 | 34,379 | 8,200 |
Zambia | 0.878 | 90% | 50 | 0.72 | 43 | 7 | 10,913,380 | 242,520 | 54,400 |
Kenya | 0.877 | 82% | 74 | 1.07 | 69 | 5 | 27,872,508 | 456,926 | 121,000 |
Mali | 0.874 | 92% | 60 | 0.87 | 56 | 4 | 8,996,950 | 163,581 | 45,300 |
South Africa | 0.874 | 90% | 40 | 0.58 | 24 | 16 | 44,645,309 | 1,240,147 | 18,000 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0.871 | 92% | 25 | 0.36 | 21 | 4 | 1,754,220 | 76,270 | 15,500 |
Nigeria | 0.869 | 91% | 521 | 7.54 | 514 | 7 | 89,618,571 | 188,274 | 12,000 |
Ethiopia | 0.864 | 95% | 88 | 1.27 | 85 | 3 | 58,433,608 | 695,638 | 32,100 |
Philippines | 0.855 | 96% | 181 | 2.62 | 171 | 10 | 100,221,395 | 575,985 | 18,000 |
Congo | 0.836 | 94% | 66 | 0.96 | 62 | 4 | 3,942,950 | 63,596 | 9,600 |
New Caledonia | 0.834 | 100% | 41 | 0.59 | 39 | 2 | 147,467 | 3,597 | 950 |
Iran | 0.822 | 75% | 79 | 1.14 | 75 | 4 | 61,208,340 | 1,037,429 | 60,000 |
Sierra Leone | 0.822 | 92% | 26 | 0.38 | 24 | 2 | 4,885,380 | 203,558 | 40,000 |
Indonesia | 0.816 | 98% | 722 | 10.45 | 719 | 3 | 222,699,476 | 314,992 | 3,390 |
Angola | 0.813 | 98% | 41 | 0.59 | 41 | 0 | 12,042,130 | 301,053 | 39,400 |
Namibia | 0.810 | 97% | 37 | 0.54 | 28 | 9 | 2,112,460 | 58,679 | 9,540 |
Ghana | 0.805 | 87% | 84 | 1.22 | 79 | 5 | 20,119,465 | 275,609 | 30,000 |
Suriname | 0.788 | 75% | 20 | 0.29 | 16 | 4 | 629,365 | 41,958 | 7,010 |
Gambia | 0.780 | 87% | 23 | 0.33 | 10 | 13 | 1,372,890 | 68,644 | 11,500 |
United Arab Emirates | 0.777 | 75% | 36 | 0.52 | 7 | 29 | 1,773,670 | 65,691 | 5,000 |
Senegal | 0.775 | 98% | 46 | 0.67 | 37 | 9 | 10,557,840 | 234,619 | 16,100 |
Burkina Faso | 0.773 | 93% | 70 | 1.01 | 68 | 2 | 11,025,870 | 169,629 | 24,000 |
Singapore | 0.773 | 84% | 31 | 0.45 | 21 | 10 | 3,060,430 | 117,709 | 9,500 |
Micronesia | 0.772 | 95% | 19 | 0.28 | 18 | 1 | 117,600 | 6,533 | 1,630 |
Belize | 0.769 | 100% | 12 | 0.17 | 8 | 4 | 289,450 | 24,121 | 8,460 |
Gabon | 0.762 | 95% | 43 | 0.62 | 42 | 1 | 1,275,110 | 31,100 | 6,000 |
Pakistan | 0.762 | 87% | 77 | 1.11 | 72 | 5 | 137,480,330 | 2,051,945 | 50,000 |
Guinea | 0.754 | 84% | 38 | 0.55 | 34 | 4 | 6,729,390 | 210,293 | 13,000 |
Belgium | 0.747 | 72% | 29 | 0.42 | 10 | 19 | 17,240,500 | 820,976 | 63,600 |
Malaysia | 0.747 | 82% | 145 | 2.10 | 137 | 8 | 19,465,720 | 163,577 | 4,000 |
Afghanistan | 0.741 | 90% | 52 | 0.75 | 48 | 4 | 12,164,970 | 258,829 | 4,000 |
Thailand | 0.740 | 75% | 85 | 1.23 | 74 | 11 | 51,668,997 | 807,328 | 18,000 |
Nepal | 0.737 | 93% | 127 | 1.84 | 124 | 3 | 22,828,857 | 193,465 | 7,500 |
Madagascar | 0.721 | 90% | 20 | 0.29 | 17 | 3 | 15,237,000 | 846,500 | 330,000 |
Kazakhstan | 0.699 | 81% | 43 | 0.62 | 8 | 35 | 15,119,240 | 431,978 | 22,900 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0.696 | 100% | 7 | 0.10 | 6 | 1 | 74,300 | 10,614 | 4,100 |
Oman | 0.693 | 76% | 21 | 0.30 | 15 | 6 | 1,553,400 | 97,088 | 22,000 |
Guatemala | 0.690 | 98% | 53 | 0.77 | 53 | 0 | 9,120,012 | 175,385 | 30,000 |
Bolivia | 0.681 | 93% | 41 | 0.59 | 37 | 4 | 8,501,091 | 223,713 | 1,300 |
Iraq | 0.674 | 88% | 26 | 0.38 | 22 | 4 | 22,916,020 | 996,349 | 40,000 |
Laos | 0.674 | 92% | 89 | 1.29 | 84 | 5 | 5,349,894 | 65,243 | 6,000 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0.670 | 84% | 32 | 0.46 | 3 | 29 | 5,062,800 | 187,511 | 14,000 |
Israel | 0.665 | 83% | 48 | 0.69 | 33 | 15 | 8,672,085 | 216,802 | 45,000 |
Bahrain | 0.663 | 75% | 12 | 0.17 | 3 | 9 | 557,600 | 61,956 | 25,000 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.659 | 75% | 8 | 0.12 | 4 | 4 | 4,223,000 | 703,833 | 400,000 |
Guam | 0.655 | 62% | 8 | 0.12 | 2 | 6 | 151,000 | 30,200 | 24,000 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 0.642 | 57% | 7 | 0.10 | 4 | 3 | 26,800 | 6,700 | 4,400 |
Niger | 0.640 | 100% | 21 | 0.30 | 21 | 0 | 10,010,900 | 476,710 | 30,000 |
Eritrea | 0.627 | 61% | 18 | 0.26 | 12 | 6 | 4,540,300 | 412,755 | 100,000 |
Serbia | 0.626 | 90% | 21 | 0.30 | 14 | 7 | 7,885,960 | 415,051 | 80,000 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.613 | 90% | 20 | 0.29 | 5 | 15 | 16,140,720 | 896,707 | 66,000 |
Fiji | 0.608 | 62% | 21 | 0.30 | 10 | 11 | 810,100 | 62,315 | 5,300 |
Qatar | 0.608 | 83% | 6 | 0.09 | 3 | 3 | 205,700 | 41,140 | 20,000 |
Cook Islands | 0.602 | 100% | 6 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 12,440 | 2,073 | 840 |
Canada | 0.599 | 90% | 169 | 2.45 | 86 | 83 | 33,399,367 | 219,733 | 6,330 |
French Polynesia | 0.596 | 91% | 11 | 0.16 | 9 | 2 | 192,790 | 19,279 | 3,400 |
Nauru | 0.596 | 67% | 9 | 0.13 | 3 | 6 | 10,010 | 1,668 | 710 |
Moldova | 0.590 | 69% | 13 | 0.19 | 5 | 8 | 4,395,860 | 488,429 | 138,000 |
Mauritius | 0.587 | 85% | 13 | 0.19 | 6 | 7 | 1,357,840 | 123,440 | 31,000 |
Italy | 0.586 | 90% | 42 | 0.61 | 33 | 9 | 87,915,330 | 2,313,561 | 70,000 |
Brunei | 0.585 | 82% | 17 | 0.25 | 15 | 2 | 343,195 | 24,514 | 7,060 |
Latvia | 0.584 | 92% | 13 | 0.19 | 5 | 8 | 2,544,715 | 212,060 | 8,000 |
Georgia | 0.582 | 96% | 25 | 0.36 | 13 | 12 | 6,183,840 | 257,660 | 20,000 |
Yemen | 0.579 | 71% | 14 | 0.20 | 10 | 4 | 15,720,600 | 1,572,060 | 70,600 |
Macedonia | 0.578 | 80% | 10 | 0.14 | 9 | 1 | 2,359,000 | 294,875 | 33,300 |
Albania | 0.577 | 100% | 7 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 5,277,000 | 753,857 | 150,000 |
Switzerland | 0.577 | 62% | 26 | 0.38 | 12 | 14 | 7,548,830 | 471,802 | 53,000 |
Andorra | 0.574 | 100% | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 60,870 | 12,174 | 2,400 |
Djibouti | 0.571 | 90% | 10 | 0.14 | 5 | 5 | 484,900 | 53,878 | 10,200 |
Montenegro | 0.567 | 67% | 6 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 332,810 | 83,202 | 48,000 |
Kuwait | 0.556 | 71% | 7 | 0.10 | 3 | 4 | 819,400 | 163,880 | 85,000 |
Cayman Islands | 0.547 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 43,010 | 14,337 | 20,000 |
Comoros | 0.545 | 86% | 7 | 0.10 | 6 | 1 | 594,100 | 99,017 | 1,700 |
Sudan | 0.543 | 84% | 134 | 1.94 | 133 | 1 | 22,325,960 | 197,575 | 15,000 |
Egypt | 0.536 | 89% | 27 | 0.39 | 11 | 16 | 82,130,100 | 3,422,088 | 116,000 |
Austria | 0.535 | 80% | 20 | 0.29 | 9 | 11 | 15,049,070 | 940,567 | 18,000 |
Myanmar | 0.535 | 91% | 116 | 1.68 | 111 | 5 | 47,319,800 | 450,665 | 20,000 |
Syria | 0.527 | 86% | 22 | 0.32 | 16 | 6 | 13,170,010 | 693,158 | 53,000 |
Malawi | 0.525 | 71% | 24 | 0.35 | 16 | 8 | 10,389,500 | 611,147 | 70,000 |
Monaco | 0.521 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 27,000 | 9,000 | 5,100 |
Zimbabwe | 0.518 | 77% | 22 | 0.32 | 19 | 3 | 15,712,470 | 924,263 | 137,000 |
Botswana | 0.512 | 95% | 40 | 0.58 | 29 | 11 | 1,551,320 | 40,824 | 5,000 |
China | 0.509 | 98% | 296 | 4.28 | 292 | 4 | 1,211,179,642 | 4,190,933 | 28,000 |
Spain | 0.509 | 67% | 21 | 0.30 | 14 | 7 | 43,551,910 | 3,110,851 | 25,000 |
Libya | 0.500 | 91% | 32 | 0.46 | 9 | 23 | 5,733,770 | 197,716 | 12,200 |
Gibraltar | 0.498 | 67% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 6,200 | 3,100 | 2,900 |
Jordan | 0.496 | 81% | 16 | 0.23 | 10 | 6 | 5,084,210 | 391,093 | 44,300 |
Ukraine | 0.495 | 81% | 42 | 0.61 | 13 | 29 | 46,609,190 | 1,370,859 | 21,000 |
San Marino | 0.494 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 45,100 | 22,550 | 20,100 |
Luxembourg | 0.489 | 100% | 6 | 0.09 | 3 | 3 | 363,400 | 60,567 | 13,100 |
Taiwan | 0.488 | 79% | 28 | 0.41 | 22 | 6 | 22,073,704 | 1,003,350 | 4,750 |
Tajikistan | 0.485 | 82% | 33 | 0.48 | 12 | 21 | 4,823,660 | 178,654 | 7,000 |
Morocco | 0.466 | 80% | 10 | 0.14 | 9 | 1 | 26,448,930 | 3,306,116 | 80,000 |
Mayotte | 0.459 | 100% | 4 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 136,990 | 34,248 | 2,740 |
Azerbaijan | 0.455 | 94% | 34 | 0.49 | 16 | 18 | 8,385,510 | 262,047 | 5,210 |
Estonia | 0.454 | 94% | 18 | 0.26 | 2 | 16 | 1,402,170 | 82,481 | 1,390 |
French Guiana | 0.450 | 73% | 15 | 0.22 | 12 | 3 | 68,490 | 6,226 | 800 |
Uzbekistan | 0.427 | 87% | 39 | 0.56 | 8 | 31 | 21,988,220 | 646,712 | 29,000 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0.417 | 93% | 14 | 0.20 | 14 | 0 | 393,439 | 30,265 | 5,000 |
Malta | 0.412 | 75% | 4 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 420,400 | 140,133 | 118,000 |
Wallis and Futuna | 0.407 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 13,340 | 4,447 | 3,600 |
Belarus | 0.397 | 82% | 11 | 0.16 | 2 | 9 | 8,800,600 | 977,844 | 231,000 |
São Tomé e Príncipe | 0.390 | 100% | 5 | 0.07 | 4 | 1 | 91,480 | 18,296 | 5,000 |
Peru | 0.388 | 98% | 93 | 1.35 | 92 | 1 | 25,681,710 | 282,217 | 5,500 |
Aruba | 0.387 | 80% | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 77,990 | 19,498 | 5,290 |
Bangladesh | 0.387 | 93% | 46 | 0.67 | 42 | 4 | 142,283,460 | 3,308,918 | 21,600 |
Bahamas | 0.386 | 100% | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 295,100 | 73,775 | 20,000 |
Turkmenistan | 0.386 | 93% | 27 | 0.39 | 4 | 23 | 4,419,690 | 176,788 | 5,290 |
Germany | 0.369 | 71% | 69 | 1.00 | 27 | 42 | 95,349,200 | 1,945,902 | 26,000 |
United States Virgin Islands | 0.354 | 100% | 5 | 0.07 | 2 | 3 | 66,150 | 13,230 | 4,440 |
Paraguay | 0.352 | 96% | 27 | 0.39 | 20 | 7 | 5,839,140 | 224,582 | 6,810 |
Somalia | 0.349 | 80% | 15 | 0.22 | 13 | 2 | 10,590,659 | 882,555 | 23,000 |
Lithuania | 0.341 | 83% | 12 | 0.17 | 4 | 8 | 3,684,730 | 368,473 | 5,100 |
Mongolia | 0.332 | 67% | 15 | 0.22 | 13 | 2 | 2,871,300 | 287,130 | 27,000 |
Cyprus | 0.331 | 67% | 6 | 0.09 | 4 | 2 | 870,040 | 217,510 | 2,740 |
Russian Federation | 0.331 | 97% | 135 | 1.95 | 100 | 35 | 142,089,904 | 1,084,656 | 12,200 |
Panama | 0.324 | 72% | 18 | 0.26 | 14 | 4 | 2,580,043 | 198,465 | 3,000 |
Sri Lanka | 0.319 | 86% | 7 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 19,326,330 | 3,221,055 | 10,000 |
United States | 0.319 | 84% | 364 | 5.27 | 176 | 188 | 262,728,296 | 855,792 | 1,100 |
Algeria | 0.317 | 64% | 22 | 0.32 | 18 | 4 | 24,934,100 | 1,781,007 | 70,000 |
Dominica | 0.313 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 52,800 | 17,600 | 10,000 |
Norfolk Island | 0.311 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 2,080 | 1,040 | 400 |
Turkey | 0.300 | 80% | 45 | 0.65 | 34 | 11 | 55,574,680 | 1,543,741 | 20,000 |
Netherlands | 0.291 | 61% | 38 | 0.55 | 15 | 23 | 19,520,120 | 848,701 | 45,000 |
Netherlands Antilles | 0.281 | 100% | 7 | 0.10 | 4 | 3 | 212,200 | 30,314 | 4,000 |
Ecuador | 0.267 | 96% | 25 | 0.36 | 23 | 2 | 11,167,601 | 465,317 | 8,000 |
France | 0.267 | 60% | 62 | 0.90 | 23 | 39 | 62,236,150 | 1,682,058 | 70,000 |
Bulgaria | 0.263 | 88% | 16 | 0.23 | 11 | 5 | 9,362,100 | 668,721 | 11,000 |
Lesotho | 0.260 | 67% | 6 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 2,079,000 | 519,750 | 43,000 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.248 | 100% | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 78,000 | 19,500 | 1,600 |
Greenland | 0.242 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 55,630 | 27,815 | 7,830 |
Viet Nam | 0.242 | 87% | 108 | 1.56 | 106 | 2 | 75,650,099 | 804,788 | 13,500 |
Slovakia | 0.237 | 85% | 13 | 0.19 | 10 | 3 | 5,311,080 | 482,825 | 10,800 |
Argentina | 0.233 | 88% | 40 | 0.58 | 25 | 15 | 37,755,711 | 1,078,735 | 15,000 |
Croatia | 0.211 | 95% | 22 | 0.32 | 7 | 15 | 4,488,450 | 213,736 | 4,710 |
Swaziland | 0.210 | 100% | 8 | 0.12 | 5 | 3 | 1,106,500 | 138,312 | 7,500 |
Palestinian West Bank and Gaza | 0.208 | 67% | 6 | 0.09 | 4 | 2 | 1,812,000 | 453,000 | 10,000 |
Mauritania | 0.183 | 70% | 10 | 0.14 | 6 | 4 | 3,073,730 | 439,104 | 39,000 |
Slovenia | 0.174 | 80% | 10 | 0.14 | 4 | 6 | 1,911,260 | 238,908 | 4,020 |
Cambodia | 0.169 | 88% | 25 | 0.36 | 23 | 2 | 13,511,970 | 614,180 | 6,060 |
Romania | 0.169 | 83% | 23 | 0.33 | 15 | 8 | 21,668,300 | 1,140,437 | 22,000 |
British Virgin Islands | 0.167 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 21,700 | 10,850 | 2,000 |
Ireland | 0.165 | 80% | 5 | 0.07 | 5 | 0 | 4,116,000 | 1,029,000 | 100,000 |
Lebanon | 0.161 | 89% | 9 | 0.13 | 6 | 3 | 4,266,900 | 533,362 | 18,000 |
Armenia | 0.159 | 92% | 12 | 0.17 | 7 | 5 | 3,431,030 | 311,912 | 3,500 |
Finland | 0.148 | 74% | 23 | 0.33 | 12 | 11 | 5,102,260 | 300,133 | 4,500 |
Czech Republic | 0.146 | 95% | 20 | 0.29 | 10 | 10 | 10,019,810 | 527,358 | 10,900 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.146 | 67% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 11,620 | 5,810 | 920 |
Sweden | 0.145 | 80% | 30 | 0.43 | 12 | 18 | 8,558,850 | 356,619 | 4,000 |
Anguilla | 0.141 | 67% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 12,450 | 6,225 | 950 |
Tuvalu | 0.139 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 11,570 | 5,785 | 870 |
Greece | 0.137 | 79% | 24 | 0.35 | 14 | 10 | 11,527,730 | 606,723 | 20,000 |
Mexico | 0.137 | 98% | 297 | 4.30 | 291 | 6 | 92,806,584 | 320,023 | 5,000 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.134 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 5,500 | 1,833 | 200 |
United Kingdom | 0.133 | 82% | 56 | 0.81 | 12 | 44 | 62,408,140 | 1,356,699 | 29,000 |
Liechtenstein | 0.128 | 75% | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | 31,100 | 10,367 | 1,300 |
Australia | 0.124 | 86% | 207 | 3.00 | 161 | 46 | 18,595,570 | 103,886 | 50 |
American Samoa | 0.116 | 83% | 6 | 0.09 | 2 | 4 | 60,350 | 12,070 | 1,250 |
New Zealand | 0.107 | 68% | 22 | 0.32 | 4 | 18 | 3,398,100 | 226,540 | 3,970 |
Brazil | 0.103 | 91% | 193 | 2.79 | 181 | 12 | 172,228,296 | 984,162 | 330 |
Uruguay | 0.092 | 50% | 12 | 0.17 | 2 | 10 | 3,150,200 | 525,033 | 28,000 |
Barbados | 0.091 | 67% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 272,000 | 136,000 | 13,000 |
Guadeloupe | 0.084 | 100% | 4 | 0.06 | 4 | 0 | 449,500 | 112,375 | 7,300 |
Bermuda | 0.081 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 61,410 | 30,705 | 2,610 |
Nicaragua | 0.081 | 71% | 7 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | 4,540,724 | 908,145 | 30,000 |
Guyana | 0.080 | 68% | 19 | 0.28 | 16 | 3 | 677,674 | 52,129 | 480 |
Palau | 0.078 | 60% | 5 | 0.07 | 4 | 1 | 15,422 | 5,141 | 600 |
Norway | 0.072 | 75% | 20 | 0.29 | 10 | 10 | 4,818,670 | 321,245 | 6,000 |
Niue | 0.071 | 67% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 2,108 | 1,054 | 78 |
Cape Verde Islands | 0.070 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 408,800 | 204,400 | 14,800 |
Seychelles | 0.067 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 75,280 | 25,093 | 1,600 |
Réunion | 0.066 | 78% | 9 | 0.13 | 3 | 6 | 574,400 | 82,057 | 3,000 |
Grenada | 0.064 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 92,250 | 30,750 | 2,300 |
Poland | 0.064 | 75% | 20 | 0.29 | 14 | 6 | 37,827,910 | 2,521,861 | 38,000 |
Puerto Rico | 0.058 | 54% | 13 | 0.19 | 3 | 10 | 3,546,270 | 506,610 | 1,560 |
Honduras | 0.056 | 92% | 13 | 0.19 | 10 | 3 | 5,763,760 | 480,313 | 990 |
Denmark | 0.055 | 77% | 13 | 0.19 | 7 | 6 | 5,606,300 | 560,630 | 10,000 |
Tokelau | 0.054 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 1,450 | 725 | 40 |
Dominican Republic | 0.053 | 75% | 8 | 0.12 | 4 | 4 | 7,083,500 | 1,180,583 | 8,000 |
Venezuela | 0.051 | 83% | 47 | 0.68 | 40 | 7 | 22,068,213 | 565,852 | 2,000 |
Costa Rica | 0.050 | 77% | 13 | 0.19 | 10 | 3 | 3,385,390 | 338,539 | 4,500 |
Martinique | 0.043 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 427,330 | 142,443 | 9,000 |
Chile | 0.035 | 56% | 16 | 0.23 | 9 | 7 | 14,049,503 | 1,561,056 | 3,390 |
Colombia | 0.034 | 93% | 83 | 1.20 | 80 | 3 | 34,596,247 | 449,302 | 1,500 |
Kiribati | 0.033 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 59,290 | 19,763 | 500 |
Japan | 0.028 | 75% | 16 | 0.23 | 15 | 1 | 122,750,865 | 10,229,239 | 5,000 |
Montserrat | 0.026 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 7,670 | 3,835 | 100 |
Portugal | 0.022 | 89% | 9 | 0.13 | 8 | 1 | 10,112,000 | 1,264,000 | 15,000 |
Saint Lucia | 0.020 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 159,600 | 79,800 | 1,600 |
Hungary | 0.018 | 76% | 17 | 0.25 | 9 | 8 | 9,637,050 | 741,312 | 3,390 |
Tonga | 0.014 | 67% | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 96,990 | 48,495 | 690 |
Tunisia | 0.012 | 80% | 10 | 0.14 | 6 | 4 | 9,052,500 | 1,131,562 | 3,000 |
Jamaica | 0.011 | 57% | 7 | 0.10 | 3 | 4 | 2,685,000 | 671,250 | 5,000 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.010 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 39,200 | 19,600 | 200 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.009 | 100% | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 138,600 | 46,200 | 400 |
Maldives | 0.008 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 357,400 | 178,700 | 1,400 |
Burundi | 0.004 | 100% | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 1 | 4,609,460 | 1,152,365 | 2,200 |
El Salvador | 0.004 | 71% | 7 | 0.10 | 5 | 2 | 5,912,830 | 1,182,566 | 500 |
Rwanda | 0.004 | 60% | 5 | 0.07 | 3 | 2 | 6,503,000 | 2,167,667 | 10,700 |
Korea, South | 0.003 | 50% | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 42,063,600 | 21,031,800 | 63,600 |
Samoa | 0.002 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 199,200 | 99,600 | 200 |
Cuba | 0.001 | 50% | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 2 | 10,003,500 | 5,001,750 | 3,500 |
Haiti | 0.000 | 100% | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 6,960,600 | 3,480,300 | 600 |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 0.000 | 100% | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
Falkland Islands | 0.000 | 100% | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 1,990 | 1,990 | 1,990 |
Korea, North | 0.000 | 100% | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
Saint Helena | 0.000 | 100% | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 5,400 |
Vatican State | 0.000 | 100% | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Part of the Ethnologue, 16th Edition, M. Paul Lewis, Editor.
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