 Abkhaziaefn|name=DT|Independence disputed.
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' indicates a country whose independence is disputed.
Partially recognized or de facto independent countries are denoted by an asterisk
| Language | World | Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Countries | | English | 57 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 14 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India, Nigeria ' | | French | 26 | 18 | 2 | – | 5 | 1 | France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Madagascar, Monaco, Haiti, Vanuatu ' | | Arabic | 24–26* | 12–14* | – | 12 | – | – | Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine ' | | Spanish | 20 | 1 | 18 | – | 1 | 1 | Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico ' | | Portuguese | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor ' | | German | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein ' | | Russian | 4–7* | – | – | 2 | 2–5* | – | Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Abkhazia,* South Ossetia,* Transnistria* | | Serbo-Croatian | 4–5* | – | – | – | 4–5* | – | Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* | | Italian | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City | | Malay | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei | | Swahili | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda | | Berber | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | Algeria, Morocco, Mali | | Dutch | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname | | Persian | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan | | Sotho | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe | | Tswana | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe | | Albanian | 2–3* | – | – | – | 2–3* | – | Albania, Kosovo,* North Macedonia | | Standard Chinese | 2–3* | – | – | 2–3* | – | – | China, Singapore, Taiwan* | | Romanian | 2–3* | – | – | – | 2-3* | – | Romania, Moldova, Transnistria* | | Somali | 2–3* | 2–3* | – | – | – | – | Somalia, Ethiopia, Somaliland* | | Turkish | 2–3* | – | – | – | 2–3* | – | Turkey, Northern Cyprus,* Cyprus | | Bengali | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | Bangladesh and India | | Fula | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Mali and Burkina Faso | | Greek | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | Greece and Cyprus | | Guarani | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | Paraguay and Bolivia | | Hindi | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | India and Fiji | | Korean | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | North Korea and South Korea | | Rwanda-Rundi | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Burundi and Rwanda | | Swati | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Eswatini and South Africa | | Swedish | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | Sweden and Finland | | Tamil | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | Sri Lanka and Singapore | | Tigrinya | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | Eritrea and Ethiopia | | Venda | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | South Africa and Zimbabwe | | Aymara | 2~ | – | 2 | – | – | – | Bolivia | | Quechua | 2~ | – | 2 | – | – | – | Bolivia | | Chichewa | 2~ | 2 | – | – | – | – | Zimbabwe |
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