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How many official languages?

Official languages, 213 countries & territories. Number of official (or de facto national) languages listed in the mledoze/countries reference dataset. Many more languages are spoken in most countries.

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Source: Mohammed Le Doze and contributors· 2026

Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (1) to the highest value (15).

The ranking

  1. 1 Zimbabwe 15 2026
  2. 2 South Africa 11 2026
  3. 3 Namibia 9 2026
  4. 4 DR Congo 5 2026
  5. 5 Bolivia 4 2026
  6. 6 Switzerland 4 2026
  7. 7 Singapore 4 2026
  8. 8 Afghanistan 3 2026
  9. 9 Belgium 3 2026
  10. 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2026
  11. 11 Belize 3 2026
  12. 12 Congo 3 2026
  13. 13 Comoros 3 2026
  14. 14 Curaçao (Netherlands) 3 2026
  15. 15 Eritrea 3 2026
  16. 16 Fiji 3 2026
  17. 17 Equatorial Guinea 3 2026
  18. 18 Guam (United States) 3 2026
  19. 19 India 3 2026
  20. 20 Iraq 3 2026
  21. 21 Jersey (United Kingdom) 3 2026
  22. 22 Luxembourg 3 2026
  23. 23 Mauritius 3 2026
  24. 24 Norway 3 2026
  25. 25 New Zealand 3 2026
  26. 26 Peru 3 2026
  27. 27 Papua New Guinea 3 2026
  28. 28 Rwanda 3 2026
  29. 29 Seychelles 3 2026
  30. 30 Vanuatu 3 2026
  31. 31 Aruba (Netherlands) 2 2026
  32. 32 Argentina 2 2026
  33. 33 Azerbaijan 2 2026
  34. 34 Burundi 2 2026
  35. 35 Belarus 2 2026
  36. 36 Botswana 2 2026
  37. 37 Central African Republic 2 2026
  38. 38 Canada 2 2026
  39. 39 Cameroon 2 2026
  40. 40 Cyprus 2 2026
  41. 41 Czechia 2 2026
  42. 42 Djibouti 2 2026
  43. 43 Finland 2 2026
  44. 44 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2 2026
  45. 45 Guinea-Bissau 2 2026
  46. 46 Hong Kong (China) 2 2026
  47. 47 Haiti 2 2026
  48. 48 Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 2 2026
  49. 49 Ireland 2 2026
  50. 50 Israel 2 2026