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