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#COUNTRYLANGUAGES(%)2American SamoaSamoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2%note:most people are bilingual (2000 census)7AustraliaEnglish 76.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Greek 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1%, other 10.4%, unspecified 5% (2011 est.)21Christmas IslandEnglish (official), Chinese, Malay22Cocos (Keeling) IslandsMalay (Cocos dialect), English23Cook IslandsEnglish (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3%note:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2011 est.)32FijiEnglish (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani38GuamEnglish 43.6%, Filipino 21.2%, Chamorro 17.8%, other Pacific island languages 10%, Asian languages 6.3%, other 1.1% (2010 est.)52KiribatiI-Kiribati, English (official)65Marshall IslandsMarshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census)note:English (official), widely spoken as a second language67Micronesia, Federated States ofEnglish (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi71NauruNauruan 93% (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English 2% (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes), other 5% (includes I-Kiribati 2% and Chinese 2%)note:percentages represent main language spoken at home; Nauruan is spoken by 95% of the population, English by 66%, and other languages by 12% (2011 est.)72New ZealandEnglish (de facto official) 89.8%, Maori (de jure official) 3.5%, Samoan 2%, Hindi 1.6%, French 1.2%, Northern Chinese 1.2%, Yue 1%, Other or not stated 20.5%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official)note:shares sum to 120.8% due to multiple responses on census (2013 est.)75NiueNiuean (official) 46% (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.)76Norfolk IslandEnglish (official) 67.6%, other 32.4% (includes Norfolk Island 23.7%, which is a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian) (2011 est.)77Northern Mariana IslandsPhilippine languages 32.8%, Chamorro (official) 24.1%, English (official) 17%, other Pacific island languages 10.1%, Chinese 6.8%, other Asian languages 7.3%, other 1.9% (2010 est.)80PalauPalauan (official on most islands) 66.6%, Carolinian 0.7%, other Micronesian 0.7%, English (official) 15.5%, Filipino 10.8%, Chinese 1.8%, other Asian 2.6%, other 1.3%note:Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official) (2005 est.)82Papua New GuineaTok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 836 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); most languages have fewer than 1,000 speakersnote:Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%84Pitcairn IslandsEnglish (official), Pitkern (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)94SamoaSamoan (Polynesian) (official), English100Solomon IslandsMelanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages111TokelauTokelauan 93.5% (a Polynesian language), English 58.9%, Samoan 45.5%, Tuvaluan 11.6%, Kiribati 2.7%, other 2.5%, none 4.1%, unspecified 0.6%ntoe:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2011 ests.)112TongaEnglish and Tongan 87%, Tongan (official) 10.7%, English (official) 1.2%, other 1.1%, uspecified 0.03% (2006 est.)115TuvaluTuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)120Vanuatulocal languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.)

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#COUNTRYLANGUAGES(%)3AnguillaEnglish (official)4Antigua and BarbudaEnglish (official), local dialects5ArgentinaSpanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)6ArubaPapiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)8Bahamas, TheEnglish (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)11BarbadosEnglish (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)12BelizeSpanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)13BermudaEnglish (official), Portuguese15British Virgin IslandsEnglish (official)18CanadaEnglish (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)19Cayman IslandsEnglish (official) 90.9%, Spanish 4%, Filipino 3.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)20ChileSpanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%note:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)24Costa RicaSpanish (official), English27DominicaEnglish (official), French patois31Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)English 89%, Spanish 7.7%, other 3.3% (2006 est.)37GrenadaEnglish (official), French patois40GuyanaEnglish, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu48JamaicaEnglish, English patois69MontserratEnglish73NicaraguaSpanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%note:English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast (2005 est.)81PanamaSpanish (official), English 14%note:many Panamanians are bilingual85Puerto RicoSpanish, English90Saint Kitts and NevisEnglish (official)91Saint LuciaEnglish (official), French patois92Saint MartinFrench (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)93Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEnglish, French patois99Sint MaartenEnglish (official) 67.5%, Spanish 12.9%, Creole 8.2%, Dutch (official) 4.2%, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%, French 1.5%, other 3.5% (2001 census)106SurinameDutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese113Trinidad and TobagoEnglish (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese114Turks and Caicos IslandsEnglish (official)119United StatesEnglish 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)note:the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 28 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii122Virgin IslandsEnglish 74.7%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%, French or French Creole 6.6%, other 1.9% (2000 census)

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#COUNTRYLANGUAGES(%)9BahrainArabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu10BangladeshBangla (official, also known as Bengali), English41Hong KongCantonese (official) 89.5%, English (official) 3.5%, Putonghua (Mandarin) 1.4%, other Chinese dialects 4%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)43IndiaHindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%note:English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)44IndonesiaBahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese)note:more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia47IsraelHebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)50JordanArabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)53Korea, SouthKorean, English (widely taught in junior high and high school)54KuwaitArabic (official), English widely spoken55LaosLao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages59MacauCantonese 83.3%, Mandarin 5%, Hokkien 3.7%, English 2.3%, other Chinese dialects 2%, Tagalog 1.7%, Portuguese 0.7%, other 1.3%note:Chinese and Portuguese are official languages (2011 est.)62MalaysiaBahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thainote:in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan63MaldivesDhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)78OmanArabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects79PakistanPunjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%83PhilippinesFilipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan86QatarArabic (official), English commonly used as a second language98SingaporeMandarin (official) 36.3%, English (official) 29.8%, Malay (official) 11.9%, Hokkien 8.1%, Tamil (official) 4.4%, Cantonese 4.1%, Teochew 3.2%, other Indian languages 1.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.1%, other 1.1% (2010 est.)104Sri LankaSinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%note:English, spoken competently by about 10% of the population, is commonly used in government and is referred to as the link language in the constitution110Timor-LesteTetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, Englishnote:there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by a significant portion of the population117United Arab EmiratesArabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu121VietnamVietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)123West BankArabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

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#COUNTRYLANGUAGES(%)1AkrotiriEnglish, Greek25DenmarkDanish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)note:English is the predominant second language26DhekeliaEnglish, Greek39GuernseyEnglish, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts42IcelandIcelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken45IrelandEnglish (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken mainly in areas along the western coast)46Isle of ManEnglish, Manx Gaelic (about 2% of the population has some knowledge)49JerseyEnglish 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)64MaltaMaltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9% (2005 est.)68MonacoFrench (official), English, Italian, Monegasque118United KingdomEnglishnote:the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 in Cornwall) (2012)

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#COUNTRYLANGUAGES(%)1AkrotiriEnglish, Greek2American SamoaSamoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2%note:most people are bilingual (2000 census)3AnguillaEnglish (official)4Antigua and BarbudaEnglish (official), local dialects5ArgentinaSpanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)6ArubaPapiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)7AustraliaEnglish 76.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Greek 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1%, other 10.4%, unspecified 5% (2011 est.)8Bahamas, TheEnglish (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)9BahrainArabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu10BangladeshBangla (official, also known as Bengali), English11BarbadosEnglish (official), Bajan (English-based creole language, widely spoken in informal settings)12BelizeSpanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)13BermudaEnglish (official), Portuguese14BotswanaSetswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English (official) 2.1%, other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)15British Virgin IslandsEnglish (official)16BruneiMalay (official), English, Chinese17Cameroon24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)18CanadaEnglish (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)19Cayman IslandsEnglish (official) 90.9%, Spanish 4%, Filipino 3.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)20ChileSpanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%note:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)21Christmas IslandEnglish (official), Chinese, Malay22Cocos (Keeling) IslandsMalay (Cocos dialect), English23Cook IslandsEnglish (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3%note:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2011 est.)24Costa RicaSpanish (official), English25DenmarkDanish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)note:English is the predominant second language26DhekeliaEnglish, Greek27DominicaEnglish (official), French patois28EgyptArabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes29EritreaTigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages30EthiopiaOromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est.)31Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)English 89%, Spanish 7.7%, other 3.3% (2006 est.)32FijiEnglish (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani33Gambia, TheEnglish (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars34Gaza StripArabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)35GhanaAsante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other (includes English (official)) 36.1% (2000 census)36GibraltarEnglish (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese37GrenadaEnglish (official), French patois38GuamEnglish 43.6%, Filipino 21.2%, Chamorro 17.8%, other Pacific island languages 10%, Asian languages 6.3%, other 1.1% (2010 est.)39GuernseyEnglish, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts40GuyanaEnglish, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu41Hong KongCantonese (official) 89.5%, English (official) 3.5%, Putonghua (Mandarin) 1.4%, other Chinese dialects 4%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)42IcelandIcelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken43IndiaHindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%note:English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)44IndonesiaBahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese)note:more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia45IrelandEnglish (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken mainly in areas along the western coast)46Isle of ManEnglish, Manx Gaelic (about 2% of the population has some knowledge)47IsraelHebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language)48JamaicaEnglish, English patois49JerseyEnglish 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)50JordanArabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)51KenyaEnglish (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages52KiribatiI-Kiribati, English (official)53Korea, SouthKorean, English (widely taught in junior high and high school)54KuwaitArabic (official), English widely spoken55LaosLao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages56LesothoSesotho (official) (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa57LiberiaEnglish 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence58LibyaArabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)59MacauCantonese 83.3%, Mandarin 5%, Hokkien 3.7%, English 2.3%, other Chinese dialects 2%, Tagalog 1.7%, Portuguese 0.7%, other 1.3%note:Chinese and Portuguese are official languages (2011 est.)60MadagascarFrench (official), Malagasy (official), English61MalawiEnglish (official), Chichewa (common), Chinyanja, Chiyao, Chitumbuka, Chilomwe, Chinkhonde, Chingoni, Chisena, Chitonga, Chinyakyusa, Chilambya62MalaysiaBahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thainote:in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan63MaldivesDhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)64MaltaMaltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9% (2005 est.)65Marshall IslandsMarshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census)note:English (official), widely spoken as a second language66MauritiusCreole 86.5%, Bhojpuri 5.3%, French 4.1%, two languages 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes English, the official language, which is spoken by less than 1% of the population), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)67Micronesia, Federated States ofEnglish (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi68MonacoFrench (official), English, Italian, Monegasque69MontserratEnglish70NamibiaOshiwambo languages 48.9%, Nama/Damara 11.3%, Afrikaans 10.4% (common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population), Otjiherero languages 8.6%, Kavango languages 8.5%, Caprivi languages 4.8%, English (official) 3.4%, other African languages 2.3%, other 1.7%note:Namibia has 13 recognized national languages, including 10 indigenous African languages and 3 Indo-European languages (2011 est.)71NauruNauruan 93% (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English 2% (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes), other 5% (includes I-Kiribati 2% and Chinese 2%)note:percentages represent main language spoken at home; Nauruan is spoken by 95% of the population, English by 66%, and other languages by 12% (2011 est.)72New ZealandEnglish (de facto official) 89.8%, Maori (de jure official) 3.5%, Samoan 2%, Hindi 1.6%, French 1.2%, Northern Chinese 1.2%, Yue 1%, Other or not stated 20.5%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official)note:shares sum to 120.8% due to multiple responses on census (2013 est.)73NicaraguaSpanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%note:English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast (2005 est.)74NigeriaEnglish (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages75NiueNiuean (official) 46% (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.)76Norfolk IslandEnglish (official) 67.6%, other 32.4% (includes Norfolk Island 23.7%, which is a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian) (2011 est.)77Northern Mariana IslandsPhilippine languages 32.8%, Chamorro (official) 24.1%, English (official) 17%, other Pacific island languages 10.1%, Chinese 6.8%, other Asian languages 7.3%, other 1.9% (2010 est.)78OmanArabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects79PakistanPunjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%80PalauPalauan (official on most islands) 66.6%, Carolinian 0.7%, other Micronesian 0.7%, English (official) 15.5%, Filipino 10.8%, Chinese 1.8%, other Asian 2.6%, other 1.3%note:Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official) (2005 est.)81PanamaSpanish (official), English 14%note:many Panamanians are bilingual82Papua New GuineaTok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 836 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); most languages have fewer than 1,000 speakersnote:Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%83PhilippinesFilipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan84Pitcairn IslandsEnglish (official), Pitkern (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)85Puerto RicoSpanish, English86QatarArabic (official), English commonly used as a second language87RwandaKinyarwanda only (official, universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%, Kinyarwanda and other language(s) 6.2%, French (official) and other language(s) 0.1%, English (official) and other language(s) 0.1%, Swahili (or Kiswahili, used in commercial centers) 0.02%, other 0.03%, unspecified 0.3% (2002 est.)89Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da CunhaEnglish90Saint Kitts and NevisEnglish (official)91Saint LuciaEnglish (official), French patois92Saint MartinFrench (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)93Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEnglish, French patois94SamoaSamoan (Polynesian) (official), English95Sao Tome and PrincipePortuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4%note:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)96SeychellesSeychellois Creole (official) 89.1%, English (official) 5.1%, French (official) 0.7%, other 3.8%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.)97Sierra LeoneEnglish (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)98SingaporeMandarin (official) 36.3%, English (official) 29.8%, Malay (official) 11.9%, Hokkien 8.1%, Tamil (official) 4.4%, Cantonese 4.1%, Teochew 3.2%, other Indian languages 1.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.1%, other 1.1% (2010 est.)99Sint MaartenEnglish (official) 67.5%, Spanish 12.9%, Creole 8.2%, Dutch (official) 4.2%, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%, French 1.5%, other 3.5% (2001 census)100Solomon IslandsMelanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages101SomaliaSomali (official), Arabic (official, according to the Transitional Federal Charter), Italian, English102South AfricaIsiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, sign language 0.5%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)103South SudanEnglish (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk104Sri LankaSinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%note:English, spoken competently by about 10% of the population, is commonly used in government and is referred to as the link language in the constitution105SudanArabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Furnote:program of "Arabization" in process106SurinameDutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese107SwazilandEnglish (official, used for government business), siSwati (official)108TanzaniaKiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languagesnote:Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages109ThailandThai (official) 90.7%, Burmese 1.3%, other 8%note:English is a secondary language of the elite (2010 est.)110Timor-LesteTetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, Englishnote:there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by a significant portion of the population111TokelauTokelauan 93.5% (a Polynesian language), English 58.9%, Samoan 45.5%, Tuvaluan 11.6%, Kiribati 2.7%, other 2.5%, none 4.1%, unspecified 0.6%ntoe:shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2011 ests.)112TongaEnglish and Tongan 87%, Tongan (official) 10.7%, English (official) 1.2%, other 1.1%, uspecified 0.03% (2006 est.)113Trinidad and TobagoEnglish (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese114Turks and Caicos IslandsEnglish (official)115TuvaluTuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)116UgandaEnglish (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic117United Arab EmiratesArabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu118United KingdomEnglishnote:the following are recognized regional languages: Scots (about 30% of the population of Scotland), Scottish Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland), Welsh (about 20% of the population of Wales), Irish (about 10% of the population of Northern Ireland), Cornish (some 2,000 to 3,000 in Cornwall) (2012)119United StatesEnglish 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)note:the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 28 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii120Vanuatulocal languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.)121VietnamVietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)122Virgin IslandsEnglish 74.7%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%, French or French Creole 6.6%, other 1.9% (2000 census)123West BankArabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)124ZambiaBembe 33.4%, Nyanja 14.7%, Tonga 11.4%, Lozi 5.5%, Chewa 4.5%, Nsenga 2.9%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (North Western) 1.9%, Kaonde 1.8%, Lala 1.8%, Lamba 1.8%, English (official) 1.7%, Luvale 1.5%, Mambwe 1.3%, Namwanga 1.2%, Lenje 1.1%, Bisa 1%, other 9.2%, unspecified 0.4%note:Zambia is said to have over 70 languages, although many of these may be considered dialects; all of Zambia's major languages are members of the Bantu family (2010 est.)125ZimbabweEnglish (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

AMERICA Y EL CARIBEAFRICAEUROPAASIAOCEANIA

Hoja2FlagMapEnglish short and formal names[5][6][7]Domestic short and formal names[5][6]Capital[7][8][9]Population[a][b][10]Area[a][b][11]Flag of AfghanistanAfghanistan (orthographic projection).svgAfghanistanIslamic Republic of AfghanistanDari: (Afghnestn Jomhr-ye Eslm-ye Afghnestn)Pashto: (Afghnistn Afghnistn Islm Jumhryat)KabulDari: (Kbul)Pashto: (Kbul)26,556,800652,230 km2 (251,827 sq mi)Flag of ArmeniaArmenia (orthographic projection).svgArmeniaRepublic of ArmeniaArmenian: (Hayastan Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun)YerevanArmenian: (Yerevan)2,970,49529,743 km2 (11,484 sq mi)Flag of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan with Nagorno Karabakh region.svgAzerbaijan[a][b]Republic of AzerbaijanAzerbaijani: Azrbaycan Azrbaycan RespublikasBakuAzerbaijani: Bak9,593,00086,600 km2 (33,436 sq mi)Flag of BahrainMap of Bahrain.svgBahrainKingdom of BahrainArabic: (Al Barayn Mamlakat al Barayn)ManamaArabic: (Al Manmah)1,316,500760 km2 (293 sq mi)Flag of BangladeshBangladesh (orthographic projection).svgBangladeshPeople's Republic of BangladeshBengali: (Bldesh Gaaprajtantr Bldesh)DhakaBengali: (hk)161,083,804143,998 km2 (55,598 sq mi)Flag of BhutanBhutan (orthographic projection).svgBhutanKingdom of BhutanDzongkha: (Druk Yul Druk Gyalkhapb)ThimphuDzongkha: (Thimphu)716.89638,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi)Flag of BruneiLocationBrunei.pngBruneiBrunei DarussalamEnglish: Brunei DarussalamMalay: Brunei Negara Brunei DarussalamBandar Seri BegawanEnglish: Bandar Seri BegawanMalay: Bandar Seri Begawan408.7865,765 km2 (2,226 sq mi)Flag of CambodiaLocation Cambodia ASEAN.svgCambodiaKingdom of CambodiaKhmer: (Kmpcha Prehrachanachkr Kmpcha)Phnom PenhKhmer: (Phnum Pnh)14,952,665181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi)Flag of ChinaPeople's Republic of China (orthographic projection).svgChina[b]People's Republic of ChinaChinese: (Zhongguo Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo)BeijingChinese: (Beijing)1,343,239,9239,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)Flag of CyprusEU-Cyprus.svgCyprus[b]Republic of CyprusGreek: (Kpros Kypriak Dimokrata)Turkish: Kbrs Kbrs CumhuriyetiNicosiaGreek: (Lefkosia)Turkish: Lefkoa1,138,0719,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)Flag of GeorgiaGeorgia (orthographic projection with inset).svgGeorgia[a][b]Georgian: (Sak'art'velo)Tbilisi / T'bilisiGeorgian: (T'bilisi)4,570,93469,700 km2 (26,911 sq mi)Flag of IndiaIndia (orthographic projection).svgIndiaRepublic of IndiaEnglish: India Republic of IndiaHindi: (Bhrat Bhratya Gaarjya)New DelhiEnglish: New DelhiHindi: (Na Dill)1,205,073,6123,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)Flag of IndonesiaIndonesia (orthographic projection).svgIndonesia[a]Republic of IndonesiaIndonesian: Indonesia Republik IndonesiaJakartaIndonesian: Jakarta248,645,0081,904,569 km2 (735,358 sq mi)Flag of IranIran (orthographic projection).svgIranIslamic Republic of Iran (rn Jomhr-ye Eslm-ye rn)TehranPersian: (Tehrn)78,868,7111,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi)Flag of IraqIraq (orthographic projection).svgIraqRepublic of IraqArabic: (Al Irq Jumhryat al Irq)BaghdadArabic: (Baghdd)36,004,552438,317 km2 (169,235 sq mi)Flag of IsraelLocationIsrael.pngIsraelState of IsraelArabic: (Isr'l Dawlat Isr'l)Hebrew: (Yisra'el Medinat Yisra'el)Jerusalem (Claimed)[c]Hebrew: (Yerushalayim)7,590,75820,770 km2 (8,019 sq mi)Flag of JapanJapan (orthographic projection).svgJapanJapanese: (Nihon / Nippon Nihon-koku / Nippon-koku)TokyoJapanese: (Tokyo)127,368,088377,915 km2 (145,914 sq mi)Flag of JordanLocationJordan.pngJordanHashemite Kingdom of JordanArabic: (Al Urdun Al Mamlakah al Urdunyah al Hshimyah)AmmanArabic: (Ammn)6,508,88789,342 km2 (34,495 sq mi)Flag of KazakhstanKazakhstan (orthographic projection).svgKazakhstan[a]Republic of KazakhstanKazakh: (Qazaqstan Qazaqstan Respblkasy)Russian: (Kazahstan Respublika Kazahstan)AstanaKazakh: Russian: (Astana)17,522,0102,724,900 km2 (1,052,090 sq mi)Flag of North KoreaNorth Korea (orthographic projection).svgKorea, NorthDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaKorean: (Chosn Chosn-minjujui-inmin-konghwaguk)PyongyangKorean: (Phyngyang)24,589,122120,538 km2 (46,540 sq mi)Flag of South KoreaSouth Korea (orthographic projection).svgKorea, SouthRepublic of KoreaKorean: (Hanguk Taehan Minguk)SeoulKorean: (Seoul)48,860,50099,720 km2 (38,502 sq mi)Flag of KuwaitLocationKuwait.pngKuwaitState of KuwaitArabic: (Al Kuwayt Dawlat al Kuwayt)Kuwait CityArabic: (Al Kuwayt)3,268,43117,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi)Flag of KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan (orthographic projection).svgKyrgyzstanKyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz: (Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Respublikasy)Russian: (Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzskaja Respublika)BishkekKyrgyz: (Bishkek)Russian: (Bikek)5,496,737199,951 km2 (77,202 sq mi)Flag of LaosLocation Laos ASEAN.svgLaosLao People's Democratic RepublicLao: (Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxn Lao)VientianeLao: (Viangchan)6,586,266236,800 km2 (91,429 sq mi)Flag of LebanonLebanon (orthographic projection).svgLebanonLebanese RepublicArabic: (Lubnn Al Jumhryah al Lubnnyah)BeirutArabic: (Bayrt)4,140,28910,400 km2 (4,015 sq mi)Flag of MalaysiaMalaysia (orthographic projection).svgMalaysiaMalay: MalaysiaKuala Lumpur[d]Malay: Kuala Lumpur30,527,000329,847 km2 (127,355 sq mi)Flag of the MaldivesLocationMaldives.pngMaldivesRepublic of MaldivesDhivehi: (Dhivehi Raajje Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa)Mal / Male'Dhivehi: (Maale)394.451298 km2 (115 sq mi)Flag of MongoliaMongolia (orthographic projection).svgMongoliaMongolian: (Mongol Mongol uls)UlaanbaatarMongolian: (Ulaanbaatar)3,179,9971,564,116 km2 (603,909 sq mi)Flag of MyanmarLocation Burma (Myanmar) ASEAN.svgMyanmarRepublic of The Union of MyanmarBurmese: (Myanma Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw)Nay Pyi TawBurmese: (Nay Pyi Taw)54,584,650676,578 km2 (261,228 sq mi)Flag of NepalNepal (orthographic projection).svgNepalFederal Democratic Republic of NepalNepali: (Nepl Saghya Loktntrik Gan tantra Nepl)KathmanduNepali: (Khmau)29,890,686147,181 km2 (56,827 sq mi)Flag of OmanOman (better) (orthographic projection).svgOmanSultanate of OmanArabic: (Umn Salanat Umn)MuscatArabic: (Masqa)3,090,150309,500 km2 (119,499 sq mi)Flag of PakistanPakistan (orthographic projection).svgPakistanIslamic Republic of PakistanEnglish: Pakistan Islamic Republic of PakistanUrdu: (Pkistn Jamhryat Islm Pkistn)IslamabadEnglish: IslamabadUrdu: (Islmbd)190,291,129796,095 km2 (307,374 sq mi)Flag of PalestineLocationPalestine.pngPalestineState of PalestineArabic: (Filastn As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastniyya)Jerusalem (claimed)[12]Ramallah(de facto)[citation needed]4,225,710[10]6,220 km2 (2,402 sq mi)[11]Flag of the PhilippinesThe Philippines and ASEAN (orthographic projection).svgPhilippinesRepublic of the PhilippinesEnglish: Philippines Republic of the PhilippinesTagalog: Pilipinas Republika ng PilipinasManilaEnglish: ManilaTagalog: Maynila103,775,002300,000 km2 (115,831 sq mi)Flag of QatarLocationQatar.pngQatarState of QatarArabic: (Qatar Dawlat Qatar)DohaArabic: (Ad Dawah)2,334,02911,586 km2 (4,473 sq mi)Flag of RussiaRussian Federation (orthographic projection) - Crimea disputed.svgRussia[a]Russian FederationRussian: (Rossija Rossijskaja Federacija)MoscowRussian: (Moskva)142,517,67017,098,242 km2 (6,601,668 sq mi)Flag of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia (orthographic projection).svgSaudi ArabiaKingdom of Saudi ArabiaArabic: (As Sudya Al Mamlakah al Arabyah as Sudyah)RiyadhArabic: (Ar Riy)31,521,4182,149,690 km2 (830,000 sq mi)Flag of SingaporeLocation Singapore ASEAN.svgSingaporeRepublic of SingaporeChinese: Xinjiapo Xinjiapo GongheguoEnglish: Singapore Republic of SingaporeMalay: Singapura Republik SingapuraTamil: (Chikappr Chikappr Kuiyarachu)SingaporeChinese: XinjiapoEnglish: SingaporeMalay: SingapuraTamil: (Chikappr)5,353,494697 km2 (269 sq mi)Flag of Sri LankaSri Lanka (orthographic projection).svgSri LankaDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaSinhala: (Shr Lak Shr Lak Prajtntrika Samjavd Janarajaya)Tamil: (Ilakai Ilakai Jaanyaka Chohalichak Kuiyarachu)Sri Jayawardenapura KotteSinhala: (Shr Jayavardhanapura Koe)Tamil: (Shr Jyavarttaapura Koai)21,481,33465,610 km2 (25,332 sq mi)Flag of SyriaSyriaSyrian Arab RepublicArabic: / (Sryah / Sriy Al Jumhryah al Arabyah as Sryah)DamascusArabic: (Dimashq)22,530,746185,180 km2 (71,498 sq mi)Flag of TajikistanTajikistan (orthographic projection).svgTajikistanRepublic of TajikistanTajik: (Tojikiston Jumhurii Tojikiston)DushanbeTajik: (Dushanbe)7,768,385143,100 km2 (55,251 sq mi)Flag of ThailandThailand (orthographic projection).svgThailandKingdom of ThailandThai: (Prathet Thai Ratcha Anachak Thai)BangkokThai: (Krung Thep)67,091,089513,120 km2 (198,117 sq mi)Flag of Timor-LesteLocationEastTimor.pngTimor-Leste/East Timor[a]Democratic Republic of Timor-LestePortuguese: Timor-Leste Repblica Democrtica de Timor-LesteTetum: Timor Lorosa'e Repblika Demokrtika Timor Lorosa'eDiliPortuguese: DiliTetum: Dili1,143,66714,874 km2 (5,743 sq mi)Flag of TurkeyTurkey (orthographic projection).svgTurkey[a]Republic of TurkeyTurkish: Trkiye Trkiye CumhuriyetiAnkaraTurkish: Ankara79,749,461783,562 km2 (302,535 sq mi)Flag of TurkmenistanLocationTurkmenistan.pngTurkmenistanTurkmen: TrkmenistanAshgabatTurkmen: Agabat5,054,828488,100 km2 (188,456 sq mi)Flag of the United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates (orthographic projection).svgUnited Arab EmiratesArabic: (Al Imrt Al Imrt al Arabyah al Muttaidah)Abu DhabiArabic: (Abu Dhabi)9,577,00083,600 km2 (32,278 sq mi)Flag of Uzbekistan .svgUzbekistanRepublic of UzbekistanUzbek: Ozbekiston Ozbekiston RespublikasiTashkentUzbek: Toshkent30,492,800447,400 km2 (172,742 sq mi)Flag of VietnamLocation Vietnam ASEAN.svgVietnam / Viet NamSocialist Republic of VietnamVietnamese: Vit Nam Cng Ha X Hi Ch Ngha Vit NamHanoiVietnamese: H Ni91,519,289331,210 km2 (127,881 sq mi)Flag of YemenLocationYemen.pngYemenRepublic of YemenArabic: (Al Yaman Al Jumhryah al Yamanyah)Sana'aArabic: (an)25,956,000527,968 km2 (203,850 sq mi)

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