Catalogue

Official languages of the world’s countries

234 countries and dependent territories. For each – the official and co-official languages or, where there are none, the most widely spoken one.

Country	Official languages	Regional
Afghanistan	Persian, Pashto	Uzbek, Turkmen
Åland Islands	Swedish
Albania	Albanian
Algeria	Arabic, Kabyle
American Samoa	Samoan, English^*
Andorra	Catalan
Angola	Portuguese
Anguilla	English
Antigua & Barbuda	English
Argentina	Spanish
Armenia	Armenian
Aruba	Dutch, Papiamento
Australia	English^*
Austria	German	Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani
Bahamas	English
Bahrain	Arabic
Bangladesh	Bangla
Barbados	English
Belarus	Russian, Belarusian
Belgium	Dutch, French, German
Belize	English
Benin	French
Bermuda	English
Bhutan	Dzongkha
Bolivia	Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Botswana	English, Tswana
Brazil	Portuguese	Venetian
British Indian Ocean Territory	English
British Virgin Islands	English
Brunei	Malay
Bulgaria	Bulgarian
Burkina Faso	French
Burundi	Rundi, French, English
Cambodia	Khmer
Cameroon	French, English
Canada	English, French	Inuktitut, Plains Cree, Chipewyan, Slave, Dogrib, Gwichʼin
Cape Verde	Portuguese
Cayman Islands	English
Central African Republic	Sango, French
Chad	Arabic, French
Chile	Spanish
China	Chinese	Uyghur, Zhuang, Mongolian, Tibetan, Korean
Colombia	Spanish
Comoros	Arabic, Ngazidja Comorian, Ndzwani Comorian, French
Cook Islands	English
Costa Rica	Spanish
Côte d’Ivoire	French
Croatia	Croatian	Italian, Venetian
Cuba	Spanish
Curaçao	Papiamento, Dutch, English
Cyprus	Greek, Turkish
Czechia	Czech
Denmark	Danish	German, Kalaallisut
Djibouti	French, Arabic
Dominica	English
Dominican Republic	Spanish
DR Congo	French	Swahili, Luba-Lulua, Lingala, Kongo
Ecuador	Spanish, Quechua
Egypt	Arabic
El Salvador	Spanish
Equatorial Guinea	Spanish, French, Portuguese
Eritrea	Tigrinya^, English^, Arabic^*
Estonia	Estonian
Eswatini	English, Swati
Ethiopia	Amharic	Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Afar
Falkland Islands	English
Faroe Islands	Faroese
Fiji	English, Fiji Hindi, Fijian
Finland	Finnish, Swedish	Northern Sami, Skolt Sami
France	French
French Polynesia	French, Tahitian
French Southern Territories	none de jure · French
Gabon	French
Gambia	English
Georgia	Georgian	Abkhazian, Ossetic
Germany	German	Low German, Danish, Upper Sorbian, Northern Frisian, Lower Sorbian
Ghana	English	Akan, Ewe, Ga
Greece	Greek
Greenland	Kalaallisut
Grenada	English
Guam	English^*, Chamorro
Guatemala	Spanish	Kaqchikel, Kʼicheʼ, Ixil, Ch'orti', Sacapulteco, Uspanteco, Xincan
Guernsey	English
Guinea	French
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese
Guyana	English
Haiti	Haitian Creole, French
Honduras	Spanish
Hong Kong SAR China	Chinese, English
Hungary	Hungarian
Iceland	Icelandic
India	Hindi, English	Bangla, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam +13
Indonesia	Indonesian
Iran	Persian
Iraq	Arabic, Central Kurdish	Kurdish, Azerbaijani
Ireland	English, Irish
Isle of Man	English, Manx
Israel	Hebrew
Italy	Italian	French, German, Venetian
Jamaica	English
Japan	Japanese^*
Jersey	English
Jordan	Arabic
Kazakhstan	Russian, Kazakh
Kenya	Swahili, English
Kiribati	English, Gilbertese
Kosovo	Albanian, Serbian
Kuwait	Arabic
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz, Russian
Laos	Lao
Latvia	Latvian
Lebanon	Arabic
Lesotho	Southern Sotho, English
Liberia	English
Libya	Arabic
Liechtenstein	German
Lithuania	Lithuanian
Luxembourg	French, Luxembourgish, German
Macao SAR China	Chinese, Cantonese^*, Portuguese
Madagascar	Malagasy, French
Malawi	English, Nyanja
Malaysia	Malay
Maldives	Divehi
Mali	Bambara, Maasina Fulfulde, Soninke, Tamashek
Malta	Maltese, English
Marshall Islands	English, Marshallese
Mauritania	Arabic
Mauritius	French^, English^
Mexico	Spanish^*
Micronesia	English
Moldova	Romanian
Monaco	French
Mongolia	Mongolian
Montenegro	Serbian
Montserrat	English
Morocco	Arabic, Central Atlas Tamazight
Mozambique	Portuguese
Myanmar	Burmese
Namibia	English
Nauru	English, Nauru
Nepal	Nepali
Netherlands	Dutch	Western Frisian
New Caledonia	French
New Zealand	English^*, Māori
Nicaragua	Spanish
Niger	French
Nigeria	English
Niue	English, Niuean
Norfolk Island	English
North Korea	Korean
North Macedonia	Macedonian, Albanian
Northern Mariana Islands	English^*
Norway	Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk	Northern Sami
Oman	Arabic
Pakistan	Urdu, English	Sindhi
Palau	Palauan, English
Palestine	Arabic
Panama	Spanish
Papua New Guinea	Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu
Paraguay	Guarani, Spanish
Peru	Spanish, Quechua
Philippines	English, Filipino	Cebuano, Iloko, Hiligaynon, Waray, Pangasinan, Maguindanao, Tausug
Pitcairn Islands	English
Poland	Polish	German, Kashubian, Lithuanian
Portugal	Portuguese
Puerto Rico	Spanish, English
Qatar	Arabic
Republic of the Congo	French
Romania	Romanian	Hungarian
Russia	Russian	Tatar, Chuvash, Chechen, Bashkir, Avaric, Kabardian, Erzya, Kumyk +14
Rwanda	Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili
Saint Helena	English
Samoa	Samoan, English
San Marino	Italian
São Tomé & Príncipe	Portuguese
Saudi Arabia	Arabic
Senegal	French	Fula, Serer, Jola-Fonyi, Saafi-Saafi, Mandjak, Balanta-Ganja, Noon, Mankanya +3
Serbia	Serbian	Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Seychelles	Seselwa Creole French, French, English
Sierra Leone	English
Singapore	English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
Sint Maarten	English, Dutch
Slovakia	Slovak
Slovenia	Slovenian	Venetian
Solomon Islands	English
Somalia	Somali, Arabic
South Africa	English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	English
South Korea	Korean
South Sudan	English
Spain	Spanish	Catalan, Galician, Basque, Asturian, Occitan
Sri Lanka	Sinhala, Tamil
St. Barthélemy	French
St. Kitts & Nevis	English
St. Lucia	English
St. Martin	French
St. Pierre & Miquelon	French
St. Vincent & Grenadines	English
Sudan	Arabic, English
Suriname	Dutch
Sweden	Swedish	Finnish, Northern Sami
Switzerland	German, French, Italian	Romansh
Syria	Arabic
Taiwan	Chinese	Min Nan Chinese, Hakka Chinese
Tajikistan	Tajik
Tanzania	Swahili, English
Thailand	Thai
Timor-Leste	Portuguese, Tetum
Togo	French
Tonga	Tongan, English
Trinidad & Tobago	English
Tunisia	Arabic
Türkiye	Turkish
Turkmenistan	Turkmen
Turks & Caicos Islands	English
U.S. Virgin Islands	English^*
Uganda	Swahili, English
Ukraine	Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates	Arabic
United Kingdom	English	Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic
United States	English	Hawaiian
Uruguay	Spanish
Uzbekistan	Uzbek	Kara-Kalpak
Vanuatu	Bislama, English, French
Vatican City	Italian^*
Venezuela	Spanish
Vietnam	Vietnamese
Wallis & Futuna	French
Western Sahara	Arabic
Yemen	Arabic
Zambia	English
Zimbabwe	Shona, English, North Ndebele

* de facto official – not by law, but in practice.