280 million - spoken in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen.

32 million - spoken in Bangladesh and Myanmar

7-8 million - Chichewa, or Chewa, is a Bantu language spoken in parts of Malawi, where it is an official national language along with English, and also in Zambia, Mozambique, where the language is known as Nyanja or Chinyanja, and Zimbabwe.

450 million - spoken in Antigua and Barbuda Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

220 million - spoken in 53 countries

12 million - spoken by about 8.5 million people in Haiti. There are a further 3.5 million speakers in a number of countries, including Canada, the USA, France, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, the Bahamas and other Caribbean countries.

150 million worldwide - Hausa is spoken in Sudan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Niger, and Togo. It is one of the major languages of Nigeria where it is spoken as a first language by an estimated 30+ million people. Hausa is the 11th most spoken language across the globe.

545 million - Hindi is the official language of India. Outside of India, Hindi is spoken in Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Canada, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Guyana, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sint Maarten, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen, Zambia (Ethnologue)

47 million - spoken in India

20 million - Spoken in Republic of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Southern Uganda

38 million - spoken mainly in the south west of India, particularly in Kerala, the Laccadive Islands and neighboring states, and also in Bahrain, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, UAE and the UK.

16 million - Nepali is the national language of Nepal. Most of the country’s population speaks Nepali as a 1st language, and many speakers of Nepal’s 122 other languages speak it as a 2nd language. Nepali is the official language of Sikkim, an Indian state in the Himalayas, and in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. Nepali is also spoken in Brunei, Bhutan, and the United States.

260 million - The sole official language of Brazil, Cape Verde, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau.

130 million - most of the people who speak this language live in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is also widely spoken in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.

540 million - Spoken in Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Uruguay, Equatorial Guinea

140 million - spoken in Tanzania, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa) Kenya, Mayotte, Mozambique, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, UAE and the USA.

120 million - Tamil is the official language of Sri Lanka, Singapore, and India. Also spoken in Malaysia, Mauritius and South Africa.

75 million - spoken in Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana and Yanam.

100 million - spoken in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan.