Most Spoken Languages in the World | 1900 - 2023
Source: Ethnologue
The criterion used is based on the total number of speakers, that is, it includes both native speakers of a given language (L1) and those who have learned it as a second language (L2). For the flag criterion, the flag of the country where the language originated was used, or in the case where another country is more closely associated with that language than the country of origin, the flags of both countries are used.
language, Portuguese, English, German, Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Urdu
