Most Spoken Languages UPDATED (Top 50 Languages by TOTAL Number of Speakers 1950-2100)
This Video shows the History and Projection of the total number of speakers of the top 50 languages from 1950 to 2100. The metric in this video refers to TOTAL speakers. So for example a person who speaks both English and Mandarin is counted in both of those categories.
Source: Ethnologue
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bengali is not only bangladeshi it is indian language because bangladesh established in 1971 but bengali is 1100 years old
Tamil(தமிழ்) is the oldest language in the world.above 10cr+ people speak tamil in india,srilanka,malaysia,Singapore also official language
@PK-pf6pu
16 күн бұрын
Lol - There other ancient languages than Tamil - for example Sumerian is older than Tamil - Infact Proto dravidian is also older than Tamil - Proto dravidian is mother of Dravidian languages. Tamil might have the oldest recorded literature, not as language. Because lots of ancient languages are spoken orally before written like Sanskrit..
@praveen_kumar227
15 күн бұрын
@@PK-pf6pu punda
Just for curiosity, where did you get the sources to make this prediction, how accurate is?
Thank you for again start uploading videos Imperial Statistics! And as usual Amazing 🔥
@imperialstatistics
19 күн бұрын
Thank you! :)
@hussainbux2449
18 күн бұрын
@@imperialstatisticsPunjabi is majority pakistani??
CAN YOU ALSO DO 1950-2300 VERSION OF THIS?
@dragondaniel0574
19 күн бұрын
2300 Would be the same accuracy of a bird poop landing on the middle of your head, It's not relevant to assume it could happen.
@MuneebMakes
19 күн бұрын
Lmao @@dragondaniel0574
@Blueagon
16 күн бұрын
2100 is already too long to predict, 2300 is a whole another level and would be 99% inaccurate.
@LuisPerez-xe6nu
16 күн бұрын
Imposible to predict, but with migration levels in both Europe and Americas, plus people mobility who knows what’s going to happen with the languages you know today. Let’s take English, for example… USA is English top ambassador, but constant migration and mingling with Spanish world will transform the English language you know today. Arabic language impact in Europe?….Food for thought.
Fato curioso: 90% dos falantes portugueses são brasileiros
@user-hx1fx5ux2q
16 күн бұрын
Na verdade e um Facto. brasil 220 milhoes Angola ,Mocambique Porrtugal .Guine Bissau Cabo verde .Sao tome e .Timor + de 100 milhoes Onde estao os 90% sem falar de outtas pequenas comunidades pelo Mundo No way ignorante
8 languages from India itself . This shows how diverse the population is . 😮
Our South Indian languages have gone so down 😢
@helloworld-hx3gz
20 күн бұрын
చివరికి చూస్తే అన్ని మాట్లాడే భారతీయ భాషలు తగ్గిపోతున్నాయి😢
@santhoshv3028
19 күн бұрын
Population inequality. That's what we south Indian are afraid. One day the hindi belt will rule whole India as monopoly
@quirkyplays1226
19 күн бұрын
@@santhoshv3028no brother❤speak your mother tongue language but hindi is the most spoken language in india so give it 2nd priority.
@santhoshv3028
18 күн бұрын
@@quirkyplays1226 dude I am not only talking about language. Population inequality will make chaos in politics, economy and etc .. for example the MP seats are stagnant from 1990 ( with 543 seats in parliament). If the reschedule it according to population then power of many states will be gone down and hindi belt region will rule parliament. So whatever you people think will be implemented as your hindi belt state have high power.
@dedsecanimation9493
17 күн бұрын
Malayalees are immigrating european and American countries. Kerala population was decreasing..
Let's study English in our spare time.
@inakiakerretaeraso1853Oficial
19 күн бұрын
Spanish first.
@siorac69
19 күн бұрын
As many languages possible
@cesarlopez5897
19 күн бұрын
Primero Español 🇯🇪🇪🇦
@pokemonward1747
18 күн бұрын
Portuguese first
@CYRUS.WONG..8
16 күн бұрын
English Portugese has no value 😂@@pokemonward1747
The sheer decline of Mandarin speakers over the course of the 21st century. 😅
I know 2.5 languages:Kazakh(Im kazakh people),Russian and English(50/50,lvl - A2-B1)
@mrglosethefire
9 күн бұрын
Wow
Forecast that follow a fix algorithm. Local languages in some regions could pose challenges as well as major economic changes and mass migration have to be considered. e.g. Africa is not a stronghold for French Language as you may believe, there are lots of local languages and both English and Arabic could replace French as lingua Franca in some ex-French colonies.
Sindhi from Sindh 🚩🇵🇰
10 language are from only India 😂❤ More than 30M Bengali speaker also from india 😊
@AayuPihushorts_
17 күн бұрын
Punjabi is more popular in Pakistan 10-1= 9👽👍
@ffpredator5214
15 күн бұрын
Then what about English 😂😂😂
SWAHILI 🇹🇿🇰🇪❤️🔥
CAN YOU DO TOP 100 AFRICAN LANGUAGES 1950-2300?
@imperialstatistics
21 күн бұрын
I'll try! proper data for African languages is hard to come by but I could make it work :)
@Jayas.
21 күн бұрын
The first it would be Swahili…hausa …amharic and soo on
@thato596
20 күн бұрын
Make it based on native first home languages. And African languages as indigenous languages of Africa
Vive la langue francaise prospère, viva french language prosperity.
English 🇺🇲 French 🇨🇵
King of Languages: Bharat 🗿👏
malaysia left the chat. 😄
Everyone makes a decision which languages to speak.
Make such a video on largest religions.
@siorac69
18 күн бұрын
Christianity !!!
You can't count Arabic twice. The people who speak standard Arabic and the local dialects are the same. 😃
I'm glad English is number one, that way most people can understand each other regardless of their first language!
Channel owner is abdul! 😂
I think there is a mix. For some languages here. It is native home language speakers numbers and for other languages it is second language numbers speakers
@imperialstatistics
20 күн бұрын
Correct, I used total number of speakers so if someone speaks English and mandarin, they count in both languages
110,000,000 people speak Persian not 57,000,000
I am learning german and so many people I know learn or know german how is german gonna ever decline like that? IMPOSSIBLE
@imperialstatistics
21 күн бұрын
Population decline in German speaking countries. The amount of people that actually learn German wouldn't be enough to counter the population decline.
@user-zf8wo1eu4q
21 күн бұрын
It would be strange if you alone represented a million people 😮
@tunisian_stats
20 күн бұрын
@@imperialstatistics it still would probably stagnate but not decline
@tunisian_stats
20 күн бұрын
@@user-zf8wo1eu4q I said I and other multiple people not just me
@AnnoyinglyLongName
18 күн бұрын
Learning German as well. Since Germany is known for ‘all speaking English’, it turns off a lot of foreigners learning it. I don’t agree with this reasoning, but this is what deters a lot of learners from continuing.
That's because of migration and, for other reasons, higher population, on why are some languages have getting higher and higher!
Save our Odia language😢❤ ଜୟ ଓଡ଼ିଶା
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Why dont you put the Turkic languages and Azerbaijani into the Turkish ?
I know English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, French, and a little bit of Norwegian, Swahili, Italian and Ukrainian
@maxikstreed3166
4 күн бұрын
How can you know Ukrainian if you don't know Russian?
@JesseandMichelleAreSoAdorable
4 күн бұрын
@@maxikstreed3166 I only know like one word in Russian: Привет. Also, Russian and Ukrainian are very similar (in fact, Russians can understand Ukrainian, and so can Ukrainians with Russian), so I only need to know one or the other to be able to understand a really similar language to the one I’m learning. Same with Spanish and Portuguese
Hay más chinos de los que hablan mandarín. Hace 50 años por lejos viene siendo el idioma con más hablantes en el mundo, no sé de dónde sacan los ingleses esto
Javanese language ❤️❤️❤️
This is interesting.
I Know 4 Languages Bhojpuri , Hindi , Maithilli And English 😊
@whatsocutee
17 күн бұрын
Bro, I'm brazilian and I would like to know how you learn English because my English is very bad :(
@Indian-Bhar7
17 күн бұрын
@@whatsocutee Through Duolingo 🦉 And In India English Is Most Important Subject 😂
We call it "Masri" in Egypt which translated is just "Egyptian" not Egyptian Arabic Masri or Egyptian is already 100M+ in 2024 🇪🇬 If you mean because of Ṣaʽīdis, they can speak Masri as well!
It’s crazy how English just continues to keep growing. China surpassed it in the 90s and 00s but then English overtook them
@Jayas.
21 күн бұрын
Because English is spoken as bilingual in many countries worldwide…and that’s y it adds to it’s number but for the single language speaking countries it wouldn’t make up to that number
Arabic (all variations) in fact, are different languages.
WHY IS LINGALA NOT ON THE LIST, AND HOW MANY LINGALA SPEAKERS WILL THERE BE BY 2100?
I have dna Chinese
Urdu aur bangla bhi Indian language hi h
i can speek some Javanese
Look like English is a #1 of the most spoken languages worldwide. Some of the languages are declining rapidly as we go into mid-21st century and the end of the 21st century if I’m lucky enough to be alive because I’m 35 years old.
Bengali is Indian language also. 10cr+ people speak in Bengali in India 🇮🇳
@Diecastlover777
17 күн бұрын
Thik ekdom🇮🇳🇮🇳
According wikipedia, The number of people who speak Vietnamese was ~86 Million in 2019 Does this video have something wrong!??
@rachelkashyap383
21 күн бұрын
U're wrong!!! With Population's nearly 101M+ for current, the number of people speaking Vietnamese must be more than that, so ur data still wrong or too old Being a Vietnamese, i have to say 99% people living in Vietnam certainly know how to speak Vietnamese. IF they dont know how to speak, how can they exist in Vietnam.!??
@rachelkashyap383
21 күн бұрын
I agree that, it will have some special problem!!! But more than 1Mil is enough, not to be more than that ever. Remember on ~ 101M people we have 90% people being Vietnamese. In case except other ethnic groups At least, the data must be ~91M But that's just if it is, cuz it will be never happen, cuz other ethnic groups they also know how to speak Vietnamese for communicating and working. Or if some people they just wanting to live in their ethnic community, thats must be tiny numbers...
@rachelkashyap383
21 күн бұрын
I understand for admin that, the data is so much and it's even in everywhere...so hard to solidify the exact information for all!!! I just upset that there is no place provide a truly source of information and they don't even really work hard to update new data, so the information we capture is even information from 5-10 years ago...
@imperialstatistics
21 күн бұрын
I used a source called "Ethnologue" which has data for every single language. This is the result
@luislelucho4419
20 күн бұрын
Dando una busqueda limitada por las barreras del idioma, se encuentran datos de que Vietnam tiene un 85% de su población hablando el idioma Vietnamita mas 4 millones en el extranejero, dando un total de 85 Millones en 2019, mencionan que hay otras lenguas extranjeras como el Chino, Inglés o Frances, tambien de idiomas de minorias como tay , nung , muong , h'mong , cham y jemer.
Arabic is counted twice--all versions, then each version by region. Love to see breakdowns in English, too. American, British, Australian, New Zealander, Indian, etc.
@imperialstatistics
18 күн бұрын
The reason for the breakdown of Arabic is because each dialect is very different from each other. The source I used "Ethnologue" counts each as it's own language, im not sure there's reliable data on the spread of different types of English as most countries speak the same form just with different accents.
@siorac69
18 күн бұрын
Arabic is horrible, like hebrew & dutch
@w444rbv
18 күн бұрын
Arabic dialects isnt exactly like english because they're a mix of native languages with standard arabic in modern arabic countries I dont think american english had native american influence on it
@desiaadmi9539
17 күн бұрын
There is no such thing as Indian english. Algerian Arabic is quite different from Middle eastern Arabic which can't be understood by each other. While Americans can understand Australian one.
For punjabi you should have used both Pakistan and india flag as Pakistan has more Punjabi speakers
@santhoshv3028
19 күн бұрын
If that's what your logic then Urdu, bengali and Sindhi needs to have Pakistan and India flag not Pakistan flag alone or Bangladesh falg.
@MuneebMakes
19 күн бұрын
And pashto
@gameworld6740
19 күн бұрын
@@MuneebMakes yes
@its_kataraaa
18 күн бұрын
I've said the same thing
One of the very oldest language Oldest Living language in the World One and only Classical language still spoken in the modern World 20 th most spoken language in the World 80 million People It is miracle ❤❤❤ Tamil 💪💪💪 வாழ்க வையகம் வாழ்க தமிழ்குடி வளர்க தமிழ்மொழி 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
All Indonesian citizens can speak Indonesian either as L1 or L2. So all population of Indonesia
You must be jocking ,where are Angola e Mocambique plus 80 millions plus other small countries NO way 😮😮
@whatsocutee
17 күн бұрын
No cap, but are you just kidding? Because it doesn't even make sense
Its not Telegu - its TELUGU - తెలుగు The Sweetest and poetic language...
That’s 💯 wrong lmaoo wdym Farsi have 54M total speakers in 2024 ??? When almost everyone in Iran can speak it ?? It’s around 80M if you only count Iranian farsi, but add tajiki and afghan Farsi and it’ll go up to 130M.. so many mistakes..
@imperialstatistics
18 күн бұрын
I used a source called ethnologue, that's where I got my numbers from
BAHASA Indonesia 300 million (Wikipedia)
There is no any language called Egyptian Arabic or Saudi Arabs Arabic Arabic of all Arabic countries is same but the dialogues from country to another Arabian country is different
Yay 3:34
FRENCH 3rd before the end of this century !
so thisguy is asuming that china goes exticnt
barudak sundaaa
Urdu or Arabic will be Kerala official language soon!
Pashto and persian are same
Tagalog skyrocketing
@belowplays230
18 күн бұрын
sa tingin ako ung info na pinakita sa atin di masyadong accurate.. especially para sa tagalog.. ngayon karamihan ng mga kabataan dto madalas nagiingles kaysa sa sarili nilang wika 😢
I can speak english ,Indonesia ,arab ,
Polish🇵🇱
日本語 🇯🇵
You should've mentioned both India & Pakistan with Punjabi. Because majority of Punjabi speakers are in Pakistan . App 70 to 80 million in Pakistan and 35 to 40 million in India. In real, punjabi in Pakistan is dying, because it's not even recognized as the the Punjab province's official language. App. 44% people speak Punjabi as their native language and 70% can speak and understand it. But still it's not the official language of Pakistan. Instead they recognized urdu as their official language . Which is the language of Lucknow. Punjabi isn't even taught in school in Pakistan. The future of punjabi in Pakistan is dark.
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Malayalam 45 😮35 first😊
Bro its Telugu not Telegu 😢
@imperialstatistics
20 күн бұрын
Oops, Thank you for correcting my mistake.
De Nada Portugal
Punjabi ❤❤❤
Bangali is most sweetest languages in the world 🇧🇩🫶🏻
English Arabic German Turkish Russian
Indian Languages❤❤
wrong numbers
Urdu is world 3 number language international vise.
I am fluent in English, Bengali & Hindi - 3 out of top 10. Along with threadbare French, German & Spanish. Plus, smattering of spoken - Urdu, Punjabi & Arabic.
bahasa melayu malaysian have 300 million speakers in the entire the world bro. 😁😆😅👍
@u_know_my_name_123
16 күн бұрын
🤣😂
Amazigh is the best North Africa United
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USA USA USA🎉
Tagalog🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
yessss you're posting again woohoo
Tagalog🇵🇭🇵🇭
Third
I speak Arabic and English, I guess I'm linguistically future-proof for another 100 years to come 😊
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English most spoken😊
Correct ur liat punjabi is not indian language more people speaka punjabi in pakistan than india.the same way more people speaks pushto in pakistan than in afghanistan.
@santhoshv3028
19 күн бұрын
More people speak Punjabi in pakistan than India?😂Indian Punjab has it's Punjabi language as official language but you use Urdu not Punjabi. Can you write something in Punjabi first of all? Pakistan destroyed Punjabi language. Punjabi is widely used in India than Pakistan.
@its_kataraaa
18 күн бұрын
@@santhoshv3028well, Punjabi is not taught in Pakistan. But still it is spoken and understood by 60-70 million people in Pakistan as their mother tongue. But the future of punjabi is dark
@desiaadmi9539
17 күн бұрын
Indian Biharis who migrated to Pakistan in 1947 used to speak Urdu. Now they rule over rest of them. They have supressed the local punjabis like peasant since then . Pakistani Punjab was the real Punjab where 99.59% people spoke Punjabi but now it's a waste land.
@its_kataraaa
17 күн бұрын
@@desiaadmi9539 okay, you're indian and that's what you think of Pakistan and Punjab. But it's not true. Urdu speakers didn't imposed nd took over the locals in Pakistan Punjab. Eventually, Pakistani punjabis prioritize urdu over punjabi by the local punjabi. They choose to not speak nd not taught to their kids because acc. to them, punjabi isn't a formal language. Pakistani Army contains 70-80% of punjabis. Punjab contributes 60% GDP of Pakistan.
@desiaadmi9539
13 күн бұрын
@@its_kataraaa they chose not to teach Punjabi to their kids because according to them Punjabi is the language of sikhs . Urdu is the language of muslims, Farsi and Arabic is the language of rich muslims (so out of scope), Hindi is the language of Hindus, English is the language of Christians, Pashto is the language of uneducated muslims, Bengali is the language of Bengali muslims Etc etc. So Urdu is the only option and is best. Right?
More speak Punjabi Pakistan not Indian area
Pakistan has much more Punjabi speakers then India still Thay say it's indian language. Thankfully there is Pakistani flag with at least Urdu language...
@its_kataraaa
18 күн бұрын
India have lot more urdu speakers than Pakistan. And it's one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. India is weighing more here.
@irsamalikcht
18 күн бұрын
@@its_kataraaa but it's national language of 245M Pakistanis.. and They all use it in their daily life no matter whatever is their regional language. Moreover Punjabi is not a national or official language of any of both countries so have same importance for both. That's why I mentioned number of speakers here..
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