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What is the most spoken language in the world?
English: ~1.5B total speakers
What is the most spoken language in the world?
Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers (~930 million), followed by Spanish (~475 million) and English (~373 million). However, English is the most widely spoken language overall when including non-native speakers — with roughly 1.5 billion speakers globally. English is the official or co-official language of more countries than any other.
Source: Ethnologue 27th Edition (2024)