The 10 most spoken languages in the world

• English: With 1456 million speakers in total, English is widely used as a second language and is official in 58 countries.

• Mandarin Chinese: With 1138 million speakers in total, it is the official language in 3 countries.

• Hindustani (Standard Hindi, Urdu): With 609.5 million speakers in total, this language is official in 3 countries.

• Spanish: With 559.1 million speakers in total, it is official in 20 countries.

• French: With 309.8 million speakers in total, it is official in 27 countries.

• Modern Standard Arabic: With 274 million speakers in total, it is official in several countries.

• Bengali: With 272.8 million speakers in total, it is official in 2 countries.

• Portuguese: With 263.6 million speakers in total, it is official in 9 countries.

• Russian: With 255 million speakers in total, it is official in 7 countries.

• Urdu: It has 231.7 million speakers in total and is official in 2 countries.