Languages of Every Country
Below are the official languages of all 193 UN countries in the world. That’s all the members of the United Nations. In addition to this, a lot of places in the world are considered countries by many. More about this in this article. You can click on each country for more information. Please contact us if you notice any mistakes.
| Country | Official Language |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Pashto, Dari |
| Albania | Albanian |
| Algeria | Arabic, Tamazight |
| Andorra | Catalan |
| Angola | Portuguese |
| Antigua and Barbuda | English (de facto) |
| Argentina | Spanish (de facto) |
| Armenia | Armenian |
| Australia | None (English has de facto status) |
| Austria | German |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani |
| Bahamas | English |
| Bahrain | Arabic |
| Bangladesh | Bengali |
| Barbados | English |
| Belarus | Belarusian, Russian |
| Belgium | Dutch, French, German |
| Belize | English |
| Benin | French |
| Bhutan | Dzongkha |
| Bolivia | Castilian |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian (de facto), Croatian (de facto), Serbian (de facto) |
| Botswana | English, Tswana |
| Brazil | Portuguese |
| Brunei Darussalam | Malay, English |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian |
| Burkina Faso | French |
| Burundi | French, Kirundi, English |
| Cabo Verde | Portuguese |
| Cambodia | Khmer |
| Cameroon | English |
| Canada | French |
| Central African Republic | French |
| Chad | Arabic, French |
| Chile | Spanish (de facto) |
| China | Mandarin Chinese |
| Colombia | Spanish |
| Comoros | Arabic, Comorian, French |
| Congo | French |
| Costa Rica | Spanish |
| Côte D’Ivoire | French |
| Croatia | Croatian |
| Cuba | Spanish |
| Cyprus | Greek, Turkish |
| Czech Republic | Czech, Slovak |
| Dem. People’s Republic of Korea | Korean |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | French |
| Denmark | Danish |
| Djibouti | Arabic, French |
| Dominica | English |
| Dominican Republic | Spanish |
| Ecuador | Spanish, Quechua (official language of intercultural relation) |
| Egypt | Arabic |
| El Salvador | Spanish |
| Equatorial Guinea | French, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Eritrea | Tigrinya |
| Estonia | Estonian |
| Eswatini | English, Swazi |
| Ethiopia | Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, English |
| Fiji | English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi |
| Finland | Finnish, Swedish |
| France | French |
| Gabon | French |
| Gambia (Republic of The) | English |
| Georgia | Georgian |
| Germany | German |
| Ghana | English |
| Greece | Greek |
| Grenada | English |
| Guatemala | Spanish |
| Guinea | French |
| Guinea Bissau | Portuguese |
| Guyana | English |
| Haiti | French, Haitian Creole |
| Honduras | Spanish |
| Hungary | Hungarian |
| Iceland | Icelandic, Icelandic Sign Language |
| India | Hindi, English |
| Indonesia | Indonesian, Javanese |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Persian |
| Iraq | Arabic |
| Ireland | English, Irish |
| Israel | Hebrew |
| Italy | Italian |
| Jamaica | English |
| Japan | Japanese |
| Jordan | Arabic |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh, Russian |
| Kenya | English |
| Kiribati | English |
| Kuwait | Standard Arabic |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz, Russian |
| Lao People’s Dem. Republic | Lao |
| Latvia | Latvian |
| Lebanon | Arabic |
| Lesotho | Sotho, English |
| Liberia | English |
| Libya | Arabic |
| Liechtenstein | German |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian |
| Luxembourg | French, German, Luxembourgish |
| Madagascar | French, Malagasy |
| Malawi | English, Chichewa |
| Malaysia | Malay, English |
| Maldives | Dhivehi |
| Mali | French |
| Malta | Maltese, English |
| Marshall Islands | English |
| Mauritania | Arabic |
| Mauritius | English |
| Mexico | Spanish (de facto) |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | Woleaian |
| Monaco | French |
| Mongolia | Mongolian |
| Montenegro | Albanian (in Ulcinj), Croatian (in Tivat), Serbian (in Herceg Novi) |
| Morocco | Arabic, Tamazight |
| Mozambique | Portuguese |
| Myanmar | Burmese |
| Namibia | English |
| Nauru | English, Nauruan |
| Nepal | Nepali |
| Netherlands | Dutch (de facto), West Frisian |
| New Zealand | English, Maori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Nicaragua | Spanish |
| Niger | French |
| Nigeria | English |
| North Macedonia | Macedonian, Albanian |
| Norway | Norwegian, Sami |
| Oman | Arabic |
| Pakistan | English, Urdu |
| Palau | English, Palauan |
| Panama | Spanish |
| Papua New Guinea | English, Hiri Motu, PNG Sign Language, Tok Pisin |
| Paraguay | Spanish, Guaraní |
| Peru | Spanish, Aymara, Quechua |
| Philippines | English, Filipino, Filipino Sign Language |
| Poland | Polish |
| Portugal | Portuguese |
| Qatar | Arabic |
| Republic of Korea | Korean, Korean Sign Language |
| Republic of Moldova | Romanian |
| Romania | Romanian |
| Russian Federation | Russian |
| Rwanda | English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | English |
| Saint Lucia | English |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | English |
| Samoa | English |
| San Marino | Italian |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Portuguese |
| Saudi Arabia | Arabic |
| Senegal | French |
| Serbia | Serbian |
| Seychelles | English, French, Seychellois Creole |
| Sierra Leone | English |
| Singapore | English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil |
| Slovakia | Slovak |
| Slovenia | Slovene |
| Solomon Islands | English |
| Somalia | Arabic |
| South Africa | Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu |
| South Sudan | English |
| Spain | Spanish |
| Sri Lanka | Sinhala, Tamil |
| Sudan | Arabic, English |
| Suriname | Dutch |
| Sweden | Swedish |
| Switzerland | French, German, Italian, Romansh |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Arabic |
| Tajikistan | Tajik |
| Thailand | Thai |
| Timor-Leste | Portuguese, Tetum |
| Togo | French |
| Tonga | English, Tongan |
| Trinidad and Tobago | English |
| Tunisia | Tunisian, Arabic, French |
| Turkey | Turkish |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen |
| Tuvalu | English (de facto) |
| Uganda | English, Swahili |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian |
| United Arab Emirates | Arabic |
| United Kingdom | English (de facto) |
| United Republic of Tanzania | English |
| United States of America | None (English has de facto status but not de jure status) |
| Uruguay | Spanish (de facto) |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbek |
| Vanuatu | English, French |
| Venezuela | Spanish |
| Viet Nam | Vietnamese |
| Yemen | Arabic |
| Zambia | English |
| Zimbabwe | Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Zimbabwean sign languages, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa |
