<P> The following table contains the top 100 languages by estimated number of native speakers in the 2007 edition of Nationalencyklopedin . As census methods in different countries vary to a considerable extent, and given that some countries do not record language in their censuses, any list of languages by native speakers, or total speakers, is effectively based on estimates . Updated estimates from 2010 are also provided . </P> <P> The top eleven languages have additional figures from the 2010 edition of the Nationalencyklopedin . Numbers above 95 million are rounded off to the nearest 5 million . </P> <Table> Top languages by population per Nationalencyklopedin <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Native speakers in millions 2007 (2010) </Th> <Th> Fraction of world population (2007) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mandarin (entire branch) </Td> <Td> 935 (955) </Td> <Td> 14.1% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> 390 (405) </Td> <Td> 5.85% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 365 (360) </Td> <Td> 5.52% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> 295 (310) </Td> <Td> 4.46% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Arabic </Td> <Td> 280 (295) </Td> <Td> 4.23% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> 205 (215) </Td> <Td> 3.08% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Bengali (Bangla) </Td> <Td> 200 (205) </Td> <Td> 3.05% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Russian </Td> <Td> 160 (155) </Td> <Td> 2.42% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Japanese </Td> <Td> 125 (125) </Td> <Td> 1.92% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Punjabi </Td> <Td> 95 (100) </Td> <Td> 1.44% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> German </Td> <Td> 92 (95) </Td> <Td> 1.39% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Javanese </Td> <Td> 82 </Td> <Td> 1.25% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Wu (e.g. Shanghainese) </Td> <Td> 80 </Td> <Td> 1.20% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Malay (inc . Malaysian and Indonesian) </Td> <Td> 77 </Td> <Td> 1.16% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> 76 </Td> <Td> 1.15% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Vietnamese </Td> <Td> 76 </Td> <Td> 1.14% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Korean </Td> <Td> 76 </Td> <Td> 1.14% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> 1.12% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> 73 </Td> <Td> 1.10% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 1.06% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> 66 </Td> <Td> 0.99% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Turkish </Td> <Td> 63 </Td> <Td> 0.95% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Italian </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> 0.90% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Yue (incl . Cantonese) </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> 0.89% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Thai </Td> <Td> 56 </Td> <Td> 0.85% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> 0.74% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Jin </Td> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> 0.72% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Southern Min (incl . Hokkien and Teochew) </Td> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> 0.71% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Persian </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> 0.68% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Polish </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> 0.61% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> Pashto </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> 0.58% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> 0.58% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> Xiang (Hunanese) </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> 0.58% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> 0.57% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Sundanese </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> 0.57% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> Hausa </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> 0.52% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> Odia (Oriya) </Td> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> 0.50% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> Burmese </Td> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> 0.50% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> Hakka </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> 0.46% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> Ukrainian </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> 0.46% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> Bhojpuri </Td> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> 0.43% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> Tagalog (Filipino) </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> 0.42% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> Yoruba </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> 0.42% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> Maithili </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> 0.41% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> Uzbek </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> 0.39% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> Sindhi </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> 0.39% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> Amharic </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 0.37% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> Fula </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 0.37% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> Romanian </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 0.37% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> Oromo </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 0.36% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> Igbo </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> 0.36% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> Azerbaijani </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> 0.34% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> Awadhi </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 0.33% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> Gan Chinese </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 0.33% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> Cebuano (Visayan) </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 0.32% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 56 </Td> <Td> Dutch </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 0.32% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> Kurdish </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 0.31% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 58 </Td> <Td> Serbo - Croatian </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 0.28% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> Malagasy </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 0.28% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> Saraiki </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 0.26% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 61 </Td> <Td> Nepali </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 0.25% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> Sinhalese </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0.25% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 63 </Td> <Td> Chittagonian </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0.24% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 64 </Td> <Td> Zhuang </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0.24% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 65 </Td> <Td> Khmer </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0.24% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 66 </Td> <Td> Turkmen </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0.24% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 67 </Td> <Td> Assamese </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 0.23% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> Madurese </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 0.23% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 69 </Td> <Td> Somali </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 0.22% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> Marwari </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 0.21% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> Magahi </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 0.21% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 72 </Td> <Td> Haryanvi </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 0.21% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 73 </Td> <Td> Hungarian </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 0.19% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 74 </Td> <Td> Chhattisgarhi </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 0.19% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> Greek </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 0.18% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 76 </Td> <Td> Chewa </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 0.17% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 77 </Td> <Td> Deccan </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 0.17% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 78 </Td> <Td> Akan </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 0.17% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 79 </Td> <Td> Kazakh </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 0.17% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 80 </Td> <Td> Northern Min </Td> <Td> 10.9 </Td> <Td> 0.16% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 81 </Td> <Td> Sylheti </Td> <Td> 10.7 </Td> <Td> 0.16% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 82 </Td> <Td> Zulu </Td> <Td> 10.4 </Td> <Td> 0.16% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 83 </Td> <Td> Czech </Td> <Td> 10.0 </Td> <Td> 0.15% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 84 </Td> <Td> Kinyarwanda </Td> <Td> 9.8 </Td> <Td> 0.15% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 85 </Td> <Td> Dhundhari </Td> <Td> 9.6 </Td> <Td> 0.15% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 86 </Td> <Td> Haitian Creole </Td> <Td> 9.6 </Td> <Td> 0.15% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 87 </Td> <Td> Eastern Min (inc . Fuzhounese) </Td> <Td> 9.5 </Td> <Td> 0.14% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 88 </Td> <Td> Ilocano </Td> <Td> 9.1 </Td> <Td> 0.14% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 89 </Td> <Td> Quechua </Td> <Td> 8.9 </Td> <Td> 0.13% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 90 </Td> <Td> Kirundi </Td> <Td> 8.8 </Td> <Td> 0.13% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 91 </Td> <Td> Swedish </Td> <Td> 8.7 </Td> <Td> 0.13% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 92 </Td> <Td> Hmong </Td> <Td> 8.4 </Td> <Td> 0.13% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 93 </Td> <Td> Shona </Td> <Td> 8.3 </Td> <Td> 0.13% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 94 </Td> <Td> Uyghur </Td> <Td> 8.2 </Td> <Td> 0.12% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 95 </Td> <Td> Hiligaynon / Ilonggo (Visayan) </Td> <Td> 8.2 </Td> <Td> 0.12% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 96 </Td> <Td> Mossi </Td> <Td> 7.6 </Td> <Td> 0.11% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 97 </Td> <Td> Xhosa </Td> <Td> 7.6 </Td> <Td> 0.11% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 98 </Td> <Td> Belarusian </Td> <Td> 7.6 </Td> <Td> 0.11% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 99 </Td> <Td> Balochi </Td> <Td> 7.6 </Td> <Td> 0.11% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> Konkani </Td> <Td> 7.4 </Td> <Td> 0.11% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5,610 </Td> <Td> 85% </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Native speakers in millions 2007 (2010) </Th> <Th> Fraction of world population (2007) </Th> </Tr>

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