🥇 English — 1.2 billion

COUNTRIES: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand

🥈 Mandarin — 1.1 billion

COUNTRIES: China, Taiwan, Singapore

🥉 Hindi — 625 million

COUNTRIES: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

4. Spanish — 550 million

COUNTRIES: Spain, Andorra, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia

5. French — 300 million

COUNTRIES: France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada, Monaco

6. Arabic — 275 million

COUNTRIES: Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria

7. Bengali — 270 million

COUNTRIES: Bangladesh, India

8. Russian — 250 million

COUNTRIES: Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus

9. Portuguese — 225 million

COUNTRIES: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique

10. Indonesian — 200 million

COUNTRIES: Indonesia