Ethnologue (2026) According to
Ethnologue, the following languages have more than 50 million first-language speakers as of 2026. This section does not include entries that
Ethnologue identifies as
macrolanguages encompassing all their respective
varieties, such as
Arabic,
Lahnda,
Persian,
Malay,
Pashto, and
Chinese.
CIA World Factbook (2018 estimates) According to the
CIA World Factbook, the most-spoken first languages in 2018 were: ==See also==