Global Language Diversity on Wikipedia

A table showing the relationship between language speaker populations and Wikipedia article counts.

Languages and Wikipedia Articles

The largest Wikipedia editions by number of articles, as visualized by Arief Azazie Zain in 2024.

Top 250 Languages by Number of Speakers

Speaker estimates are L1 (first-language) counts from LinguaMeta, supplemented for a handful of languages where LinguaMeta lacks an estimate (sourced from Wikipedia), plus Mandarin Chinese where LinguaMeta uses the same estimate as for Chinese as a whole. Language descriptions are pulled from Wikidata. Wikipedia edition names, article counts, and active user counts are from the List of Wikipedias article on English Wikipedia (2026-08-02).

Note that the language rank is computed for this table and therefore includes a handful of spoken languages or dialects not included in LinguaMeta (i.e., Aromanian, Banyamasan, Võro, Dutch Low Saxon, and Tarantino). No attempt has been made to add all comporable languages missing from LinguaMeta without an edition of Wikipedia.

Background shading: blue = speaker population; green/gold = Wikipedia article count.

Top 250 at a Glance

Languages ranked left-to-right, top-to-bottom by estimated L1 speaker population. Background color reflects Wikipedia article count: slate = no Wikipedia; teal/green = small–medium edition; amber = largest editions (1M+ articles).

Chinese
中文
1.3B  1.5M

English
English
1.3B  7.2M

Mandarin Chinese
普通话
990.0M  1.5M

Hindi
हिन्दी
544.0M  171K

Spanish
español
468.4M  2.1M

Arabic
العربية
346.3M  1.3M

Urdu
اردو
288.0M  668K

Bengali
বাংলা
266.0M  190K

Portuguese
português
225.8M  1.2M

French
français
203.2M  2.8M

Punjabi
پنجابی
200.0M  60K

Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia
171.0M  787K

Swahili
Kiswahili
171.0M  122K

Russian
русский
170.2M  2.1M

Japanese
日本語
119.0M  1.5M

Western Panjabi
شاہ مُکھی
113.0M  76K

Telugu
తెలుగు
95.0M  127K

Lahnda
93.0M  76K

Marathi
मराठी
93.0M  102K

German
Deutsch
91.7M  3.1M

Javanese
Basa Jawa
91.0M  75K

Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
85.0M  1.3M

Wu Chinese
吳語
84.0M  48K

Persian
فارسی
82.0M  1.1M

Caribbean Javanese
82.0M  75K

Tamil
தமிழ்
81.5M  189K

Yue Chinese
廣東話
79.0M  151K

Egyptian Arabic
اللغه المصريه الحديثه
78.0M  1.3M

Turkish
Türkçe
76.3M  693K

Korean
한국어
75.0M  757K

Filipino
Filipino
66.0M  49K

Italian
italiano
65.3M  2.0M

Jinyu Chinese
晋语
63.0M  1.5M

Gujarati
ગુજરાતી
60.0M  31K

Thai
ภาษาไทย
55.0M  186K

Pashto
پښتو
53.0M  21K

Kannada
ಕನ್ನಡ
49.0M  35K

Nigerian Pidgin
Naija
45.0M  2K

Malayalam
മലയാളം
42.0M  88K

Min Nan Chinese
Min Nan
42.0M  434K

Oromo
Afaan Oromoo
42.0M  2K

Odia (Oriya)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
42.0M  21K

Xiang Chinese
湘語
40.0M  1.5M

Sindhi
سنڌي
38.4M  22K

Sudanese Arabic
لهجة سودانية
37.0M  1.3M

Fulah
Fulfulde
37.0M  21K

Polish
polski
37.0M  1.7M

Amharic
አማርኛ
36.0M  16K

Algerian Arabic
الدارجة الجزائرية
36.0M  1.3M

Myanmar (Burmese)
မြန်မာ
36.0M  112K

Odia
35.0M  21K

Malay
Bahasa Melayu
34.4M  440K

Bhojpuri
भोजपुरी
33.5M  9K

Tagalog
Filipino
33.0M  49K

Hakka Chinese
客家話
32.0M  10K

Sundanese
Basa Sunda
32.0M  63K

Moroccan Arabic
الداريجة المغريبية
31.0M  19K

Azerbaijani
Azərbaycanca
29.2M  216K

Ukrainian
українська
29.0M  1.4M

Hausa
Hausa
28.2M  107K

Igbo
Igbo
28.0M  48K

Saraiki
سرائیکی
28.0M  25K

Northern Uzbek
28.0M  353K

Yoruba
Èdè Yorùbá
28.0M  39K

Cebuano
Cebuano
26.0M  6.1M

Uzbek
o‘zbek
26.0M  353K

Saidi Arabic
صعيدى
25.0M  1.3M

Awadhi
अवधी
25.0M  3K

Antankarana Malagasy
25.0M  104K

Dutch
Nederlands
24.1M  2.2M

South Azerbaijani
تۆرکجه
24.0M  245K

North Azerbaijani
24.0M  216K

Gan Chinese
贛語
24.0M  7K

Malagasy
Malagasy
24.0M  104K

Marwari
मारवाड़ी
22.0M  —

Romanian
română
21.1M  546K

Nepali
नेपाली
20.4M  30K

Maithili
मैथिली
19.3M  14K

Rajasthani
राजस्थानी
19.3M  —

Serbo-Croatian
srpskohrvatski jezik
19.0M  462K

Mesopotamian Arabic
لهجة بلاد ما بين النهرين
17.0M  1.3M

Assamese
অসমীয়া
17.0M  25K

Madurese
Bhasa Madhura
17.0M  5K

Northeastern Thai
ภาษาอีสาน
17.0M  186K

Rangpuri
অংপুরি
16.7M  —

Haryanvi
हरियाणवी
16.0M  —

Magahi
मगही
16.0M  4K

Nepali
नेपाली
16.0M  30K

Sinhala
සිංහල
16.0M  26K

Zhuang
Vahcuengh
16.0M  3K

Chhattisgarhi
छत्तीसगढ़ी
15.0M  —

Khmer
ខ្មែរ
15.0M  12K

Southern Pashto
14.9M  21K

Nigerian Fulfulde
14.0M  21K

Zulu
isiZulu
14.0M  12K

Banyumasan
13.5M  14K

Kazakh
қазақ
13.2M  244K

Sanaani Arabic
13.0M  1.3M

Deccan
Deccani
13.0M  —

Chichewa
Chichewa
13.0M  1K

Swedish
svenska
12.2M  2.6M

Greek
Ελληνικά
12.2M  272K

Ta’Izzi-Adeni Arabic
لهجة تعزية-عدنية
12.0M  1.3M

Iranian Persian
12.0M  1.1M

Shona
Chishona
12.0M  12K

Hungarian
magyar
11.8M  572K

Kurmanji Kurdish
Kurdî
11.5M  92K

Low German
Plattdüütsch
11.5M  86K

Sorani Kurdish
سۆرانی
11.1M  84K

Hijazi Arabic
حجازي
11.0M  1.3M

Twi
Twi
11.0M  5K

Wolof
Wolof làkk
11.0M  2K

Norwegian Bokmål
bokmål
10.5M  687K

Tigrinya
ትግርኛ
10.1M  366

North Mesopotamian Arabic
لهجة موصلية
10.0M  1.3M

Czech
čeština
10.0M  596K

Ilocano
Ilokano
10.0M  16K

Nande
Yira
10.0M  —

Xhosa
isiXhosa
10.0M  3K

Luba-Lulua
Ciluba
9.8M  —

Kinyarwanda
Ikinyarwanda
9.8M  10K

Dhundari
ढूंढारी
9.6M  —

Kanuri
Kànùrí
9.6M  2K

Dari
9.6M  1.1M

Belarusian
беларуская
9.5M  91K

Min Dong Chinese
Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄
9.5M  17K

Umbundu
Umbundu
9.4M  —

Hiligaynon
Ilonggo
9.2M  —

Somali
Soomaali
9.2M  12K

Kikuyu
Gĩkũyũ
9.1M  3K

Congo Swahili
9.1M  122K

Bambara
Bámánánkán
9.0M  930

Haitian Creole
Kreyòl Ayisyen
9.0M  72K

Twi
twi
9.0M  5K

Tajik
тоҷикӣ
8.9M  119K

Hebrew
עִבְרִית
8.7M  402K

Catalan
català
8.5M  800K

Quechua
Runa Simi
8.5M  25K

Bavarian
Boarisch
8.4M  27K

Sichuan Yi
Nuosuhxop
8.4M  —

Mossi
Mòoré
8.3M  1K

Kimbundu
Kimbundu
8.1M  —

Sylheti
সিলেঢী
8.1M  1K

Kongo
Kikongo
8.0M  2K

Minangkabau
Baso Minangkabau
8.0M  230K

Serbian
српски
7.9M  707K

Standard Moroccan Tamazight
ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
7.8M  12K

Hmong
𖬌𖬣𖬵
7.7M  —

Uyghur
ئۇيغۇر تىلى
7.7M  10K

Rundi
Ikirundi
7.5M  729

Albanian
Shqip
7.5M  106K

Kanauji
कन्नौजी
7.4M  —

Afrikaans
Afrikaans
7.3M  130K

Santali
সাঁওতালী
7.3M  16K

Eastern Maninkakan
7.1M  —

Bulgarian
български
7.0M  311K

Varhadi-Nagpuri
वऱ्हाडी
7.0M  —

Northern Thai
ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
6.6M  186K

Mongolian
Монгол
6.5M  28K

Central Pashto
6.5M  21K

Sesotho
Sesotho
6.4M  2K

Krio
Krio
6.3M  —

Swiss German
Schwiizertüütsch
6.1M  3.1M

Balochi
Balòci
6.1M  —

Mewati
मेवाती
6.1M  —

Tswana
Setswana
6.0M  6K

Luyia
Oluluhya
5.9M  —

Guarani
avañeʼẽ
5.9M  6K

Libyan Arabic
ليبي
5.6M  1.3M

Betawi
Betawi
5.6M  3K

Luganda
Oluganda
5.6M  6K

Danish
dansk
5.5M  315K

Norwegian
norsk
5.5M  687K

Southern Thai
ภาษาปักษ์ใต้
5.5M  186K

Bemba
Chibemba
5.4M  —

Kashmiri
كٲشُر
5.4M  11K

Kituba
Kikongo-Kituba
5.4M  —

Malvi
मालवी
5.4M  —

Northeastern Dinka
5.3M  340

Sepedi
Sepedi
5.3M  9K

Finnish
suomi
5.2M  622K

Halh Mongolian
5.2M  28K

Luo
Dholuo
5.2M  —

Tok Pisin
Tok Pisin
5.2M  1K

Hadrami Arabic
5.1M  1.3M

Lao
ລາວ
5.1M  6K

Sukuma
Kisukuma
5.1M  —

Ghanaian Pidgin English
Ghanaian Pidgin
5.0M  6K

Koongo
5.0M  2K

Sicilian
Sicilianu
5.0M  26K

Konkani
कोंकणी
4.9M  4K

Slovak
slovenčina
4.9M  261K

Balinese
Basa Bali
4.8M  38K

Paraguayan Guaraní
4.8M  6K

Mainfränkisch
Ostfränkisch
4.8M  —

Croatian
hrvatski
4.7M  235K

Huizhou Chinese
徽州話
4.6M  1.5M

Eastern Oromo
Oromoo
4.5M  2K

Buginese
ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
4.3M  16K

Dinka
Thuɔŋjäŋ
4.2M  340

Konkani
कोंकणी
4.2M  4K

Mazanderani
مازندرانی
4.2M  65K

Tichurong
4.2M  —

Southern Uzbek
اوزبیک تورکچه
4.2M  353K

Gheg Albanian
4.1M  106K

Bukit Malay
4.1M  440K

Kamba
Kĩkamba
4.1M  —

Kalenjin
Kalenjin
4.1M  —

Banjar
Banjar
4.0M  12K

Northern Hindko
Hindko
4.0M  76K

Zarma
Zarma Sanni
3.9M  —

Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo
3.9M  2K

Gilaki
گیلکی
3.9M  48K

Turkmen
türkmençe
3.9M  7K

Makhuwa
Emakhuwa
3.9M  —

Merwari
मेरवारी
3.9M  —

Southern Balochi
بلوچی‎
3.8M  —

Bosnian
bosanski
3.8M  99K

Sidamo
Sidaamu Afoo
3.8M  —

Achinese
Acèh
3.7M  13K

Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
3.7M  —

Pulaar
3.7M  21K

Shekhawati
शेखावाटी
3.7M  —

Garhwali
गढ़वळि
3.6M  —

Lambadi
लम्बाडी
3.6M  —

Lombard
Lumbaart
3.6M  80K

Shan
ၵႂၢမ်းတႆးယႂ်
3.6M  25K

Bangala
Ngala
3.5M  —

Galician
Galego
3.5M  233K

Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamaziɣt
3.5M  12K

Lingala
Lingála
3.4M  5K

Georgian
ქართული
3.4M  198K

Kabyle
القبايل
3.4M  7K

Pattani Malay
بهاس جاوي
3.4M  440K

Peripheral Mongolian
3.4M  28K

Hmong Daw
us Hmoob
3.4M  —

Tiv
Tiv
3.4M  —

Bikol
Bikol
3.3M  22K

Sankaran Maninka
3.3M  —

Omani Arabic
اللهجة العمانية
3.2M  1.3M

Bundeli
बुन्देली
3.2M  —

Ewe
Eʋegbe
3.2M  1K

Fon
Fɔ̀ngbè
3.2M  5K

Gondi
गोंडी
3.2M  —

Central Kanuri
3.2M  2K

Waray
Waray
3.2M  1.3M

Kenyi
3.1M  —

Musi
Baso Palembang
3.1M  440K

Southern Kurdish
کوردی خوارین
3.1M  92K

Tachelhit
Taclḥiyt
3.1M  11K

Additional Languages with Wikipedia Editions

These languages fall outside the top 250 by speaker population but have active Wikipedia editions. Global rank (by estimated L1 speakers) shown where available.

Classical, Constructed, and Special-Purpose Wikipedia Editions

These Wikipedia editions are not associated with a living natural language in the LinguaMeta dataset. They include classical and liturgical languages (Latin, Sanskrit, Old English), constructed languages (Esperanto is covered above; Ido, Interlingua, Volapük, etc. appear here), dialect/regional-code editions, and the Simple English Wikipedia.

Language	Language Description	Language Type	Articles	Wikipedia Edition
Simple English	English-based controlled language	Auxiliary / Constructed	283,894	Simple English Wikipedia Simple English Wikipedia
Latin	Indo-European language of the Italic branch	Classical / Historical	142,057	Latin Wikipedia Vicipaedia Latina
Ido	constructed international auxiliary language	Auxiliary / Constructed	63,436	Ido Wikipedia Wikipedio en Ido
Volapük	constructed international auxiliary language	Auxiliary / Constructed	54,002	Volapük Wikipedia Vükiped Volapükik
Interlingua	international auxiliary language created by IALA	Auxiliary / Constructed	30,496	Interlingua Wikipedia Wikipedia in interlingua
Kotava	international auxiliary language created in 1978	Auxiliary / Constructed	29,905	Kotava Wikipedia Wikipedia men Kotava
Classical Chinese	language of the Sino-Tibetan language family in written form (ISO 639-3: lzh) as opposed to the spoken, known as Old Chinese (ISO 639-3: och) or Middle Chinese (ISO 639-3: ltc)	Classical / Historical	14,140	Classical Chinese Wikipedia 文言維基大典 (Wényán wéijī dàdiǎn)
Interlingue	international auxiliary language created 1922	Auxiliary / Constructed	13,730	Interlingue Wikipedia Wikipedia in Interlingue
Sanskrit	ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia	Classical / Historical	12,522	Sanskrit Wikipedia संस्कृतविकिपीडिया (Saṃskṛta vikipīḍiyā)
Old English	earliest historical form of English	Classical / Historical	5,230	Old English Wikipedia Engliscan Ƿikipǣdia
Lingua Franca Nova	auxiliary constructed language, originally created by C. George Boeree, and largely based on a Romance substrate partially creolized then modified by some evolutive rules of simplification	Auxiliary / Constructed	4,678	Lingua Franca Nova Wikipedia Vicipedia en lingua franca nova
Toki Pona	minimalist language created by Sonja Lang	Auxiliary / Constructed	4,523	Toki Pona Wikipedia lipu Wikipesija pi toki pona
Novial	constructed language	Auxiliary / Constructed	2,069	Novial Wikipedia Wikipedie in novial
Interslavic	Pan-Slavic auxiliary language	Auxiliary / Constructed	1,580	Interslavic Wikipedia Medžuslovjansky Vikipedija (Меджусловyанскy Википедија)
Old Church Slavonic	medieval Slavic literary language, without ISO codes, preceding Church Slavonic (Q33251, cu, chu)	Classical / Historical	1,483	Old Church Slavonic Wikipedia Словѣньска Википєдїꙗ (Slověnĭska Vikipedija)
Lojban	constructed language based on predicate logic	Auxiliary / Constructed	1,356	Lojban Wikipedia ni'o la .uikipedi'as. pe lo jbobau
Gothic	extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths	Classical / Historical	1,030	Gothic Wikipedia 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰 (Gutisk wikipaidja)
Pali	Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent	Classical / Historical	304	Pali Wikipedia पालि विकिपीडिया (Pāli vikipīḍiyā)