Reading Time: < 1 minute English was born in the United Kingdom but today belongs to the modern world as the main international language of business and politics. That’s why it’s not very surprising to find English as the world’s most spoken language, with 1.5 billion speakers as of 2023. Rank Language # of Speakers (2023) 1 English 1,500,000,000 2 Mandarin 1,100,000,000 3 Hindi 609,500,000 4 Spanish 559,100,000 5 French 309,800,000 6 Standard Arabic 274,000,000 7 Bengali 272,800,000 8 Portuguese 263,600,000 9 Russian 255,000,000 10 Urdu 231,700,000 11 Indonesian 199,100,000 12 German 133,200,000 Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.