Lists of countries and territories by official language

This is a list of lists of countries and territories by official language.

• List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
• List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language
• List of countries and territories where English is an official language
• List of countries and territories where French is an official language
• List of countries and territories where German is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language

Other official languages

Hindustani

See also: Hindustani language

  Provincial or state level

  Secondary provincial or state language

  National level

Country	Region	Population	Status
India	Asia	1,367,703,110[1]	Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English. Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India.
Pakistan	Asia	220,892,331[2]	Urdu is co-official with English.
South Africa	Africa	59,622,350[3]	More than 436,000 Hindi speakers.[4] According to the Constitution of South Africa, the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages.
Fiji	Oceania	889,327[5]	Fiji Hindi is official alongside English and Fijian.
Total		1,649,107,118

Italian

See also: Italian language

Italian Linguasphere.Legend

  Native language

  Administrative language

  Secondary language or non-official.

  Italophone minorities

Country	Region	Population	Status
Italy	Europe	60,198,633[6]	Official language
Switzerland	Europe	8,619,259[7]	Co-official language with German, French, and Romansh
Croatia	Europe	208,055	Istria County
Slovenia	Europe	93,089	Slovene Istria
San Marino	Europe	33,607[8]	Official language
Vatican City	Europe	825[9]	Co-official language with Latin
Total		69,153,468

Malay

See also: Malay language

Malay Linguasphere.

  Indonesia

  Malaysia

  Singapore and Brunei, where Standard Malay is an official language

  East Timor, where Indonesian is a working language

  Southern Thailand and the Cocos Isl., where other varieties of Malay are spoken

Country	Region	Population	Primary Language?	Notes
Indonesia	Asia	237,424,363[10]	Yes (as an Indonesian language)	Malay language in Indonesia is considered a regional language (bahasa daerah), on part with regional languages spoken in the regions of Sumatra and Kalimantan
Malaysia	Asia	30,018,242[11]	Yes
Singapore	Asia	5,469,700[12]	Yes (along with English, Mandarin & Tamil)
Brunei	Asia	417,200[13]	Yes
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Oceania	596[14]	Yes (along with English)	Cocos Malay and English are the official languages. Cocos Malay is a dialect of Malay with some different features. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are an Australian external territory.
Total		273,330,101

Portuguese

See also: Portuguese language and Academia Brasileira de Letras

Global spread of Portuguese:

  Native language and official

  Official and administrative language

Country	Region	Population[15][16]	More information
Brazil	South America	217,637,297[17]	Brazilian Portuguese
Mozambique	Africa	21,669,278[18]	Mozambican Portuguese
Angola	Africa	18,498,000[19]	Angolan Portuguese
Portugal	Europe	10,318,000[20]	European Portuguese
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1,795,834[21]	Brazilian Portuguese
East Timor	Asia	1,245,000[22]	East Timorese Portuguese
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1,110,000[23]	Guinean Portuguese
Macau	Asia	641,000[24]	Macanese Portuguese
Cape Verde	Africa	499,000[25]	Cape Verdean Portuguese
Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	212,679[26]	Sao Tomean Portuguese
Total		273,626,088

See also

• List of official languages by country and territory
• De facto

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17. Brazil does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
18. Mozambique does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
19. Angola does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
20. The main language of Portuguese Communitities.
21. (co-official with Spanish and French)
22. co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007)
23. Guines-Bissau does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
24. Co-official with Cantonese.
25. Cape Verde does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
26. Sao Tome and Principe does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.