Summary statistics | ||||
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Total population | 1,072,128,000 | |||
N English speaking | 169,531,510 | |||
Mean (SD) living languages | 57 (85) | |||
Mean (SD) literacy rate | 65% (20%) | |||
Languages spoken by > 10 million | Language | N spoken | Level | Ranking (max 94) |
Swahili | 108,888,800 | 1 | 1 | |
French | 88,135,710 | 1 | 2 | |
Arabic | 75,160,000 | 1 | 3 | |
Hausa | 71,219,000 | 2 | 4 | |
Pidgin | 62078,000 | 3 | 5 | |
Amharic | 56,900,000 | 1 | 6 | |
Yoruba | 42,209,000 | 2 | 7 | |
Portuguese | 29,311,250 | 1 | 8 | |
Igbo | 29,000,000 | 2 | 9 | |
Zulu | 27,300,000 | 1 | 10 | |
Sotho | 27,230,000 | 1 | 11 | |
Xhosa | 19,150,000 | 1 | 12 | |
Oromo | 19,100,000 | 2 | 13 | |
Afrikaans | 17,287,000 | 1 | 14 | |
Fulfulde | 16,169,000 | 3 | 15 | |
Somali | 14,635,600 | 1 | 16 | |
Setswana | 13,630,000 | 1 | 17 | |
Wolof | 12,522,000 | 3 | 18 | |
Jula | 12,504,000 | 3 | 19 | |
Kinyarwanda | 11,600,000 | 1 | 20 | |
Rundi | 10,420,000 | 1 | 21 | |
Ibibio | 10,380,000 | 3 | 22 | |
+ National languages | Malagasy | 7,520,000 | 1 | 28 |
Tsonga | 5,680,000 | 1 | 36 | |
Sango | 5,100,000 | 1 | 38 | |
Swati | 4,800,000 | 1 | 40 | |
Ndebele | 4,100,000 | 1 | 42 | |
Venda | 2,910,000 | 1 | 48 | |
Creole | 2,151,200 | 1 | 52 | |
Spanish | 787,000 | 1 | 67 | |
Kabuverdianu | 492,000 | 1 | 76 |