Second languages around the World
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The map below displays the second most regularly spoken primary language in most nations, exposing much about the history of every country.
MoveHub team created this map using data from Wikipedia and the CIA World Factbook as of February 2021.
English takes the top as the most popular second language worldwide, with 55 nations speaking it as a second language. The reason this figure of 55 nations speaking English as a second language is so vast is that those people speaking English are doing so as their first language. That is a quarter of the nations in the world.
Second place goes to French with 14 nations and third place to Russian with 13 countries.
Top 10 Most Popular Second Primary Languages Worldwide
| Rank | Language | Number of nations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 55 |
| 2 | French | 14 |
| 3 | Russian | 13 |
| 4 | Spanish | 8 |
| 5 | Creole | 8 |
| 6 | Arabic | 6 |
| 7 | Kurdish | 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | 4 |
| 9 | Italian | 3 |
| 10 | Quechua | 3 |
