Most Commonly Spoken Languages

Rank -- Language -- Number of Speakers
1 -- Chinese (Mandarin) -- 1,000,000,000 +
2 -- English -- 508,000,000
3 -- Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) -- 497,000,000
4 -- Spanish -- 392,000,000
5 -- Russian -- 277,000,000
6 -- Arabic -- 246,000,000
7 -- Bengali -- 211,000,000
8 -- Portuguese -- 191,000,000
9 -- Malay-Indonesian -- 159,000,000
10 -- French -- 129,000,000
Source: University of Washington