Startseite › Alle Länder › Länder mit den Meisten Amtssprachen Länder mit den Meisten Amtssprachen Die sprachliche Vielfalt variiert erheblich zwischen den Ländern. Papua-Neuguinea hält den Weltrekord mit über 800 lebenden Sprachen — mehr als jede andere Nation. Indonesien folgt mit über 700 Sprachen, während Nigeria über 500 hat. Diese bemerkenswerte Vielfalt spiegelt oft komplexe Migrationsgeschichten, Isolation und kulturelle Entwicklung wider. Länder mit den meisten Sprachen neigen dazu, solche mit verschiedenen ethnischen Gruppen, rauer Geografie, die Gemeinschaften isoliert, oder langen Geschichten menschlicher Besiedlung zu sein.
Vollständige Rangliste # Land Hauptstadt Bevölkerung Fläche Region 1 Zimbabwe Harare 17.07M 390,757 km² Africa 2 South Africa Pretoria 63.10M 1,221,037 km² Africa 3 Namibia Windhoek 3.02M 825,615 km² Africa 4 DR Congo Kinshasa 112.83M 2,344,858 km² Africa 5 Spain Madrid 49.32M 505,992 km² Europe 6 Bolivia Sucre 11.37M 1,098,581 km² Americas 7 Switzerland Bern 9.08M 41,284 km² Europe 8 Singapore Singapore 6.11M 710 km² Asia 9 India New Delhi 1.42B 3,287,263 km² Asia 10 Iraq Baghdad 46.12M 438,317 km² Asia 11 Afghanistan Kabul 43.84M 652,230 km² Asia 12 Peru Lima 34.35M 1,285,216 km² Americas 13 Rwanda Kigali 14.10M 26,338 km² Africa 14 Belgium Brussels 11.83M 30,528 km² Europe 15 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 11.78M 462,840 km² Oceania 16 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 6.14M 342,000 km² Africa 17 Norway Oslo 5.61M 386,224 km² Europe 18 New Zealand Wellington 5.32M 268,838 km² Oceania 19 Eritrea Asmara 3.61M 117,600 km² Africa 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 3.42M 51,209 km² Europe 21 Equatorial Guinea Ciudad de la Paz 1.67M 28,051 km² Africa 22 Mauritius Port Louis 1.24M 2,040 km² Africa 23 Comoros Moroni 919.9K 1,862 km² Africa 24 Fiji Suva 900.9K 18,272 km² Oceania 25 Luxembourg Luxembourg 682.0K 2,586 km² Europe 26 Western Sahara El Aaiún 600.9K 266,000 km² Africa 27 Belize Belmopan 417.6K 22,966 km² Americas 28 Vanuatu Port Vila 321.4K 12,189 km² Oceania 29 Curaçao Willemstad 156.1K 444 km² Americas 30 Guam Hagåtña 153.8K 549 km² Oceania 31 Seychelles Victoria 122.7K 452 km² Africa 32 Jersey Saint Helier 103.3K 116 km² Europe 33 Guernsey St. Peter Port 64.8K 78 km² Europe 34 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 47.3K 464 km² Oceania 35 Sint Maarten Philipsburg 41.3K 34 km² Americas 36 Caribbean Netherlands Kralendijk 32.0K 328 km² Americas 37 Tokelau Fakaofo 2.6K 12 km² Oceania 38 Pakistan Islamabad 241.50M 796,095 km² Asia 39 Philippines Manila 114.12M 342,353 km² Asia 40 Tanzania Dodoma 68.15M 947,303 km² Africa 41 Italy Rome 58.93M 301,336 km² Europe 42 Kenya Nairobi 53.33M 580,367 km² Africa 43 Sudan Khartoum 51.66M 1,886,068 km² Africa 44 Argentina Buenos Aires 46.74M 2,780,400 km² Americas 45 Uganda Kampala 45.91M 241,550 km² Africa 46 Canada Ottawa 41.65M 9,984,670 km² Americas 47 Uzbekistan Tashkent 37.86M 447,400 km² Asia 48 Morocco Rabat 36.83M 446,550 km² Africa 49 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 34.23M 330,803 km² Asia 50 Madagascar Antananarivo 31.73M 587,041 km² Africa 51 Cameroon Yaoundé 29.44M 475,442 km² Africa 52 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 21.76M 65,610 km² Asia 53 Malawi Lilongwe 20.73M 118,484 km² Africa 54 Kazakhstan Astana 20.43M 2,724,900 km² Asia 55 Somalia Mogadishu 19.66M 637,657 km² Africa 56 Chad N'Djamena 19.34M 1,284,000 km² Africa 57 Burundi Gitega 12.33M 27,834 km² Africa 58 Haiti Port-au-Prince 11.87M 27,750 km² Americas 59 Czechia Prague 10.88M 78,865 km² Europe 60 Tajikistan Dushanbe 10.50M 143,100 km² Asia 61 Israel Jerusalem 10.13M 21,937 km² Asia 62 Belarus Minsk 9.11M 207,600 km² Europe 63 Hong Kong City of Victoria 7.53M 1,104 km² Asia 64 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 7.28M 199,951 km² Asia 65 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 7.06M 488,100 km² Asia 66 Central African Republic Bangui 6.47M 622,984 km² Africa 67 Paraguay Asunción 6.11M 406,752 km² Americas 68 Finland Helsinki 5.65M 338,455 km² Europe 69 Lebanon Beirut 5.49M 10,452 km² Asia 70 Ireland Dublin 5.46M 70,273 km² Europe 71 Puerto Rico San Juan 3.20M 8,870 km² Americas 72 Jamaica Kingston 2.83M 10,991 km² Americas 73 Botswana Gaborone 2.36M 582,000 km² Africa 74 Lesotho Maseru 2.12M 30,355 km² Africa 75 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 1.78M 36,125 km² Africa 76 Kosovo Pristina 1.59M 10,908 km² Europe 77 Cyprus Nicosia 1.44M 9,251 km² Europe 78 Timor-Leste Dili 1.39M 14,874 km² Asia 79 Eswatini Mbabane 1.24M 17,364 km² Africa 80 Djibouti Djibouti 1.07M 23,200 km² Africa 81 Macau — 685.9K 30 km² Asia 82 Malta Valletta 574.3K 316 km² Europe 83 Samoa Apia 205.6K 2,842 km² Oceania 84 Kiribati South Tarawa 120.7K 811 km² Oceania 85 Aruba Oranjestad 107.6K 180 km² Americas 86 Tonga Nuku'alofa 100.2K 747 km² Oceania 87 Isle of Man Douglas 84.5K 572 km² Europe 88 Faroe Islands Tórshavn 54.9K 1,393 km² Europe 89 American Samoa Pago Pago 49.7K 199 km² Oceania 90 Marshall Islands Majuro 42.4K 181 km² Oceania 91 Palau Ngerulmud 16.7K 459 km² Oceania 92 Cook Islands Avarua 15.0K 236 km² Oceania 93 Nauru Yaren 11.7K 21 km² Oceania 94 Tuvalu Funafuti 10.6K 26 km² Oceania 95 Norfolk Island Kingston 2.2K 36 km² Oceania 96 Niue Alofi 1.7K 260 km² Oceania 97 Vatican City Vatican City 882 0.49 km² Europe 98 China Beijing 1.41B 9,706,961 km² Asia 99 United States Washington, D.C. 340.11M 9,525,067 km² Americas 100 Indonesia Jakarta 284.44M 1,904,569 km² Asia 101 Nigeria Abuja 223.80M 923,768 km² Africa 102 Brazil Brasília 213.42M 8,515,767 km² Americas 103 Bangladesh Dhaka 169.83M 147,570 km² Asia 104 Russia Moscow 146.03M 17,098,246 km² Europe 105 Mexico Mexico City 130.58M 1,964,375 km² Americas 106 Japan Tokyo 123.21M 377,930 km² Asia 107 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 111.65M 1,104,300 km² Africa 108 Egypt Cairo 107.27M 1,002,450 km² Africa 109 Vietnam Hanoi 101.34M 331,212 km² Asia 110 Iran Tehran 85.96M 1,648,195 km² Asia 111 Turkey Ankara 85.66M 783,562 km² Asia 112 Germany Berlin 83.49M 357,114 km² Europe 113 United Kingdom London 69.28M 244,376 km² Europe 114 France Paris 66.35M 543,908 km² Europe 115 Thailand Bangkok 65.86M 513,120 km² Asia 116 Colombia Bogotá 53.06M 1,141,748 km² Americas 117 Myanmar Naypyidaw 51.32M 676,578 km² Asia 118 South Korea Seoul 51.16M 100,210 km² Asia 119 Algeria Algiers 47.40M 2,381,741 km² Africa 120 Poland Warsaw 37.39M 312,679 km² Europe 121 Angola Luanda 36.17M 1,246,700 km² Africa 122 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 35.30M 2,149,690 km² Asia 123 Mozambique Maputo 34.09M 801,590 km² Africa 124 Ghana Accra 33.74M 238,533 km² Africa 125 Ukraine Kyiv 32.86M 603,550 km² Europe 126 Yemen Sana'a 32.68M 527,968 km² Asia 127 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 31.72M 322,463 km² Africa 128 Nepal Kathmandu 29.91M 147,181 km² Asia 129 Venezuela Caracas 28.52M 916,445 km² Americas 130 Australia Canberra 27.54M 7,692,024 km² Oceania 131 Niger Niamey 26.31M 1,267,000 km² Africa 132 North Korea Pyongyang 25.95M 120,538 km² Asia 133 Syria Damascus 25.62M 185,180 km² Asia 134 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 24.07M 272,967 km² Africa 135 Taiwan Taipei 23.32M 36,197 km² Asia 136 Mali Bamako 22.40M 1,240,192 km² Africa 137 Chile Santiago 20.21M 756,102 km² Americas 138 Zambia Lusaka 19.69M 752,612 km² Africa 139 Romania Bucharest 19.04M 238,391 km² Europe 140 Senegal Dakar 18.59M 196,722 km² Africa 141 Ecuador Quito 18.10M 276,841 km² Americas 142 Netherlands Amsterdam 18.10M 41,865 km² Europe 143 Guatemala Guatemala City 18.08M 108,889 km² Americas 144 Cambodia Phnom Penh 17.58M 181,035 km² Asia 145 South Sudan Juba 15.79M 619,745 km² Africa 146 Guinea Conakry 14.36M 245,857 km² Africa 147 Benin Porto-Novo 13.22M 112,622 km² Africa 148 Tunisia Tunis 11.97M 163,610 km² Africa 149 Jordan Amman 11.73M 89,342 km² Asia 150 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 11.29M 83,600 km² Asia 151 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 10.77M 48,671 km² Americas 152 Portugal Lisbon 10.75M 92,090 km² Europe 153 Sweden Stockholm 10.61M 450,295 km² Europe 154 Greece Athens 10.40M 131,990 km² Europe 155 Azerbaijan Baku 10.24M 86,600 km² Asia 156 Honduras Tegucigalpa 9.89M 112,492 km² Americas 157 Cuba Havana 9.75M 109,884 km² Americas 158 Hungary Budapest 9.54M 93,028 km² Europe 159 Austria Vienna 9.20M 83,871 km² Europe 160 Sierra Leone Freetown 9.08M 71,740 km² Africa 161 Togo Lomé 8.10M 56,785 km² Africa 162 Laos Vientiane 7.65M 236,800 km² Asia 163 Libya Tripoli 7.46M 1,759,540 km² Africa 164 Nicaragua Managua 6.80M 130,373 km² Americas 165 Serbia Belgrade 6.57M 77,589 km² Europe 166 Bulgaria Sofia 6.44M 110,879 km² Europe 167 El Salvador San Salvador 6.03M 21,041 km² Americas 168 Denmark Copenhagen 6.01M 43,094 km² Europe 169 Palestine Ramallah 5.48M 6,220 km² Asia 170 Slovakia Bratislava 5.41M 49,037 km² Europe 171 Oman Muscat 5.34M 309,500 km² Asia 172 Costa Rica San José 5.31M 51,100 km² Americas 173 Liberia Monrovia 5.25M 111,369 km² Africa 174 Mauritania Nouakchott 4.93M 1,030,700 km² Africa 175 Kuwait Kuwait City 4.88M 17,818 km² Asia 176 Panama Panama City 4.06M 75,417 km² Americas 177 Georgia Tbilisi 4.00M 69,700 km² Asia 178 Croatia Zagreb 3.87M 56,594 km² Europe 179 Mongolia Ulan Bator 3.54M 1,564,110 km² Asia 180 Uruguay Montevideo 3.50M 181,034 km² Americas 181 Qatar Doha 3.17M 11,586 km² Asia 182 Armenia Yerevan 3.08M 29,743 km² Asia 183 Lithuania Vilnius 2.89M 65,300 km² Europe 184 Moldova Chișinău 2.75M 33,847 km² Europe 185 Gabon Libreville 2.47M 267,668 km² Africa 186 Gambia Banjul 2.42M 10,689 km² Africa 187 Albania Tirana 2.36M 28,748 km² Europe 188 Slovenia Ljubljana 2.13M 20,273 km² Europe 189 Latvia Riga 1.83M 64,559 km² Europe 190 North Macedonia Skopje 1.82M 25,713 km² Europe 191 Bahrain Manama 1.59M 765 km² Asia 192 Estonia Tallinn 1.37M 45,227 km² Europe 193 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 1.37M 5,130 km² Americas 194 Réunion Saint-Denis 896.2K 2,511 km² Africa 195 Bhutan Thimphu 784.0K 38,394 km² Asia 196 Guyana Georgetown 773.0K 214,969 km² Americas 197 Solomon Islands Honiara 750.3K 28,896 km² Oceania 198 Montenegro Podgorica 623.3K 13,812 km² Europe 199 Suriname Paramaribo 616.5K 163,820 km² Americas 200 Maldives Malé 515.1K 300 km² Asia 201 Cape Verde Praia 491.2K 4,033 km² Africa 202 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 455.5K 5,765 km² Asia 203 Bahamas Nassau 398.2K 13,943 km² Americas 204 Iceland Reykjavik 391.8K 103,000 km² Europe 205 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 378.6K 1,628 km² Americas 206 Martinique Fort-de-France 349.9K 1,128 km² Americas 207 Mayotte Mamoudzou 320.9K 374 km² Africa 208 French Guiana Cayenne 292.4K 83,534 km² Americas 209 French Polynesia Papeetē 279.5K 4,167 km² Oceania 210 Barbados Bridgetown 267.8K 430 km² Americas 211 New Caledonia Nouméa 264.6K 18,575 km² Oceania 212 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 209.6K 964 km² Africa 213 Saint Lucia Castries 184.1K 616 km² Americas 214 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 110.9K 389 km² Americas 215 Grenada St. George's 109.0K 344 km² Americas 216 Micronesia Palikir 105.6K 702 km² Oceania 217 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 103.6K 442 km² Americas 218 Andorra Andorra la Vella 88.4K 468 km² Europe 219 United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie 87.1K 347 km² Americas 220 Cayman Islands George Town 84.7K 264 km² Americas 221 Dominica Roseau 67.4K 751 km² Americas 222 Bermuda Hamilton 64.1K 54 km² Americas 223 Greenland Nuuk 56.5K 2,166,086 km² Americas 224 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 51.3K 261 km² Americas 225 Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 50.8K 948 km² Americas 226 Liechtenstein Vaduz 40.9K 160 km² Europe 227 British Virgin Islands Road Town 39.5K 151 km² Americas 228 Monaco Monaco 38.4K 2.02 km² Europe 229 Gibraltar Gibraltar 38.0K 6 km² Europe 230 San Marino City of San Marino 34.1K 61 km² Europe 231 Saint Martin Marigot 31.5K 53 km² Americas 232 Åland Islands Mariehamn 30.7K 1,580 km² Europe 233 Anguilla The Valley 16.0K 91 km² Americas 234 Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu 11.6K 142 km² Oceania 235 Saint Barthélemy Gustavia 10.6K 21 km² Americas 236 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 5.8K 242 km² Americas 237 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown 5.7K 394 km² Africa 238 Montserrat Plymouth 4.4K 102 km² Americas 239 Falkland Islands Stanley 3.7K 12,173 km² Americas 240 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Longyearbyen 2.5K 61,399 km² Europe 241 Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove 1.7K 135 km² Oceania 242 Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island 593 14 km² Oceania 243 French Southern and Antarctic Lands Port-aux-Français 400 7,747 km² Antarctic 244 Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 35 47 km² Oceania 245 United States Minor Outlying Islands Washington DC 0 34.2 km² Americas 246 British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia 0 60 km² Africa 247 Bouvet Island — 0 49 km² Antarctic 248 South Georgia King Edward Point 0 3,903 km² Antarctic 249 Heard Island and McDonald Islands — 0 412 km² Antarctic 250 Antarctica — 1.3K 14,000,000 km² Antarctic
Häufig gestellte Fragen Welches Land hat die meisten Sprachen? Papua-Neuguinea hat die meisten Sprachen der Welt mit über 800 lebenden Sprachen, die von einer Bevölkerung von etwa 9 Millionen Menschen gesprochen werden. Viele dieser Sprachen haben sehr wenige Sprecher.
Warum haben einige Länder so viele Sprachen? Geografische Isolation (Berge, Inseln, dichte Wälder), lange Perioden menschlicher Besiedlung, diverse ethnische Gruppen und historische Migrationsmuster tragen alle zur sprachlichen Vielfalt bei.
