This list is provided as a guide to the languages spoken officially in countries around the world.
|
Country |
Capital |
Official language(s) |
|
Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Dari, Pushtu |
|
Albania |
Tirana |
Albanian |
|
Algeria |
Algiers |
Arabic |
|
Andorra |
Andorra |
Catalan |
|
Angola |
Luanda |
Portuguese |
|
Antigua |
Saint |
English |
|
Argentina |
Buenos |
Spanish |
|
Armenia |
Yerevan |
Armenian |
|
Australia |
Canberra |
English |
|
Austria |
Vienna |
German |
|
Azerbaijan |
Baku |
Azerbaijani |
|
Bahamas |
Nassau |
English |
|
Bahrain |
Manama |
Arabic |
|
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Bengali |
|
Barbados |
Bridgetown |
English |
|
Belarus |
Minsk |
Belarusian, |
|
Belgium |
Brussels |
Dutch (Flemish), French |
|
Belize |
Belmopan |
English |
|
Benin |
Porto-Novo |
French |
|
Bhutan |
Thimphu |
Dzongkha |
|
Bolivia |
La |
Spanish, Aymara, Quechua |
|
Bosnia |
Sarajevo |
Bosnian |
|
Botswana |
Gaborone |
English |
|
Brazil |
Brasilia |
Portuguese |
|
Brunei, |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
English; Malay |
|
Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Bulgarian |
|
Burkina |
Ouagadougou |
French |
|
Burma– |
|
|
|
Burundi, |
Bujumbura |
French; Kirundi |
|
Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Khmer |
|
Cameroon |
Yaounde |
French, English |
|
Canada |
Ottawa |
English, French |
|
Cape |
Praia |
Portuguese |
|
Central |
Bangui |
French |
|
Chad |
N’Djamena |
French; Arabic |
|
Chile |
Santiago |
Spanish |
|
China |
Beijing |
Mandarin, Cantonese |
|
Colombia |
Bogota |
Spanish |
|
Comoros |
Moroni |
Comorian, Arabic, French |
|
Congo |
Brazzaville |
French |
|
Congo, |
Kinshasa |
French |
|
Costa |
San Jose |
Spanish |
|
Croatia |
Zagreb |
Croatian |
|
Cuba |
Havana |
Spanish |
|
Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Greek; Turkish in Northern Cyprus |
|
Czech |
Prague |
Czech |
|
Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Danish |
|
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Arabic and |
|
Dominica |
Roseau |
English |
|
Dominican |
Santo Domingo |
Spanish |
|
East Timor |
Dili |
Tetum, Portuguese |
|
Ecuador |
Quito |
Spanish |
|
Egypt |
Cairo |
Arabic |
|
El |
San Salvador |
Spanish |
|
Equatorial |
Malabo |
Spanish, French |
|
Eritrea |
Asmara |
Tigrinya; Arabic |
|
Estonia |
Tallinn |
Estonian |
|
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Amharic |
|
Fiji |
Suva |
English |
|
Finland |
Helsinki |
Finnish, Swedish |
|
France |
Paris |
French |
|
Gabon |
Libreville |
French |
|
Gambia |
Banjul |
English |
|
Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Georgian |
|
Germany |
Berlin |
German |
|
Ghana |
Accra |
English |
|
Greece |
Athens |
Greek |
|
Grenada |
Saint George’s |
English |
|
Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Spanish |
|
Guinea |
Conakry |
French |
|
Guinea–Bissau |
Bissau |
Portuguese |
|
Guyana |
Georgetown |
English |
|
Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
French |
|
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Spanish |
|
Hungary |
Budapest |
Hungarian |
|
Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Icelandic |
|
India |
New Delhi |
English, Hindi |
|
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Indonesian |
|
Iran |
Tehran |
Farsi |
|
Iraq |
Baghdad |
Arabic |
|
Ireland |
Dublin |
Irish, English |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Hebrew; Arabic |
|
Italy |
Rome |
Italian |
|
Ivory |
Yamoussoukro |
French |
|
Jamaica |
Kingston |
English |
|
Japan |
Tokyo |
Japanese |
|
Jordan |
Amman |
Arabic |
|
Kazakhstan |
Astana |
Kazakh |
|
Kenya |
Nairobi |
English, Swahili |
|
Kiribati |
Tarawa Atoll |
English; Kiribati |
|
Korea, |
Seoul |
Korean |
|
Korea, |
Pyongyang |
Korean |
|
Kosovo |
Pristina |
Albanian, Serbian |
|
Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
Arabic |
|
Kyrgyz |
Bishkek |
Kyrgyz, Russian |
|
Laos |
Vientiane |
Lao |
|
Latvia |
Riga |
Latvian |
|
Lebanon |
Beirut |
Arabic |
|
Lesotho |
Maseru |
Sesotho, English |
|
Liberia |
Monrovia |
English |
|
Libya |
Tripoli |
Arabic |
|
Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
German |
|
Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Lithuanian |
|
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
French, |
|
Macedonia |
Skopje |
Macedonian |
|
Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Malagasy |
|
Malawi |
Lilongwe |
English |
|
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malay |
|
Maldives |
Male |
Dhivehi |
|
Mali, |
Bamako |
French |
|
Malta |
Valletta |
Maltese |
|
Marshall |
Majuro |
Marchallese, English |
|
Mauritania, |
Nouakchott |
Arabic, French |
|
Mauritius |
Port Louis |
English, |
|
Mexico |
Mexico City |
Spanish |
|
Micronesia, |
Palikir |
English |
|
Moldova |
Chisinau |
Moldovan (Romanian) |
|
Monaco, |
Monaco |
French |
|
Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar |
Mongolian |
|
Montenegro |
Podgorica |
Montenegrin |
|
Morocco |
Rabat |
Arabic |
|
Mozambique |
Maputo |
Portuguese |
|
Myanmar |
Naypyidaw |
Burmese |
|
Namibia |
Windhoek |
English |
|
Nauru |
government offices in Yaren |
English, Nauruan |
|
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Nepali |
|
Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
Dutch |
|
New |
Wellington |
English, Maori |
|
Nicaragua |
Managua |
Spanish |
|
Niger |
Niamey |
French |
|
Nigeria |
Abuja |
English |
|
Norway |
Oslo |
Norwegian |
|
Oman |
Muscat |
Arabic |
|
Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Urdu, English |
|
Palau |
Melekeok |
English, Palauan, Japanese |
|
Panama |
Panama City |
Spanish |
|
Papua |
Port Moresby |
English, Pidgin, Motu |
|
Paraguay |
Asuncion |
Spanish |
|
Peru |
Lima |
Spanish |
|
Philippines |
Manila |
Filipino, English |
|
Poland |
Warsaw |
Polish |
|
Portugal |
Lisbon |
Portuguese |
|
Qatar |
Doha |
Arabic |
|
Romania |
Bucharest |
Romanian |
|
Russian |
Moscow |
Russian |
|
Rwanda |
Kigali |
Kinyarwanda, French, English |
|
Samoa |
Apia |
English |
|
San |
San Marino |
Italian |
|
São Tomé |
Sao Tome |
Portuguese |
|
Saudi |
Riyadh |
Arabic |
|
Senegal |
Dakar |
French |
|
Serbia |
Belgrade |
Serbian |
|
Seychelles |
Victoria |
English, French |
|
Sierra |
Freetown |
English |
|
Singapore |
Singapore |
English, Malay, Chinese, Tamil |
|
Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Slovak |
|
Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
Slovenian |
|
Solomon |
Honiara |
English |
|
Somalia |
Mogadishu |
Somali, Arabic |
|
South |
Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein |
Afrikaans, English |
|
Spain |
Madrid |
Spanish |
|
Sri |
Colombo |
Sinhala, Tamil |
|
St |
Basseterre |
English |
|
St |
Castries |
English |
|
St |
Kingstown |
English |
|
Sudan |
Khartoum |
Arabic |
|
Surinam |
Paramaribo |
Dutch |
|
Swaziland |
Mbabane |
English |
|
Sweden |
Stockholm |
Swedish |
|
Switzerland |
Bern |
German, French, Italian, Romansch |
|
Syria |
Damascus |
Arabic |
|
Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
Tajik |
|
Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam, Dodoma |
English, Swahili |
|
Thailand |
Bangkok |
Thai |
|
Togo |
Lome |
French |
|
Tonga |
Nuku’alofa |
Tongan, English |
|
Trinidad |
Port-of-Spain |
English |
|
Tunisia |
Tunis |
Arabic |
|
Turkey |
Ankara |
Turkish |
|
Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
Turkmen |
|
Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
Tuvaluan, English |
|
Uganda |
Kampala |
English |
|
Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Ukrainian |
|
United |
Abu Dhabi |
Arabic |
|
United |
London |
English |
|
United |
Washington |
English (National language de facto) |
|
Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Spanish |
|
Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
Uzbek |
|
Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
English, French, Bislama |
|
Vatican City |
Vatican City |
Latin, Italian |
|
Venezuela |
Caracas |
Spanish |
|
Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Vietnamese |
|
Yemen |
Sanaa |
Arabic |
|
Zambia |
Lusaka |
English |
|
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
English |
Names of overseas and external territories and the official languages used therein
|
Territories |
Official |
|
Åland |
Swedish |
|
American Samoa |
English |
|
Anguilla |
English |
|
Aruba |
Dutch |
|
Bermuda |
English |
|
British |
English |
|
British |
English |
|
Cayman |
English |
|
Christmas Island |
English |
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
English |
|
Cook Island |
English, Maori |
|
Falkland |
English |
|
Faroe |
Danish, Faroese |
|
French Guiana |
French |
|
French Polynesia |
French |
|
French Southern and Antarctic |
French |
|
Gibraltar |
English |
|
Greenland |
Danish |
|
Guadeloupe |
French |
|
Guam |
English |
|
Hong Kong |
English, Chinese |
|
Guernsey |
English, French |
|
Isle of Man |
English, Manx |
|
Jersey |
English, French |
|
Macau |
Chinese, Portuguese |
|
Madeira |
Portuguese |
|
Martinique |
French |
|
Mayotte |
French |
|
Montserrat |
English |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
Dutch, English |
|
New |
France |
|
Niue |
English, Niuean |
|
Norfolk Island |
English |
|
Northern |
English, Chamorro, Carolinian |
|
Palestinian National Authority |
Arabian |
|
Pitcairn Islands |
English |
|
Puerto |
English, Spanish |
|
Réunion |
French |
|
Saint Helena |
English |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
French |
|
South Georgia and the South |
English |
|
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
Norwegian |
|
Taiwan |
Mandarin, Cantonese |
|
Tokelau |
English |
|
Turks & |
English |
|
United States Virgin Islands |
English |
|
Wallis and Futuna |
French |
|
Western Sahara |
Arabian |
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