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Official Languages in Countries

There are many languages in the world. An official language is a typical language given a special status and is used by its government in legislature and administration. There are many different languages in a country, but only some spoken by the majority people likely become the official language(s).

One country not necessarily has one official language, many countries actually have more than one official language, and some have a lot of official languages.

For example, there are 11 official languages in South Africa, 16 official languages in Zimbabwe, and 37 official languages in Bolivia.

Please check below for the official languages in each country.

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Country Official Languages

Abkhazia

Abkhaz, Russian
Afghanistan Pashto, Dari
Albania Albanian
Algeria Arabic, Tamazight
Andorra Catalan
Angola Portuguese
Antigua and Barbuda English (de facto)
Argentina Spanish (de facto)
Armenia Armenian
Artsakh Armenian
Australia English (de facto)
Austria German
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani

Bahamas

English
Bahrain Arabic
Bangladesh Bengali
Barbados English
Belarus Belarusian, Russian
Belgium Dutch, French, German
Belize English
Benin French
Bhutan Dzongkha
Bolivia Castilian (Spanish) and 36 other languages
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian (de facto), Croatian (de facto), Serbian (de facto)
Botswana English, Tswana
Brazil Portuguese
Brunei Malay, English
Bulgaria Bulgarian
Burkina Faso French
Burundi French, Kirundi, English

Cambodia

Khmer
Cameroon English, French
Canada English, French
Cape Verde Portuguese
Central African Republic French
Chad Arabic, French
Chile Spanish (de facto)
China Mandarin Chinese
Colombia Spanish
Comoros Arabic, Comorian, French
Cook Islands English, Cook Islands Māori
Costa Rica Spanish
Croatia Croatian
Cuba Spanish
Cyprus Greek, Turkish
Czech Republic Czech, Slovak

Democratic Republic of the Congo

French
Denmark Danish
Djibouti Arabic, French
Dominica English
Dominican Republic Spanish

East Timor

Portuguese, Tetum
Ecuador Spanish, Quechua
Egypt Arabic
El Salvador Spanish
Equatorial Guinea French, Portuguese, Spanish
Eritrea Tigrinya
Estonia Estonian
Eswatini English, Swazi
Ethiopia Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, English

Federated States of Micronesia

Woleaian
Fiji English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
Finland Finnish, Swedish
France French

Gabon

French
Gambia English
Georgia Georgian
Germany German
Ghana English
Greece Greek
Grenada English
Guatemala Spanish
Guinea French
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese
Guyana English

Haiti

French, Haitian Creole
Honduras Spanish
Hungary Hungarian

Iceland

Icelandic
India Hindi, English
Indonesia Indonesian, Javanese
Iran Persian
Iraq Arabic
Ireland English, Irish
Israel Hebrew
Italy Italian
Ivory Coast French

Jamaica

English
Japan Japanese
Jordan Arabic

Kazakhstan

Kazakh, Russian
Kenya English
Kiribati English
Kosovo Albanian, Serbian
Kuwait Standard Arabic
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz, Russian

Laos

Lao
Latvia Latvian
Lebanon Arabic
Lesotho Sotho, English
Liberia English
Libya Arabic
Liechtenstein German
Lithuania Lithuanian
Luxembourg French, German, Luxembourgish

Madagascar

French, Malagasy
Malawi English, Chichewa
Malaysia Malay, English
Maldives Dhivehi
Mali French
Malta Maltese, English
Marshall Islands English
Mauritania Arabic
Mauritius English
Mexico Spanish (de facto)
Moldova Romanian
Monaco French
Mongolia Mongolian
Montenegro Albanian (in Ulcinj), Croatian (in Tivat), Serbian (in Herceg Novi)
Morocco Arabic, Tamazight
Mozambique Portuguese
Myanmar (Burma) Burmese

Namibia

English
Nauru English, Nauruan
Nepal Nepali
Netherlands Dutch (de facto) West Frisian
New Zealand English, Maori, New Zealand Sign Language
Nicaragua Spanish
Niger French
Nigeria English
Niue English, Niuean
Norfolk Island English, Norfuk
North Korea Korean
North Macedonia Macedonian, Albanian
Northern Cyprus Turkish
Norway Norwegian, Sami

Oman

Arabic

Pakistan

Urdu, English
Palau English, Palauan
Palestine Arabic (de facto)
Panama Spanish
Papua New Guinea English, Hiri Motu, PNG Sign Language, Tok Pisin
Paraguay Spanish, Guaraní
Peru Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
Philippines Filipino
Poland Polish
Portugal Portuguese

Qatar

Arabic

Republic of the Congo

French
Romania Romanian
Russia Russian
Rwanda English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Tamazight, Arabic, Spanish
Saint Lucia English
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines English
Samoa English
San Marino Italian
Saudi Arabia Arabic
Senegal French
Serbia Serbian
Seychelles English, French, Seychellois Creole
Sierra Leone English
Singapore English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil
Slovakia Slovak
Slovenia Slovene
Solomon Islands English
Somalia Arabic
Somaliland Arabic, English, Somali
South Africa Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
South Korea Korean, Korean Sign Language
South Ossetia Ossetian, Russian
South Sudan English
Spain Spanish
Sri Lanka Sinhala, Tamil
Sudan Arabic, English
Suriname Dutch
Sweden Swedish
Switzerland French, German, Italian, Romansh
Syria Arabic

Taiwan

Mandarin Chinese
Tajikistan Tajik
Tanzania English
Thailand Thai
Togo French
Tokelau English, Tokelauan
Tonga English, Tongan
Transnistria Moldovan, Russian, Ukrainian
Trinidad and Tobago English
Tunisia TunisianArabic, French
Turkey Turkish
Turkmenistan Turkmen
Tuvalu English (de facto)

Uganda

English, Swahili
Ukraine Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates Arabic
United Kingdom English (de facto)
United States English (de facto)
Uruguay Spanish (de facto)
Uzbekistan Uzbek

Vanuatu

English, French
Vatican City Italian
Venezuela Spanish, Venezuelan Sign Language
Vietnam Vietnamese

Yemen

Arabic

Zambia

English
Zimbabwe Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa
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