Afar speaking countries
Afar is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in three countries by a minor part of the population.With 2.04 million native speakers, Afar has the highest prevalence in Ethiopia. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 32 percent is in Djibouti. A total of about 2.5 million people worldwide speak Afar as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | Eastern Africa | no | 1.7 % | 2,045,000 |
| Djibouti | Eastern Africa | no | 31.5 % | 348,000 |
| Eritrea | Eastern Africa | no | 4.3 % | 156,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Afar as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.