Arabic
Arabic is the official language in 21 countries and is partly spoken as mother tongue in 11 other countries.Arabic is predominantly spoken in Northern Africa and in Western Asia.
Am weitesten ist Arabic in Northern Africa und in Western Asia verbreitet.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Northern Africa | yes | 98.8 % | 94.54 M |
| Algeria | Northern Africa | yes | 86.0 % | 34.92 M |
| Saudi Arabia | Western Asia | yes | 95.0 % | 30.66 M |
| Iraq | Western Asia | yes | 77.2 % | 28.72 M |
| Yemen | Western Asia | yes | 99.6 % | 27.47 M |
| Morocco | Northern Africa | yes | 65.0 % | 22.93 M |
| Sudan | Northern Africa | yes | 49.4 % | 19.55 M |
| Syria | Western Asia | yes | 90.0 % | 16.59 M |
| Jordan | Western Asia | yes | 97.9 % | 9.26 M |
| Tunisia | Northern Africa | yes | 69.9 % | 7.97 M |
| Libya | Northern Africa | yes | 96.0 % | 6.04 M |
| Lebanon | Western Asia | yes | 93.0 % | 5.59 M |
| Palestine | Western Asia | no | 95.9 % | 4.36 M |
| United Arab Emirates | Western Asia | yes | 42.0 % | 3.89 M |
| Oman | Western Asia | yes | 76.7 % | 3.39 M |
| Kuwait | Western Asia | yes | 78.1 % | 3.17 M |
| Chad | Central Africa | yes | 12.3 % | 1.78 M |
| France | Western Europe | no | 2.5 % | 1.67 M |
| Iran | South Asia | no | 2.0 % | 1.61 M |
| Israel | Western Asia | yes | 18.0 % | 1.54 M |
| Turkey | Western Asia | no | 1.4 % | 1.11 M |
| Qatar | Western Asia | yes | 40.7 % | 1.05 M |
| Bahrain | Western Asia | yes | 67.7 % | 965,000 |
| Western Sahara | Northern Africa | yes | 100.0 % | 603,000 |
| Canada | North America | no | 1.1 % | 399,000 |
| Australia | Australia/New Zealand | no | 1.3 % | 315,000 |
| Netherlands | Western Europe | no | 0.9 % | 153,000 |
| Djibouti | Eastern Africa | yes | 10.6 % | 100,000 |
| Sweden | Northern Europe | no | 0.8 % | 79,000 |
| Denmark | Northern Europe | no | 0.7 % | 40,000 |
| Cyprus | Western Asia | no | 1.2 % | 14,000 |
| Gibraltar | Southern Europe | no | 7.4 % | 3,000 |