Arabic

Arabic is the official language in 21 countries and is partly spoken as mother tongue in 11 other countries.Arabic ist die offizielle Landessprache in 21 Ländern und wird als Muttersprache in weiteren 11 Ländern von einem Teil der Bevölkerung gesprochen.

With a share of around 100%, it is most widespread in Western Sahara. A total of about 337 million people worldwide speak Arabic as their mother tongue.

Country	Region	Official language	Distribution	Total
Egypt	Northern Africa	yes	98.8 %	96,383,000
Algeria	Northern Africa	yes	86.0 %	35,534,000
Saudi Arabia	Western Asia	yes	95.0 %	31,291,000
Iraq	Western Asia	yes	77.2 %	29,548,000
Yemen	Western Asia	yes	99.6 %	28,137,000
Morocco	Northern Africa	yes	65.0 %	23,231,000
Sudan	Northern Africa	yes	49.4 %	20,023,000
Syria	Western Asia	yes	90.0 %	16,443,000
Jordan	Western Asia	yes	97.9 %	9,499,000
Tunisia	Northern Africa	yes	69.9 %	8,061,000
Libya	Northern Africa	yes	96.0 %	6,120,000
Lebanon	Western Asia	yes	93.0 %	5,657,000
Palestine	Western Asia	no	95.9 %	4,493,000
United Arab Emirates	Western Asia	yes	42.0 %	3,948,000
Oman	Western Asia	yes	76.7 %	3,556,000
Kuwait	Western Asia	yes	78.1 %	3,231,000
Chad	Central Africa	yes	12.3 %	1,833,000
France	Western Europe	no	2.5 %	1,678,000
Iran	South Asia	no	2.0 %	1,623,000
Israel	Western Asia	yes	18.0 %	1,568,000
Turkey	Western Asia	no	1.4 %	1,130,000
Qatar	Western Asia	yes	40.7 %	1,074,000
Bahrain	Western Asia	yes	67.7 %	1,010,000
Western Sahara	Northern Africa	yes	100.0 %	603,000
Canada	North America	no	1.1 %	404,000
Australia	Australia/New Zealand	no	1.3 %	320,000
Netherlands	Western Europe	no	0.9 %	154,000
Djibouti	Eastern Africa	yes	10.6 %	101,000
Sweden	Northern Europe	no	0.8 %	81,000
Denmark	Northern Europe	no	0.7 %	40,000
Cyprus	Western Asia	no	1.2 %	14,000
Gibraltar	Southern Europe	no	7.4 %	3,000