Arabic speaking countries

Arabic is the official language in 21 countries and is partly spoken as mother tongue in 11 other countries. The Arabic language (native name: العربية) has its roots in the Afro-Asiatic language family.

With a share of around 100%, it is most widespread in Western Sahara. A total of about 336.8 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 %	620,000
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 %	80,000
Denmark	Northern Europe	no	0.7 %	40,000
Cyprus	Western Asia	no	1.2 %	14,000
Gibraltar	Southern Europe	no	7.4 %	3,000