
Kpelle speaking countries
Kpelle is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in two countries by a minor part of the population.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 20 percent is in Liberia. A total of about 1.6 million people worldwide speak Kpelle as their mother tongue.

Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
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Liberia | Western Africa | no | 19.5 % | 1,013,000 |
Guinea | Western Africa | no | 4.6 % | 622,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Kpelle 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.