Maithili speaking countries
Maithili is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in two countries by a minor part of the population.With 16.89 million native speakers, Maithili has the highest prevalence in India. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 12 percent is in Nepal. A total of about 20.4 million people worldwide speak Maithili as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | South Asia | no | 1.2 % | 16,891,000 |
| Nepal | South Asia | no | 11.7 % | 3,514,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Maithili 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.