Mende speaking countries
Mende is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in three countries by a minor part of the population.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 30 percent is in Sierra Leone. A total of about 2.8 million people worldwide speak Mende as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | Western Africa | no | 29.7 % | 2,501,000 |
| Guinea | Western Africa | no | 1.2 % | 162,000 |
| Liberia | Western Africa | no | 2.1 % | 109,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Mende 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.