Wolof speaking countries
Wolof is one out of two official languages in Senegal and is spoken in 2 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 43 percent is in Senegal. A total of about 7.9 million people worldwide speak Wolof as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | Western Africa | yes | 43.1 % | 7,274,000 |
| Gambia | Western Africa | no | 12.6 % | 333,000 |
| Mauritania | Western Africa | no | 6.6 % | 305,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Wolof 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.