Number of countries with the same official language: This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official. LanguageWorldAfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaCountries English59 24 16 4 3 12India,United States,Pakistan,United Kingdom. Seethe full list French29 21 2 - 5 1 France,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Canada,Madagascar. See the full list Arabic26 14 - 12 - -Egypt,Lebanon,Saudi Arabia,Morocco. Seethe full list Spanish21 1 19 - 1 1 Spain,Mexico,Equatorial Guinea,Easter Islandin (Oceania). Seethe full list Portuguese10 6 1 1 1 -Brazil,Portugal,Mozambique,Angola. Seefull list Russian8 - - 3 5 - Russia,Kazakhstan,Belarus,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Abkhazia*,South Ossetia *,Transnistria*. See alsothe full list German8 1 - - 7 - Germany,Austria,Switzerland,Belgium,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg, Italy,Namibia Italian 4 - - - 4 -Italy,Switzerland,San Marino,Vatican City Malay- - 4 - -Malaysia,Indonesia,Singapore,Brunei Swahili4 - - - -Tanzania,Kenya,Uganda,Democratic Republic of the Congo Chinese, Mandarin 3 - - 3 - -China,Taiwan,Singapore Dutch- 1 - 2 -Netherlands,Belgium,Suriname Persian- - 3 - -Iran,Afghanistan(known asDari),Tajikistan(known asTajik) Romanian- - - 3 -Romania,Moldova,Transnistria* (usesCyrillic scriptthere) Serbian- - - 3 -Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Kosovo* Several languages are officially used in two countries, these are: Albanian-AlbaniaandKosovo* Armenian-ArmeniaandNagorno-Karabakh* Aymara,Quechua-BoliviaandPeru Chewa-MalawiandZambia Croatian-CroatiaandBosnia and Herzegovina Greek-GreeceandCyprus Korean-North KoreaandSouth Korea Slovak-SlovakiaandCzech Republic Sotho-South AfricaandLesotho Swati-South AfricaandSwaziland Swedish-SwedenandFinland Tamil-SingaporeandSri Lanka Tswana-South AfricaandBotswana Turkish-TurkeyandCyprus Ukrainian-UkraineandTransnistria* Note Asterisk shows the countries which independence is disputed