5 Most Spoken Languages in the World in 2024

3. Hindi

Total Speakers: 602.2 million

Hindi and English are the two official languages of India. The language has many unique dialects. With 602.2 million total speakers, it is the third most spoken language in the world as of 2024. Written in the Devanagari script, literary Hindi has been shaped by Sanskrit to a very large extent. The standard version is based on the everyday Khari Boli dialect spoken in the areas north and east of Delhi.