Top 5 Most Spoken Languages in the World 2024

3. Hindi

Number of Total Speakers: 609.5 million 

Hindi is the third most-spoken language in the world in 2024. It belongs to the Indo-Iranian language family. It is India’s preferred official language. Significant Hindi-speaking communities are also found in South Africa, Bangladesh, Yemen, and Uganda. It is spoken by more than 609.5 million people around the world.