List of countries where Arabic is an official language
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Nations in which Arabic is an official language (de facto or de jure). Arabic in countries with more than 50% Arabic-speakers is considered a majority language, otherwise it is a minority language.
Official as majority language
Official as minority language
Co-official as majority language
Co-official as minority language
Not official as minority language
Countries[edit]
| Country | Population | Notes | No. of Arabic Speakers[1] | % of Arabic Speakers[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
41,701,000 | Co-official language, along with Berber | 40,100,000 | 80.00 |
 Bahrain |
1,343,000 | Official language | 690,302 | 81.4 |
 Chad |
10,329,208 | Co-official language, along with French | 1,320,000 | 1.81 |
 Comoros |
798,000 | Co-official language, along with French and Comorian | ||
 Djibouti |
810,179 | Co-official language, along with French | 97,900 | 1.32 |
 Egypt |
90,000,000 | Official language | 82,449,200 | 93.18 |
 Eritrea |
6,380,803 | Co-official language, along with English and Tigrinya | 249,700 | 3.83 |
 Iraq |
36,004,552 | Co-official language, along with Kurdish | 22,908,120 | 85.81 |
 Israel |
8,238,300 | Co-official language, along with Hebrew | 2,039,000 | 24.82 |
 Jordan |
6,655,000 | Official language | 5,083,300 | 96.93 |
 Kuwait |
2,789,000 | Official language | 1,735,000 | 82.21 |
 Lebanon |
4,965,914 | Co-official language, along with French | 4,180,000 | 91.44 |
 Libya |
6,244,174 | Official language | 4,526,000 | 72.09 |
 Mauritania |
3,359,185 | Official language | 3,140,000 | 88.78 |
 Morocco |
33,250,000 | Co-official language, along with Berber | 25,003,930 | 74.29 |
 Oman |
4,055,418 | Official language | 2,518,816 | 88.6 |
 Palestine |
4,484,000 | Population of West Bank and Gaza | 1,610,000 | 97.49 |
 Qatar |
2,155,446 | Official language | 1,215,900 | 75.39 |
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic(Western Sahara) |
548,000 | Co-official language, along with Spanish | 561,540 | 98.00 |
 Saudi Arabia |
30,770,375 | Official language | 27,178,770 | 95.62 |
 Somalia |
10,428,043 | Co-official language, along with Somali | 3,788,000 | 31.26 |
 Sudan |
40,235,000 | Official language, along with English | 28,164,500 | 70.00 |
 Syria |
17,951,639 | Official language | 20,956,000 | 91.71 |
 Tanzania(  Zanzibar) |
1,303,569 | Co-official language, along with English and Kiswahili | ||
 Tunisia |
10,982,754 | Official language | 10,800,500 | 98.34 |
 United Arab Emirates |
9,346,129 | Official language | 3,607,600 | 39.71 |
 Yemen |
23,833,000 | Official language | 14,671,000 | 54.68 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Data taken from https://www.ethnologue.com/ Retrieved 21/03/2016
- ^ Used data taken from https://www.ethnologue.com/ and country population to get percentage. Retrieved 21/03/2016
