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] |
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41,701,000 | Co-official language, along with Berber | 40,100,000 | 80.00 |
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1,343,000 | Official language | 690,302 | 81.4 |
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10,329,208 | Co-official language, along with French | 1,320,000 | 1.81 |
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798,000 | Co-official language, along with French and Comorian | ||
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810,179 | Co-official language, along with French | 97,900 | 1.32 |
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90,000,000 | Official language | 82,449,200 | 93.18 |
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6,380,803 | Co-official language, along with English and Tigrinya | 249,700 | 3.83 |
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36,004,552 | Co-official language, along with Kurdish | 22,908,120 | 85.81 |
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8,238,300 | Co-official language, along with Hebrew | 2,039,000 | 24.82 |
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6,655,000 | Official language | 5,083,300 | 96.93 |
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2,789,000 | Official language | 1,735,000 | 82.21 |
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4,965,914 | Co-official language, along with French | 4,180,000 | 91.44 |
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6,244,174 | Official language | 4,526,000 | 72.09 |
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3,359,185 | Official language | 3,140,000 | 88.78 |
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33,250,000 | Co-official language, along with Berber | 25,003,930 | 74.29 |
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4,055,418 | Official language | 2,518,816 | 88.6 |
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4,484,000 | Population of West Bank and Gaza | 1,610,000 | 97.49 |
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2,155,446 | Official language | 1,215,900 | 75.39 |
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548,000 | Co-official language, along with Spanish | 561,540 | 98.00 |
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30,770,375 | Official language | 27,178,770 | 95.62 |
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10,428,043 | Co-official language, along with Somali | 3,788,000 | 31.26 |
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40,235,000 | Official language, along with English | 28,164,500 | 70.00 |
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17,951,639 | Official language | 20,956,000 | 91.71 |
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1,303,569 | Co-official language, along with English and Kiswahili | ||
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10,982,754 | Official language | 10,800,500 | 98.34 |
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9,346,129 | Official language | 3,607,600 | 39.71 |
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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