List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official.
Several languages are officially used in two countries, these are:
- Albanian - Albania and Kosovo*
- Aymara - Bolivia and Peru
- Bengali - Bangladesh and India
- Catalan - Andorra and Spain
- Chewa - Malawi and Zambia
- Croatian - Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Greek - Greece and Cyprus
- Hindi - India and Fiji
- Korean - North Korea and South Korea
- Nepali - India and Nepal
- Pashto - Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Sindhi - Pakistan (Sindh) and India
- Slovak - Slovakia and Czech Republic
- Sotho - South Africa and Lesotho
- Swati - South Africa and Swaziland
- Swedish - Sweden and Finland
- Tswana - South Africa and Botswana
- Ukrainian - Ukraine and Transnistria*
- Urdu - Pakistan and India
- Note
- *Asterisks indicate countries whose independence is disputed
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