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There are 195 Countries in the world, and each country selects its own Official language(s). For example, India has 22 official languages recognized in its Constitution. These 22 languages primarily use 13 distinct scripts and represent 3 of the 4 writing systems of the world. Across the 195 Countries, there are 178 official languages in use. Of these, 148 languages do not have sufficient content on the World Wide Web (Source: W3Tech & Wikipedia). This is the Worldwide Digital Divide.

Globe Digital Divide Languages

Sr. Language Language Family (Spoken) Population (2021) Content on Internet (%) Content on Wikipedia (%) Scripts Language Family (Writing) Writing System No. Of Countries
1 Standard Chinese Sino-Tibetan 21.01% 1.10% 2.29% Hanzi Hanzi Script Logo Syllabic 1
2 Hindi Indoeuropean 9.53% < 0.10% 0.25% Devanagari North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 7
3 Spanish Indoeuropean 7.23% 6.00% 3.14% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 19
4 Arabic Afroasiatic 5.86% 0.60% 1.95% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 23
5 Urdu Indoeuropean 3.18% < 0.10% 0.36% Perso-Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 5
6 Bengali Indoeuropean 2.34% < 0.10% 0.27% Bengali North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 4
7 Tamil Afroasiatic 1.48% < 0.10% 0.27% Tamil Latin Script Alphabetical 5
8 Marathi Indoeuropean 1.42% < 0.10% 0.15% Devanagari North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
9 Telugu Indoeuropean 1.41% < 0.10% 0.18% Telugu South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
10 Persian Indoeuropean 1.40% 0.90% 1.60% Perso-Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 2
11 Korean Others 1.27% 0.80% 1.11% Hangul Hangul Script Alphabetical 2
12 Gujarati Indoeuropean 0.87% < 0.10% < 0.10% Gujarati North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
13 Filipino Austronesian 0.81% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
14 Kannada Dravidian 0.75% < 0.10% < 0.10% Kannada South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
15 Pashto Indoeuropean 0.74% < 0.10% < 0.10% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 1
16 Gurmukhi Indoeuropean 0.69% < 0.10% < 0.10% Gurmukhi North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
17 Thai Tai-Kadai 0.64% 0.30% 0.27% Thai South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
18 Burmese Sino-Tibetan 0.62% < 0.10% 0.17% Mon South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
19 Malayalam Dravidian 0.61% < 0.10% 0.13% Malayalam South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
20 Malay Austronesian 0.57% < 0.10% 0.66% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 3
21 Swahili Niger-Congo 0.53% < 0.10% 0.16% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 5
22 Azerbaijani Turkic 0.53% < 0.10% 0.32% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
23 Uzbek Turkic 0.49% < 0.10% 0.50% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
24 Kurdish Indoeuropean 0.47% < 0.10% 0.14% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
25 Somali Afroasiatic 0.41% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
26 Kinyarwanda Niger-Congo 0.41% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
27 Icelandic Indoeuropean 0.40% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
28 Mandarin Chinese Sino-Tibetan 0.38% < 0.10% < 0.10% Hanzi Hanzi Script Logo Syllabic 1
29 Lao Tai-Kadai 0.35% < 0.10% < 0.10% Lao South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
30 Fula Niger-Congo 0.34% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
31 Khmer Austroasiatic 0.31% < 0.10% < 0.10% Khmer South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
32 Chichewa Niger-Congo 0.31% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
33 Berber Afroasiatic 0.29% < 0.10% < 0.10% Tifinagh Tifinagh Script Abjad 2
34 Kirundi Niger-Congo 0.28% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
35 Nepali Indoeuropean 0.25% < 0.10% < 0.10% Devanagari North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
36 Kazakh Turkic 0.25% < 0.10% 0.36% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
37 Assamese Indoeuropean 0.24% < 0.10% < 0.10% Assamese North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
38 Sinhalese Indoeuropean 0.23% < 0.10% < 0.10% Sinhala South Indic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
39 Sotho Niger-Congo 0.22% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
40 Zulu Niger-Congo 0.20% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
41 Bambara Indoeuropean 0.20% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
42 Manike Niger-Congo 0.17% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
43 Tigrinya Afroasiatic 0.17% < 0.10% < 0.10% Ge'ez Ethiopic Script Varnamala/Abugida 2
44 Haitian Creole Indoeuropean 0.16% < 0.10% 0.11% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
45 Catalan Indoeuropean 0.15% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
46 Quechua Others 0.14% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 3
47 Shona Niger-Congo 0.14% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
48 Mongolian Others 0.14% < 0.10% < 0.10% Mongolian Mongolian Script Alphabetical 1
49 Songhay Languages Nilo-Saharan 0.12% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
50 Tajik Indoeuropean 0.12% < 0.10% 0.18% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
51 Turkmen Turkic 0.11% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
52 Tswana Niger-Congo 0.11% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
53 Afrikaans Indoeuropean 0.11% < 0.10% 0.19% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
54 Guarani Tupian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
55 Armenian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.49% Armenian Armenian Script Alphabetical 1
56 Northern Sotho Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
57 Oromo Afroasiatic < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
58 Kyrgy Turkic < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
59 Albanian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.16% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
60 Shangani Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
61 Belurusian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.39% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
62 Tsonga Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
63 Ndebele Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
64 Georgian Others < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.29% Georgian Georgian Script Alphabetical 1
65 Chibarwe Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Ethiopic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
66 Venda Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
67 Malagasy Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.15% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
68 Aymara Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
69 Swazi Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
70 Xhosa Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
71 Soninke Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
72 Peruvian Spanish Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
73 Irish Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
74 Chilian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
75 Macedonian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.24% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
76 Bosnian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.15% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
77 Comorian Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 1
78 Mauritian Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
79 Kassaone Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Cyrillic Latin Script Alphabetical 1
80 Kalanga Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.11% Kirat-Sirijonga Ethiopic Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
81 Minyanka Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 1
82 Bobo Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Arabic Script Abjad 1
83 Tapiete Tupian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
84 Tetum Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
85 Maltese Afroasiatic < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
86 Dhivehi Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Thaana Thaana Script Varnamala/Abugida 1
87 Fiji Hindi Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Devanagari North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
88 Sango Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
89 Odia Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Odia North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
90 Fijian Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
91 Luxembourgish Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
92 Tamasheq Afroasiatic < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
93 Montenegrin Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
94 Samoan Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
95 Maori Language Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
96 Dzongkha Sino-Tibetan < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Uchen North Indic Scripts Varnamala/Abugida 1
97 Tongan Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
98 Senufo Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
99 Tok Pisin Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
100 Nambya Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
101 Hassaniya Afroasiatic < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 1
102 Gilbertese Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
103 Bozo Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 1
104 Hiri Motu Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
105 Seychelles Creole Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
106 Khoisan Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
107 Dogon Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Arabic Arabic Script Abjad 1
108 Romansh Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
109 Marshallese Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
110 Sami languages Uralic < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
111 Guarayu Tupian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
112 Ashaninka Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
113 Palauan Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
114 Bislama Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
115 Tuvaluan Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
116 Mojeno-Trinitario Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
117 Nauruan Austronesian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
118 Mojeno-Ignaciano Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
119 Chiman Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
120 Machineri Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
121 Zamuco Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
122 Yuracare Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
123 Yaminawa Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
124 Besiro (Chiquitano) Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
125 Weenhayek Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
126 Uru Chipaya Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
127 Tacana Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
128 Chacobo Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
129 Movima Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
130 Canichana Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
131 Moseten Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Hebrew Script Abjad 1
132 Ese Ejja Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
133 Araona Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
134 Cayubaba Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
135 Cavinena Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
136 Siriono Tupian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
137 Latin Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% 0.21% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
138 Maropa Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
139 Toromona Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
140 Gaurasu we Tupian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
141 Yuki Tupian < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
142 Pacawara Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
143 Moore Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
144 Leco Indoeuropean < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
145 Baure Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
146 Itonama Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
147 Ndau Niger-Congo < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
148 Puquina Others < 0.10% < 0.10% < 0.10% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1

Globe Digital Divide Languages

Sr. Language Language Family (Spoken) Population (2021) Content on Internet (%) Content on Wikipedia (%) Scripts Language Family (Writing) Writing System No. Of Countries
1 English Indoeuropean 10.19% 49.60% 10.72% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 58
2 Portugese Indoeuropean 3.79% 4.00% 1.75% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 9
3 Russian Indoeuropean 2.41% 3.60% 3.13% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 4
4 Japanese Others 1.92% 5.10% 2.24% Hiragana/Katakana Kana/Kanji Logo Syllabic 1
5 French Indoeuropean 1.64% 4.50% 4.11% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 28
6 German Indoeuropean 1.54% 6.00% 4.65% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 6
7 Turkish Turkic 1.35% 1.60% 1.00% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
8 Italian Indoeuropean 0.95% 2.80% 2.94% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 4
9 Polish Indoeuropean 0.59% 1.80% 2.53% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
10 Ukrainian Indoeuropean 0.43% 0.70% 2.11% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
11 Indonesian Austronesian 0.39% 0.90% 1.15% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
12 Dutch Indoeuropean 0.30% 2.20% 3.32% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 3
13 Romanian Indoeuropean 0.28% 0.50% 0.81% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
14 Greek Indoeuropean 0.18% 0.50% 0.40% Greek Greek Script Alphabetical 2
15 Hungarian Indoeuropean 0.16% 0.60% 0.85% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
16 Swedish Indoeuropean 0.16% 0.50% 3.94% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
17 Czech Indoeuropean 0.15% 1.00% 0.88% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
18 Vietnamese Austronesian 0.14% 1.00% 1.95% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
19 Hebrew Afroasiatic 0.11% 0.40% 0.59% Hebrew Hebrew Script Abjad 1
20 Serbian Indoeuropean 0.11% 0.20% 1.08% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 2
21 Bulgarian Indoeuropean 0.10% 0.30% 0.46% Cyrillic Cyrillic Script Alphabetical 1
22 Finnish Indoeuropean 0.09% 0.40% 0.92% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
23 Danish Indoeuropean 0.09% 0.40% 0.47% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
24 Norwegian Indoeuropean 0.09% 0.10% 1.01% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
25 Croatian Indoeuropean 0.07% 0.20% 0.34% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
26 Slovak Indoeuropean 0.07% 0.40% 0.39% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 2
27 Lithuanian Indoeuropean 0.04% 0.20% 0.34% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
28 Slovene Indoeuropean 0.03% 0.10% 0.30% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
29 Latvian Indoeuropean 0.02% 0.10% 0.21% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1
30 Estonian Others 0.02% 0.10% 0.39% Latin Latin Script Alphabetical 1

Notes: UN Population Division Report (2024); Literacy - CIA World Factbook (2022); Internet Access - UN ICT Data (2024); Social Media Platform Advertising Modules.