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This is a list of lists of countries and territories by official language.

• List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
• List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language
• List of countries and territories where English is an official language
• List of countries and territories where French is an official language
• List of countries and territories where German is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
• List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language

Other official languages

Hindustani

Country	Region	Population	Status
India	Asia	1,367,703,110	Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English. Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India.
Pakistan	Asia	220,892,331	Urdu is co-official with English.
South Africa	Africa	59,622,350	More than 436,000 Hindi speakers. According to the Constitution of South Africa, the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages.
Fiji	Oceania	889,327	Fiji Hindi is official alongside English and Fijian.
Total		1,649,107,118

Italian

Country	Region	Population	Status
Italy	Europe	60,198,633	Official language
Switzerland	Europe	8,619,259	Co-official language with German, French, and Romansh
Croatia	Europe	208,055	Istria County
Slovenia	Europe	93,089	Slovene Istria
San Marino	Europe	33,607	Official language
Vatican City	Europe	825	Co-official language with Latin
Total		69,153,468

Malay

Country	Region	Population	Primary Language?	Notes
Indonesia	Asia	237,424,363	Yes (as an Indonesian language)
Malaysia	Asia	30,018,242	Yes
Singapore	Asia	5,469,700	Yes (along with English, Mandarin & Tamil)
Brunei	Asia	417,200	Yes
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Oceania	596	Yes (along with English)	Cocos Malay and English are the official languages. Cocos Malay is a dialect of Malay with some different features. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are an Australian external territory.
Total		273,330,101

Portuguese

Country	Region	Population	More information
Brazil	South America	217,637,297	Brazilian Portuguese
Mozambique	Africa	21,669,278	Mozambican Portuguese
Angola	Africa	18,498,000	Angolan Portuguese
Portugal	Europe	10,318,000	European Portuguese
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1,795,834	Brazilian Portuguese
East Timor	Asia	1,245,000	East Timorese Portuguese
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1,110,000	Guinean Portuguese
Macau	Asia	641,000	Macanese Portuguese
Cape Verde	Africa	499,000	Cape Verdean Portuguese
Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	212,679	Sao Tomean Portuguese
Total		273,626,088

See also

• List of official languages by country and territory
• De facto

References

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4. "Hindi". Joshua Project.
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8. "San Marino - Population - Upeceds". www.statistica.sm. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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11. "Malaysia Population Clock". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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14. "Cocos (Keeling) Islands People 2020, CIA World Factbook". theodora.com.
15. "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
16. "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
17. Brazil does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
18. Mozambique does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
19. Angola does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
20. The main language of Portuguese Communitities.
21. (co-official with Spanish and French)
22. co-official with Tetum; 51,800 L1 speakers as of 2007)
23. Guines-Bissau does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
24. Co-offical with Cantonese.
25. Cape Verde does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.
26. Sao Tome and Principe does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority.

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