arable land: 4.78%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 95.19% (2005)
Estonia
arable land: 12.05%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 87.6% (2005)
Ethiopia
arable land: 10.01%
permanent crops: 0.65%
other: 89.34% (2005)
European Union
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2005)
Faroe Islands
arable land: 2.14%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.86% (2005)
Fiji
arable land: 10.95%
permanent crops: 4.65%
other: 84.4% (2005)
Finland
arable land: 6.54%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 93.44% (2005)
France
arable land: 33.46%
permanent crops: 2.03%
other: 64.51%
note: French Guiana - arable land 0.13%, permanent crops 0.04%,
other 99.83% (90% forest, 10% other); Guadeloupe - arable land
11.70%, permanent crops 2.92%, other 85.38%; Martinique - arable
land 9.09%, permanent crops 10.0%, other 80.91%; Reunion - arable
land 13.94%, permanent crops 1.59%, other 84.47% (2005)
French Polynesia
arable land: 0.75%
permanent crops: 5.5%
other: 93.75% (2005)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et
Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% trees, grasses, ferns, and moss; Ile
Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% grass, ferns,
and moss; Iles Crozet - 100% tossock grass, heath, and fern; Iles
Kerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas da
India (Iles Eparses) - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; Europa
Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands;
Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) - 100% lush vegetation and coconut
palms; Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) - 90% forest, 10% other;
Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% grasses and scattered brush
(2005)
Gabon
arable land: 1.21%
permanent crops: 0.64%
other: 98.15% (2005)
Gambia, The
arable land: 27.88%
permanent crops: 0.44%
other: 71.68% (2005)
Gaza Strip
arable land: 29%
permanent crops: 21%
other: 50% (2002)
Georgia
arable land: 11.51%
permanent crops: 3.79%
other: 84.7% (2005)
Germany
arable land: 33.13%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 66.27% (2005)
Ghana
arable land: 17.54%
permanent crops: 9.22%
other: 73.24% (2005)
Gibraltar
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Greece
arable land: 20.45%
permanent crops: 8.59%
other: 70.96% (2005)
Greenland
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Grenada
arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other: 64.71% (2005)
Guam
arable land: 3.64%
permanent crops: 18.18%
other: 78.18% (2005)
Guatemala
arable land: 13.22%
permanent crops: 5.6%
other: 81.18% (2005)
Guernsey
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Guinea
arable land: 4.47%
permanent crops: 2.64%
other: 92.89% (2005)
Guinea-Bissau
arable land: 8.31%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 84.77% (2005)
Guyana
arable land: 2.23%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 97.63% (2005)
Haiti
arable land: 28.11%
permanent crops: 11.53%
other: 60.36% (2005)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Holy See (Vatican City)
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2005)
Honduras
arable land: 9.53%
permanent crops: 3.21%
other: 87.26% (2005)
Hong Kong
arable land: 5.05%
permanent crops: 1.01%
other: 93.94% (2001)
Hungary
arable land: 49.58%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 48.36% (2005)
Iceland
arable land: 0.07%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.93% (2005)
India
arable land: 48.83%
permanent crops: 2.8%
other: 48.37% (2005)
Indonesia
arable land: 11.03%
permanent crops: 7.04%
other: 81.93% (2005)
Iran
arable land: 9.78%
permanent crops: 1.29%
other: 88.93% (2005)
Iraq
arable land: 13.12%
permanent crops: 0.61%
other: 86.27% (2005)
Ireland
arable land: 16.82%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 83.15% (2005)
Isle of Man
arable land: 9%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland)
(2002)
Israel
arable land: 15.45%
permanent crops: 3.88%
other: 80.67% (2005)
Italy
arable land: 26.41%
permanent crops: 9.09%
other: 64.5% (2005)
Jamaica
arable land: 15.83%
permanent crops: 10.01%
other: 74.16% (2005)
Jan Mayen
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Japan
arable land: 11.64%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 87.46% (2005)
Jersey
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Jordan
arable land: 3.32%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 95.5% (2005)
Kazakhstan
arable land: 8.28%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 91.67% (2005)
Kenya
arable land: 8.01%
permanent crops: 0.97%
other: 91.02% (2005)
Kiribati
arable land: 2.74%
permanent crops: 47.95%
other: 49.31% (2005)
Korea, North
arable land: 22.4%
permanent crops: 1.66%
other: 75.94% (2005)
Korea, South
arable land: 16.58%
permanent crops: 2.01%
other: 81.41% (2005)
Kuwait
arable land: 0.84%
permanent crops: 0.17%
other: 98.99% (2005)
Kyrgyzstan
arable land: 6.55%
permanent crops: 0.28%
other: 93.17%
note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural-growth walnut
forest (2005)
Laos
arable land: 4.01%
permanent crops: 0.34%
other: 95.65% (2005)
Latvia
arable land: 28.19%
permanent crops: 0.45%
other: 71.36% (2005)
Lebanon
arable land: 16.35%
permanent crops: 13.75%
other: 69.9% (2005)
Lesotho
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13%
other: 89% (2005)
Liberia
arable land: 3.43%
permanent crops: 1.98%
other: 94.59% (2005)
Libya
arable land: 1.03%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 98.78% (2005)
Liechtenstein
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 75% (2005)
Lithuania
arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005)
Luxembourg
arable land: 27.42%
permanent crops: 0.69%
other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)
Macau
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Macedonia
arable land: 22.01%
permanent crops: 1.79%
other: 76.2% (2005)
Madagascar
arable land: 5.03%
permanent crops: 1.02%
other: 93.95% (2005)
Malawi
arable land: 20.68%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 78.14% (2005)
Malaysia
arable land: 5.46%
permanent crops: 17.54%
other: 77% (2005)
Maldives
arable land: 13.33%
permanent crops: 30%
other: 56.67% (2005)
Mali
arable land: 3.76%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 96.21% (2005)
Malta
arable land: 31.25%
permanent crops: 3.13%
other: 65.62% (2005)
Marshall Islands
arable land: 11.11%
permanent crops: 44.44%
other: 44.45% (2005)
Mauritania
arable land: 0.2%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.79% (2005)
Mauritius
arable land: 49.02%
permanent crops: 2.94%
other: 48.04% (2005)
Mayotte
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
other: NA%
Mexico
arable land: 12.66%
permanent crops: 1.28%
other: 86.06% (2005)
Micronesia, Federated States of
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2005)
Moldova
arable land: 54.52%
permanent crops: 8.81%
other: 36.67% (2005)
Monaco
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2005)
Mongolia
arable land: 0.76%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.24% (2005)
Montenegro
arable land: 13.7%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 85.3%
Montserrat
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (2005)
Morocco
arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 2%
other: 79% (2005)
Mozambique
arable land: 5.43%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 94.28% (2005)
Namibia
arable land: 0.99%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99% (2005)
Nauru
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Navassa Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Nepal
arable land: 16.07%
permanent crops: 0.85%
other: 83.08% (2005)
Netherlands
arable land: 21.96%
permanent crops: 0.77%
other: 77.27% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 90% (2005)
New Caledonia
arable land: 0.32%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 99.46% (2005)
New Zealand
arable land: 5.54%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 87.54% (2005)
Nicaragua
arable land: 14.81%
permanent crops: 1.82%
other: 83.37% (2005)
Niger
arable land: 11.43%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 88.56% (2005)
Nigeria
arable land: 33.02%
permanent crops: 3.14%
other: 63.84% (2005)
Niue
arable land: 11.54%
permanent crops: 15.38%
other: 73.08% (2005)
Norfolk Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands
arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 82.61% (2005)
Norway
arable land: 2.7%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.3% (2005)
Oman
arable land: 0.12%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 99.74% (2005)
Pakistan
arable land: 24.44%
permanent crops: 0.84%
other: 74.72% (2005)
Palau
arable land: 8.7%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 86.95% (2005)
Panama
arable land: 7.26%
permanent crops: 1.95%
other: 90.79% (2005)
Papua New Guinea
arable land: 0.49%
permanent crops: 1.4%
other: 98.11% (2005)
Paracel Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Paraguay
arable land: 7.47%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 92.29% (2005)
Peru
arable land: 2.88%
permanent crops: 0.47%
other: 96.65% (2005)
Philippines
arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 16.67%
other: 64.33% (2005)
Pitcairn Islands
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Poland
arable land: 40.25%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 58.75% (2005)
Portugal
arable land: 17.29%
permanent crops: 7.84%
other: 74.87% (2005)
Puerto Rico
arable land: 3.69%
permanent crops: 5.59%
other: 90.72% (2005)
Qatar
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.27%
other: 98.09% (2005)
Romania
arable land: 39.49%
permanent crops: 1.92%
other: 58.59% (2005)
Russia
arable land: 7.17%
permanent crops: 0.11%
other: 92.72% (2005)
Rwanda
arable land: 45.56%
permanent crops: 10.25%
other: 44.19% (2005)
Saint Helena
arable land: 12.9%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.1% (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
arable land: 19.44%
permanent crops: 2.78%
other: 77.78% (2005)
Saint Lucia
arable land: 6.45%
permanent crops: 22.58%
other: 70.97% (2005)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
arable land: 12.5%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.5% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
arable land: 17.95%
permanent crops: 17.95%
other: 64.1% (2005)
Samoa
arable land: 21.13%
permanent crops: 24.3%
other: 54.57% (2005)
San Marino
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 83.33% (2005)
Sao Tome and Principe
arable land: 8.33%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 42.71% (2005)
Saudi Arabia
arable land: 1.67%
permanent crops: 0.09%
other: 98.24% (2005)
Senegal
arable land: 12.51%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 87.25% (2005)
Serbia
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Seychelles
arable land: 2.17%
permanent crops: 13.04%
other: 84.79% (2005)
Sierra Leone
arable land: 7.95%
permanent crops: 1.05%
other: 91% (2005)
Singapore
arable land: 1.47%
permanent crops: 1.47%
other: 97.06% (2005)
Slovakia
arable land: 29.23%
permanent crops: 2.67%
other: 68.1% (2005)
Slovenia
arable land: 8.53%
permanent crops: 1.43%
other: 90.04% (2005)
Solomon Islands
arable land: 0.62%
permanent crops: 2.04%
other: 97.34% (2005)
Somalia
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 98.32% (2005)
South Africa
arable land: 12.1%
permanent crops: 0.79%
other: 87.11% (2005)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some
sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2005)
Spain
arable land: 27.18%
permanent crops: 9.85%
other: 62.97% (2005)
Spratly Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Sri Lanka
arable land: 13.96%
permanent crops: 15.24%
other: 70.8% (2005)
Sudan
arable land: 6.78%
permanent crops: 0.17%
other: 93.05% (2005)
Suriname
arable land: 0.36%
permanent crops: 0.06%
other: 99.58% (2005)
Svalbard
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (no trees; the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry)
(2005)
Swaziland
arable land: 10.25%
permanent crops: 0.81%
other: 88.94% (2005)
Sweden
arable land: 5.93%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 94.06% (2005)
Switzerland
arable land: 9.91%
permanent crops: 0.58%
other: 89.51% (2005)
Syria
arable land: 24.8%
permanent crops: 4.47%
other: 70.73% (2005)
Taiwan
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 75% (2001)
Tajikistan
arable land: 6.52%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.59% (2005)
Tanzania
arable land: 4.23%
permanent crops: 1.16%
other: 94.61% (2005)
Thailand
arable land: 27.54%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 65.53% (2005)
Timor-Leste
arable land: 8.2%
permanent crops: 4.57%
other: 87.23% (2005)
Togo
arable land: 44.2%
permanent crops: 2.11%
other: 53.69% (2005)
Tokelau
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Tonga
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 14.67%
other: 65.33% (2005)
Trinidad and Tobago
arable land: 14.62%
permanent crops: 9.16%
other: 76.22% (2005)
Tunisia
arable land: 17.05%
permanent crops: 13.08%
other: 69.87% (2005)
Turkey
arable land: 29.81%
permanent crops: 3.39%
other: 66.8% (2005)
Turkmenistan
arable land: 4.51%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 95.35% (2005)
Turks and Caicos Islands
arable land: 2.33%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.67% (2005)
Tuvalu
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 66.67%
other: 33.33% (2005)
Uganda
arable land: 21.57%
permanent crops: 8.92%
other: 69.51% (2005)
Ukraine
arable land: 53.8%
permanent crops: 1.5%
other: 44.7% (2005)
United Arab Emirates
arable land: 0.77%
permanent crops: 2.27%
other: 96.96% (2005)
United Kingdom
arable land: 23.23%
permanent crops: 0.2%
other: 76.57% (2005)
United States
arable land: 18.01%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 81.78% (2005)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2008)
Uruguay
arable land: 7.77%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 91.99% (2005)
Uzbekistan
arable land: 10.51%
permanent crops: 0.76%
other: 88.73% (2005)
Vanuatu
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 6.97%
other: 91.39% (2005)
Venezuela
arable land: 2.85%
permanent crops: 0.88%
other: 96.27% (2005)
Vietnam
arable land: 20.14%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 72.93% (2005)
Virgin Islands
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 2.86%
other: 91.43% (2005)
Wake Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Wallis and Futuna
arable land: 7.14%
permanent crops: 35.71%
other: 57.15% (2005)
West Bank
arable land: 16.9%
permanent crops: 18.97%
other: 64.13% (2001)
Western Sahara
arable land: 0.02%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.98% (2005)
World
arable land: 10.57%
permanent crops: 1.04%
other: 88.38% (2005)
Yemen
arable land: 2.91%
permanent crops: 0.25%
other: 96.84% (2005)
Zambia
arable land: 6.99%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 92.97% (2005)
Zimbabwe
arable land: 8.24%
permanent crops: 0.33%
other: 91.43% (2005)
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Field Listing :: Languages
This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the
largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population
speaking that language.
Country
Languages(%)
Afghanistan
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official)
35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor
languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
Akrotiri
English, Greek
Albania
Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek,
Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
Algeria
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
American Samoa
Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other
Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific
islander 2.1%, other 2%
note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)
Andorra
Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
Angola
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Anguilla
English (official)
Antigua and Barbuda
English (official), local dialects
Argentina
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
Armenia
Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001
census)
Aruba
Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%,
Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%,
other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census)
Australia
English 78.5%, Chinese 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%,
Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% (2006
Census)
Austria
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian
2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes
Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in
Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%,
Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)
Bahamas, The
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Bahrain
Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Bangladesh
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
Barbados
English
Belarus
Belarusian, Russian, other
Belgium
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German
(official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
Belize
Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9%
(official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown
0.2% (2000 census)
Benin
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in
south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Bermuda
English (official), Portuguese
Bhutan
Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,
Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
Bolivia
Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara
14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Botswana
Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English
2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)
Brazil
Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note -
less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools),
German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor
Amerindian languages
British Virgin Islands
English (official)
Brunei
Malay (official), English, Chinese
Bulgaria
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and
unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Burkina Faso
French (official), native African languages belonging
to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Burma
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Burundi
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake
Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Cambodia
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Cameroon
24 major African language groups, English (official),
French (official)
Canada
English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other
19.6% (2006 Census)
Cape Verde
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West
African words)
Cayman Islands
English 95%, Spanish 3.2%, other 1.8% (1999 census)
Central African Republic
French (official), Sangho (lingua franca
and national language), tribal languages
Chad
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more
than 120 different languages and dialects
Chile
Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
China
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing
dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou),
Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority
languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Christmas Island
English (official), Chinese, Malay
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Colombia
Spanish
Comoros
Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of
Swahili and Arabic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
French (official), Lingala (a
lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or
Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
Congo, Republic of the
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba
(lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects
(of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
Cook Islands
English (official), Maori
Costa Rica
Spanish (official), English
Cote d'Ivoire
French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the
most widely spoken
Croatia
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9%
(including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001
census)
Cuba
Spanish
Cyprus
Greek, Turkish, English
Czech Republic
Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8%
(2001 census)
Denmark
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German
(small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language
Dhekelia
English, Greek
Djibouti
French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
Dominica
English (official), French patois
Dominican Republic
Spanish
Ecuador
Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
Egypt
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by
educated classes
El Salvador
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Equatorial Guinea
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes
French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
Eritrea
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic
languages
Estonia
Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%,
unknown 0.7% (2000 census)
Ethiopia
Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna
6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%,
English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
European Union
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian,
Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene,
Spanish, Swedish
note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language
of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken
mother tongue - over 19% of the EU population; English is the most
widely spoken language - about 49% of the EU population is
conversant with it (2007)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
English
Faroe Islands
Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish
Fiji
English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani
Finland
Finnish 91.2% (official), Swedish 5.5% (official), other
3.3% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2007)
France
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and
languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque,
Flemish)
overseas departments: French, Creole patois
French Polynesia
French 61.1% (official), Polynesian 31.4%
(official), Asian languages 1.2%, other 0.3%, unspecified 6% (2002
census)
Gabon
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira,
Bandjabi
Gambia, The
English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other
indigenous vernaculars
Gaza Strip
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English
(widely understood)
Georgia
Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%,
other 7%
note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia
Germany
German
Ghana
Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%,
Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga
3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other 36.1% (includes English (official)) (2000
census)
Gibraltar
English (used in schools and for official purposes),
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Greece
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
Greenland
Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish, English
Grenada
English (official), French patois
Guam
English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%,
other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other
languages 3.5% (2000 census)
Guatemala
Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially
recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel,
Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
Guernsey
English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country
districts
Guinea
French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own
language
Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
Guyana
English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a
dialect of Hindi), Urdu
Haiti
French (official), Creole (official)