List of territorial entities where Hindustani is an official language

Hindi and Urdu, the standardized literary registers of Hindustani, are official languages in 3 independent nations. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where Hindi (including its dialects) and Urdu is an official or de facto language.

Countries

This table shows the populations of the countries, not the number of Hindi and/or Urdu speakers.

No. Country Continent Population[1]
1. IndiaAsia1.38 Billion
2. FijiOceania926,276
3. PakistanAsia212.2 million
TotalAll CountriesWorld1.5 Billion(approx)

Countries where Hindi and/or Urdu is regarded as recognized language

This table shows the populations of the countries, not the number of Hindi speakers;

Nr. Entity Continent Population Status
1. NepalAsia29,164,981Reconigised language
2. South AfricaAfrica58,775,022Special Status
3. USANorth America328 millionMinority language
4. MauritiusAfrica1,265,475Minority language
5. SurinameSouth America575,990Minority language
6. GuyanaSouth America786,391Reconigised language

Countries with number of Hindi speakers

Top Hindi Speaking countries are:[2]

Nr. Entity Continent No. of People speaks Hindi
1. IndiaAsia422,048,642
2. NepalAsia8,000,000
3. USANorth America649,000
4. MauritiusAfrica450,170
5. FijiOceania380,000
6. South AfricaAfrica250,292
7. SurinameSouth America150,000
8. UgandaAfrica100,000
9. UKEurope45,800
10. New ZealandOceania20,000
11. GermanyEurope20,000
12. Trinidad and TobagoAfrica16,000
13. SingaporeAsia3,000

Urdu speakers by country

The following table shows the number of Urdu speakers in some countries.

Country Population Urdu as a native language speakers Native speakers or very good speakers as a second language
 Pakistan 207,862,518[3] 15,100,000[4] 94,000,000
 India 1,296,834,042[5] 50,772,631[6] 12,151,715[6]
 Afghanistan 34,940,837[7] – 1,048,225[7]
 Saudi Arabia 33,091,113[8] 757,000 –
   Nepal 29,717,587[9] 691,546[10] –
 United Kingdom 65,105,246[11] 400,000[12] –
 United States 329,256,465[13] 397,5022009-2013[14] –
 Bangladesh 159,453,001[15] 250,0002006 estimate[16] –
 Canada 35,881,659[17] 243,0902016 census[18] –
 Qatar 2,363,569[19] 173,000 –
 Oman 4,613,241[20] 95,000 –
 Iran 83,024,745[21] 88,000 –
 Bahrain 1,442,659[22] 74,000 –
 Norway 5,372,191[23] 34,000 –
 Turkey 81,257,239[24] 24,000 –
 Germany 80,457,737[25] 23,000 –

See also

References
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  2. https://www.aspiremapper.com/index.php/2020/02/23/hindi-speakers-worldwide/
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  4. "Urdu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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  14. "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for United States: 2009-2013".
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  18. "Linguistic diversity and multilingualism in Canadian homes". Statistics Canada.
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  20. "Middle East :: Oman — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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  22. "Middle East :: Bahrain — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  23. "Europe :: Norway — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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  25. "Europe :: Germany — The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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