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Which language is spoken by the most people worldwide?
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English is the world's most spoken language when both native speakers and people who speak it as a second language are counted. Around 1.5 billion people speak English in total. Mandarin Chinese follows it, but has the world's largest number of native speakers. English is so widespread partly because of its international importance in education, business, science, media, and travel.
English leads by total number of speakers, while Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers.
Source: Ethnologue
