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Which Countries Speak Farsi?

Iran has the highest First-Language Speakers (50.6M), followed by Afghanistan (16.7M) and Tajikistan (6.4M). Tajikistan has the lowest (6.4M).

Culture37 countries · 5 metricsUpdated Feb 25, 2024Original page
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37 countries · # = rank by First-Language Speakers
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1IranYes50.6M70M70MIranian Persian
2AfghanistanYes16.7M30M30MEastern Persian/Dari Persian
3TajikistanYes6.4M9.3M9.3MTajiki
—IndiaNo—100K500K—
—ChinaNo—25K100K—
—United StatesNo—1M1M—
—PakistanNo—1M1.5M—
—RussiaNo—1M1M—
—JapanNo—25K100K—
—TurkeyNo—500K1M—
—GermanyNo—100K500K—
—United KingdomNo—100K500K—
—FranceNo—25K100K—
—ItalyNo—25K100K—
—IraqNo—500K1M—
—SpainNo—25K100K—
—YemenNo—25K100K—
—CanadaNo—100K500K—
—UzbekistanNo—1.5M10M—
—Saudi ArabiaNo—100K500K—
—AustraliaNo—100K500K—
—SyriaNo—25K100K—
—KazakhstanNo—25K100K—
—NetherlandsNo—25K100K—
—United Arab EmiratesNo—500K1M—
—SwedenNo—100K500K—
—IsraelNo—100K500K—
—AustriaNo—25K100K—
—TurkmenistanNo—25K100K—
—KyrgyzstanNo—25K100K—
—OmanNo—25K100K—
—NorwayNo—25K100K—
—FinlandNo—25K100K—
—KuwaitNo—100K500K—
—QatarNo—100K500K—
—ArmeniaNo—25K100K—
—BahrainNo—100K500K—

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest First-Language Speakers?
Iran has the highest First-Language Speakers, at 50.6M, followed by Afghanistan (16.7M) and Tajikistan (6.4M).
Which country has the lowest First-Language Speakers?
Tajikistan has the lowest First-Language Speakers, at 6.4M.
What is the median First-Language Speakers across countries?
The median is 16.7M across the 3 countries with data.
Where does this which countries speak farsi? data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language - Wiki; Persian language - Wiki.