Country rankings
What Country Speaks Hindi
India has the highest # of Native Speakers (570,310,000), followed by Nepal (8,000,000) and United States (649,000). French Guiana has the lowest (6,000).
16 of 235 countries
# of Native Speakers
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Median
84,000
Middle half 50.5K – 313.8K
Average
36,279,712
16 countries
Highest
570,310,000
India
Lowest
6,000
French Guiana
Data
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16 countries · # = rank by # of Native Speakers
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | Yes | 570,310,000 | 40.0% |
| 2 |  Nepal | No | 8,000,000 | 25.9% |
| 3 |  United States | No | 649,000 | 0.19% |
| 4 |  Fiji | No | 406,000 | 43.7% |
| 5 |  United Arab Emirates | No | 283,000 | 3% |
| 6 |  South Africa | No | 250,292 | 0.41% |
| 7 |  Suriname | No | 150,000 | 24.1% |
| 8 |  Uganda | No | 100,000 | 0.21% |
| 9 |  Singapore | No | 68,000 | 1.2% |
| 10 |  New Zealand | No | 66,300 | 1.5% |
| 11 |  Jamaica | No | 54,000 | 1.9% |
| 12 |  Trinidad and Tobago | No | 52,000 | 3.4% |
| 13 |  United Kingdom | No | 45,800 | 0.07% |
| 14 |  Germany | No | 20,000 | 0.02% |
| 15 |  Mauritius | No | 15,000 | 1.2% |
| 16 |  French Guiana | No | 6,000 | 1.9% |
What correlates with # of Native Speakers?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest # of Native Speakers?
- India has the highest # of Native Speakers, at 570,310,000, followed by Nepal (8,000,000) and United States (649,000).
- Which country has the lowest # of Native Speakers?
- French Guiana has the lowest # of Native Speakers, at 6,000.
- What is the median # of Native Speakers across countries?
- The median is 84,000 across the 16 countries with data.
- Where does this what country speaks hindi data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Hindi speaking countries - WorldData; Hindi Speaking Countrie - World Atlas; Languages of New Zealand - Wiki; Hindi - Wiki.