Country rankings
What Country Speaks Igbo
Nigeria has the highest # of Speakers (32,797,000), followed by United States (232,000) and Cameroon (122,000). Canada has the lowest (1,900).
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Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
69,000
Middle half 7.9K – 177K
Average
4,748,229
7 countries
Highest
32,797,000
Nigeria
Lowest
1,900
Canada
Data
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7 countries · # = rank by # of Speakers
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nigeria | Yes | 32,797,000 | 14.7% |
| 2 |  United States | No | 232,000 | 0.07% |
| 3 |  Cameroon | No | 122,000 | 0.43% |
| 4 |  Equatorial Guinea | No | 69,000 | 4.02% |
| 5 |  United Kingdom | No | 8,000 | 0.01% |
| 6 |  Gambia | No | 7,700 | 0.28% |
| 7 |  Canada | No | 1,900 | — |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest # of Speakers?
- Nigeria has the highest # of Speakers, at 32,797,000, followed by United States (232,000) and Cameroon (122,000).
- Which country has the lowest # of Speakers?
- Canada has the lowest # of Speakers, at 1,900.
- What is the median # of Speakers across countries?
- The median is 69,000 across the 7 countries with data.
- Where does this what country speaks igbo data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Igbo - Joshua Project; Igbo Speech and Language Development - Bilinguistics; Igbo language - Wiki.