The most spoken language in the world is Mandarin with more than 1 billion native speakers. If you want to communicate with more people in the world, Mandarin is the language to learn especially with China's rapid economic growth.

The second most spoken language is English with around 508 million speakers. Although it only has half the speakers Mandarin has, English is the official language of more countries than any other language. This includes the United Kingdom, America, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and etc.

The third most spoken language is Hindustani with 497 million speakers. It is followed by Spanish, Russian and Arabic.