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The following table is a classification by GDP per capita of some of the most important official languages in the world. The table is calculated by adding up together the GDP values of countries for each official language and dividing it by the combine population of the countries.

Official Language Population (2009 est.) GDP per capita Relevant Countries where language is official
Norwegian 4,660,539 82,175.69 Norway
Finish 5,250,275 45,355.34 Finland
Swedish 9,059,651 44,752.28 Sweden
German 98,144,506 43,092.01 Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Japanese 127,078,679 39,881.27 Japan
Italian 58,126,212 36,442.49 Italy
Korean 71,174,317 12,093.01 North Korea, South Korea
French 286,657,933 11,412.88 Belgium, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,Congo, Djibouti, France,Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal,Vanuatu
Polish 38,482,919 11,178.91 Poland
Spanish 411,631,985 9,406.60 Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela
English 2,288,872,655 9,396.87 Australia, Canada, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago,Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Russian 170,520,964 8,163.47 Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Turkish 76,805,524 8,011.52 Turkey
Portuguese 247,223,493 7,620.08 Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe,
Romanian 22,215,421 7,270.67 Romania
Arabic 322,501,036 5,119.12 Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya ,Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen
Farsi 66,429,284 4,974.63 Iran
Mandarin 1,346,565,930 3,926.99 China, Taiwan
Ukranian 45,700,395 2,542.45 Ukraine
Indonesian 240,659,712 2,285.06 Indonesia
Vietnamese 88,576,758 1,043.60 Vietnam
Bangladeshi 156,050,883 605.62 Bangladesh

See also[]

  • List of official languages by state
  • List of official languages
  • List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
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