User:Dcoetzee/Speakers per articles on Wikipedia
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When asked why, say, the Croatian or Latvian Wikipedias have less articles than the English or German Wikipedias, the obvious answer is: not as many people speak those languages. One might ask then, is the number of native speakers per article relatively constant across projects?
The answer is "no", and it's interesting to compare which have more or less speakers per article. This could be one rough measure of the participation of a particular language community in their respective Wikipedia project, or perhaps of how inclusionist each project is. Often this factor is related to the economic state of a particular nation, or how widespread and affordable Internet access is there.
Following is a list, based on the List of Wikipedias table from meta, for all Wikipedias with at least a thousand articles. Two figures are given, one counting only native speakers and one counting all speakers (including those learning it as a secondary language), sorted by the number of native speakers per article.
Last updated: February 20, 2007
| № | Language | Language (local) | Wiki | Articles | Native speakers |
Total speakers |
Native speakers per article |
Total speakers per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | English | en | 1 646 686 | 370M | 1400M | 225 | 850 |
| 2 | German | Deutsch | de | [../../../../../de/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 544 627] | 95M | 115M | 174 | 211 |
| 3 | French | Français | fr | [../../../../../fr/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 446 995] | 113M | 175M | 252 | 391 |
| 4 | Polish | Polski | pl | [../../../../../pl/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 350 503] | 37M | 50M | 106 | 143 |
| 5 | Japanese | 日本語 | ja | [../../../../../ja/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 329 383] | 125M | 130M | 379 | 395 |
| 6 | Dutch | Nederlands | nl | [../../../../../nl/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 273 791] | 22M | 22M | 80 | 80 |
| 7 | Italian | Italiano | it | [../../../../../it/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 261 644] | 40M | 63M | 153 | 241 |
| 8 | Portuguese | Português | pt | [../../../../../pt/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 240 309] | 200M | 215M | 832 | 894 |
| 9 | Swedish | Svenska | sv | [../../../../../sv/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 210 483] | 9.3M | 9.3M | 44 | 44 |
| 10 | Spanish | Español | es | [../../../../../es/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 203 431] | 300M | 400M | 1474 | 1966 |
| 11 | Russian | Русский | ru | [../../../../../ru/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 136 660] | 147M | 260M | 1075 | 1902 |
| 12 | Chinese | 中文 | zh | [../../../../../zh/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 112 495] | 1.3B | 1.3B | 11600 | 11600 |
| 13 | Finnish | Suomi | fi | [../../../../../fi/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 101 313] | 5.2M | 5.2M | 51 | 51 |
| 14 | Norwegian | Norsk | no | [../../../../../no/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 98 978] | 4.7M | 4.7M | 47 | 47 |
| 15 | Esperanto | Esperanto | eo | [../../../../../eo/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 66 941] | 1000 | 1M | 0.015 | 15 |
| 16 | Slovak | Slovenčina | sk | [../../../../../sk/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 64 561] | 6M | 6M | 93 | 93 |
| 17 | Czech | Čeština | cs | [../../../../../cs/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 60 189] | 12M | 12M | 199 | 199 |
| 18 | Danish | Dansk | da | [../../../../../da/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 57 704] | 5.5M | 5.5M | 95 | 95 |
| 19 | Romanian | Română | ro | [../../../../../ro/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 54 808] | 24M | 28M | 438 | 511 |
| 20 | Catalan | Català | ca | [../../../../../ca/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 53 771] | 7.5M | 7.5M | 139 | 139 |
| 21 | Ukrainian | Українська | uk | [../../../../../uk/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 53 418] | 39.4M | 39.4M | 738 | 738 |
| 22 | Hebrew | עברית | he | [../../../../../he/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 52 986] | 7M | 7M | 132 | 132 |
| 23 | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | id | [../../../../../id/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 51 091] | 15M | 200M | 293 | 3910 |
| 24 | Hungarian | Magyar | hu | [../../../../../hu/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 50 921] | 13M | 13M | 255 | 255 |
| 25 | Turkish | Türkçe | tr | [../../../../../tr/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 46 285] | 59M | 59M | 1270 | 1270 |
| 26 | Serbian | Српски | sr | [../../../../../sr/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 42 358] | 12M | 12M | 283 | 283 |
| 27 | Slovenian | Slovenščina | sl | [../../../../../sl/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 40 212] | 2.2M | 2.2M | 55 | 55 |
| 28 | Lithuanian | Lietuvių | lt | [../../../../../lt/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 39 489] | 4M | 4M | 101 | 101 |
| 29 | Bulgarian | Български | bg | [../../../../../bg/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 35 755] | 9M | 9M | 252 | 252 |
| 30 | Korean | 한국어 | ko | [../../../../../ko/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 33 531] | 78M | 78M | 2326 | 2326 |
| 31 | Cebuano | Sinugboanong Binisaya | ceb | [../../../../../ceb/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 32 512] | 20M | 33M | 615 | 1015 |
| 32 | Estonian | Eesti | et | [../../../../../et/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 30 905] | 1.1M | 1.1M | 36 | 36 |
| 33 | Croatian | Hrvatski | hr | [../../../../../hr/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 27 699] | 6.2M | 6.2M | 224 | 224 |
| 34 | Telugu | తెలుగు | te | [../../../../../te/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 26 460] | 70M | 75M | 2650 | 2830 |
| 35 | Arabic | العربية | ar | [../../../../../ar/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 24 852] | 300M | 300M | 12071 | 12071 |
| 36 | Galician | Galego | gl | [../../../../../gl/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 21 927] | 3.5M | 3.5M | 160 | 160 |
| 37 | Nynorsk | Nynorsk | nn | [../../../../../nn/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 20 408] | 4.7M | 4.7M | 230 | 230 |
| 38 | Thai | ไทย | th | [../../../../../th/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 19 129] | 60M | 60M | 3140 | 3140 |
| 39 | Greek | Ελληνικά | el | [../../../../../el/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 19 020] | 14M | 14M | 736 | 736 |
| 40 | Persian | فارسی | fa | [../../../../../fa/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 18 104] | 80M | 120M | 4420 | 6630 |
| 41 | Malay | Bahasa Melayu | ms | [../../../../../ms/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 17 652] | 25M | 25M | 1416 | 1416 |
| 42 | Basque | Euskara | eu | [../../../../../eu/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 16 645] | 700K | 1M | 42 | 60 |
| 43 | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | vi | [../../../../../vi/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 15 214] | 70M | 80M | 4600 | 5260 |
| 44 | Bengali | বাংলা | bn | [../../../../../bn/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 15 165] | 189M | 230M | 12500 | 15200 |
| 45 | Ido | Ido | io | [../../../../../io/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 14 456] | 0 | 4000 | — | 0.277 |
| 47 | Georgian | ქართული | ka | [../../../../../ka/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 13 876] | 4.1M | 4.1M | 295 | 295 |
| 48 | Bosnian | Bosanski | bs | [../../../../../bs/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 13 535] | 2.7M | 2.7M | 199 | 199 |
| 49 | Albanian | Shqip | sq | [../../../../../sq/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 13 511] | 6M | 6M | 440 | 440 |
| 50 | Icelandic | Íslenska | is | [../../../../../is/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 13 427] | 300K | 300K | 22 | 22 |
| 51 | Luxembourgish | Lëtzebuergesch | lb | [../../../../../lb/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 13 185] | 300K | 300K | 23 | 23 |
| 52 | Neapolitan | Nnapulitano | nap | [../../../../../nap/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 12 371] | 7.5M | 7.5M | 606 | 606 |
| 53 | Bishnupriya Manipuri | ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রি | bpy | [../../../../../bpy/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 12 295] | 450K | 450K | 37 | 37 |
| 54 | Breton | Brezhoneg | br | [../../../../../br/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 12 232] | 1M | 1M | 82 | 82 |
| 56 | Lombard | Lumbaart | lmo | [../../../../../lmo/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 9 703] | 9M | 9M | 930 | 930 |
| 57 | Macedonian | Македонски | mk | [../../../../../mk/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 8 916] | 2M | 2M | 224 | 224 |
| 58 | Serbo-Croatian | Srpskohrvatski | sh | [../../../../../sh/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 8 835] | 17M | 17M | 1920 | 1920 |
| 59 | Sundanese | Basa Sunda | su | [../../../../../su/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 8 535] | 27M | 27M | 3160 | 3160 |
| 60 | Walloon | Walon | wa | [../../../../../wa/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 8 510] | 600K | 600K | 70 | 70 |
| 61 | Sicilian | Sicilianu | scn | [../../../../../scn/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 8 237] | 4.8M | 4.8M | 583 | 583 |
| 62 | Latvian | Latviešu | lv | [../../../../../lv/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 8 131] | 1.4M | 3.2M | 172 | 394 |
| 63 | Kurdish | Kurdî / كوردی | ku | [../../../../../ku/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 963] | 30M | 30M | 3767 | 3767 |
| 64 | Asturian | Asturianu | ast | [../../../../../ast/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 871] | 100K | 450K | 12 | 57 |
| 65 | Marathi | मराठी | mr | [../../../../../mr/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 746] | 70M | 90M | 9040 | 11600 |
| 66 | Hindi | हिन्दी | hi | [../../../../../hi/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 650] | 490M | 790M | 64000 | 103000 |
| 67 | Welsh | Cymraeg | cy | [../../../../../cy/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 260] | 700K | 700K | 96 | 96 |
| 68 | Newar / Nepal Bhasa | नेपाल भाषा | new | [../../../../../new/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 230] | 1M | 1M | 138 | 138 |
| 69 | Occitan | Occitan | oc | [../../../../../oc/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 128] | 1.9M | 1.9M | 266 | 266 |
| 70 | Haitian | Krèyol ayisyen | ht | [../../../../../ht/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 044] | 12M | 12M | 1703 | 1703 |
| 72 | Tamil | தமிழ் | ta | [../../../../../ta/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 7 011] | 62M | 81M | 8843 | 11553 |
| 73 | Javanese | Basa Jawa | jv | [../../../../../jv/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 6 627] | 75M | 90M | 11317 | 13580 |
| 74 | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | af | [../../../../../af/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 6 430] | 16M | 16M | 2490 | 2490 |
| 75 | Belarusian | Беларуская | be | [../../../../../be/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 6 320] | 4M | 7M | 633 | 1107 |
| 77 | Tajik | Тоҷикӣ | tg | [../../../../../tg/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 5 582] | 4.4M | 4.4M | 788 | 788 |
| 78 | Tagalog | Tagalog | tl | [../../../../../tl/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 5 573] | 24M | 65M | 4300 | 11600 |
| 79 | Aragonese | Aragonés | an | [../../../../../an/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 5 412] | 10K | 30K | 1.8 | 5.5 |
| 80 | Uzbek | Ўзбек | uz | [../../../../../uz/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 5 355] | 21.5M | 21.5M | 4010 | 4010 |
| 81 | Corsican | Corsu | co | [../../../../../co/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 5 315] | 100K | 100K | 19 | 19 |
| 82 | Chuvash | Чăваш | cv | [../../../../../cv/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 5 225] | 1.3M | 1.3M | 249 | 249 |
| 83 | Azeri | Azərbaycan | az | [../../../../../az/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 764] | 25M | 25M | 5200 | 5200 |
| 84 | Urdu | اردو | ur | [../../../../../ur/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 669] | 61M | 160M | 13000 | 34300 |
| 85 | Irish Gaelic | Gaeilge | ga | [../../../../../ga/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 598] | 380K | 380K | 65 | 65 |
| 86 | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | kn | [../../../../../kn/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 401] | 55M | 64M | 12500 | 14500 |
| 87 | West Frisian | Frysk | fy | [../../../../../fy/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 317] | 500K | 620K | 116 | 144 |
| 88 | Low Saxon | Plattdüütsch | nds | [../../../../../nds/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 283] | 1.5M | 5M | 350 | 1167 |
| 89 | Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig | gd | [../../../../../gd/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 4 273] | ||||
| 90 | Tatar | Tatarça / Татарча | tt | [../../../../../tt/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 3 894] | ||||
| 91 | Venetian | Vèneto | vec | [../../../../../vec/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 3 757] | ||||
| 92 | Piedmontese | Piemontèis | pms | [../../../../../pms/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 3 639] | ||||
| 93 | Interlingua | Interlingua | ia | [../../../../../ia/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 3 514] | ||||
| 94 | Yiddish | ייִדיש | yi | [../../../../../yi/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 3 356] | ||||
| 95 | Swahili | Kiswahili | sw | [../../../../../sw/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 3 136] | ||||
| 96 | Alemannic | Alemannisch | als | [../../../../../als/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 866] | ||||
| 97 | Amharic | አማርኛ | am | [../../../../../am/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 844] | ||||
| 98 | Limburgian | Limburgs | li | [../../../../../li/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 808] | ||||
| 99 | Armenian | Հայերեն | hy | [../../../../../hy/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 717] | ||||
| 100 | Min Nan | Bân-lâm-gú | zh-min-nan | [../../../../../zh-min-nan/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 335] | ||||
| 101 | Kapampangan | Kapampangan | pam | [../../../../../pam/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 310] | ||||
| 102 | Norman | Nouormand/Normaund | nrm | [../../../../../nrm/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 199] | ||||
| 103 | Ilokano | Ilokano | ilo | [../../../../../ilo/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 162] | ||||
| 104 | Faroese | Føroyskt | fo | [../../../../../fo/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 150] | ||||
| 105 | Cantonese | 粵語 | zh-yue | [../../../../../zh-yue/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 132] | ||||
| 106 | Dutch Low Saxon | Nedersaksisch | nds-nl | [../../../../../nds-nl/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 100] | ||||
| 107 | Malayalam | മലയാളം | ml | [../../../../../ml/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 088] | ||||
| 108 | Waray-Waray | Winaray | war | [../../../../../war/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 036] | ||||
| 109 | Sanskrit | संस्कृतम् | sa | [../../../../../sa/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 2 025] | ||||
| 110 | Quechua | Runa Simi | qu | [../../../../../qu/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 942] | ||||
| 111 | Franco-Provençal/Arpitan | Arpitan | frp | [../../../../../frp/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 918] | ||||
| 112 | Scots | Scots | sco | [../../../../../sco/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 802] | ||||
| 113 | Friulian | Furlan | fur | [../../../../../fur/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 756] | ||||
| 114 | Ossetian | Иронау | os | [../../../../../os/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 655] | ||||
| 115 | Novial | Novial | nov | [../../../../../nov/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 646] | ||||
| 116 | Volapük | Volapük | vo | [../../../../../vo/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 637] | ||||
| 117 | Ligurian | Líguru | lij | [../../../../../lij/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 546] | ||||
| 118 | Maltese | bil-Malti | mt | [../../../../../mt/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 344] | ||||
| 119 | Cornish | Kernewek/Karnuack | kw | [../../../../../kw/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 290] | ||||
| 120 | West Flemish | West-Vloams | vls | [../../../../../vls/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 282] | ||||
| 121 | Pennsylvania German | Deitsch | pdc | [../../../../../pdc/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 276] | ||||
| 122 | Northern Sami | Sámegiella | se | [../../../../../se/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 196] | ||||
| 123 | Samogitian | Žemaitėška | bat-smg | [../../../../../bat-smg/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 117] | ||||
| 124 | Uyghur | Oyghurque | ug | [../../../../../ug/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 111] | ||||
| 125 | Banyumasan | Basa Banyumasan | map-bms | [../../../../../map-bms/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 096] | ||||
| 126 | Ladino | Dzhudezmo | lad | [../../../../../lad/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 087] | ||||
| 127 | Yoruba | Yorùbá | yo | [../../../../../yo/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 052] | ||||
| 128 | Zazaki | Zazaki | diq | [../../../../../diq/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 052] | ||||
| 129 | Nahuatl | Nahuatl | nah | [../../../../../nah/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 036] | ||||
| 130 | Voro | Võro | fiu-vro | [../../../../../fiu-vro/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 032] | ||||
| 131 | Kashubian | Kaszëbsczi | csb | [../../../../../csb/articles/s/t/a/Special%7EStatistics_969e.html 1 004] |
