More than 7,100 languages ​​are spoken around the world today. Logically, some are more spoken than others, which encompass huge populations in different countries. Now, do you know which is the most spoken language in the world in 2022? What are the predictions for 2100?

Although the Internet has facilitated communication between people around the world and has facilitated the breaking down of borders, learning for social use is still of vital importance. We are not alone in the world and not everyone speaks the same language as us.

Logically you are not going to start studying them all, but there are certain languages ​​that we use to communicate mostly. These are obviously going to be the most spoken, but do you know which is the most spoken language in the world in 2022?

It is estimated that English is still the most widely spoken language in the world. More than 1.4 billion people speak English around the world.

This language is widely spoken in Great Britain and the United States as a first language, but also in many other countries as a second. In second position we have Mandarin Chinese, with more than 1,119 million people who speak it.

Third is Hindi, which is expected to be spoken by more than 653 million people in 2022. Sadly fourth place is for Spanish.

However, Why is English the most spoken language in the world? It is the most widely spoken first language in the world if we count the first and second languages. In fact, there are only 369.9 million people who speak English as their first language worldwide.

Between the nations with the most inhabitants, those in which English is the official language, are 4: the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. If to these immense nations we add Canada (except Quebec, which is French-speaking) and several African countries, it is explained that English is the most widely spoken language in the world.

If English is spoken more as a second language than as a firstthe opposite occurs with Mandarin Chinese. The total number of people who speak it as their first language is almost a billion.

Knowing all this in 2022, what will happen in 2100, for example? Will everything stay the same? According to Statistics and data, who are the ones who have made the prediction, they estimate (the UN) that in the next 80 years the population may reach between 8,800 and 10,900 million.

In general, the countries that will grow in terms of population are mainly Asian ones, such as India and China, and some African ones, such as Nigeria. They add that The languages ​​spoken throughout the world will possibly be reduced by 50%, therefore, they could go from the current 7,000 to about 3,500.

English will continue to be fundamental because of its importance as a language for European commerce and scientific studies. Modern Chinese, with the increase in population, will have more and more weight and will be able to dispute the supremacy of English as the official language. But so will Arabic, Swahili and Hindi.

In summary, in the top 3 there should still be a challenge between English and Mandarin Chinese and another between Spanish and Hindi.