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1 How Many People Speak

1.1 How Many People Speak?

15.00 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Abkhaz speaking population
0.13 1200

1.2 Speaking Population

0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Xhosa speaking population
0.11 89

1.3 Native Speakers

8.70 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Abkhaz speaking population
0.13 873

1.3.1 Second Language Speakers

5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Finnish speaking population
0.01 400

1.3.2 Native Name

Svenska

1.3.3 Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska

1.3.4 French Name

suédois

1.3.5 German Name

Schwedisch

1.4 Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

1.5 Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes

Do you know how many people speak Swedish?

Different languages are spoken in different regions. Do you know how many people speak Swedish? 15.00 million people speak Swedish language worldwide. These ethnic group speaking Swedish is Swedes, Finland Swedes and International Phonetic Alphabet IPA of Swedish is [ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]. Find if Swedish is one of the Most Spoken Languages. How many people speak Swedish gives you total count of Swedish speaking population in millions and in percentage worldwide. Are you interested in finding the countries that speak Swedish, then check Swedish Speaking Countries and get to know all the Swedish countries.

Swedish Speaking Population

Here you get to know how many people speak Swedish in percentage. The Swedish speaking population is 0.13 %. Swedish Speaking Population is the percentage of world population speaking Swedish language. Along with this, you can also find the dialects in Swedish spoken in various regions under Swedish Dialects. Chinese, Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world and is at the top place.

Native Swedish Speakers

You will get to know second language speakers of Swedish language as well as native Swedish Speakers under how many people speak Swedish language. There is an estimate that there are almost 8.70 million native speakers of Swedish language. Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers and on other hand some languages have small population of native speakers. 5.00 million population speak Swedish as second language where Swedish is not the native language of the speaker. The number of second language speakers mentioned in how many people speak Swedish are those whose native language is minority language of country in which they live. They learn the second language because it is official language of the country where they reside.

Native name of Swedish

How many people speak Swedish serves you with native name of Swedish language. The native name of Swedish is Svenska. Native names are the local names for the languages. The native names of the languages are used by the native speakers of that language. The alternative names of Swedish are Ruotsi, Svenska. The German and French names for Swedish language is as follows:

  • French Name for Swedish: suédois.
  • German Name for Swedish: Schwedisch.
In some applications, instead of using language names they use language codes, check out the language code of Swedish on Swedish Language Codes.