According to the 22nd edition of the world language database released by Ethnologue, Hindi is the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers.
- English is at the top of the list with 1,132 million speakers. Chines Mandarin is at the second position with 1,117 million speakers and Spanish at fourth position.
- Bangla has been ranked as the seventh most spoken language of the world. Bangla has 228 million native speakers.
- Ethnologue brings out an yearly database of living languages of the world since its establishment in 1951.
- The 22nd edition database covers 7,111 living languages of the world. In addition to living languages, Ethnologue also contains data on languages which have gone out of use in recent history. This edition lists 348 such languages.
