List of Countries that Speak Arabic



According to the figure of 2013 census, about 370 million people of the world speak Arabic as the native language. Which has now exceed the figure of 400 million. The Arabic speaking countries are mostly near the Middle East, Persian Gulf and within the northern areas of the Continent of Africa. In around 26 countries Arabic is recognized as an official language, and 18 of them are considered having it as the major language. Arab Peninsula initially created the Arabic language, and most of the speakers were from the tribe of Nomadic. This is why it spread so much in the 4rth and 5th century. 

List of countries that Speak Arabic an official language (with population):
Algeria-32,277,942
Bahrain-807,000
Egypt-86,421,826
Jordan-6,407,085
Oman-2,845,000
Tunisia-10,432,500
Syria-22,505,000
Kuwait-3,566,437
Lebanon-4,224,000
Libya-6,420,000
Mauritania-3,291,000
Palestine-4,550,368
Qatar-1,696,563
Saudi Arabia-25,731,776
United Arab Emirates-4,975,593
Yemen-23,580,000

List of countries along with population where Arabic is spoken as an unofficial language:
Chad-10,329,208
Comoros-691,000
Djibouti-864,000
Eritrea-5,224,000
Iraq-31,234,000
Israel-7,653,600
Morocco-32,200,000
Somalia-9,359,000
Sudan-43,939,598

Many of the countries that have the mother tongue as an Arabic and most of them who speak Arabic are Muslims. Not just this, but almost all of the Muslim’s prayers and recitation are in Arabic. Moreover, the language of the Holy Quran is also in Arabic, Whether it is their native tongue or not. If we consider it in that way, then we can say that Every Muslim in the each corner of the world can write, speak and read Arabic which is about 1.8 billion people. But when it is the case about actually interacting with the language for day-to-day communication and understanding it well then the figure is 400 million.
There are some countries where the use of Arabic is mentioned as the official language, the government uses and recognizes the Arabic language in their academia and business as well. But there is one thing that these countries have a minority Arabic speaker. For Instance, Sudan.

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