The most linguistically diverse countries worldwide 2025, by number of languages

Published by S. Galan, Apr 15, 2025

Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world. As of 2025, it was home to 840 different languages. Indonesia ranked second with 709 languages spoken. In the United States, 335 languages were spoken in that same year.

The most linguistically diverse countries worldwide in 2025, by number of languages

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2025

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Worldwide

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2025

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