What are the top twenty most spoken languages in world?

Here are the top 20 most spoken languages in the world, according to the Ethnologue database, as of 2023:

1. Mandarin Chinese: 1.12 billion speakers

2. Hindi: 615 million speakers

3. English: 1.348 billion speakers (includes L2 speakers)

4. Spanish: 534 million speakers

5. Arabic: 372 million speakers

6. Bengali: 265 million speakers

7. Portuguese: 257 million speakers

8. Russian: 258 million speakers

9. Japanese: 128 million speakers

10. German: 132 million speakers

11. Javanese: 84 million speakers

12. Punjabi: 104 million speakers

13. Marathi: 83 million speakers

14. Telugu: 81 million speakers

15. Turkish: 80 million speakers

16. Vietnamese: 91 million speakers

17. Korean: 77 million speakers

18. French: 274 million speakers (includes L2 speakers)

19. Urdu: 170 million speakers

20. Italian: 68 million speakers

Note: This list considers the number of native speakers and sometimes includes speakers who use the language as a second language. The figures can vary depending on the source and methodology used.