Tuesday, December 10, 2013

FIFA Rankings: Top 5 by Language Spoken (Nov 2013)

ARABIC
26 - Algeria
38 - Egypt
49 - Tunisia
62 - Israel
63 - Libya

DUTCH
9 - Netherlands
11 - Belgium
139 - Suriname
173 - Aruba
175 - CuraƧao

ENGLISH
13 - England
14 - USA
24 - Ghana
33 - Scotland
36 - Nigeria

FRENCH
8 - Switzerland
11 - Belgium
17 - Cote d'Ivoire
19 - France
42 - Mali

GERMAN
2 - Germany
8 - Switzerland
11 - Belgium
46 - Austria
124 - Luxembourg

PORTUGUESE
5 - Portugal
10 - Brazil
39 - Cape Verde Islands
89 - Angola
111 - Equatorial Guinea

RUSSIAN
22 - Russia
82 - Belarus
116 - Tajikistan
132 - Kazakhstan
146 - Kyrgyzstan

SPANISH
1 - Spain
3 - Argentina
4 - Colombia
6 - Uruguay
15 - Chile


Notes:

Official and Co-Official Languages

Some nations have multiple Official languages (eg Switzerland, Belgium) and appear in the list more than once.

List made using the November, 2013 FIFA Rankings

Some of the most widely spoken languages (eg Mandarin, Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, Javanese, Japanese, Korean, etc) were not in the list because they would include less than 5 FIFA nations.