List of countries where Arabic is an official language
Distribution of
Arabic as a sole official language (green), as a co-official language with a majority of primary speakers (dark blue), as a co-official language with a minority of primary speakers (light blue).
The following is a list of countries where Arabic is an official language. In some of these Arab states, Arabic is co-official with one or more other languages.
Countries
Country |
Population |
Notes |
Algeria | 38,700,000 | |
Bahrain | 1,343,000 | |
Chad | 10,329,208 | Co-official language, along with French |
Comoros | 798,000 | Co-official language, along with French and Comorian |
Djibouti | 810,179 | Co-official language, along with French |
Egypt | 87,800,000 | |
Eritrea | 6,380,803 | Co-official language, along with English and Tigrinya |
Iraq | 36,004,552 | Co-official language, along with Kurdish |
Israel | 8,238,300 | Co-official language, along with Hebrew |
Jordan | 6,655,000 | |
Kuwait | 4,044,500 | |
Lebanon | 4,965,914 | |
Libya | 6,244,174 | |
Mauritania | 3,359,185 | |
Morocco | 33,250,000 | Co-official language, along with Berber |
Oman | 4,055,418 | |
Qatar | 2,155,446 | |
Saudi Arabia | 30,770,375 | |
Somalia | 10,428,043 | Co-official language, along with Somali |
Sudan | 37,289,406 | |
Syria | 17,951,639 | |
Tunisia | 10,982,754 | |
United Arab Emirates | 9,346,129 | |
Yemen | 23,833,000 | |
See also
- Arab League
- Geographic distribution of Arabic
- English exonyms of Arabic speaking places
References
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