Hindi speaking countries
Hindi is one out of two official languages in India and is spoken in 8 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. The Hindi language (native name: हिन्दी, हिंदी) has its roots in the Indo-European language family.With 570.31 million native speakers, Hindi has the highest prevalence in India. A total of about 571.3 million people worldwide speak Hindi as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | South Asia | yes | 40.0 % | 570,310,000 |
| Fiji | Melanesia | no | 43.7 % | 406,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | Western Asia | no | 3.0 % | 283,000 |
| New Zealand | Australia/New Zealand | no | 1.6 % | 82,000 |
| Singapore | Southeast Asia | no | 1.2 % | 68,000 |
| Jamaica | Caribbean | no | 1.9 % | 54,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Caribbean | no | 3.4 % | 52,000 |
| Mauritius | Eastern Africa | no | 1.2 % | 15,000 |
| French Guiana | South America | no | 1.9 % | 6,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Hindi as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.