Country scorecard
China
Asia · 1.4B people
ALPS
1.09
languages per person
#195 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
19%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.1 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from China is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan98%
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong53%
- 🇲🇴 Macau53%
- 🇸🇬 Singapore52%
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia21%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Mandarin Chinese99%
- English5%
- Cantonese5%
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The countries sitting next to China in the world multilingualism ranking.
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