Country scorecard
Germany
Europe · 84M people
ALPS
1.81
languages per person
#41 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
16%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.8 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Germany is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇦🇹 Austria99%
- 🇩🇰 Denmark69%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- German99%
- English62%
- French14%
- Russian6%
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The countries sitting next to Germany in the world multilingualism ranking.
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