Country scorecard

India

Asia · 1.4B people

ALPS
1.43

languages per person

#146 of 235 most multilingual

GLCI
21%

globally connected

Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.4 languages.

Most connected partners

Where a random person from India is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.

What people speak

Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.

  • Hindi99%
  • English11%
  • Bengali8%
  • Telugu7%
  • Marathi7%
  • Tamil6%
  • Urdu5%
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