Country scorecard
Iran
Asia · 88M people
ALPS
1.15
languages per person
#183 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
4%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.1 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Iran is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇶🇦 Qatar10%
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain10%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica10%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Persian99%
- English10%
- Standard Arabic6%
Compare with a neighbor
The countries sitting next to Iran in the world multilingualism ranking.
Run the numbers yourself
The interactive calculators behind this page answer for any country — and for you personally.