Country scorecard
Japan
Asia · 125M people
ALPS
1.09
languages per person
#198 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 Japan is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica10%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas10%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados10%
- 🇬🇩 Grenada10%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Japanese99%
- English10%
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The countries sitting next to Japan in the world multilingualism ranking.
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