Papua New Guinea has the highest number of living languages spoken globally, with 843, according to figures cited by The Rockefeller Foundation.
Indonesia ranks second with 709 languages, followed by Nigeria with 530, India with 454 and China with 309.
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Mexico comes sixth with 296, while Cameroon ranks seventh with 280. The United States has 239, Australia 225 and Brazil 222.
The Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 11th with 211 languages, while Tanzania is 15th with 127.
The figures list 25 countries, with Côte d’Ivoire ranking 25th with 88 languages.
