List of countries and territories where Hindustani is an official language

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The following is a list of countries and territories that have Hindustani as an official language.

Official language[]

Country Region Population Status
 India Asia 1,367,703,110[1] Hindi is one of the two union languages of India alongside English, Hindi and Urdu are official languages along with 20 others
 Pakistan Asia 220,892,331[2] Urdu is co-official with English
 Fiji Oceania 889,327[3] Hindustani is official alongside English and Fijian
Total 1,589,484,768

Minority language[]

Country Region Population Status
   Nepal Asia 29,996,478[4] 1,225,950 Hindi speakers.[5]
 South Africa Africa 59,622,350[6] More than 436,000 Hindi speakers.[7] According to the Constitution of South Africa, the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages
Total 249,992,176

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "data.gov.in". data.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ United Nations. "World Population Prospects 2019".
  3. ^ "Fiji Bureau of Statistics - Fiji Bureau of Statistics". www.statsfiji.gov.fj. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Population Monograph of Nepal, Vol. 2" (PDF). Kathmandu: Central Bureau of Statistics. 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Fiji Bureau of Statistics - Fiji Bureau of Statistics". www.statsfiji.gov.fj. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Hindi". Joshua Project.
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