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The following is a list of countries that have Hindustani or another language called "Hindi" as an official language.

Official language

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

Minority language

Country Region Population Status
  South Africa Africa 59,622,350 [4] More than 436,000 Hindi speakers. [5] 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 59,622,350

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. ^ "Fiji Bureau of Statistics - Fiji Bureau of Statistics". www.statsfiji.gov.fj. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Hindi". Joshua Project.
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