List of territorial entities where Hindustani is an official language

The following is a list of territorial entities that have Hindustani as an official language.

Hindustani-speaking world
  Majority language
  Official language
  Second or minority 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
 Bangladesh Asia 169,373,348[4] More than half of the population can understand and speak Hindustani
   Nepal Asia 29,996,478[5] More than 1,300,000 Hindi speakers.[6]
 South Africa Africa 59,622,350[7] More than 436,000 Hindi speakers.[8] 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. "Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics". 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011.
  5. "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2019.
  6. "Population Monograph of Nepal, Vol. 2" (PDF). Kathmandu: Central Bureau of Statistics. 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. "Fiji Bureau of Statistics - Fiji Bureau of Statistics". www.statsfiji.gov.fj. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. "Hindi". Joshua Project.
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