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Visualizing the World’s Most Widely Spoken Languages in 2023
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So if a random person from anywhere in the world were to be teleported to my location, there's a 25% chance I would be able to understand them. ... And that chance would double if I learn Mandarin.
Only if they only spoke one language. Googling indicates there are somewhere around 1.45 to 2 billion total English speakers, so just knowing English might hit 25% already.
Edit: Also, the graph only lists languages with 50 million speakers, so the real proportions are smaller.