What is the ten most common languages in world?

Here are the ten most spoken languages in the world, based on the number of native speakers, according to the most recent estimates:

1. Mandarin Chinese: 939 million

2. Hindi: 602 million

3. English: 379 million

4. Spanish: 534 million

5. Arabic: 274 million

6. Bengali: 265 million

7. Portuguese: 258 million

8. Russian: 154 million

9. Japanese: 128 million

10. Punjabi: 100 million

Note: These numbers can vary slightly depending on the source and the methodology used for counting speakers.