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== Urdu speakers by country ==
{{Unreliable sources section|date=July 2020}}
The following table shows the number of Urdu speakers in some countries.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Country
!Population
!Native language speakers
!%
!Native speakers and second-language speakers
!%
|-
|{{Flag|India}}
|1,296,834,042<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html|title=India – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=11 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611033144/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|50,772,631<ref name="Urdu {{!}} Ethnologue Free">{{Cite web |title=Urdu |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/urd/ |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=Ethnologue Free |language=en}}</ref>
|3.9
|12,151,715<ref name="Urdu {{!}} Ethnologue Free"/>
|0.9
|-
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|207,862,518<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html|title=Pakistan – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524220650/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|22,249,307<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/national/table_11.pdf | title=Population by mother tongue, sex and rural/urban, Census-2023 | website=www.pbs.gov.pk}}</ref><ref name="Skutsch2013">{{cite book|author=Carl Skutsch|title=Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSUKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT2234|date=7 November 2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-19395-9|pages=2234–}}</ref>
|7
|164,000,000<ref name=e25/>
|77%
|-
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|33,091,113<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html|title=Middle East :: Saudi Arabia – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108120845/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|–
|2.3
|930,000<ref name="Urdu {{!}} Ethnologue Free"/>
| -
|-
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|29,717,587<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html|title=South Asia :: Nepal – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226054918/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|414,000<ref>{{cite report |date=2021 |title=National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report |author=National Statistics Office |work=Government of Nepal |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/downloads/caste-ethnicity}}</ref>
|2.3
|–
| -
|-
|{{Flag|Afghanistan}}
|38,347,000<ref name="Afghanistan {{!}} Ethnologue Free">{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan  |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/AF/ |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=Ethnologue Free |language=en}}</ref>
|–
|–
|733,000<ref name="Afghanistan {{!}} Ethnologue Free"/>
| -
|-
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|159,453,001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html|title=South Asia :: Bangladesh – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=3 November 2019|archive-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229202056/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|300,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh: Urdu-Speaking 'Biharis' Seek Recognition, Respect and Rights |date=4 February 2021 |url=https://www.iri.org/resources/new-bangladesh-report-reveals-priorities-of-the-bihari-minority/ |access-date=26 September 2022 |publisher=International Republican Institute |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|0.1
|–
| -
|-
|{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Urdu in the UK|United Kingdom]]
|65,105,246<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html|title=Europe :: United Kingdom – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107065049/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|269,000<ref name=e25/>
|0.4
|–
| -
|-
|{{Flag|United States}}
|329,256,465<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html|title=North America :: United States – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226055200/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|397,502<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/library/data/tables/2008/demo/language-use/2009-2013-acs-lang-tables-nation.xls?#|title=Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for United States: 2009-2013}}</ref>
|0.1
|–
| -
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|9,890,400
|300,000 {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
|3.0
|1,500,000{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
|15.1
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|35,881,659<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html|title=North America :: Canada – The World Factbook |website=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211221/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|243,090<ref>{{cite web|title=Linguistic diversity and multilingualism in Canadian homes|date=2 August 2017|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/98-200-x/2016010/98-200-x2016010-eng.cfm|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref>
|0.6
|–
| -
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|25,422,788<ref name="SBS Language-2023">{{Cite web |title='Where we live, what we do' - Explore Urdu community by interactive tool |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/urdu/en/article/where-we-live-what-we-do-explore-urdu-community-by-interactive-tool/tl59fg6bh |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=SBS Language |language=en}}</ref>
|111,873<ref name="SBS Language-2023" />
|0.4
|–
|–
|-
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|4,761,865
|5,336<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census of Population 2016 – Profile 7 Migration and Diversity: Demographics  |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp7md/p7md/p7dgs/ |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=Central Statistics Office |language=en}}</ref>
|0.1
|–
|–
|-
|}