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>1/6 is a rather sizable fraction of the world's population (India itself is ~1/6 or 1/7 at over a billion people). Are there any other languages that are official for so many people?

The metric system graphic indicates <1/6 of the world's population highlighted as not using the metric system, making gp's point stronger.



> Are there any other languages that are official for so many people?

Yes, Chinese for one. And Spanish closely follows English[1]

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_numb...




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