If you are wondering how many Italian speakers exist around the world, this is the article for you. The Italian language, in addition to being the fourth most widely taught as a foreign language after English, Spanish and Chinese, is also an official language in several states. Let’s discover together where.

Italian is among the twenty-four official languages of the European Union and enjoys the status as official language in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Slovenia, Croatia, Eritrea and Brazil. It is also the official language of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient Catholic religious order now based in Rome. All over the world Italian has 90 million total speakers, almost 70 million are native.