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Daily Trivia

How many people in the world speak Chinese?

on Oct 8, 2024

More than 880 million people speak Mandarin Chinese, the most popular language in the world. But if you count ALL of the Chinese languages, such as Cantonese, Wu, and others, then you're talking about a whopping 1.2 BILLION people. In contrast, just 330 million people speak the second most popular language, Spanish. And about 320 million people speak English.

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The average life span of London residents in the middle of the 19th century was 27 years. For members of the working class, that number dropped to 22 years.

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