<page_title> List of languages by number of native speakers </page_title> <section_title> Ethnologue (2019, 22nd edition) </section_title> <table> <cell> 7 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> 8 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Russian <col_header> Language </col_header> </cell> </table>
Russian is the eighth most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers and the seventh by total number of speakers.