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Pie Chart of World Writing Systems by User Population
Last reviewed on 2026-05-22.
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The Latin alphabet is used by the largest share of the world's population, followed by Chinese characters and the Devanagari (Hindi/Sanskrit) script.
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- Latin — 38 %
- Chinese characters — 18 %
- Devanagari — 15 %
- Arabic — 13 %
- Cyrillic — 4 %
- Bengali — 4 %
- Other — 8 %
Source
UNESCO / Omniglot writing systems reference.
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