Chinese-speaking Countries

Mandarin is spoken by over 867 million people in mainland China. Over 1 billion people speak Chinese as a second language.

This is a list of countries where Chinese is spoken:

Brunei (15,000)
China (Mainland)(867,200,000. Putonghua - based on Beijing dialect - is taught in schools. Dialects not easy to understand. Simplified Chinese characters.)
Indonesia (National language. 460,000)
Malaysia (Peninsular)(417,070)
Mongolia (35,000)
The Philippines (600)
Singapore (Official language. 1 million can speak Mandarin. Putonghua taught in schools. Simplified Chinese characters)
Taiwan (National language. 15 million can speak Mandarin. Traditional Chinese characters)
Thailand (5,880)

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