List of Countries That Speak Swahili in the world

Swahili is mostly spoken by East African countries, however the list below includes other African countries outside East Africa that speak Kiswahili

Around 5 million people in Africa speak Kiswahili as a native language while more than 150 million others speak the language as an additional language.

Here is the list of countries that speak Kiswahili:

1. Tanzania
2. Burundi
3. Congo (Kinshasa)
4. Kenya
5. Mayotte
6. Mozambique
7. Oman
8. Rwanda
9. Somalia
10. South Africa
11. Uganda
12. UAE
13. USA
14. Northern Malawi
15. Mozambique
16. Zambia
17. Comoros Islands
18. Northern Madagascar
19. Ethiopia

In total there are about 19 countries where a significant number of people speak Kiswahili. Outside Africa, it’s in the USA, Oman and UAE where some Kiwahili speakers can be traced to.