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:
- Tanzania
- Burundi
- Congo (Kinshasa)
- Kenya
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Oman
- Rwanda
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Uganda
- UAE
- USA
- Northern Malawi
- Mozambique
- Zambia
- Comoros Islands
- Northern Madagascar
- 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.