List of countries where German is an official language

The following is a list of the countries where German is an official language. In some of these countries, German is spoken only by a minority of the people.

The national and regional standard varieties of the German language.

Countries

Country	Population 2010	More information
Germany	81,802,257	Languages of Germany
Belgium	10,839,905	Languages of Belgium
Namibia	2,105,290	Languages of Namibia
Austria	8,375,290	Languages of Austria
Switzerland	7,785,806	Languages of Switzerland
Luxembourg	502,066	Languages of Luxembourg
Liechtenstein	36,281	Languages of Liechtenstein

Belgium is officially atrilingual country where German is spoken natively by about 1% of the population and by about 27% as a second language (see: languages of Belgium and German speaking community of Belgium). Switzerland has four national languages and about 65% speak German natively (see Swiss German for the local varieties). Luxembourg also has three official languages and Luxembourgish is the most common as mother tongue.

Dependent entities

Region	Country	Population	Status	More information
South Tyrol	Italy	511,750	Autonomous region of Italy	South Tirol#Languages

See also

• German speaking Europe
• German as a minority language