There is a difference between "language with the most native speakers" and "language that is the most widely spoken". Mandarin may win the first one, but fails

There is a difference between "language with the most native speakers" and "language that is the most widely spoken". Mandarin may win the first one, but fails the second one dramatically. Few people outside China speak Mandarin as their first language. Mandarin has L1: 940 million, L2: 200 million -> 1.14 billion English has L1: 380 million L2: 1.077 billion -> 1.46 billion Also, most of the L2 Mandarin speakers live in China, with another Chinese dialect as their native language.