How many languages are spoken in the world ?

As per an article from [1] Ethonologue, there are 7,097 languages in the world.

Studies show that languages are most widely spread in Africa and Asia that represent more than 2/3 of the total number.

While the number of languages in Europe only represents 4% of the total, they are spoken by 22% of the planet while Asian languages are spoken by more than 50%.

Percentage of world language per region

1. Asia          32% – 2,300
2. Africa       30% – 2,143
3. Pacific      19% – 1,306
4. Americas 15% – 1,060
5. Europe     4%  – 288

Number of speakers in million per region

1. Asia            4,015
2. Europe      1,726
3. Africa        980
4. Americas  49.2
5. Pacific       6,884

source: [1] https://www.ethnologue.com/guides/how-many-languages