List of Wikipedias by sample of articles

This page contains a list of the largest Wikipedias under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation for various languages. Test Wikipedias are listed at the Wikimedia Incubator Wiki project.

This list of Wikipedias is based on the List of articles every Wikipedia should have (total: 1051 on the 31st of May, 2008) as a sample, but the actual list which is used is at the end of List of Wikipedias by sample of articles/Source code and can be a little different. For every Wikipedia, the articles in this sample list is retrieved (based on interwiki links from the English Wikipedia) and the number of characters is calculated (minus "comments" and the "interwiki" text at the bottom of the article). The size of each article is then adjusted for each language by multiplying it by the language weight. The articles are divided in four classes: "absent" (i.e. non-existing; size = 0), "stubs" (size in characters inferior to 10,000), "articles" (size between 10,000 and 30,000) and "long articles" (size superior to 30,000). The average weighted size of the non-absent articles in the sample is also calculated. Finally, a score is computed, based on the following formula: rawscore = stubs + articles*4 + long.articles*9. In order to have a consistent scale the raw score is normalized by dividing by the maximum score and multiplying by 100. The maximum score would be maxscore = (absent + stubs + articles + long.articles)*9. The final score is the following score = rawscore / maxscore * 100. The language editions are then listed in order of decreasing score.

A copy of the program used to obtain this list is in List of Wikipedias by sample of articles/Source code.

Absent articles for major Wikipedias are in List of Wikipedias by sample of articles/Absent Articles.

See also:

Last Update: 31 May 2008

№	Wiki	Language	Weight	Average Article Size (wt.chars)	Absent (0k)	Stubs (< 10k)	Articles (10-30k)	Long Art. (> 30k)	Score	Growth
1	en	English	1.0	44 689	0	68	327	656	76.96	+0.35
2	de	Deutsch	1.0	33 765	9	185	425	431	60.99	+0.42
3	fr	Français	1.0	29 236	7	270	430	344	53.77	+0.26
4	es	Español	1.1	26 242	6	308	451	286	49.54	+0.93
5	it	Italiano	1.1	22 967	9	340	442	260	47.02	+1.17
6	zh	中文	3.7	23 786	0	421	384	246	44.10	+0.23
7	ru	Русский	1.4	22 338	5	406	407	233	43.67	+0.92
8	ja	日本語	1.9	16 175	10	483	422	136	35.89	+0.19
9	pt	Português	1.1	15 772	14	508	392	137	34.98	+0.72
10	pl	Polski	1.1	14 079	17	582	342	110	31.08	+0.23
11	hu	Magyar	1.1	14 559	94	530	307	120	30.00	+0.42
12	fi	Suomi	1.1	13 269	38	607	301	105	29.14	+0.19
13	cs	Čeština	1.3	12 603	58	586	316	91	28.22	+0.45
14	sv	Svenska	1.1	11 832	2	674	280	95	28.01	+0.09
15	he	עברית	1.2	11 668	32	596	351	72	27.99	+0.22
16	nl	Nederlands	0.9	11 231	18	624	346	63	27.22	+0.03
17	vi	Tiếng Việt	1.1	15 224	214	478	241	118	26.47	+0.19
18	no	Norsk (Bokmål)	1.2	10 971	21	689	259	82	26.04	+0.65
19	uk	Українська	1.3	10 274	37	682	267	65	24.69	+0.36
20	ca	Català	1.1	10 096	2	723	266	60	24.60	+0.36
21	sr	Српски / Srpski	1.4	11 626	125	601	241	84	24.54	+0.82
22	tr	Türkçe	1.3	11 190	62	654	265	66	24.49	+0.50
23	hr	Hrvatski	1.3	9 307	113	671	213	54	21.24	+0.27
24	sk	Slovenčina	1.3	10 332	162	620	210	59	21.05	+0.47
25	ro	Română	1.1	9 732	166	630	201	54	20.30	+0.13
26	da	Dansk	1.2	8 256	57	788	158	48	19.58	-0.04
27	ko	한국어	2.5	7 551	95	751	160	44	18.91	+0.51
28	el	Ελληνικά	1.1	10 088	271	539	184	57	18.90	+0.28
29	bg	Български	1.1	8 051	127	702	184	38	18.82	+0.34
30	id	Bahasa Indonesia	1.0*	6 346	78	795	151	27	17.36	-0.08
31	ar	العربية	1.0	5 497	37	853	141	20	16.88	+0.17
32	gl	Galego	1.0*	7 985	206	645	177	23	16.49	+0.30
33	sl	Slovenščina	1.2	6 920	107	769	157	18	16.48	+0.14
34	eo	Esperanto	1.1	5 725	1	931	97	22	16.04	+0.15
35	th	ไทย	1.0	6 225	165	737	125	24	15.36	+0.18
36	fa	فارسی	1.2	6 194	199	703	122	27	15.16	+0.45
37	ms	Bahasa Melayu	1.0*	8 003	360	530	131	30	14.00	+0.09
38	lt	Lietuvių	1.0*	5 314	139	792	113	7	13.82	+0.11
39	simple	Simple English	1.0*	3 587	0	982	63	6	13.62	+0.10
40	is	Íslenska	1.0*	2 791	23	977	46	5	12.75	+0.04
41	nn	Nynorsk	1.2**	5 362	262	689	85	15	12.31	+1.16
42	sh	Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски	1.0*	6 633	368	556	110	17	12.15	+0.07
43	et	Eesti	1.0*	4 420	207	766	64	12	11.97	+0.05
44	bs	Bosanski	1.0*	4 794	262	696	90	3	11.45	+0.12
45	la	Latina	1.1	3 857	225	761	53	12	11.43	+0.19
46	eu	Euskara	1.0*	4 179	260	716	67	8	11.16	+0.10
47	lv	Latviešu	1.0*	5 548	380	571	89	11	10.85	+0.32
48	af	Afrikaans	1.0*	8 308	555	381	89	26	10.27	+0.29
49	mk	Македонски	1.0*	4 899	410	569	57	13	9.68	+0.22
50	ka	ქართული	1.0*	3 893	418	591	34	8	8.45	+0.01
51	br	Brezhoneg	1.0*	4 517	486	511	45	9	8.16	+0.32
52	ps	پښتو	1.0*	31 317	919	29	36	66	8.12	-0.28
53	cy	Cymraeg	1.0*	2 485	351	683	14	3	8.10	+0.24
54	bn	বাংলা	1.0*	3 864	502	498	40	10	7.92	+0.05
55	ta	தமிழ்	0.9	3 505	462	556	29	3	7.40	+0.25
56	zh-yue	粵語	3.7**	6 974	650	335	51	15	7.13	+0.03
57	qu	Runa Simi	1.0*	2 620	501	518	32	0	6.83	+0.12
58	lb	Lëtzebuergesch	1.0*	4 461	579	428	36	8	6.81	+0.07
59	sq	Shqip	1.0*	4 250	574	431	41	5	6.77	+0.19
60	yi	ייִדיש	1.0*	3 180	543	476	23	7	6.68	+0.03
61	ml	മലയാളം	1.0*	5 128	609	387	50	5	6.68	+0.34
62	hi	हिन्दी	1.0*	2 584	520	506	20	4	6.58	+0.19
63	ga	Gaeilge	1.0*	3 992	584	432	26	9	6.52	+0.96
64	scn	Sicilianu	1.0*	2 498	508	522	20	1	6.46	+0.05
65	oc	Occitan	1.0*	3 549	567	448	32	3	6.38	+0.05
66	ast	Asturianu	1.0*	3 667	551	470	28	2	6.34	+0.02
67	sw	Kiswahili	1.0*	3 049	494	545	11	1	6.32	+0.34
68	nds	Plattdüütsch	1.0*	4 573	681	331	26	13	5.84	+0.30
69	io	Ido	1.0*	1 694	515	534	1	1	5.78	-0.02
70	tl	Tagalog	1.0*	3 250	617	404	27	3	5.70	+0.12
71	be-x-old	Беларуская (тарашкевіца)	1.0*	4 093	635	378	38	0	5.60	+0.53
72	ur	اردو	1.0*	4 151	678	333	33	6	5.49	+0.04
73	zh-min-nan	Bân-lâm-gú	1.2	1 962	551	494	6	0	5.48	-0.02
74	su	Basa Sunda	1.0*	9 470	840	143	55	12	4.98	+0.18
75	az	Azərbaycan	1.0*	2 373	646	392	10	2	4.76	+0.06
76	ku	Kurdî / كوردی	1.0*	2 233	645	395	11	0	4.64	+0.04
77	an	Aragonés	1.0*	2 659	655	384	11	1	4.62	+0.02
78	ia	Interlingua	1.0*	2 724	694	343	13	1	4.27	+0.06
79	als	Alemannisch	1.0*	7 418	836	171	37	7	4.04	+0.21
80	mr	मराठी	1.0*	2 793	733	305	8	5	4.04	+0.08
81	te	తెలుగు	1.0*	6 799	846	160	38	7	3.96	+0.19
82	jv	Basa Jawa	1.0*	3 176	721	317	13	0	3.90	+0.18
83	fy	Frysk	1.0*	3 870	747	285	18	1	3.87	-0.01
84	gd	Gàidhlig	1.0*	2 206	714	329	8	0	3.82	+0.58
85	tg	Тоҷикӣ	1.0*	1 961	725	319	5	2	3.77	-0.01
86	mn	Монгол	1.0*	4 066	771	260	17	3	3.75	+0.02
87	be	Беларуская	1.0*	3 415	767	267	15	2	3.65	+0.34
88	vec	Vèneto	1.0*	3 433	786	247	16	2	3.48	+0.02
89	li	Limburgs	1.0*	3 689	790	246	14	1	3.29	+0.03
90	uz	O‘zbek	1.0*	2 663	789	250	10	2	3.26	+0.12
91	vo	Volapük	1.0*	1 635	765	283	1	2	3.22	+0.00
92	kn	ಕನ್ನಡ	1.0*	5 140	857	170	15	8	3.20	+0.10
93	bat-smg	Žemaitėška	1.0*	1 502	769	280	2	0	3.04	+0.03
94	cv	Чăваш	1.0*	2 627	798	246	7	0	2.90	+0.05
95	nah	Nāhuatl	1.0*	2 350	819	225	5	1	2.69	+0.08
96	ht	Krèyol ayisyen	1.0*	1 365	812	236	2	1	2.67	+0.01
97	hy	Հայերեն	1.2	2 519	822	221	8	0	2.67	+0.02
98	fur	Furlan	1.0*	2 890	834	210	7	0	2.52	+0.03
99	nrm	Nouormand/Normaund	1.0*	2 003	820	231	0	0	2.44	-0.01
100	mt	Malti	1.0*	4 830	907	124	16	4	2.37	+0.08
101	pms	Piemontèis	1.0*	3 407	871	171	6	3	2.35	+0.01
102	sco	Scots	1.0*	1 926	833	217	1	0	2.34	+0.06
103	fo	Føroyskt	1.0*	2 474	856	188	7	0	2.28	+0.03
104	kk	Қазақша	1.0*	4 251	871	169	11	0	2.25	+0.18
105	pam	Kapampangan	1.0*	5 807	910	124	16	1	2.08	+0.04
106	bar	Boarisch	1.0*	4 856	906	130	14	1	2.06	+0.08
107	zh-classical	古文 / 文言文	3.7**	5 347	903	134	13	1	2.06	+0.05
108	nov	Novial	1.0*	1 596	872	175	4	0	2.02	-0.01
109	wa	Walon	1.0*	2 394	880	167	4	0	1.93	+0.10
110	dv	ދިވެހިބަސް	1.0*	3 748	918	120	10	2	1.88	-0.01
111	ceb	Sinugboanong Binisaya	0.8	2 181	893	153	5	0	1.83	+0.09
112	sa	संस्कृतम्	1.0*	1 189	889	160	2	0	1.78	+0.00
113	lij	Líguru	1.0*	1 484	885	166	0	0	1.75	+0.01
114	jbo	Lojban	1.0*	1 235	886	165	0	0	1.74	+0.02
115	ln	Lingala	1.0*	1 722	902	145	4	0	1.70	+0.01
116	nds-nl	Nedersaksisch	1.0*	2 910	894	156	1	0	1.69	+0.10
117	diq	Zazaki	1.0*	2 652	901	149	1	0	1.62	+0.01
118	ne	नेपाली	1.0*	3 769	934	110	5	2	1.56	+0.09
119	kw	Kernewek/Karnuack	1.0*	2 022	906	145	0	0	1.53	+0.00
120	am	አማርኛ	1.0*	1 217	908	143	0	0	1.51	+0.09
121	wuu	吴语	3.7**	12 609	984	52	9	6	1.50	+0.05
122	frp	Arpitan	1.0*	1 449	910	141	0	0	1.49	+0.00
123	new	नेपाल भाषा	1.0*	4 355	954	85	11	1	1.46	+0.02
124	os	Иронау	1.0*	1 937	917	133	1	0	1.45	-0.01
125	gv	Gaelg	1.0*	2 170	922	127	2	0	1.43	+0.26
126	ang	Englisc	1.0*	1 788	926	123	2	0	1.38	+0.05
127	ksh	Ripoarisch	1.0*	2 227	929	120	0	1	1.37	+0.11
128	hsb	Hornjoserbsce	1.0*	2 300	933	116	2	0	1.31	+0.07
129	rm	Rumantsch	1.0*	2 355	954	90	6	1	1.30	+0.22
130	ilo	Ilokano	1.0*	2 802	939	110	1	0	1.21	-0.03
131	tpi	Tok Pisin	1.0*	4 659	974	68	7	2	1.21	+0.01
132	se	Sámegiella	1.0*	1 203	939	112	0	0	1.18	-0.01
133	bpy	ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী	1.0*	4 772	959	88	1	2	1.16	+0.05
134	lad	Dzhudezmo	1.0*	3 274	953	94	4	0	1.16	+0.02
135	wo	Wolof	1.0*	2 579	959	88	3	1	1.15	-0.02
136	arc	ܐܪܡܝܐ	1.0*	1 150	943	108	0	0	1.14	-0.01
137	ay	Aymar	1.0*	780	943	108	0	0	1.14	+0.06
138	gu	ગુજરાતી	1.0*	3 046	965	79	7	0	1.13	+0.02
139	yo	Yorùbá	1.0*	1 909	945	106	0	0	1.12	+0.06
140	cbk-zam	Chavacano de Zamboanga	1.0*	18 985	1 018	20	7	6	1.08	+0.04
141	vls	West-Vlams	1.0*	3 673	967	80	2	1	1.03	+0.04
142	lmo	Lumbaart	1.0*	3 923	979	64	8	0	1.01	+0.00
143	ie	Interlingue	1.0*	2 237	972	76	2	1	0.98	+0.04
144	co	Corsu	1.0*	1 889	965	85	1	0	0.94	+0.00
145	fiu-vro	Võro	1.0*	1 205	963	88	0	0	0.93	+0.00
146	so	Soomaaliga	1.0*	3 861	985	62	2	2	0.93	+0.03
147	crh	Qırımtatarca	1.0*	1 569	965	86	0	0	0.91	+0.00
148	nap	Nnapulitano	1.0*	2 234	975	75	1	0	0.84	+0.04
149	war	Winaray	1.0*	1 543	972	79	0	0	0.84	+0.02
150	sc	Sardu	1.0*	1 931	979	70	2	0	0.82	+0.03
151	si	සිංහල	1.0*	13 282	1 022	21	3	5	0.82	+0.09
152	kab	Taqbaylit	1.0*	2 466	985	63	3	0	0.79	+0.02
153	ky	Кыргызча	1.0*	1 120	976	75	0	0	0.79	+0.03
154	csb	Kaszëbsczi	1.0*	1 644	977	74	0	0	0.78	-0.02
155	tt	Tatarça / Татарча	1.0*	2 438	986	62	3	0	0.78	+0.00
156	lo	ລາວ	1.0*	1 620	978	73	0	0	0.77	+0.10
157	pdc	Deitsch	1.0*	1 402	978	73	0	0	0.77	+0.01
158	eml	Emiliàn e rumagnòl	1.0*	2 583	991	59	0	1	0.72	+0.00
159	pag	Pangasinan	1.0*	2 186	993	55	3	0	0.71	-0.01
160	iu	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ	1.0*	801	985	66	0	0	0.70	+0.08
161	ba	Башҡорт	1.0*	2 113	989	61	1	0	0.69	+0.00
162	bcl	bcl:Bikol	1.0*	1 694	987	64	0	0	0.68	n/a
163	sd	سنڌي، سندھی ، सिन्ध	1.0*	17 292	1 035	7	5	4	0.67	+0.03
164	gn	Avañe'ẽ	1.0*	1 493	997	53	1	0	0.60	+0.14
165	tk	تركمن / Туркмен	1.0*	1 631	994	57	0	0	0.60	+0.00
166	km	ភាសាខ្មែរ	1.0*	2 666	999	48	2	0	0.59	-0.09
167	mg	Malagasy	1.0*	1 313	997	54	0	0	0.57	+0.03
168	cu	Словѣньскъ	1.0*	1 357	1 000	51	0	0	0.54	+0.01
169	pa	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	1.0*	5 411	1 019	26	6	0	0.53	+0.00
170	mi	Māori	1.0*	2 648	1 010	39	2	0	0.50	+0.00
171	rmy	romani - रोमानी	1.0*	1 683	1 004	47	0	0	0.50	+0.01
172	kaa	kaa:Qaraqalpaq tili	1.0*	2 324	1 008	42	1	0	0.49	n/a
173	kg	KiKongo	1.0*	1 287	1 005	46	0	0	0.49	+0.00
174	tet	Tetun	1.0*	2 779	1 005	46	0	0	0.49	+0.00
175	zea	Zeêuws	1.0*	3 668	1 008	42	1	0	0.49	+0.14
176	map-bms	Basa Banyumasan	1.0*	1 528	1 007	44	0	0	0.47	-0.01
177	na	dorerin Naoero	1.0*	1 704	1 012	39	0	0	0.41	-0.02
178	udm	Удмурт кыл	1.0*	3 068	1 014	37	0	0	0.39	-0.01
179	ig	Igbo	1.0*	3 206	1 023	27	0	1	0.38	+0.02
180	roa-rup	Armãneashce	1.0*	1 864	1 015	36	0	0	0.38	+0.00
181	ks	कश्मीरी / كشميري	1.0*	3 160	1 022	26	2	0	0.36	+0.00
182	haw	Hawai`i	1.0*	1 169	1 021	30	0	0	0.32	+0.00
183	mzn	مَزِروني	1.0*	1 321	1 024	27	0	0	0.29	-0.01
184	ty	Reo Mā`ohi	1.0*	1 178	1 024	27	0	0	0.29	+0.00
185	stq	Seeltersk	1.0*	2 339	1 028	22	1	0	0.27	+0.07
186	ce	Нохчийн	1.0*	2 057	1 026	25	0	0	0.26	+0.00
187	pap	Papiamentu	1.0*	2 024	1 032	17	1	0	0.22	+0.08
188	to	faka Tonga	1.0*	1 683	1 030	21	0	0	0.22	+0.03
189	roa-tara	Tarandíne	1.0*	5 437	1 042	7	2	0	0.16	+0.00
190	or	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	1.0*	856	1 042	9	0	0	0.10	+0.00
191	pi	पाऴि	1.0*	3 543	1 046	4	1	0	0.08	+0.00
192	bh	भोजपुरी	1.0*	1 688	1 046	5	0	0	0.05	+0.00
193	glk	گیلکی	1.0*	848	1 046	5	0	0	0.05	+0.00

weights with "*" have no weight available so using default weight of 1.0
weights with "**" use the weight of the known related language (ex. 'zh')