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Additionally, around 291,000 people speak Swedish in Finland, where it is one of the two official languages and holds regional importance, especially along the western and southern coasts and in Åland.
There are smaller Swedish-speaking communities in countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia, largely due to migration, but these represent relatively few fluent speakers compared to Sweden and Finland. Overall, Swedish ranks among the top 100 languages spoken worldwide, making its total global speaker count roughly between 10.5 and 11 million.
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