The line graph demonstrates a prediction about the number of individuals who will study three widespread languages from 2020 to 2030. Overall, it is noticeable that English will be significantly higher than the other two. It is also evident that there will be significant growth in Spanish and Mandarin, whereas both languages will have quite comparable indicators between 2024 and 2026.
Despite starting at over 500 million students, the number of English learners will fluctuate in the middle of the period, reaching a maximum of 1,700 million and a minimum of more than 600 million students. Throughout the whole period, English will continue to overtake other languages. At the end of the period, this language will show over 700 million English learners.
As for Spanish and Mandarin, the number of students will increase significantly. However, Spanish will begin the period with 200 million, while Mandarin will start with 100 million students. Both languages will grow gradually and reach similar numbers in the middle of the period, from 2024 to 2026. While Mandarin will overtake Spanish, the number of Spanish learners will slightly decline by 4 million people. However, towards the end of the period, Mandarin will surpass Spanish in the number of students.
