Shift Ranking of February 17: Countries With Most German Language Speakers02/17/2014February 17, 20141. Germany (75m German language speakers) / 2. Austria (7,4m) / 3. Switzerland (4,5m) / 4. USA (1,3m) / 5. Brazil (900,000) / source: World Almanachttps://p.dw.com/p/1BAZ1Advertisement