How few languages cover a whole region?
Pick one of 18 common market groups, like the Nordics or MENA, or build your own from any set of countries. The tool adds one language at a time and shows how much of the region each one covers. Most groups reach the large majority of their people with three or four languages.
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Southeast Asia
Mobile-first, payments-fragmented. Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, Malay; none of them well-served by MT in 2026 vs. CJK.
Population
699.1M
Online population
520.1M
Population × World Bank internet share
Internet share
74%
Group online population ÷ group population
Aggregate GDP
$10.3T
GDP per capita
$14,727
Aggregate GDP ÷ population
Top-3 locale reach
54.9%
Indonesian + English + Javanese
Languages tracked
69
L1+L2, ≥0.1% share in any member country
RTL speech share
0%
L1+L2 speakers of right-to-left scripts
Cumulative locale coverage
Add locales from the top. Each row shows the population share the locale adds in Southeast Asia and the running total. Shares count L1 and L2 speakers, so one bilingual person can count twice.
| # | Locale | Adds | Cumulative reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Indonesian id | +25.8% | 25.8% |
| 02 | English en | +15.4% | 41.1% |
| 03 | Javanese jv | +13.8% | 54.9%≥50% |
| 04 | Vietnamese vi | +13.0% | 67.9% |
| 05 | Filipino fil | +10.2% | 78.1% |
| 06 | Thai th | +8.0% | 86.1%≥80% |
| 07 | Burmese my | +5.3% | 91.3% |
| 08 | Malay ms | +5.3% | 96.6%≥95% |
| 09 | Spanish es | +3.4% | 100.0% |
| 10 | Sundanese su | +0.0% | 100.0% |
| 11 | Cebuano ceb | +0.0% | 100.0% |
| 12 | Madurese mad | +0.0% | 100.0% |