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2004 Statistics

The tables below comparatively quantify the number of articles in the different Wikipedias on certain dates. Every language with at least one article in addition to the front page is now listed. In addition, a row has been added to quantify the number of NEW ARTICLES that have been added to each Wikipedia in the three months since January 1, 2004. It is envisaged that further such comparisons will be made at three-monthly intervals (July 1, October 1, January 1, etc).

A-E

af - eu
Date af als ar az bg bn bs ca co cs csb cy da de el en eo es et eu
January 1, 2004 854 - - - - - - 4944 - 1103 - 281 14584 43672 - 188682 10448 14651 1288 -
February 1, 2004 1530 - 47 - 730 - 87 5125 - 1171 - 653 15075 48669 394 199903 10757 16303 2165 9 (?)
March 1, 2004 2326 - 119 - 885 - 113 5414 13 1225 - 729 16244 55783 543 217016 11235 18722 2929 111
March 8, 2004 2551 - 152 - 908 - 126 5456 13 1291 - 756 16661 60668 597 222072 11368 19563 3083 2172
March 15, 2004 2662 - 166 - 914 - 146 5527 13 1733 - 780 16892 64802 642 226811 11589 19912 3123 2269
March 22, 2004 2829 - 202 - 937 - 156 5706 13 1770 - 804 17019 67876 682 231008 11678 20257 3172 2314
April 1, 2004 3097 12 243 8 954 2 156 5799 14 1780 - 893 17435 72139 757 238053 11856 20725 3319 2319
New articles Q1/04 2243 12 243 8 954 2 156 855 14 677 - 612 2851 28467 757 49371 1408 6074 2031 2319
April 8, 2004 3167 12 294 6 1245 2 156 5953 14 1797 15 986 17561 75337 773 242513 11970 21055 3538 2323
April 15, 2004 3224 12 334 8 1312 2 159 6029 13 1775 18 1043 17707 78093 811 246833 12055 21430 3640 2325
April 22, 2004 3362 12 438 8 1371 2 167 6111 13 1787 31 1075 17859 81098 862 251254 12169 21838 3729 2332
Date af als ar az bg bn bs ca co cs csb cy da de el en eo es et eu

F-K

fa - ku
Date fa fi fr fy ga gl gn he hi hr hu ia id is it ja jv ka ko ku
Jan 1, 2004 - 3027 22557 659 - - - 2816 - - - 2494 - - 5323 24089 - - - -
February 1, 2004 - 3312 25773 807 - 719 - 3929 79 988 364 2596 7* - 6112 28964 - - 951 -
March 1, 2004 43 3969 28213 835 37 867 - 4806 221 3168 427 2571 416 39 7642 33415 - - 975 75
March 8, 2004 53 4273 29187 878 38 930 - 5062 223 3212 455 2572 789 40 7802 34728 - - 983 82
March 15, 2004 58 4366 30095 879 40 1031 - 5292 223 3272 484 2565 997 48 8045 36155 - - 1003 82
March 22, 2004 61 4428 30824 880 45 1089 - 5447 223 3306 501 2567 1188 117 8265 37597 - - 1011 99
April 1, 2004 72 4561 31978 881 62 1146 4 5648 225 3352 548 2572 1234 207 8619 39871 10 5 1040 108
New articles Q1/04 72 1534 9421 222 62 1146 4 2832 225 3352 548 78 1234 207 3296 15782 10 5 1040 108
April 8, 2004 70 4705 32651 921 62 1222 4 5806 225 3363 583 2551 1267 210 8881 41229 11 5 1107 114
April 15, 2004 76 5004 33315 922 63 1234 4 6043 225 3380 612 2502 1681 216 9191 42293 11 5 1148 114
April 22, 2004 87 5254 34038 922 63 1249 4 6153 226 3392 686 2488 1844 247 9446 43689 11 6 1234 142
Date fa fi fr fy ga gl gn he hi hr hu ia id is it ja jv ka ko ku

L-R

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la - ru
Date la lt lv mg mi mk ml ms na nah nds nl no oc pl pt ro ru
January 1, 2004 1027 - - - - - - 744 - - - 17880 1425 487 18781 1189 3042 1231
February 1, 2004 1695 63 (?) - - - 37 959 - 11 7 (?) 19635 1807 488 21454 1502 3802 1409
March 1, 2004 1909 75 77 - - - 38 1102 16 11 333 21688 2689 490 24861 2594 4687 1774
March 8, 2004 1939 80 78 - - - 38 1228 16 11 338 22140 2767 490 25345 2997 4700 1898
March 15, 2004 1969 81 78 - - - 38 1310 16 11 340 22807 2945 493 25862 3427 4713 1927
March 22, 2004 2000 83 78 - - - 38 1418 16 11 343 23450 3196 493 26314 3613 4779 1967
April 1, 2004 2051 94 78 - 8 3 38 1592 16 22 352 24252 3257 493 27034 4278 4796 2050
New articles Q1/04 1024 94 78 - 8 3 38 848 16 22 352 6372 1832 6 8253 3089 1754 819
April 8, 2004 2091 114 78 - 8 3 38 1674 16 23 354 24801 3519 493 27497 4590 5033 2097
April 15, 2004 2134 145 78 10 9 3 38 1789 16 50 354 25507 3604 493 27888 4811 5338 2167
April 22, 2004 2205 158 78 19 19 3 38 1903 16 51 356 26064 3992 493 28392 5004 5484 2239
Date la lt lv mg mi mk ml ms na nah nds nl no oc pl pt ro ru

S-Z

sa - zh
Date sa simple sk sl sq sr st sv sw ta th tk tl tr tt uk ur vi vo wa yi yo zh Σ
January 1, 2004 - 754 - 3506 - - - 18945 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3641 414144
February 1, 2004 - 1018 - 3629 11 173 - 20428 - 140 - - - 126 - - - 69 - 1098 - - 4082 460855
March 1, 2004 - 685 14 3970 21 305 - 22348 74 206 - - 11 173 31 192 - 65 26 1290 - - 6675 519556
March 8, 2004 - 838 14 4033 21 321 - 22753 74 245 - - 12 180 31 416 - 85 17 1327 - - 6963 540139
March 15, 2004 - 873 14 4101 21 718 - 23356 74 255 - - 11 179 31 816 - 85 19 1397 - - 7172 557755
March 22, 2004 - 915 14 4171 21 732 - 24090 74 263 - - 21 186 38 1051 - 91 19 1423 - - 7477 572456
April 1, 2004 2 942 13 4288 27 791 2 25222 75 281 26 2 24 197 46 1078 17 104 19 1465 12 27 7991 594769
New articles Q1/04 2 188 13 782 27 791 2 6277 75 281 26 2 24 197 46 1078 17 104 19 1465 12 27 4350 180624
April 8, 2004 2 1012 14 4335 30 795 2 26081 76 286 56 2 27 219 46 1178 42 111 39 1493 12 27 8338 610356
April 15, 2004 3 1094 15 4468 29 867 2 27180 76 304 444 111 2 224 54 1320 64 120 41 1526 12 27 8536 623427
April 22, 2004 3 1094 15 4468 29 867 2 27180 76 304 111 2 29 242 65 1720 6 16310 101 1631 12 27 8907 623427
Date sa simple sk sl sq sr st sv sw ta th tk tl tr tt uk ur vi vo wa yi yo zh Σ

See also Wikipedia:Complete list of language wikis available

Charts

See interlingual statistics for lots of charts.


Rankings

All wikipedias with one or more articles in addition to the main page are ranked here according to the number of pages. The order follows the most recent page count; the * column denotes rank change against last years ranking. N means New entry, - means no change. Growth and Rank change are measured against Dec 19, 2003. For a review of these rankings, see the monthly rankings of 2004 for the international wikipedias.

And here are the charts of April 1, 2004, totally free of any april fools data:

Rank * Language Articles Growth Share Diff
1. - English 238053 +29% 40.024% -6.339
2. - German (Deutsch) 72139 +71% 12.129% +1.516
3. - Japanese (日本語) 39871 +80% 6.704% +1.148
4. - French (Français) 31978 +46% 5.377% -0.112
5. +1 Polish (Polska) 27034 +48% 4.545% -0.043
6. -1 Swedish (Svenska) 25222 +37% 4.241% -0.371
7. - Dutch (Nederlands) 24252 +40% 4.078% -0.273
8. +1 Spanish (Castellano) 20725 +49% 3.485% -0.003
9. -1 Danish (Dansk) 17435 +21% 2.931% -0.692
10. - Esperanto 11856 +16% 1.993% -0.574
11. +1 Italian (Italiano) 8619 +76% 1.449% +0.217
12. +1 Chinese (中文) 7991 +129% 1.344% +0.469
13. -2 Catalan (Català) 5799 +18% 0.975% -0.258
14. +3 Hebrew (עברית) 5648 +138% 0.950% +0.354
15. +3 Romanian (Română) 4796 +107% 0.806% +0.225
16. -1 Finnish (Suomi) 4561 +55% 0.767% +0.027
17. -3 Slovenian (Slovensko) 4288 +23% 0.721% -0.151
18. +1 Portuguese (Português) 4278 +264% 0.719% +0.425
19. +13 Croatian (Hrvatski) 3352 +863% 0.564% +0.476
20. - Estonian (Eesti) 3319 +185% 0.558% +0.266
21. +1 Norwegian (Norsk) 3257 +183% 0.548% +0.258
22. +3 Afrikaans 3097 +310% 0.521% +0.331
23. -7 Interlingua 2572 +5% 0.432% -0.185
24. +19 Basque (Euskara) 2319 +5556% 0.390% +0.380
25. -1 Latin (Latina) 2051 +111% 0.345% +0.101
26. -5 Russian (Русский) 2050 +77% 0.345% +0.054
27. -4 Czech (Český) 1780 +67% 0.299% +0.032
28. -1 Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) 1592 +123% 0.268% +0.089
29. N Walloon (Walon) 1465 new 0.246% +0.246
30. N Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) 1234 new 0.207% +0.207
31. - Galician (Galego) 1146 +214% 0.193% +0.101
32. N Ukrainian (Українська) 1078 new 0.181% +0.037
33. -4 Korean (Hangukeo) 1040 +90% 0.175% +0.038
34. N Bulgarian (Български) 954 new 0.160% +0.160
35. -9 Simple English 942 +32% 0.158% -0.021
36. -2 Welsh (Cymraeg) 893 +227% 0.150% +0.082
37. -9 Frisian (Frysk) 881 +37% 0.148% -0.014
38. -1 Serbian (Sprski) 791 +434% 0.133% +0.096
39. -3 Greek 757 +307% 0.127% +0.081
40. -5 Hungarian (Magyar) 548 +117% 0.092% +0.029
41. -11 Occitan 493 +2% 0.083% -0.038
42. -9 Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) 352 +8% 0.059% -0.023
43. N Tamil (தமிழ்) 281 new 0.047% +0.047
44. -3 Arabic (عربي) 243 +440% 0.041% +0.030
45. -6 Hindi 225 +188% 0.038% +0.018
46. N Icelandic 207 new 0.035% +0.008
47. -5 Turkish (Türkçe) 197 +369% 0.033% +0.023
48. -10 Bosnian (Bosanski) 156 +90% 0.026% +0.006
49. N Kurdish 108 new 0.018% +0.018
50. N Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) 104 new 0.017% +0.017
51. -7 Lithuanian (Lietuviškai) 94 +135% 0.016% +0.006
52. -12 Latvian (Latviešu) 78 +1% 0.013% -0.006
53. N Swahili 75 new 0.013% +0.013
54. N (فارسی) Farsi 72 new 0.012% +0.012
55. N Irish (Gaeilige) 62 new 0.010% +0.010
56. N Tatar 46 new 0.008% +0.008
57. -12 Malayalam 38 +6% 0.006% -0.003
58. N Albanian (Shqip) 27 new 0.005% +0.005
  N Yoruba 27 new 0.005% +0.005
60. N Thai 26 new 0.004% +0.004
61. N Filipino (Tagalog) 24 new 0.004% +0.004
62. -16 Nahuatl 22 +100% 0.004% +0.001
63. N Volapuk 19 new 0.003% +0.003
64. N Urdu 17 new 0.003% +0.003
65. N Nauruan 16 new 0.003% +0.003
66. N Corsican 14 new 0.002% +0.002
67. N Slovak 13 new 0.002% +0.002
68. N Alsatian 12 new 0.002% +0.002
  N Yiddish 12 new 0.002% +0.002
70. N Javanese 10 new 0.002% +0.002
71. N Azerbaijani 8 new 0.001% +0.001
  N Maori 8 new 0.001% +0.001
73. N Georgian 5 new 0.001% +0.001
74. N Guarani 4 new 0.001% +0.001
75. N Macedonian 3 new 0.001% +0.001
76. N Bengali 2 new 0.000% 0.000
  N Sanskrit 2 new 0.000% +0.000
  N Sotho 2 new 0.000% +0.000
- - All Wikipedias 594769 +49% 100.000% 0.000

Fastest Growing Wikipedias

Fastest Growing by Percentage

Here is a list of the 10 fastest growing Wikipedias, calculated as a percentage from December 19 2003 to April 1 2004 (not counting Wikipedias founded since then):

  1. Basque (Euskara) - 5556%
  2. Croatian (Hrvatski) - 863%
  3. عربية (Arabic) - 440%
  4. Serbian (Srpski) - 434%
  5. Turkish (Türkçe) - 133%
  6. Greek - 307%
  7. Portuguese (Português) - 264%
  8. Welsh (Cymraeg) - 227%
  9. Galician (Galego) - 214%
  10. Hindi - 188%

This measure is somewhat biased towards recently founded Wikipedias, where an initially small number of articles can yield a staggering percentage increase without adding too many new articles numerically. But clearly languages once used in the Ottoman Empire are doing well, with 5 of the top 10 places! The Atlantic coast of Iberia alone claims another 3...

The net growth of all Wikipedias was 49% (amazing for a three month period.)

Fastest Growing by Number of New Articles

Here is a list of the 10 fastest growing Wikipedias, by article count from January 1 2004 to April 1 2004 (not counting Wikipedias founded since then):

  1. English - 49371 (27.33%)
  2. German (Deutsche) - 28467 (15.76%)
  3. Japanese (日本語) - 15782 (8.74%)
  4. French (Français) - 9421 (5.22%)
  5. Polish (Polska) - 8253 (4.57%)
  6. Dutch (Nederlands) - 6372 (3.53%)
  7. Swedish (Svenska) - 6277 (3.48%)
  8. Spanish (Castellano) - 6074 (3.36%)
  9. Chinese (中文) - 4350 (2.41%)
  10. Italian (Italiano) - 3296 (1.82%)

The rankings of the Wikipedias with the most new articles is the same as the list of the Wikipedias with the most articles total with a few exceptions. The Dutch and Swedish Wikipedias have switched places in this ranking. Also, The Chinese Wikipedia is 9th in growth and 12th in total number of articles. The Italian Wikipedia is 10th in growth and 11th in total number of articles. These two Wikipedias can be expected to enter the top 10 Wikipedias for total number of article if these trends continue.

The total number of new articles in all Wikipedias was 180,624 bringing the total to 594,769.

Greatest Relative Change

The two following lists rank fifteen Wikipedias according to the change in their percentage of the total number of Wikipedia articles.

Relative Decline

  1. English -6.32%
  2. Dansk (Danish) -0.69%
  3. Esperanto -0.57%
  4. Svenska (Swedish) -0.37%
  5. Nederlands (Dutch) -0.27%

In three months, the English share of Wikipedia articles has gone down by 6.34 percent (from 46.36 percent to 40.02 percent). While English still has more new articles than any other language, they represent only 27.33 percent of the total, a sign that speakers of other languages are taking up the challenge - and giving us a run for our money too. The other four languages were established early, so took an early lead, but as new projects have been established in other languages with much larger numbers of fluent speakers and/or internet users, many of the languages that got Wikipedias established earlier, although still growing, are in decline as a percentage of the whole.

Relative Growth

  1. Deutsche (German) +1.52%
  2. 日本語 (Japanese) +1.15%
  3. Hrvatski (Croatian) +0.48%
  4. 中文 (Chinese) +0.47%
  5. Portugués (Portuguese) +0.43%
  6. Euskara (Basque) +0.38%
  7. עברית (Hebrew) +0.35%
  8. Afrikaans +0.33%
  9. Eesti (Estonian) +0.27%
  10. Nynorsk (Norwegian) +0.26%

German is one of the few languages with wikipedias established early to be maintaining a growth rate considerably higher than that of the Wikipedia project as a whole. The figures are slightly deceptive, as most of this growth has taken place in the last month, triggered, it would seem, by massive media attention which netted hundreds of new contributors to the German Wikipedia. The high growth rate in Japan is due in part to the explosion of internet access in that country.


For up to date article counts see [1].

See also Wikipedia:Statistics for more statistics on the English Wikipedia. For an overview of the world's biggest wiki websites (Wikipedia or not), see MeatBall:BiggestWiki.

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