Approximate distribution of native speakers of German or a German variety outside Europe (according to Ethnologue 2016[26] unless referenced otherwise) Numbers of speakers should not be summed up per country, as they most likely overlap considerably. Table includes varieties with disputed statuses as separate language. Standard German Hunsrik/Hunsrückisch Low German & Plautdietsch Pennsylvania Dutch Hutterite Argentina 400,000 N/A 4,000 N/A N/A Australia 79,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A Belize N/A N/A 9,360 N/A N/A Bolivia 160,000 N/A 60,000 N/A N/A Brazil 1,500,000 3,000,000 8,000 N/A N/A Canada 430,000 N/A 80,000 15,000 23,200 Chile 35,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A Costa Rica N/A N/A 2,000 N/A N/A Israel 200,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A Kazakhstan 30,400 N/A 100,000 N/A N/A Mexico N/A N/A 40,000 N/A N/A Namibia 22,500 N/A N/A N/A N/A New Zealand 36,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A Paraguay 166,000 N/A 40,000 N/A N/A Russia N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A South Africa 12,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A Uruguay 28,000 N/A 2,000 N/A N/A United States 1,104,354[27] N/A 12,000 118,000 10,800 Sum 4,597,392 3,000,000 357,360 133,000 34,000