List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population

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List of countries by English-speaking population

List of countries by English-speaking population
List in order of native speakers

Percentage of the population with a knowledge of English

Population density of people whose mother tongue is English. This is a list of countries of the world sorted by the total English-speaking population in that country. This includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. Statistics on second language speakers are usually imprecise, in part because there is no widely agreed definition of second language speakers, and some numbers have been calculated by Wikipedia editors from data in other sources, so these figures should be treated with caution. Pie chart showing the relative numbers of native English speakers in the major Englishspeaking countries of the world This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Notes
[1] "Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics,", U.S. 2000 Census of Population and Housing (U.S. Census Bureau): p. 1, http://www.census.gov/ prod/cen2000/dp1/2khus.pdf ^ "Table 1. Twenty Languages Most Frequently Spoken at Home by English Ability for the Population 5 Years and Over: 1990 and 2000", Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/ prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf (see Table 1 for Speakers figures and Table 2 for Population 5 years and over figures). [2] Census of India’s Indian Census, Issue 10, 2003, pp 8-10, (Feature: Languages

List in order of total speakers
The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The combined total English speaking population is 229,850,000 including 61,850,000 native speakers and 168,000,000 non-native speakers,[16] and would be ranked 2nd if it were included. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. •

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Rank Country % Eng- Total lish Population Speakers 95.81% 262,375,152

List of countries by English-speaking population
Total Eng- As First lish Language Speakers As an Addi- Comment tional Language

1

United States

251,388,301 215,423,557 35,964,744

Figures are from the y

2000 U.S. census. Eng sons age 5 and older. population age 5 and

speaker figures are fo

was 262,375,152 of w

251,388,301 stated th

spoke English "very w

"well". Third language

ers are respondents a

older who reported th

not speak English at h
[1]

know it "very well" or

2

India

10.66%

843,900,000

90,000,000

226,449

65,000,000 second language speakers. 25,000,000 third language speakers

Figures include both t second language and

who speak English as

who speak it as a thir

guage. 1991 figures fo

second, third. 2001 fig

mother tongue.[2][3][4

ures include English s

but not English users.

3

Nigeria

53.34%

148,093,000

79,000,000

4,000,000

>75,000,000 Figures are for speak

gerian Pidgin, an Eng

based pidgin or creole

Ihemere gives a range

roughly 3 to 5 million

speakers; the midpoin

range is used in the ta Uchechukwu. 2006. "

Ihemere, Kelechukwu

Description and Analy

Treatment of Noun Cl

Nigerian Pidgin." Nor 15(3): 296–313.

Journal of African Stu

4 5

United Kingdom Germany

97.74% 56%

60,975,000 82,191,000

59,600,000 46,000,000

58,100,000 272,504

1,500,000 46,000,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Native speakers: Stat Non-native speakers:

Bundesamt (cited her

Eurobarometer surve

not include foreign m

personnel based in Ge

6 Philippines

46.98%

90,457,200

42,500,000

27,000

42,500,000

Total speakers: Censu

text above Figure 7. 6

the 66.7 million peopl

years or more could s

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English. Native speak

Census 1995, as quot

Andrew Gonzalez in T

guage Planning Situa

the Philippines, Journ

Multilingual and Mult 487-525. (1998)

Development, 19 (5&6

7

Canada

85.18%

33,355,400

25,246,220

17,694,830

7,551,390

Source: 2001 Census

ledge of Official Lang count noted that of

and Mother Tongue. T

29,639,030 speakers,

20,014,645 spoke Eng

only, and 5,231,575 s

English and French, w

3,946,525 spoke Fren

and 446,920 who wer

fied as speaking "neit

lish nor French". No d

listed for persons who

English and a languag

than French. The nati

speakers figure comp

122,660 people with b

French and English as

er tongue, plus 17,572

people with English a

French as a mother to

8

France

36%

64,473,140

23,000,000

23,000,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

9

Australia

97.03%

21,394,309

17,357,833

15,013,965

2,343,868

Source: 2001 Census.

2001 census data is su

multiple intepretation

data noted that 18,97

persons out of 21,394

total were speakers o

guage, and excluded y

children. However, m

a million of those 18,9 tion; 879,778 did not

persons provided no i

formation on proficien

203,101 were "overse

ors" who were not ask whom an inquiry was

the 17,889,671 person

17,357,833 spoke Eng

only, or "well" or "ver

as a second language "not at all".

531,838 spoke "not w

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10= 10= Pakistan Italy 10.36% 29% 164,157,000 59,619,290

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17,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000

Source: Crystal (2005 Eurobarometer 2005

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Japan

11.75%

127,690,000

15,000,000

>93,500[6]

Native speaker figure

number of foreign res

from the United State

tain, Canada, Australi

New Zealand as of 20

13 Netherlands 14 South Africa

87%

16,445,000

14,000,000

14,000,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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28.63%

47,850,700

13,700,000

3,673,203

10,000,000

Native speakers: 2001 15 (Table 2.5) Non-native speakers: (2005), p. 109.

Census: Census in Bri

15

Spain

27%

46,063,000

12,500,000

12,500,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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16

Turkey

17%

70,586,256

12,000,000

12,000,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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17

Poland

29%

38,115,967

11,000,000

11,000,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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18

China

0.77%

1,300,000,000 10,000,000

0

10,000,000

Figures are for Englis

in mainland China onl

excluding Hong Kong

English is an official l

and Macau). The oft-c "learners."[7]

ure of 300 million is fo

19

Sweden

89%

9,215,021

8,200,000

8,200,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

20

Cameroon 41.51%

18,549,000

7,700,000

7,700,000

Crystal (2005), p. 109 English creole.

this includes speakers

21 22

Malaysia Russia

27.24% 4.9%

27,170,000 141,888,900

7,400,000 6,955,315

380,000 1,804

7,000,000 6,953,511

Crystal (2005), p. 109

Source: Basic Results

4.4 and 4.1, Russian C

(2002). The "total" fig

the number of residen

reported English as o

language they knew. T

language" figure is th

ber of residents who r their nationality. The

"American" or "Englis

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"additional languages is the difference.

23 24

Thailand Belgium

10% 59%

63,038,247 10,584,534

6,549,329 6,250,000

6,549,329 6,250,000

Secondary langua the elite[8][9]
Eurobarometer 2005

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25

Romania

29%

21,438,000

6,200,000

6,200,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

26 Zimbabwe 27 Greece

41.58% 48%

13,349,000 11,147,000

5,550,000 5,350,000

250,000

5,300,000 5,350,000

Crystal (2005), p. 109

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

28

Sierra Leone Mexico

83.53%

5,866,000

4,900,000

500,000

4,400,000

Crystal (2005), p. 109 English creole.

this includes speakers

29

4.55%

106,682,500

4,855,000

4,855,000

Consulta Mitovsky-Tr

Poll Roy Campos: Las

Extranjeras en México

2007 [2]; and II Conte

blación y Vivienda, In

Nacional de Estadístic [3].

grafía e Informática (I

30

Austria

58%

8,340,924

4,800,000

4,800,000

Eurobarometer 2005

tp://ec.europa.eu/educ

languages/pdf/doc631

31

Denmark

86%

5,489,022

4,720,000

4,720,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

32 Switzerland

61.28%

7,637,300

4,680,000

73,400

Figure for speakers o to Federal Statistical

as "main language", a

Neuchâtel 2008[10] So

number of non-native

speakers is 1999 publ

by Prof. François Grin

here: http://switzerlan guage.html

ours.com/e/countries/

33

Ireland

98.37%

4,422,100

4,350,000

4,122,100

300,000

Source: European Un

ectorate General for E

tion and Culture[4] Ce

Statistics Office[5] Tr

34 35

Tanzania New Zealand

9.89% 97.82%

40,454,000 4,275,100

4,000,000 3,673,623 3,700,000

4,000,000

Source: Crystal (2005

There were 4,027,947

sponses to 2006 Cens

guage spoken. 3,673,6

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English as a response

had no English but an

language. The balanc

272,382 were; no lang

(too young) 75,195, n

sponse 196,221, respo

unidentifiable 588, re

outside scope 378. He the English speaking without including the

most meaningful to ex

for these 272,382. Th

97.8% English-speaki

non-English-speaking by 3,755,565)

(3,673,679 and 81,936

Crystal (2005), p. 109

figures of 3,700,000 n language speakers.

speakers and 150,000

36 Bangladesh 37= Finland

2.21% 63%

158,665,000 5,331,483

3,500,000 3,400,000

3,500,000 3,400,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Eurobarometer 2005

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38=

Portugal

32%

10,623,000

3,400,000

3,400,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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39

Singapore 71%

4,588,600

3,257,906

665,087

1,128,158

Source: 2000 Census.

language speaker figu

includes those literate

lish aged 15 or more a

not include third lang

proficiency. Native sp

aged 5 or more, litera

lation, aged 15 or mor

percentage of literate

tion literate in English

40

Papua 49.76% New Guinea Liberia 82.67%

6,331,000

3,150,000

150,000

3,000,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

41

3,750,000

3,100,000

600,000

2,500,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

42 43

Kenya Jamaica

7.19% 97.64%

37,538,000 2,714,000

2,700,000 2,650,000 2,600,000

2,700,000 50,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

44= 44=

Uganda Hong Kong

8.09% 35.9%

30,884,000 6,963,100

2,500,000 2,500,000 200,000

2,500,000 2,300,000

Source: Crystal (2005

According to 1996 by-

Hong Kong has appro

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2.5 million speakers, o

200,000 regard Englis

their "usual" language

44=

Czech Republic Hungary

24%

10,403,136

2,500,000

2,500,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

47

23%

10,043,000

2,300,000

2,300,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

48

Croatia

49%

4,555,000

2,200,000

2,200,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

49 50= 50= 52

Puerto Rico Zambia

48.61%

3,991,000 19,299,000 11,922,000 4,000,000

1,940,000 1,910,000 1,910,000 1,800,000

100,000 10,000 110,000

1,840,000 1,900,000 1,800,000 1,800,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Sri Lanka 9.9% 16.02% Bosnia 45% and Herzegovina Bulgaria 23%

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 not verified.

53

7,640,238

1,800,000

1,800,000

Eurobarometer 2005

tp://ec.europa.eu/educ

languages/pdf/doc631

54= 54=

Slovakia Ghana

32% 5.96%

5,402,273 23,478,000

1,700,000 1,400,000

1,700,000 1,400,000

not verified.

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

56

Slovenia

57%

2,023,358

1,200,000

1,200,000

Eurobarometer 2005

tp://ec.europa.eu/educ

languages/pdf/doc631

57

Trinidad and Tobago Lithuania 32%

1,305,000

1,145,000

1,145,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

58

3,369,600

1,100,000

1,100,000

Eurobarometer 2005

tp://ec.europa.eu/educ

languages/pdf/doc631

59

Latvia

39%

2,270,700

900,000

900,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

60

Guyana

751,000

680,000

650,000

30,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

61 62

Botswana Estonia 46%

1,639,833 1,340,602

630,000 620,000

630,000 620,000

Source: Crystal (2005 Eurobarometer 2005

tp://ec.europa.eu/educ

languages/pdf/doc631

63

Cyprus

76%

794,600

600,000

600,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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64 65 66 Malawi Lesotho Suriname 3.88% 27.86% 13,931,831 1,795,000 470,784

List of countries by English-speaking population
540,000 500,000 410,000 260,000 209[12] 540,000 500,000 150,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

67

Malta

88%

419,285

370,000

370,000

Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

68 69

Namibia Luxembourg

17.24% 60%

1,820,916 480,222

314,000 290,000

14,000

300,000 290,000

Source: Crystal (2005 Eurobarometer 2005

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languages/pdf/doc631

70

Bahamas

87.13%

330,549

288,000

260,000

28,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

69

Barbados 98.57%

279,000

275,000

262,000

13,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

70

Belize

81.65%

301,270

246,000

190,000

56,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

71 72

Mauritius 15.97% Vanuatu 83.55%

1,264,866 215,446

202,000 180,000

2,000 60,000

200,000 120,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

73 74

Fiji Solomon Islands Ethiopia Guam Brunei

20.62% 31.68%

853,445 552,438

176,000 175,000

6,000 10,000

170,000 165,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

75 76 77 78

0.22% 91.09% 37.76%

78,254,090 173,456 381,371 120,000

171,712 158,000 144,000 114,000

1,986 58,000 10,000 114,000

169,726 100,000 134,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Saint Vin- 95% cent and the Grenadines U.S. Virgin Islands Grenada 95.97%

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

79

108,448

113,000

98,000

15,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

80=

90.91%

110,000

100,000

100,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

80=

Israel

1.37%

7,303,000

100,000

Source: Ethnologue (2

The 100,000 figure m

low considering that E

de facto the second la

of speakers of both H

and Arabic. It is the m

guage for external com

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and tourism, and a re Arab schools, and for Hebrew).[14][15]

language for all Jewis

versities (which teach

82 83 84 85

Samoa Isle of Man Bhutan Saint Lucia Northern Mariana Islands Antigua and Barbuda American Samoa Micronesia 11.4%

188,540 80,058 658,000 165,000

94,000 80,000 75,000 71,000

1,000 80,000

93,000

Source: Crystal (2005

75,000 31,000 40,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

86

84,000

70,000

5,000

65,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

87

85,000

68,000

66,000

2,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

88 89 90= 90=

67,000 111,000

67,000 64,000 63,000 63,000

2,000 4,000 63,000 3,000

65,000 60,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Bermuda Dominica

65,000 67,000

Source: Crystal (2005

60,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

92 93 94 95

Marshall Islands Swaziland Aruba Gambia

59,000 1,141,000 104,000 1,709,000

60,000 50,000 44,000 40,000 9,000

60,000 50,000 35,000 40,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

96

Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayman Islands 37.93% Seychelles Honduras Gibraltar Tonga Kiribati Rwanda 0.21%

50,000

39,000

39,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

97

47,000

36,000

36,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

98 99 100= 100= 102 103=

87,000 7,106,000 28,875 100,000 95,000 9,725,000

33,000 31,500 30,000 30,000 23,000 20,000

3,000 31,500 28,000

30,000

Source: Crystal (2005

2,000 30,000 23,000 20,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

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103= British Virgin Islands Palau Anguilla Nauru Dominican Republic Saint Helena Cook Islands Montserrat 112 British Indian Ocean Territory Lebanon Niue Falkland Islands Netherlands Antilles Norfolk Island Turks and Caicos Islands 0.05% Guadeloupe 120 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pitcairn Tokelau Cambodia 3.07% 6,125 188 192,000 0.08% 3,500 3,500 23,000

List of countries by English-speaking population
20,000 20,000

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

105 106 107 108 109 110= 110=

20,000 13,000 10,000 9,760,000 6,600 20,200 5,900

18,500 12,000 10,300 8,000 5,400 4,000 4,000

500 12,000 800 8,000 5,400 1,000 4,000

18,000 9,500

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005

3,000

Source: Crystal (2005

Source: Crystal (2005 an English creole.

Note this includes spe

3,500

113 114 115 116

4,099,000 1,600

3,300 2,160 3,000 1,800 78 1,991

3,300 2,082 1,991 1,800

117 118

2114 26,000

1,678 920

1,678 920

119

408,000

200

200 188

121 122

50 1,400 14,444,000

46 40

46 40

Replacing French as s

language, especially i phone texting

Penh. Also used for m

Christmas Island Eritrea Guernsey Indonesia

1,493 4,851,000 65,726 231,627,000

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Jersey South Korea Somalia Taiwan Bahrain World 17.65% 89,300 48,224,000 8,699,000 23,000,000 760,168

List of countries by English-speaking population

6,718,045,021 1,186 million

331,000,000 812 million

Estimate by Wikip contributors.

of West Bengal in Census and Surveys, Bilingualism and Trilingualism). [3] FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES – 2001 [4] Tropf, Herbert S. 2004. India and its Languages. Siemens AG, Munich [5] For the distinction between "English Speakers," and "English Users," please see: TESOL-India (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)], India: World’s Second Largest EnglishSpeaking Country. Their article explains the difference between the 350 million number mentioned in a previous version of this Wikipedia article and a more plausible 90 million number: “ "Wikipedia’s India estimate of ” 350 million includes two categories - "English Speakers" and "English Users". The distinction between the Speakers and Users is that Users only know how to read English words while Speakers know how to read English, understand spoken English as well as form their own sentences to converse in English. The distinction becomes clear when you consider the China numbers. China has over 200~350 million users that can read English words but, as anyone can see on the streets of China, only handful of million who are English speakers."

22 (2): 3–10, doi:10.1017/ S0266078406002021. . Quote: "What this suggests, it seems, is that Yan’s (2004) ten million may after all be a more informed estimate of the actual regular users of English in China." (page 9)" [8] CIA - The world factbook: Thailand [9] Refugees get crash course in U.S. culture [10] Resident population according to main language, Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008 [11] 1996 by-census LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY [12] Edrinnie Kayambizinthu (1998), "The Language Planning Situation in Malawi", Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19 (5&6): 369, doi:10.1080/01434639808666363, http://www.multilingual-matters.net/ jmmd/019/0369/jmmd0190369.pdf. [13] ^ Languages of Israel, Ethnologue.com [14] Multilingualism in Israel, Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Humanities : Language Policy Research Center. [15] http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/ custom/portlets/recordDetails/ detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_Search English Language Teaching Profile: Israel], Education Resources Information Center. [16] Crystal (2005), p. 109, UK and Ireland total. Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Covered EU citizens aged 15 years or more.

[6] ^ Maciamo (31 July 2005), Foreigners in Japan, jref.com, http://www.jref.com/ society/foreigners_in_japan.shtml, retrieved on 2008-09-21 (figures are for 2003) [7] Jian Yang (April 2006), "Learners and users of English in China", English Today

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Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1719 20 21 22 23 24 25= 25= 25= 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Australia Ireland South Africa New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Singapore Guyana Liberia Sierra Leone Malaysia Germany Barbados Bahamas Zimbabwe India Hong Kong if ranked separately Belize Papua New Guinea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Zambia Grenada Israel Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Japan Switzerland Antigua and Barbuda Bermuda Vanuatu Guam Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayman Islands Honduras Saint Lucia Gibraltar

List of countries by English-speaking population
First language 215,423,557 58,100,000 17,694,830 15,013,965 3,750,000 3,673,203 ≥ 3,008,058 2,600,000 1,145,000 665,087 650,000 600,000 500,000 380,000 272,504 262,000 260,000 250,000 226,000 200,000 190,000 150,000 114,000 110,000 100,000 100,000[13] 100,000 98,000 >93,500[6] 73,000 66,000 63,000 60,000 58,000 39,000 36,000 31,500 31,000 28,000

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40 41 42 43 44= 44= 44= 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55= 55= 57= 57= 58 59 60 61 62= 62= 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Philippines British Virgin Islands Namibia Anguilla Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Brunei Aruba Dominican Republic Fiji Saint Helena Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia Montserrat British Indian Ocean Territory Dominica Seychelles American Samoa Mauritius Falkland Islands Russia Ethiopia Norfolk Island Cook Islands Samoa Turks and Caicos Islands Nauru Palau Guadeloupe Saint Pierre and Miquelon Niue Pitcairn Tokelau East Timor

List of countries by English-speaking population
27,000 20,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 6,000 5,400 5,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,000 3,000 2,000 2,000 1,991 1,804 1,986 1,678 1,000 1,000 920 800 500 200 188 78 46 40 30 Cambridge University Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-521-53033-4. http://www.cambridge.org/ catalogue/ catalogue.asp?isbn=0521530334. Retrieved on 2006-07-20.

show_language.asp?code=eng. Retrieved on 2006-03-17. • Europeans and their languages Eurobarometer report, February 2006 (pdf). Only includes EU citizens aged 15 or more. • Crystal, David (2003-08-03) [1995]. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK:

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List of countries by English-speaking population
• • • • Anglophone Hispanosphere Sinosphere Indosphere

See also
• List of countries where English is an official language • Anglosphere

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