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Encyclopedia > List of countries by English speaking population

This is a list of countries of the world sorted by the number of English-speaking population in that country. This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: country In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory. ...

Rank Country Total First language As foreign language National language Official languages Comment
1 USA 251,388,301 215,423,557 35,964,744 * Source: US Census 2000, Report QT-P17 Figure for second language speakers are respondents who reported they do not speak english at home but know it "very well" or "well"
2 India 96,437,337 178,598 96,437,159 * Source: 1991 Census of India. Proportion multilingual in English was reported here as 11.50% of 838,583,988 [1]. Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.
3 United Kingdom 55,000,000 55,000,000 *
4 Philippines 43,961,539 32,802 43,928,737 * 52% of the population said they could speak English as a second language
5 Canada 17,100,000 17,100,000 *
6 Australia 15,682,000 15,682,000 *
7 Ireland 4,130,000 4,050,000 80,000 *
8 South Africa 3,457,467 3,457,467 *
9 Singapore 3,369,261 227,000 3,142,261 * Second-language users (literate in English) are 71% of population
10 New Zealand 3,213,000 3,213,000 *
11 Tanzania 1,500,000 1,500,000 *
12 Ghana 1,000,000 1,000,000 *
13 Nigeria 1,000,000 1,000,000 *
14 Uganda 1,000,000 1,000,000 *
15 Puerto Rico 458,371 82,000 376,371 *
16 Zimbabwe 375,490 375,490 *
17 Malta 246,157 (?) (?) * Source: Maltese Census 1995. [2][3] respondents aged 10 or more.
18 Ethiopia 171,712 1,986 169,726 *
19 Israel 100,000 100,000
20 Sri Lanka 74,170 74,170
21 Liberia 69,000 69,000 *
22 China 59,000 59,000 * Mainly in Hong Kong
23 Bermuda 58,800 58,800 *
24 Belize 55,998 55,998 *
25 Papua New Guinea 50,000 50,000 *
26 Bahamas 49,331 49,331 *
27 Zambia 41,434 41,434 *
28 Honduras 31,500 31,500
29 Guam 28,800 28,800 *
30 Cayman Islands 20,000 20,000 *
31 Fiji 19,857 4,929 14,928 *
32 American Samoa 16,298 1,248 15,050 *
33 Malawi 16,000 16,000 *
34 Barbados 13,000 13,000 *
35 Namibia 10,941 10,941 *
36 Dominica 10,000 10,000 *
37 U.S. Virgin Islands 8,414 8,414 *
38 Brunei 8,000 8,000 *
39 Dominican Republic 8,000 8,000
40 Nauru 7,254 714 6,540 *
41 Saint Helena 5,400 5,400 *
42 Micronesia 5,341 5,341 *
43 British Indian Ocean Territory 3,500 3,500 *
44 Gibraltar 3,300 3,300 *
45 Lebanon 3,300 3,300
46 Aruba 3,000 3,000
47 Mauritius 3,000 3,000 *
48 Trinidad and Tobago 2,600 2,600 *
49 Malay Peninsula 2,400 2,400
50 Niue 2,160 78 2,082 *
51 British Virgin Islands 2,000 2,000 *
52 Falkland Islands 1,991 1,991 *
53 Vanuatu 1,900 1,900 *
54 Netherlands Antilles 1,800 1,800
55 Norfolk Island 1,678 1,678 *
56 Seychelles 1,601 1,601 *
57 Saint Lucia 1,600 1,600 *
58 Gambia 1,000 1,000 *
59 Anguilla 946 946 *
60 Turks and Caicos Islands 920 920 *
61 Grenada 750 750 *
62 Cook Islands 683 683 *
63 Kiribati 492 492 *
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 400 400 *
65 Rwanda 300 300 *
66 Guadeloupe 200 200
67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 200 200 *
68 Samoa 200 200 *
69 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 188 188
70 Montserrat 100 100 *
71 Pitcairn 46 46 *
72 Tokelau 40 40 *
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(?) Antigua and Barbuda (?) (?) *
(?) Botswana (?) (?) *
(?) Cameroon (?) (?) *
(?) Eritrea (?) (?) *
(?) Guyana (?) (?) *
(?) Jamaica (?) (?) *
(?) Kenya (?) (?) * Mainly second-language speakers in Kenya.
(?) Lesotho (?) (?) *
(?) Northern Mariana Islands (?) (?) *
(?) Pakistan (?) (?) * Mainly second-language speakers in Pakistan.
(?) Palau (?) (?) *
(?) Sierra Leone (?) (?) *
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(?) Somalia (?) (?) *
(?) Swaziland (?) (?) *
(?) Tonga (?) (?) *
(?) Cambodia (?) (?) Replacing French as second language, especially in Phnom Penh. Also used for mobile phone texting
(?) Marshall Islands (?) (?) *
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The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Tanah Melayu) is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. ... Korea (Korean: (조선 or 한국, see below) is a civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ...

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