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DEFINITION
English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).
Language Statistics > English-speaking population > Total (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | United States: | 251,388,301 | |
| #2 | United Kingdom: | 59,600,000 | |
| #3 | Philippines: | 45,900,000 | |
| #4 | Nigeria: | 41,000,000 | |
| #5 | Germany: | 36,000,000 | |
| #6 | Canada: | 25,246,220 | |
| #7 | Australia: | 17,357,833 | |
| #8 | Pakistan: | 17,000,000 | |
| #9 | France: | 16,000,000 | |
| #10 | Italy: | 14,000,000 | |
| #11 | South Africa: | 13,700,000 | |
| #12 | Netherlands: | 12,000,000 | |
| #13 | Spain: | 10,000,000 | |
| #14 | Poland: | 9,200,000 | |
| #15 | Turkey: | 8,100,000 | |
| #16 | Malaysia: | 7,400,000 | |
| #17 | Russia: | 6,955,315 | |
| #18 | Sweden: | 6,600,000 | |
| #19 | Zimbabwe: | 5,550,000 | |
| #20 | Romania: | 5,300,000 | |
| #21 | Belgium: | 5,100,000 | |
| #22 | Greece: | 4,200,000 | |
| #23 | Tanzania: | 4,000,000 | |
| #24 | Austria: | 3,900,000 | |
| #25 | Ireland: | 3,850,000 | |
| #26 | Denmark: | 3,800,000 | |
| #27 | New Zealand: | 3,673,623 | |
| #28 | Bangladesh: | 3,500,000 | |
| #29 | Finland: | 2,700,000 | |
| #30 | Kenya: | 2,700,000 | |
| #31 | Portugal: | 2,600,000 | |
| #32 | Uganda: | 2,500,000 | |
| #33 | Czech Republic: | 2,100,000 | |
| #34 | Hungary: | 2,000,000 | |
| #35 | Puerto Rico: | 1,940,000 | |
| #36 | Sri Lanka: | 1,900,000 | |
| #37 | Zambia: | 1,900,000 | |
| #38 | Croatia: | 1,800,000 | |
| #39 | Singapore: | 1,793,245 | |
| #40 | Bulgaria: | 1,500,000 | |
| #41 | Ghana: | 1,400,000 | |
| #42 | Slovakia: | 1,400,000 | |
| #43 | Slovenia: | 950,000 | |
| #44 | Lithuania: | 900,000 | |
| #45 | Estonia: | 590,000 | |
| #46 | Latvia: | 540,000 | |
| #47 | Cyprus: | 420,000 | |
| #48 | Malta: | 280,000 | |
| #49 | Luxembourg: | 220,000 | |
| #50 | Ethiopia: | 171,712 | |
| #51 | Israel: | 100,000 | |
| #52 | Liberia: | 69,000 | |
| #53 | Bermuda: | 58,800 | |
| #54 | Belize: | 55,998 | |
| #55 | Papua New Guinea: | 50,000 | |
| #56 | Bahamas, The: | 49,331 | |
| #57 | Honduras: | 31,500 | |
| #58 | Guam: | 28,800 | |
| #59 | Cayman Islands: | 20,000 | |
| #60 | Fiji: | 19,857 | |
| #61 | American Samoa: | 16,298 | |
| #62 | Malawi: | 16,000 | |
| #63 | Barbados: | 13,000 | |
| #64 | Namibia: | 10,941 | |
| #65 | Dominica: | 10,000 | |
| #66 | Virgin Islands: | 8,414 | |
| #67 | Brunei: | 8,000 | |
| #68 | Dominican Republic: | 8,000 | |
| #69 | Nauru: | 7,254 | |
| #70 | Saint Helena: | 5,400 | |
| #71 | Micronesia, Federated States of: | 5,341 | |
| #72 | Cook Islands: | 4,000 | |
| #73 | British Indian Ocean Territory: | 3,500 | |
| #74 | Gibraltar: | 3,300 | |
| #75 | Lebanon: | 3,300 | |
| #76 | Aruba: | 3,000 | |
| #77 | Mauritius: | 3,000 | |
| #78 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 2,600 | |
| #79 | Niue: | 2,160 | |
| #80 | British Virgin Islands: | 2,000 | |
| #81 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): | 1,991 | |
| #82 | Vanuatu: | 1,900 | |
| #83 | Netherlands Antilles: | 1,800 | |
| #84 | Norfolk Island: | 1,678 | |
| #85 | Seychelles: | 1,601 | |
| #86 | Saint Lucia: | 1,600 | |
| #87 | Gambia, The: | 1,000 | |
| #88 | Anguilla: | 946 | |
| #89 | Turks and Caicos Islands: | 920 | |
| #90 | Grenada: | 750 | |
| #91 | Kiribati: | 492 | |
| #92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | 400 | |
| #93 | Rwanda: | 300 | |
| #94 | Guadeloupe: | 200 | |
| #95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 200 | |
| #96 | Samoa: | 200 | |
| #97 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | 188 | |
| #98 | Montserrat: | 100 | |
| #99 | Tokelau: | 40 | |
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Weighted average: |
6,800,619.7 |
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DEFINITION: English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).
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