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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 |
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| #2 |
United Kingdom: |
59,600,000 |
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| #3 |
Philippines: |
45,900,000 |
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| #4 |
Nigeria: |
41,000,000 |
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| #5 |
Germany: |
36,000,000 |
|
| #6 |
Canada: |
25,246,220 |
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| #7 |
Australia: |
17,357,833 |
|
| #8 |
Pakistan: |
17,000,000 |
|
| #9 |
France: |
16,000,000 |
|
| #10 |
Italy: |
14,000,000 |
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| #11 |
South Africa: |
13,700,000 |
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| #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 |
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| #20 |
Romania: |
5,300,000 |
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| #21 |
Belgium: |
5,100,000 |
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| #22 |
Greece: |
4,200,000 |
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| #23 |
Tanzania: |
4,000,000 |
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| #24 |
Austria: |
3,900,000 |
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| #25 |
Ireland: |
3,850,000 |
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| #26 |
Denmark: |
3,800,000 |
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| #27 |
New Zealand: |
3,673,623 |
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| #28 |
Bangladesh: |
3,500,000 |
|
| #29 |
Kenya: |
2,700,000 |
|
| #30 |
Finland: |
2,700,000 |
|
| #31 |
Portugal: |
2,600,000 |
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| #32 |
Uganda: |
2,500,000 |
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| #33 |
Czech Republic: |
2,100,000 |
|
| #34 |
Hungary: |
2,000,000 |
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| #35 |
Puerto Rico: |
1,940,000 |
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| #36 |
Zambia: |
1,900,000 |
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| #37 |
Sri Lanka: |
1,900,000 |
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| #38 |
Croatia: |
1,800,000 |
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| #39 |
Singapore: |
1,793,245 |
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| #40 |
Bulgaria: |
1,500,000 |
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| #41 |
Ghana: |
1,400,000 |
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| #42 |
Slovakia: |
1,400,000 |
|
| #43 |
Slovenia: |
950,000 |
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| #44 |
Lithuania: |
900,000 |
|
| #45 |
Estonia: |
590,000 |
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| #46 |
Latvia: |
540,000 |
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| #47 |
Cyprus: |
420,000 |
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| #48 |
Malta: |
280,000 |
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| #49 |
Luxembourg: |
220,000 |
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| #50 |
Ethiopia: |
171,712 |
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| #51 |
Israel: |
100,000 |
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| #52 |
Liberia: |
69,000 |
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| #53 |
Bermuda: |
58,800 |
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| #54 |
Belize: |
55,998 |
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| #55 |
Papua New Guinea: |
50,000 |
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| #56 |
Bahamas, The: |
49,331 |
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| #57 |
Honduras: |
31,500 |
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| #58 |
Guam: |
28,800 |
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| #59 |
Cayman Islands: |
20,000 |
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| #60 |
Fiji: |
19,857 |
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| #61 |
American Samoa: |
16,298 |
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| #62 |
Malawi: |
16,000 |
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| #63 |
Barbados: |
13,000 |
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| #64 |
Namibia: |
10,941 |
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| #65 |
Dominica: |
10,000 |
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| #66 |
Virgin Islands: |
8,414 |
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| #67 |
Dominican Republic: |
8,000 |
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| #68 |
Brunei: |
8,000 |
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| #69 |
Nauru: |
7,254 |
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| #70 |
Saint Helena: |
5,400 |
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| #71 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
5,341 |
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| #72 |
Cook Islands: |
4,000 |
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| #73 |
British Indian Ocean Territory: |
3,500 |
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| #74 |
Lebanon: |
3,300 |
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| #75 |
Gibraltar: |
3,300 |
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| #76 |
Aruba: |
3,000 |
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| #77 |
Mauritius: |
3,000 |
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| #78 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
2,600 |
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| #79 |
Niue: |
2,160 |
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| #80 |
British Virgin Islands: |
2,000 |
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| #81 |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
1,991 |
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| #82 |
Vanuatu: |
1,900 |
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| #83 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
1,800 |
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| #84 |
Norfolk Island: |
1,678 |
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| #85 |
Seychelles: |
1,601 |
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| #86 |
Saint Lucia: |
1,600 |
|
| #87 |
Gambia, The: |
1,000 |
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| #88 |
Anguilla: |
946 |
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| #89 |
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
920 |
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| #90 |
Grenada: |
750 |
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| #91 |
Kiribati: |
492 |
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| #92 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
400 |
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| #93 |
Rwanda: |
300 |
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| #94 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
200 |
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| #95 |
Samoa: |
200 |
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| #96 |
Guadeloupe: |
200 |
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| #97 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
188 |
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| #98 |
Montserrat: |
100 |
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| #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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