Total > English-speaking Population statistics - countries compared

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

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 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

= 29

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

= 36

Zambia:

1,900,000

# 38

Croatia:

1,800,000

# 39

Singapore:

1,793,245

# 40

Bulgaria:

1,500,000

= 41

Ghana:

1,400,000

= 41

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

= 67

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

= 74

Lebanon:

3,300

= 76

Aruba:

3,000

= 76

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

= 94

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

200

= 94

Samoa:

200

# 97

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

188

# 98

Montserrat:

100

# 99

Tokelau:

Weighted average:

6,800,619.7

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

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