List of countries of the world by English-speaking population
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, so these figures should be treated with caution.
List in order of total speakers
Rank | Country | Total | First language | As an additional language |
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1 | United States | 251,388,301 | 215,423,557 | 35,964,744 |
2 | India | 90,000,000 | 178,598 | 65,000,000 second language speakers. 25,000,000 third language speakers |
3 | Nigeria | 79,000,000 | 4,000,000 | >75,000,000 |
4 | United Kingdom | 59,600,000 | 58,100,000 | 1,500,000 |
5 | Philippines | 45,900,000 | 27,000 | 42,500,000 |
6 | Germany | 36,000,000 | 272,504 | 36,000,000 |
7 | Canada | 25,246,220 | 17,694,830 | 7,551,390 |
8 | Australia | 17,357,833 | 15,013,965 | 2,343,868 |
9 | Pakistan | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | |
10 | France | 16,000,000 | 16,000,000 | |
11 | Italy | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | |
12 | South Africa | 13,700,000 | 3,673,203 | 10,000,000 |
13 | Netherlands | 12,000,000 | 12,000,000 | |
14 | Spain | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | |
15 | Poland | 9,200,000 | 9,200,000 | |
16 | Turkey | 8,100,000 | 8,100,000 | |
17 | Cameroon | 7,700,000 | 7,700,000 | |
18 | Malaysia | 7,400,000 | 380,000 | 7,000,000 |
19 | China | 200,000 (Hong Kong only) | ||
20 | Russia | 6,955,315 | 1,804 | 6,953,511 |
21 | Sweden | 6,600,000 | 6,600,000 | |
22 | Zimbabwe | 5,550,000 | 250,000 | 5,300,000 |
23 | Romania | 5,300,000 | 5,300,000 | |
24 | Belgium | 5,100,000 | 5,100,000 | |
25 | Sierra Leone | 4,900,000 | 500,000 | 4,400,000 |
26 | Mexico | 4,855,000 | 4,855,000 | |
27 | Greece | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | |
28 | Tanzania | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | |
29 | Austria | 3,900,000 | 3,900,000 | |
30 | Ireland | 3,850,000 | 3,750,000 | 100,000 |
31 | Denmark | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 | |
32 | New Zealand | 3,673,623 | = 3,008,058 | |
33 | Bangladesh | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | |
34 | Papua New Guinea | 3,150,000 | 150,000 | 3,000,000 |
35 | Liberia | 3,100,000 | 600,000 | 2,500,000 |
36= | Finland | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | |
37= | Kenya | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | |
38 | Jamaica | 2,650,000 | 2,600,000 | 50,000 |
39 | Portugal | 2,600,000 | 2,600,000 | |
40 | Uganda | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | |
41 | Czech Republic | 2,100,000 | 2,100,000 | |
42 | Hungary | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | |
43 | Puerto Rico | 1,940,000 | 100,000 | 1,840,000 |
44= | Sri Lanka | 1,910,000 | 10,000 | 1,900,000 |
45= | Zambia | 1,910,000 | 110,000 | 1,800,000 |
46 | Croatia | 1,800,000 | 1,800,000 | |
47 | Singapore | 1,793,245 | 665,087 | 1,128,158 |
48 | Bulgaria | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | |
49= | Slovakia | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | |
50= | Ghana | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | |
51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,145,000 | 1,145,000 | |
52 | Slovenia | 950,000 | 950,000 | |
53 | Lithuania | 900,000 | 900,000 | |
54 | Guyana | 680,000 | 650,000 | 30,000 |
55 | Botswana | 630,000 | 630,000 | |
56 | Estonia | 590,000 | 590,000 | |
57= | Latvia | 540,000 | 540,000 | |
58= | Malawi | 540,000 | 540,000 | |
59 | Lesotho | 500,000 | 500,000 | |
60 | Cyprus | 420,000 | 420,000 | |
61 | Suriname | 410,000 | 260,000 | 150,000 |
62 | Namibia | 314,000 | 14,000 | 300,000 |
63 | Bahamas | 288,000 | 260,000 | 28,000 |
64 | Malta | 280,000 | 280,000 | |
65 | Barbados | 275,000 | 262,000 | 13,000 |
66 | Belize | 246,000 | 190,000 | 56,000 |
67 | Luxembourg | 220,000 | 220,000 | |
68 | Mauritius | 202,000 | 2,000 | 200,000 |
69 | Vanuatu | 180,000 | 60,000 | 120,000 |
70 | Fiji | 176,000 | 6,000 | 170,000 |
71 | Solomon Islands | 175,000 | 10,000 | 165,000 |
72 | Ethiopia | 171,712 | 1,986 | 169,726 |
73 | Guam | 158,000 | 58,000 | 100,000 |
74 | Brunei | 144,000 | 10,000 | 134,000 |
75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 114,000 | 114,000 | |
76 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 113,000 | 98,000 | 15,000 |
77= | Grenada | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
78= | Israel | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
79 | Samoa | 94,000 | 1,000 | 93,000 |
80 | Japan | >93,500 | >93,500 | |
81 | Isle of Man | 80,000 | 80,000 | |
82 | Bhutan | 75,000 | 75,000 | |
83 | Saint Lucia | 71,000 | 31,000 | 40,000 |
84 | Northern Mariana Islands | 70,000 | 5,000 | 65,000 |
85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68,000 | 66,000 | 2,000 |
86 | American Samoa | 67,000 | 2,000 | 65,000 |
87 | Micronesia | 64,000 | 4,000 | 60,000 |
88= | Bermuda | 63,000 | 63,000 | |
89= | Dominica | 63,000 | 3,000 | 60,000 |
90 | Marshall Islands | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
91 | Swaziland | 50,000 | 50,000 | |
92 | Aruba | 44,000 | 9,000 | 35,000 |
93 | Gambia | 40,000 | 40,000 | |
94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39,000 | 39,000 | |
95 | Cayman Islands | 36,000 | 36,000 | |
96 | Seychelles | 33,000 | 3,000 | 30,000 |
97 | Honduras | 31,500 | 31,500 | |
98= | Gibraltar | 30,000 | 28,000 | 2,000 |
99= | Tonga | 30,000 | 30,000 | |
100 | Kiribati | 23,000 | 23,000 | |
101= | Rwanda | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
102= | British Virgin Islands | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
103 | Palau | 18,500 | 500 | 18,000 |
104 | Anguilla | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
105 | Nauru | 10,300 | 800 | 9,500 |
106 | Dominican Republic | 8,000 | 8,000 | |
107 | Saint Helena | 5,400 | 5,400 | |
108= | Cook Islands | 4,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 |
109= | Montserrat | 4,000 | 4,000 | |
110 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 3,500 | 3,500 | |
111 | Lebanon | 3,300 | 3,300 | |
112 | Niue | 2,160 | 78 | 2,082 |
113 | Falkland Islands | 1,991 | 1,991 | |
114 | Netherlands Antilles | 1,800 | 1,800 | |
115 | Norfolk Island | 1,678 | 1,678 | |
116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 920 | 920 | |
117 | Guadeloupe | 200 | 200 | |
118 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 188 | 188 | |
119 | Pitcairn | 46 | 46 | |
120 | Tokelau | 40 | 40 | |
Cambodia | ||||
Christmas Island | ||||
Eritrea | ||||
Guernsey | ||||
Hong Kong | ||||
Indonesia | ||||
Jersey | ||||
Korea | ||||
Somalia | ||||
Taiwan | ||||
Thailand | ||||
Bahrain | ||||
Total | 800-900 million |
The European Union is composed of 27 member states. The total English speaking population of the combined territories is 229,850,000 including 61,850,000 native speakers and 168,000,000 non native speakers.
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Rank | Country | First language |
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1 | United States | 215,423,557 |
2 | United Kingdom | 58,100,000 |
3 | Canada | 17,694,830 |
4 | Australia | 15,013,965 |
5 | Ireland | 3,750,000 |
6 | South Africa | 3,673,203 |
7 | New Zealand | = 3,008,058 |
8 | Jamaica | 2,600,000 |
9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,145,000 |
10 | Singapore | 665,087 |
11 | Guyana | 650,000 |
12 | Liberia | 600,000 |
13 | Sierra Leone | 500,000 |
14 | Malaysia | 380,000 |
15 | Germany | 272,504 |
16 | Barbados | 262,000 |
17- | Bahamas | 260,000 |
17- | Suriname | 260,000 |
19 | Zimbabwe | 250,000 |
20 | Belize | 190,000 |
21 | India | 178,598 |
22 | Papua New Guinea | 150,000 |
23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 114,000 |
24 | Zambia | 110,000 |
25= | Grenada | 100,000 |
25= | Israel | 100,000 |
25= | Puerto Rico | 100,000 |
28 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 98,000 |
29 | Japan | 93,500 |
Switzerland | 73,000 | |
30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66,000 |
31 | Bermuda | 63,000 |
32 | Vanuatu | 60,000 |
33 | Guam | 58,000 |
34 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39,000 |
35 | Cayman Islands | 36,000 |
36 | Honduras | 31,500 |
37 | Saint Lucia | 31,000 |
38 | Gibraltar | 28,000 |
39 | Philippines | 27,000 |
40 | British Virgin Islands | 20,000 |
41 | Namibia | 14,000 |
42 | Anguilla | 12,000 |
43= | Solomon Islands | 10,000 |
43= | Sri Lanka | 10,000 |
43= | Brunei | 10,000 |
46 | Aruba | 9,000 |
47 | Dominican Republic | 8,000 |
48 | Fiji | 6,000 |
49 | Saint Helena | 5,400 |
50 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5,000 |
51 | Micronesia | 4,000 |
52 | Montserrat | 4,000 |
53 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 3,500 |
54= | Dominica | 3,000 |
54= | Seychelles | 3,000 |
56= | American Samoa | 2,000 |
56= | Mauritius | 2,000 |
57 | Falkland Islands | 1,991 |
58 | Russia | 1,804 |
59 | Ethiopia | 1,986 |
60 | Norfolk Island | 1,678 |
61= | Cook Islands | 1,000 |
61= | Samoa | 1,000 |
63 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 920 |
64 | Nauru | 800 |
65 | Palau | 500 |
66 | Guadeloupe | 200 |
67 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 188 |
68 | Niue | 78 |
69 | Pitcairn | 46 |
70 | Tokelau | 40 |