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Percentage of English native speakers (2017)
Percent of total English-speaking population by country
The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, including information on both native speakers and second-language speakers.
Countries in which English is a mandatory (blue) or optional (yellow) subject in public education system
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Some numbers have been calculated by Wikipedia editors by mixing data from different sources; figures not attributed to sources and given with a date should be treated with caution.
In most sources, the results shown are of people who say that they can speak English, while that was not verified; which means the actual number of English speakers could be higher or lower
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Country 	Eligible population	Total English speakers	Total English speakers	As first language	As first language	As an additional language[1]	As an additional language[1]	Notes
Country 	Eligible population	No. 	% 	No. 	% 	No. 	% 	Notes
United States 	312,092,668 	297,400,000 	95.29 	244,232,103 	78.26 	42,155,719 	17.04 	Figures are from the 2022 American Community Survey 5-year estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau for persons age 5 and older. Total English speakers are those who either spoke English at home (i.e. as first language), or reported speaking another language at home but could speak English "very well" or "well" (i.e. as an additional language).[2][3]
India 	1,350,000,000 	128,539,090 	9.52 	259,678 	0.02 	128,279,412 	9.50 	2011 Census figures for population and first, second, and third languages. English as a first language is only spoken by 259,678 people, as a second language by 82,717,239 and as a third language by 45,562,173.[4]
Pakistan 	220,892,331 	108,044,691 	48.91 	8,642 	0.0035 	108,036,049 	48.91 	English is one of the official languages under the constitution and is commonly used in education and administration.[5][6][7] According to statistics from various sources, the English-speaking population ranges from 88.69 million[8] to 108 million,[9][10] accounting for 49% to 58% of the total population.[11][12]
Nigeria 	206,200,000 	125,039,680 	60.64 	20,000,000 	9.70 	103,198,040 	50.05 	English is the most widespread language in the country due to the many different languages spoken, with 60 million speakers.[13] This includes speakers of an English creole, accounting for 51% to 57% of the total population.[13][14] It is estimated 10% of Nigerians speak English as a first language.[15]
United Kingdom 	64,000,000 	62,912,000 	98.30 	59,072,000 	92.30 	3,840,000 	6.00 	Source: Data from the 2011 census for England and Wales.[16] Additional English speaker figures are for usual residents aged 3 years and over with a main language other than English who can speak English "very well" or "well".
Philippines 	110,000,000 	70,117,935 	63.74% 	36,935 	0.04 	70,081,000 	63.71 	Over 60 million people aged 5 years or more can speak English.[17][18][19] "Six out of 10 people aged 5 and over can speak English (63.71%)."[20]
Germany 	80,600,000 	45,400,000 	56.33 	392,000 	0.47 	45,100,000 	55.96 	Native speakers: Mikrozensus 2020, Statistisches Bundesamt.[21]
Non-native speakers: Eurobarometer report 2012
Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.
Uganda 	44,270,000 	19,800,000 	45 	0 	0 	19,800,000 	45 	Source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (2016)
France 	67,500,000 	38,643,750 	57.25 	0 	0 	38,643,750 	57.25 	Note: In Paris, 60.28% of the population has "reasonable competency", while 57.25% of the entire country has "reasonable competency".[22]
Canada 	37,138,500 	30,480,750 	83.06 	20,193,335 	54.37 	10,287,415 	28.69 	The 2016 count reported that 23,757,525 people were able to conduct a conversation in English only, while 6,216,065 were able to converse in both English and French. The census also asked for the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual: 52% or 19,460,850 reported English as their only mother tongue, 165,320 reported both English and French as mother tongues, 533,265 reported English and a non-official language as mother tongues, and 33,900 reported English, French and a non-official language as mother tongues. The data also show that 26,007,500 Canadians report English as their first official language spoken.[23]
Egypt 	110,990,000 	44,373,802 	39.98 	5,527,302 	5 	38,846,500 	35 	Source: Euromonitor International Report 2019 [24]
Australia 	23,401,892 	21,715,910 	92.80 	17,020,421 	72.74 	4,695,489 	20.06 	Source: 2016 census.[25] The 2016 census data is subject to multiple interpretations. The data noted that 17,020,421 persons out of 23,401,892 total only spoke English, and a further 4,695,489 spoke English either "Very Well", "Well" or "Not Well". A further 193,036 persons were listed as speaking English "Not At All". However, 1,492,941 persons provided incomplete information; 1,440,493 provided no language or proficiency details and 52,448 gave no information on proficiency.
Bangladesh 	165,323,100 	19,838,772 	12 	709,873 	0.43 	16,398,158 	9.90 	[26]
Poland 	38,501,000 	18,890,000 	49.06 	103,541 	0.3 	18,786,459 	50 	[27]
Ghana 	27,000,000 	18,000,000 	66.67 	0 	0 	18,000,000 	66.67 	Source: 2010 Ghanaian Census[28]
Thailand 	63,038,247 	17,121,187 	27.16 	0 	0 	17,121,187 	27.16 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Ukraine 	33,365,000 	17,016,000 	51 	0 	0 	17,016,000 	51 	Source: sociological study by KIIS[29]
Italy 	59,619,290 	8,121,000 	13.74 	0 	0 	8,121,000 	13.74 	Source: https://languageknowledge.eu/countries/italy
South Africa 	52,981,991 	16,424,417 	31 	4,930,510 	9.31 	11,493,907 	22 	Native speakers from 2011 Census.[30]
Non-native speakers: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Mexico 	120,664,000 	15,686,262 	12.9 	0 	0 	15,686,262 	12.9 	Consulta Mitofsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, January 2013;[31] and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI).[32]
Malaysia 	27,170,000 	15,580,000 	62.57 	380,000 	1.4 	15,200,000 	61.1 	EF English Proficiency Index[33]
Indonesia 	279,118,866 	85,968,611 	30.8 	837,356 	0.3 	85,131,255 	30.5 	Indonesians learn English as a major foreign language.[34]
Afghanistan 	41,130,000 	2,467,800 	6 	0 	0 	2,467,800 	6 	During the two decades since the U.S. military intervened in Afghanistan, English as a foreign language was learned by 6% of Afghans. (see Languages of Afghanistan)[35]
Netherlands 	16,770,000 	15,250,000 	90.90 	0 	0 	15,250,000 	90.9 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2016
Turkey 	80,200,256 	12,000,000 	17 	0 	0 	12,000,000 	17 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2006
Zimbabwe 	14,439,000 	11,850,710 	90 	505,365 	5 	11,530,710 	79.86 	[36][37][38]
Iraq 	31,700,000 	11,095,000 	35.00 	95000 	0.30 	11,000,000 	34.70% 	Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
Brazil 	205,000,000 	10,542,000 	5 	292,000 	0.14 	10,250,000 	5 	Source: British council (2012) and EF. Only 5% of Brazilians have a proficient grasp of English as a second or foreign additional language and an additional 6% have a very rudimentary knowledge.
Spain 	47,190,000 	10,400,000 	22 	0 	0 	10,400,000 	22 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
China 	1,432,035,200 	10,000,000 	0.9 	0 	0 	10,000,000 	<1 	Figures are for English users in mainland China only (i.e. excluding Hong Kong where English is an official language and Macau). The often-cited figure of 300 million is for "learners."[39]
Sweden 	10,377,771 	9,236,000 	89 	0 	0 	9,236,000 	89 	Source: Statistics Sweden, 2021
Kenya 	43,013,431 	8,100,000 	18.83 	0 	0 	7,900,000 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Cameroon 	19,740,000 	7,500,000 	38 	0 	0 	7,500,000 	38 	Euromonitor International Report (2009)
Morocco 	37,340,000 	6,883,220 	18.3 	0 	0 	6,883,220 	18.3 	[40]
Belgium 	10,584,534 	6,250,000 	60 	0 	0 	6,250,000 	60 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2006 The Belgian population is divided in two distinct linguistic regions: The Belgian Dutch-speaking Flanders, and the Belgian French-speaking Wallonia (the region of Brussels also has a majority of native French speakers). Like in the Netherlands, a high percentage of Flemish people speak English fluently, and in Wallonia, a lower percentage of people speak English (as it is the case in France), which brings down the total percentage.
Israel 	7,303,000 	6,205,000 	84.97 	100,000 	1.37 	6,105,000 	83.6 	Source: Ethnologue (2005)[41] English is widely spoken, both by the Jewish majority and by minority ethnic groups.[42][43]
Austria 	8,415,000 	6,150,000 	73 	0 	0 	6,150,000 	73 	[44][45]
Romania 	19,043,767 	5,900,000 	31 	0 	0 	5,900,000 	31 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Hungary 	9,603,634 	2,428,295 	25.29 	0 	0 	2,428,295 	25.29 	[46]
Greece 	10,787,690 	5,500,000 	51 	0 	0 	5,500,000 	51 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Czechia 	10,562,214 	5,350,000 	50.65 	0 	0 	5,350,000 	50 	[47]
Russia 	144,699,673 	7,000,000 	5 	0 	0 	7,000,000 	5 	Russian population Census, 2021[48]
Sierra Leone 	5,866,000 	4,900,000 	83.53 	500,000 	8.52 	4,400,000 	75 	Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Denmark 	5,543,000 	4,770,000 	86 	0 	0 	4,770,000 	86 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Switzerland 	7,637,300 	4,680,000 	61.28 	73,400 	0.96 	4,606,600 	60.32 	Figure for speakers of English as "main language", according to Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008.[49] Source for number of non-native English speakers is 1999 publication by Prof. François Grin[50]
Norway 	5,136,700 	4,500,000 	90 	0 	0 	4,500,000 	90 	[51]
Papua New Guinea 	6,331,000 	4,459,191 	70.4 	0 	0 	4,459,191 	70.4 	Source: 2011 Census
Note: This statistic is people who are literate in Standard English, not including Tok Pisin.
Ireland 	4,422,100 	4,350,000 	98.37 	4,112,100 	93.22 	237,900 	5.38 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2006; Central Statistics Office; Travbla[52]
New Zealand 	4,275,100 	4,181,902 	97.82 	3,673,623 	85.93 	508,279 	11.89 	There were 4,027,947 responses to 2006 Census: Language spoken. 3,673,679 gave English as a response, 81,936 had no English but another language. The balance of 272,382 were; no language (too young) 75,195, no response 196,221, response unidentifiable 588, response outside scope 378. Hence it is most meaningful to express the English-speaking per cent without including the figures for these 272,382. This gives 97.8% English-speaking, 2.2% non-English-speaking (3,673,679 and 81,936 divided by 3,755,565)
Crystal (2003), p. 109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000-second language speakers.
Madagascar 	23,042,300 	4,147,614 	18 	0 	0 	4,147,614 	18 	The main languages are French and Malagasy. [citation needed]
Tanzania 	40,454,000 	4,000,000 	9.89 	0 	0 	4,000,000 	9.89 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Sri Lanka 	21,803,000 	3,994,174 	18.32 	10,000 	0.05 	3,994,174 	18.32 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109; Department of Census and Statistics, 2012. 23.8% of the population aged over 10 could speak English.[53]
Singapore 	4,044,200 	3,900,000 	96.43 	1,953,348 	48.3 	1,946,652 	48.13 	Figures indicate Singaporean residents (citizen and permanent resident population).
Source: Census 2020 "Language Spoken at Home Among Residents Aged 5 Years and Over"
Finland 	5,410,000 	3,800,000 	70 	0 	0 	3,800,000 	70 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2022
Cambodia 	15,766,292 	3,500,000 	22.2 	0 	0 	3,500,000 	22.2 	Source: Quote of a Ministry of Education spokesman[54]
Hong Kong 	6,808,433 	3,136,784 	46.07 	238,288 	3.5 	2,898,496 	42.57 	According to 2011 population census, Hong Kong has approximately 3.1 million speakers, of whom 238,288 regard English as their "usual" language.[55]
Liberia 	3,750,000 	3,100,000 	82.67 	600,000 	16 	2,500,000 	66.67 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Jordan 	6,598,000 	2,969,370 	45 	0 	0 	2,969,370 	45 	Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
Portugal 	10,623,000 	2,900,000 	27 	0 	0 	2,900,000 	27 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Argentina 	42,192,500 	2,752,681 	6.52 	0 	0 	2,752,681 	6.52 	Source:.[56] Percentage of people who state they have a high level of English. Another 19.49% and 16.23% of people said they had an intermediate and low level, respectively, of English.
Jamaica 	2,714,000 	2,650,000 	97.64 	45,900 	1.69 	2,604,100 	95.95 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Croatia 	4,555,000 	2,600,000 	60 	 	 	3,950,000 	87.8 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2019
Algeria 	35,954,000 	2,516,780 	7 	0 	0 	2,516,780 	7 	Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
Myanmar 	53,900,000 	2,400,000 	4.45 	0 	0 	2,400,000 	4.45 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Yemen 	24,800,000 	2,232,000 	9 	0 	0 	2,232,000 	9 	Source: Euromonitor International report 2011
Colombia 	47,661,368 	2,012,950 	4.22 	75,600 	0.16 	1,937,350 	4.06 	Total was estimated by multiplying projected population for 2014 (DANE) by percentage of Colombian population that speaks English 4.09%[57] then 63,600 was added to that figure which is the total of American and British residents. Figures for native speakers are as follows: 60,000 U.S. citizens that reside in Colombia. 12,000 are Colombian Raizal from San Andrés and Isla de Providencia where they speak San Andrés–Providencia Creole[58] 3,600 British expatriates[59]
Puerto Rico 	3,991,000 	1,940,000 	48.61 	100,000 	2.51 	1,840,000 	46.1 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Zambia 	11,922,000 	1,910,000 	16.02 	110,000 	0.92 	1,800,000 	15.1 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Bulgaria 	7,640,238 	1,900,000 	25 	2,605 	0.03 	1,902,605 	25 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 and 2011 Census[60]
Kazakhstan 	12,156,705 	1,874,583 	15.42 	602 	0 	1,873,981 	15.42 	Number of those who understand spoken English, from these 1.9 million: 311,435 (2.6%/16.6%) can only read, 931,444 (7.7%/49.6%) can read and write in English. The number of native speakers is the sum of Americans and Englishmen "by nationality". (Census 2009)
Lebanon 	4,265,600 	1,706,000 	40 	0 	0 	1,706,000 	40 	Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
Chile 	16,634,603 	1,585,027 	9.53 	0 	0 	1,585,027 	9.53 	Source: 2012 Census.[61]
Rwanda 	10,137,400 	1,520,610 	15 	0 	0 	1,520,610 	15 	Source: Euromonitor International report 2009
Slovakia 	5,397,036 	1,400,000 	26 	0 	0 	1,400,000 	26 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Slovenia 	2,050,000 	1,210,000 	59 	0 	0 	1,210,000 	59 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Lithuania 	3,053,800 	1,160,000 	38 	0 	0 	1,160,000 	38 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Trinidad and Tobago 	1,305,000 	1,145,000 	87.74 	0 	0 	1,145,000 	87.74 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Latvia 	2,070,371 	950,000 	46 	0 	0 	950,000 	46 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
  Nepal 	29,890,686 	896,720 	3.00 	20,000 	0.07 	876,720 	2.93 	Source: Census. (date not verified)[citation needed]
Uruguay 	3,500,000 	840,000 	24 	0 	0 	840,000 	24.0 	Source: 2019 National Statistics Institute poll.[62]
Guyana 	751,000 	680,000 	90.55 	0 	0 	680,000 	90.55 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Estonia 	1,294,236 	650,000 	50.22 	0 	0 	650,000 	50 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Botswana 	1,639,833 	630,000 	38.42 	0 	0 	630,000 	38.42 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Sudan 	46,874,204 	43,921,129 	93.7 	4,781,168 	10.2 	39,139,960 	83.5 	Source: Countries That Speak English and The World Bank
South Sudan 	10,913,164 	10,258,374 	94 	818,487 	7.5 	9,439,887 	86.5 	Source: Countries That Speak English and The World Bank
Cyprus 	839,000 	630,000 	75 	0 	0 	630,000 	75 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Panama 	4,176,869 	584,762 	14 	0 	0 	584,762 	14 	
Eswatini 	1,141,000 	550,000 	48.2 	0 	0 	550,000 	48.2 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Official language, business conducted in English; primary school language.
Malawi 	13,931,831 	540,209 	3.88 	209 	<0.1 	540,000 	3.87 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109 and Kayambizinthu.[63]
Lesotho 	1,795,000 	500,000 	27.86 	0 	0 	500,000 	27.86 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Suriname 	470,784 	410,000 	87.09 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Malta 	453,000 	400,000 	89 	48,000 	10.6 	352,000 	77.7 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Iceland 	376,248 	368,723 	98 	 	 	 	 	Source:[64]
Namibia 	1,820,916 	314,000 	17.24 	14,000 	0.77 	300,000 	16.48 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Luxembourg 	509,000 	290,000 	56 	0 	0 	290,000 	56 	Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Bahamas 	330,549 	288,000 	87.13 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Barbados 	296,000 	296,000 	100 	10,000 	3.38 	286,000 	96.62 	This includes speakers of an English creole.
Belize 	301,270 	246,000 	81.65 	16,870 	5.6 	229,130 	81.65 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Costa Rica 	4,910,526 	400,415 	8.2 	0 	0 	400,415 	8.2 	Source: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2017 [65]
Mauritius 	1,264,866 	202,000 	15.97 	2,000 	0.16 	200,000 	15.81 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Vanuatu 	215,446 	180,000 	83.55 	60,000 	27.85 	120,000 	55.7 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Fiji 	853,445 	176,000 	20.62 	6,000 	0.7 	170,000 	19.92 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Solomon Islands 	552,438 	175,000 	31.68 	10,000 	1.81 	165,000 	29.87 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Guam 	173,456 	158,000 	91.09 	58,000 	33.44 	100,000 	57.65 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Brunei 	381,371 	144,000 	39.07 	10,000 	2.62 	134,000 	35.14 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	120,000 	114,000 	95 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
U.S. Virgin Islands 	107,000 	86,000 	80.37 	86,000 	80.37 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Grenada 	110,000 	100,000 	90.91 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Samoa 	188,540 	94,000 	49.86 	1,000 	0.53 	93,000 	49.33 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Isle of Man 	80,058 	80,000 	99.93 	80,000 	99.93 	 	 	
Saint Lucia 	165,000 	71,000 	43.03 	31,000 	18.79 	40,000 	24.24 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Northern Mariana Islands 	84,000 	70,000 	83.33 	5,000 	5.95 	65,000 	77.38 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Antigua and Barbuda 	85,000 	68,000 	80 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Federated States of Micronesia 	111,000 	64,000 	57.66 	4,000 	3.6 	60,000 	54.05 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Bermuda 	65,000 	63,000 	96.92 	63,000 	96.92 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Dominica 	67,000 	63,000 	94.03 	3,000 	4.48 	60,000 	89.55 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Marshall Islands 	59,000 	58,000 	98.31 	57500 	97.46% 	500 	0.85 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
American Samoa 	57,345 	45,933 	80.1 	1,791 	3.12 	44,142 	76.98 	Source: The World Factbook – American Samoa
Aruba 	104,000 	44,000 	42.31 	9,000 	8.65 	35,000 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
The Gambia 	1,709,000 	40,000 	2.34 	0 	0 	40,000 	2.34 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Saint Kitts and Nevis 	50,000 	39,000 	78 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Cayman Islands 	47,000 	36,000 	76.6 	36,000 	76.6 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Seychelles 	87,000 	33,000 	37.93 	3,000 	3.45 	30,000 	34.48 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Tonga 	100,000 	30,000 	30 	0 	0 	30,000 	30 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Gibraltar 	28,875 	28,875 	100 	28,000 	96.97 	875 	3.03 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Kiribati 	95,000 	23,000 	24.21 	0 	0 	23,000 	24.21 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
British Virgin Islands 	23,000 	20,000 	86.96 	20,000 	86.96 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Palau 	20,000 	18,500 	92.5 	500 	2.5 	18,000 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Andorra 	81,222 	17,869 	22 	 	 	17,869 	22 	Source Census: Linguistic knowledge 2004.
Anguilla 	13,000 	12,000 	92.31 	 	 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Nauru 	12,000 	11,600 	96.67 	900 	7.5 	10,700 	89.17 	English is spoken as the language of government and commerce.
Cook Islands 	20,200 	4,000 	19.8 	1,000 	4.95 	3,000 	14.85 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Montserrat 	5,900 	4,000 	67.8 	4,000 	67.8 	 	 	Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole.
Sum of Included Nations 	6,348,600,913 	1,537,048,257 	24.21% 	392,391,852 	6.18% 	1,140,031,875 	17.96% 	Not all countries are listed here. This is merely a summation of all listed countries and the respective percentages.
* The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total English-speaking population of the European Union and the United Kingdom combined (2012) is 256,876,220[66] (out of a total population of 500,000,000,[67] i.e. 51%) including 65,478,252 native speakers and 191,397,968 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included. English native speakers amount to 13% of the whole population of the EU and the UK, while the percentage of people that speak English "well enough in order to be able to have a conversation", either as first (32%), second (11%) or third (3%) foreign language, was 38%.
* When taken from this list and added together, the total number of English speakers in the world adds up to around 1,430,000,000. Likewise, the total number of native English speakers adds up to around 410,000,000. This implies that there are approximately 1,020,000,000 people who speak English as an additional language.
See also
	Language portal
	World portal
* EF English Proficiency Index
* English medium education
* English-speaking world
* List of countries where English is an official language
* World Englishes
* English-based creole languages
Non-English speaking populations by language:
* Arabophone
* Bengali language
* Francophone
* Geographical distribution of Dutch speakers
* Geographical distribution of German speakers
* Hispanophone
* List of countries and territories where Hindustani is an official language
* List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language
* List of countries where Tamil is an official language
* Lusophone
* Malay language
* Persophone
* Russophone
* Sinophone
* Swahili language
* List of link languages
Non-English speaking populations by language, historical:
* Latin language
* Mobilian trade language
* Phonecian language
* Sanskritisation (linguistics)
Non-English speaking populations by country:
* Indosphere
Linguistic topics:
* Dialect continuum
* Geolinguistics
* Language geography
* Link language
Notes
# Statistics on second language speakers are inevitably not precise; partly because there is no widely agreed definition of second language speakers – there is no differentiation between countries where English is the lingua franca and those where it is not.
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* Teachingenglish.org.uk
* Raymond G. Gordon, Jr., ed. (2005). "English". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
* Eurobarometer report – Europeans and their languages, February 2006 (pdf). Only includes EU citizens aged 15 and above.
* Eurobarometer report – Europeans and their languages, June 2012 (pdf). Only includes EU citizens aged 15 and above.
* Crystal, David (2003). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Second ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-521-53033-4.
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