English-speaking world

Anglosphere countries are a subset of those where English is the main native language.:.

Over two billion people speak English. It is the largest language by number of speakers. It is the fourth largest language by number of native speakers. English is the most widely spoken second language.:.

The United States of America is the largest English-speaking country, with 311 million native speakers. There are 61 million native speakers in the United Kingdom, 29 million in Canada, 25.1 million in Australia, 4.7 million in the Republic of Ireland, and 4.9 million in New Zealand.:.

In the European Union, English is one of 24 official languages and is widely used by institutions, and by almost all of the population as the native language in the United Kingdom and Ireland.Though the Welsh language is spoken by about one-fifth of the people in Wales, they almost all speak English as well. It is a second language in other member states.
 Second language 

Estimates that include second language speakers vary greatly, from 470 million to more than 2 and 1/2” billion. David Crystal calculates that, as of 2003, non-native speakers outnumbered native speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1.p69  When combining native and non-native speakers, English is the most widely spoken language worldwide.

Besides the main dialects of English, countries such as South Africa, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago  have millions of native speakers of dialect continua. These versions range from English-based creole languages to Standard English. Other countries such as Ghana and Uganda also use English as their primary official languages.:.

India claims to be the world's 1st largest English-speaking country. The most reliable estimate is about 81% of its population or 1.21” Billion people, second only to the United States of America. It may be Nine times larger in the next decade from 2013.BBC News 27 Nov 2012: English or Hinglish - which will India choose?

 Countries by English-speaking percentage 
Below is a list of some countries by the rank proficiency in English (listed alphabetically), according to the English Proficiency Index.

 Europe 
 Very high 
 Austria
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Finland
 Germany
 Luxembourg
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Sweden

 High 
 Bulgaria
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 France
 Greece
 Hungary
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Poland
 Romania
 Serbia
 Slovakia
 Switzerland

 Moderate 
 Albania
 Belarus
 Georgia
 Italy
 Moldova
 Russia
 Spain
 Ukraine

 Low 
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Turkey

 South America 
 Very high 
 Guyana

 High 
 Bolivia
 Chile
 Costa Rica
 Cuba
 Dominican Republic
 El Salvador
 Honduras
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Suriname
 Uruguay

 Moderate 
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Guatemala
 Nicaragua
 Panama
 Venezuela

 Low 
 Ecuador
 Haiti
 Mexico

 Asia 
 Very high 
 Iran
 Lebanon
 Singapore

 High 
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Malaysia
 Philippines
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates

 Moderate 
 China
 Hong Kong (China)
 India
 Iraq
 Jordan
 Macau (China)
 Oman
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea

 Low 
 Bangladesh
 Indonesia
 Japan
 Mongolia
 Nepal
 Pakistan
 Sri Lanka
 Syria
 Vietnam

 Very low 
 Afghanistan
 Cambodia
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Myanmar
 Tajikistan
 Thailand
 Uzbekistan
 Yemen

 Africa 
 Very high 
 South Africa

 High 
 Kenya
 Nigeria
 Uganda

 Moderate 
 Ghana
 Tunisia

 Low 
 Algeria
 Egypt
 Ethiopia
 Madagascar
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Tanzania

 Very low 
 Angola
 Cameroon
 Democratic Republic of Congo
 Ivory Coast
 Libya
 Rwanda
 Somalia
 South Sudan
 Sudan

 References 

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