List of countries by English-speaking population

Country	Eligible population	Total English speakers		As first language		As an additional language[lower-alpha 1]		Comments
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
United States	296,603,003	283,160,411	95.46	234,171,556	79.0	48,988,855	16.5	Figures are from the 2011–2015 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).[1]
India	1,028,737,436	129,377,965	12.6	259,678	0.02	129,118,287	12.6	Official language. List of languages by number of native speakers in India figures for population from the 2011 census for first, second, and third languages. English as a first language is only spoken by 259,678 people, as a second language by 83,125,221, and as a third language by 45,993,066.[2][3]
Nigeria	201,292,000	114,172,822	56.72[4]			114,172,822	56.72[4][5]	Official language of the country.[6] The percentage of total speakers was 54% in 2009.[7]
Pakistan	201,000,000	94,300,000	49.00			81,000,000		Official language of the state.[6] The percentage of total speakers was 49% in 2009.[7]
China	1,270,000,000	81,700,000	6.43			81,700,000	6.43	[8] Among 390.16 million mainland Chinese who have learned English 20.94% are able to conduct daily conversations
Philippines	110,437,852	70,371,000	63.72			70,371,000	63.72	Total population: Census 2010. Proportion of total speakers: Census 2000, text above Figure 7. 63.71% of the then 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English.[9] Proportion of native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in "The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines", Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487–525, p. 492: .04% of the then 68.4 million people were native speakers of English. (1998).[10] "Six out of 10 people aged 5 and over can speak english (63.71%)."[11]
United Kingdom	64,000,000	59,600,000	97.74	54,472,000	92.14	5,128,000	5.60	[12] 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".
Germany	80,600,000	45,400,000	56	300,000	0.338	45,100,000	56	Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt (cited here). Non-native speakers: Eurobarometer report 2012 Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.
Bangladesh	163,323,100	30,108,031	18	709,873		29,398,158		[5][13]
Canada	34,767,255	29,973,590	86.21	19,686,175	56.62	10,287,415	28.69	Source: . The 2016 count reported that 23,757,525 people were able to conduct a conversation in English but not French, 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 sole 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.
Egypt	83,289,500	28,101,325	35			28,101,325	35	[14][15]
France	65,350,000	23,000,000	39			23,000,000	39	[16]
Australia	21,394,309	20,700,000	97	18,356,132	85.79	2,343,868	17	[17][18] The 2001 census data is subject to multiple interpretations. The data noted that 18,972,350 persons out of 21,394,309 total were speakers of a language, and excluded young children. However, more than a million of those 18,972,350 persons provided no information; 879,778 did not give information on proficiency, and 203,101 were "overseas visitors" who were not asked. Of the 17,889,671 persons for whom an inquiry was made 17,357,833 spoke English only, or "well" or "very well" as a second language; while 531,838 spoke "not well" or "not at all".
Ghana	27,000,000	18,000,000	66.67			18,000,000	66.67	Source: 2010 Ghanaian Census[19]
Thailand	63,038,247	17,121,187	27.16			17,121,187	27.16	[20]
Italy	59,619,290	17,000,000	34			17,000,000	34	[16]
South Africa	52,981,991	16,424,417	31	4,930,510	9.3	11,493,907	22	Native speakers from 2011 Census.[21] Non-native speakers: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Mexico	120,664,000	15,686,262	11.6			15,686,262	11.6	Consulta Mitofsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, January 2013;[22] and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI).[23]
Netherlands	16,770,000	15,030,000	90			15,030,000	90	[16]
Poland	38,501,000	14,300,000	37	100,000		14,200,000		Source: Central Statistical Office[24] Additional language speakers are people age 18–69, who reported that the English language as their first of second best foreign language, Central Statistical Office[25] Native language counted as those who speak English at home.
Turkey	70,586,256	12,000,000	17			12,000,000	17	[26]
Iraq	31,700,000	11,095,000	35	95,000		11,000,000		[14]
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. Brazil has 240 thousand British descendants and 180 thousand North American ancestry citizens including the Confederados cultural sub-group, descendants of the Confederate colonies.
Spain	47,190,000	10,400,000	22			10,400,000	22	[16]
Sweden	9,921,541	8,200,000	86			8,200,000	86	[16]
Kenya	43,013,431	8,100,000	18.83	200,000		7,900,000		[20]
Cameroon	19,740,000	7,500,000	38			7,500,000	38	[5]
Russia	138,312,535	7,574,303	5.48	2,516		7,571,787		Source: Composition by Nationality and Language Ability, Citizenship, Tables 4.5 and 4.1, Russian Census (2010). The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the languages they knew. The "first language" figure is the number of residents who reported "American" or "English" as their nationality. The "additional languages" figure is the difference. More than 9 million schoolgoers studied English as a foreign language in 2008–2009.
Belgium	10,584,534	6,250,000	60			6,250,000	60	[26] (the 2012 report seems to have a critical typo) Note that the Belgian population is divided in two distinct linguistic regions: The Dutch-speaking Flanders, and the French-speaking Wallonia (note that 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, which brings down the total percentage.
Israel	7,303,000	6,205,000	84.97	100,000	1.37	6,105,000		Source: Ethnologue (2005)[27] English is widely spoken, both by the Jewish majority and by minority ethnic groups.[28][29]
Austria	8,415,000	6,150,000	73	58,582	0.73	6,150,000	73	[16][30]
Romania	19,043,767	5,900,000	31			5,900,000	31	[16]
Zimbabwe	13,349,000	5,550,000	41.58	250,000	1.87	5,300,000		[20]
Greece	10,787,690	5,500,000	51			5,500,000	51	[16]
Sierra Leone	5,866,000	4,900,000	83.53	500,000	8.52	4,400,000		[20][lower-alpha 2]
Denmark	5,543,000	4,770,000	86			4,770,000	86	[16]
Switzerland	7,637,300	4,680,000	61.28	73,400	0.96	4,606,600		Figure for speakers of English as "main language", according to Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008[31] Source for number of non-native English speakers is a 1999 publication by Prof. François Grin cited here: http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/countries/uk/language.html
Morocco	32,770,900	4,587,926	14			4,587,926	14	[14]
Ireland	4,422,100	4,350,000	98.37	4,112,100	93.21	237,900		;[26] Central Statistics Office ; Travbla[32]
Singapore	5,607,300	4,218,737	83.1	1,873,302	36.9	2,345,435		Source: 2015 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more and does not include third language proficiency. General Household Survey 2015 "Language Spoken at Home Among Residents Aged 5 Years and Over"
Madagascar	23,042,300	4,147,614	18			4,147,614	18	The main languages are French and Malagasy.
Tanzania	40,454,000	4,000,000	9.89			4,000,000	9.89[20]
Finland	5,410,000	3,800,000	70			3,800,000	70	[16]
New Zealand	4,275,100	3,673,623	97.82	3,673,623	85.93			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.
Portugal	10,623,000	2,900,000	27			2,900,000	27	[16]
Papua New Guinea	6,331,000	3,150,000	49.76	150,000	2.37	3,000,000		[20][lower-alpha 3]
Liberia	3,750,000	3,100,000	82.67	600,000	16	2,500,000		[20][lower-alpha 4]
Jordan	6,598,000	2,969,370	45			2,969,370	45	[14]
Jamaica	2,714,000	2,650,000	97.64	2,600,000	95.8	50,000		[20][lower-alpha 5]
Algeria	35,954,000	2,516,780	7			2,516,780	7	[14]
Uganda	30,884,000	2,500,000	8.09			2,500,000	8.09[20]
Hong Kong	7,336,585	3,903,063	53.2	300,417	4.3	3,587,590		According to 2016 population census, Hong Kong has approximately 3.9 million speakers, of whom 300,417 regard English as their "usual" language.[33]
Czech Republic	10,562,214	2,850,000	27			2,850,000	27	[16]
Argentina	42,192,500	2,752,681	6.52	2,752,681				[34] Percentage of people who state to 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.
Yemen	24,800,000	2,232,000	9			2,232,000	9	[14]
Croatia	4,555,000	2,200,000	49			2,200,000	49	[26]
Colombia	47,661,368	2,012,950	4.22	75,600		1,937,350		Total was estimated by multiplying projected population for 2014 (DANE) by percentage of Colombian population that speaks English 4.09%[35] 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[36] 12,000 are Colombian Raizal from San Andrés and Isla de Providencia where they speak San Andrés–Providencia Creole[37] 3,600 British expatriates[38]
Hungary	9,982,000	2,000,000	20			2,000,000	20	[16]
Puerto Rico	3,991,000	1,940,000	48.61	100,000		1,840,000		[20]
Myanmar	53,900,000	2,400,000	4.45			2,400,000	4.45[20]
Zambia	11,922,000	1,910,000	16.02	110,000		1,800,000		[20]
Bulgaria	7,640,238	1,900,000	25			1,900,000		[16][39]
Kazakhstan	12,156,705	1,874,583	15.4	602		1,873,981		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			1,706,000	40	[14]
Chile	16,634,603	1,585,027	9.53	1,585,027				Source: 2012 Census.[40]
Rwanda	10,137,400	1,520,610	15			1,520,610	15	[5]
Slovakia	5,397,036	1,400,000	26			1,400,000	26	[16]
Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,000	1,145,000	87.74	1,145,000	87.73			[20][lower-alpha 6]
Slovenia	2,050,000	1,210,000	59			1,210,000	59	[16]
Lithuania	3,053,800	1,160,000	38			1,160,000	38	[16]
Latvia	2,070,371	950,000	46			950,000	46	[16]
Guyana	751,000	680,000	90.55	650,000	86.6	30,000		[20][lower-alpha 7]
Botswana	1,639,833	630,000	38.42			630,000	38.42[20]
Estonia	1,294,236	650,000	50			650,000	50	[16]
Cyprus	839,000	610,000	73			610,000	73	[16]
Panama	4,176,869	580,000	14			580,000	14	[41]
Malawi	13,931,831	540,209	3.88	209		540,000		[20][42]
Lesotho	1,795,000	500,000	27.86			500,000	27.86[20]
Suriname	470,784	410,000	87.09	260,000	45.6	150,000		[20][lower-alpha 8]
Costa Rica	4,910,526	400,415	8.2			400,415	8.2	[43]
Malta	453,000	400,000	89	48,000	10.6	352,000		[16]
Namibia	1,820,916	314,000	17.24	14,000		300,000		[20]
Luxembourg	509,000	290,000	56			290,000	56	[16]
Bahamas	330,549	288,000	87.13	260,000	78.7	28,000		[20][lower-alpha 9]
Barbados	279,000	275,000	98.57	262,000	93.9	13,000		[20][lower-alpha 10]
Belize	301,270	246,000	81.65	190,000	63.1	56,000		[20][lower-alpha 11]
Mauritius	1,264,866	202,000	15.97	2,000		200,000		[20]
Vanuatu	215,446	180,000	83.55	60,000	34.6	120,000		[20][lower-alpha 12]
Fiji	853,445	176,000	20.62	6,000		170,000		[20]
Solomon Islands	552,438	175,000	31.68	10,000		165,000		[20][lower-alpha 13]
Brunei	381,371	144,000	39.07	10,000		134,000		[20]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	120,000	114,000	95	114,000	95			[20][lower-alpha 14]
U.S. Virgin Islands	108,448	113,000	95.97	98,000		15,000		[20][lower-alpha 15]
Grenada	110,000	100,000	90.91	100,000	90.9			[20][lower-alpha 16]
Samoa	188,540	94,000	49.86	1,000		93,000		[20]
Isle of Man	80,058	80,000	99.93	80,000
Saint Lucia	165,000	71,000	43.03	31,000	18.8	40,000		[20][lower-alpha 17]
Northern Mariana Islands	84,000	70,000	83.33	5,000		65,000		[20][lower-alpha 18]
Antigua and Barbuda	85,000	68,000	80	66,000	77.64	2,000		[20][lower-alpha 19]
American Samoa	57,345	45,933	80.1	1,791		44,142		[44]
Federated States of Micronesia	111,000	64,000	57.66	4,000		60,000		[20]
Bermuda	65,000	63,000	96.92	63,000	96.9			[20]
Dominica	67,000	63,000	94.03	3,000	4.8	60,000		[20][lower-alpha 20]
Marshall Islands	59,000	59,000	98.33			59,000	98.33[20]
Eswatini	1,141,000	50,000	4.38			50,000	4.38[20]
Aruba	104,000	44,000	42.31	9,000		35,000		[20]
The Gambia	1,709,000	40,000	2.34			40,000	2.34	[20][lower-alpha 21]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,000	39,000	78	39,000	78			[20][lower-alpha 22]
Cayman Islands	47,000	36,000	76.6	36,000	76.6			[20][lower-alpha 23]
Seychelles	87,000	33,000	37.93	3,000		30,000		[20]
Gibraltar	28,875	28,875	100	28,000	97.0	875		[20]
Tonga	100,000	30,000	30			30,000	30[20]
Kiribati	95,000	23,000	24.21			23,000	24.21[20]
British Virgin Islands	23,000	20,000	86.96	20,000	87.0			[20][lower-alpha 24]
Palau	20,000	18,500	92.5	500		18,000		[20]
Andorra	81,222	17,869	22			17,869	22	[45]
Anguilla	13,000	12,000	92.31	12,000	92.3			[20]
Nauru	12,000	11,600	96.67	900		10,700		English is spoken as the language of government and commerce.
Cook Islands	20,200	4,000	19.8	1,000		3,000		[20]
Montserrat	5,900	4,000	67.8	4,000	67.8			[20][lower-alpha 25]
Total	5,102,585,737	1,179,874,130	23.12	336,358,172	28.5	838,676,510

• The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The combined total English-speaking population (2012) is 189,570,000[46] (out of a total population of 451,286,817,[47] i.e. 53%) including 4,544,705 native speakers and 185,025,295 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included. English native speakers amount to 13% of the whole Union population, 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 1,200,000,000. Likewise, the total number of native English speakers adds up to around 350,000,000. This implies that there are approximately 850,000,000 people who speak English as an additional language.

• English medium education
• English-speaking world
• List of countries where English is an official language
• World Englishes

Non-English speaking populations:

• Arabophone
• Francophone
• Hispanophone
• Iberophone
• Indosphere
• Lusophone
• Russophone
• Sinophone