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Percentage of the population with a knowledge of English (Red = 100%, Blue = 0%) Grey: Unknown

Percentage of the population whose mother tongue is English.

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 Population	Total English Speakers	As First Language	As an Additional Language	Comment
1	United States	304,952,000	262,375,152	215,423,557	35,964,744	Source: US Census 2000: Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000, Table 1. Figure for second language speakers are respondents who reported they do not speak English at home but know it "very well" or "well". Note: figures are for population age 5 and older
2	India	1,132,446,000	90,000,000	226,449	65,000,000 second language speakers. 25,000,000 third language speakers	Figures include both those who speak English as a second language and those who speak it as a third language. 1991 figures for second, third. 2001 figures for mother tongue.^[1]^[2]^[3] The figures include English speakers, but not English users.^[4]
3	Nigeria	148,093,000	79,000,000	4,000,000	>75,000,000	Figures are for speakers of Nigerian Pidgin, an English-based pidgin or creole. Ihemere gives a range of roughly 3 to 5 million native speakers; the midpoint of the range is used in the table. Ihemere, Kelechukwu Uchechukwu. 2006. "A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Clauses in Nigerian Pidgin." Nordic Journal of African Studies 15(3): 296–313.
4	United Kingdom	60,975,000	59,600,000	58,100,000	1,500,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
5	Philippines	90,457,200	42,500,000	27,000	42,500,000	Total speakers: Census 2000, text above Figure 7. 63.71% of the 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English. 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. (1998)
6	Germany	82,191,000	36,000,000	272,504	36,000,000	Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt (cited here). Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.
7	Canada	33,355,400	25,246,220	17,694,830	7,551,390	Source: 2001 Census - Knowledge of Official Languages and Mother Tongue. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a mother tongue, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a mother tongue.
8	Australia	21,394,309	17,357,833	15,013,965	2,343,868	Source: 2001 Census. [1] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak only English at home. The additional language column shows the number of other residents who claim to speak English "well" or "very well". Another 5% of residents did not state their home language or English proficiency.
9	Pakistan	164,157,000	17,000,000		17,000,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
10	France	64,473,140	16,000,000		16,000,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
11	Italy	59,619,290	14,000,000		14,000,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
12	South Africa	47,850,700	13,700,000	3,673,203	10,000,000	Native speakers: 2001 Census: Census in Brief, page 15 (Table 2.5) Non-native speakers: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
13	Netherlands	16,445,000	12,000,000		12,000,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
14	Spain	46,063,000	10,000,000		10,000,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
15	Poland	38,115,967	9,200,000		9,200,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
16	Turkey	70,586,256	8,100,000		8,100,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
17	Cameroon	18,549,000	7,700,000		7,700,000	Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
18	Malaysia	27,170,000	7,400,000	380,000	7,000,000	Crystal (2005), p. 109.
19	China	6,963,100(Hong Kong only)		200,000 (Hong Kong only)	2,500,000 (Hong Kong only)	Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: Jian Yang (2006). "Learners and users of English in China". English Today. 22 (2): 3–10. doi:10.1017/S0266078406002021. `{{cite journal}}`: Unknown parameter `\|month=` ignored (help) Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language (1996 by-census [2]).
20	Russia	141,888,900	6,955,315	1,804	6,953,511	Source: Basic Results, Tables 4.4 and 4.1, Russian Census (2002). The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the language 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.
21	Sweden	9,215,021	6,600,000		6,600,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
22	Zimbabwe	13,349,000	5,550,000	250,000	5,300,000	Crystal (2005), p. 109.
23	Romania	21,438,000	5,300,000		5,300,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
24	Belgium	10,584,534	5,100,000		5,100,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
25	Sierra Leone	5,866,000	4,900,000	500,000	4,400,000	Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
26	Mexico	106,682,500	4,855,000		4,855,000	Consulta Mitovsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, April 2007 [3]; and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) [4].
27	Greece	11,147,000	4,200,000		4,200,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
28	Tanzania	40,454,000	4,000,000		4,000,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
29	Austria	8,340,924	3,900,000		3,900,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
30	Ireland	4,422,100	3,850,000	3,750,000	100,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
31	Denmark	5,489,022	3,800,000		3,800,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
32	New Zealand	4,275,100	3,673,623	≥ 3,008,058		2006 Census: Language spoken. Native language figure is actually those who spoke English only, so will probably be too low. Both figures exclude those 75,567 people who spoke no language, e.g. were too young to talk, and the 196,224 people who did not state what languages they spoke. Crystal (2005), p. 109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000 second language speakers.
33	Bangladesh	158,665,000	3,500,000		3,500,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
34	Papua New Guinea	6,331,000	3,150,000	150,000	3,000,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
35	Liberia	3,750,000	3,100,000	600,000	2,500,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
36=	Finland	5,318,105	2,700,000		2,700,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
36=	Kenya	37,538,000	2,700,000		2,700,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
38	Jamaica	2,714,000	2,650,000	2,600,000	50,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
39	Portugal	10,623,000	2,600,000		2,600,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
40	Uganda	30,884,000	2,500,000		2,500,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
40=	Hong Kong	6,963,100	2,500,000	200,000	2,300,000	Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: Jian Yang (2006). "Learners and users of English in China". English Today. 22 (2): 3–10. doi:10.1017/S0266078406002021. `{{cite journal}}`: Unknown parameter `\|month=` ignored (help) Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language (1996 by-census [5]).
42	Czech Republic	10,403,136	2,100,000		2,100,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
43	Hungary	10,043,000	2,000,000		2,000,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
44	Puerto Rico	3,991,000	1,940,000	100,000	1,840,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
45=	Sri Lanka	19,299,000	1,910,000	10,000	1,900,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
45=	Zambia	11,922,000	1,910,000	110,000	1,800,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
47	Croatia	4,555,000	1,800,000		1,800,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
48	Singapore	4,588,600	1,793,245	665,087	1,128,158	Source: 2000 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more. Native speakers aged 5 or more, literate population, aged 15 or more, and percentage of literate population literate in English.
49	Bulgaria	7,640,238	1,500,000		1,500,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
50=	Slovakia	5,402,273	1,400,000		1,400,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
50=	Ghana	23,478,000	1,400,000		1,400,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
52	Trinidad and Tobago		1,145,000	1,145,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
53	Slovenia		950,000		950,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
54	Lithuania		900,000		900,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
55	Guyana		680,000	650,000	30,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
56	Botswana		630,000		630,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
57	Estonia		590,000		590,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
58=	Latvia		540,000		540,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
58=	Malawi		540,000	209^[5]	540,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
60	Lesotho		500,000		500,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
61	Cyprus		420,000		420,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
62	Suriname		410,000	260,000	150,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
63	Namibia		314,000	14,000	300,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
64	Bahamas		288,000	260,000	28,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
65	Malta		280,000		280,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
66	Barbados		275,000	262,000	13,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
67	Belize		246,000	190,000	56,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
68	Luxembourg		220,000		220,000	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
69	Mauritius		202,000	2,000	200,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
70	Vanuatu		180,000	60,000	120,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
71	Fiji		176,000	6,000	170,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
72	Solomon Islands		175,000	10,000	165,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
73	Ethiopia		171,712	1,986	169,726
74	Guam		158,000	58,000	100,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
75	Brunei		144,000	10,000	134,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		114,000	114,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
77	U.S. Virgin Islands		113,000	98,000	15,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
78=	Grenada		100,000	100,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
78=	Israel		100,000	100,000		Source: Ethnologue (2005) [6]
80	Samoa		94,000	1,000	93,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
81	Japan		>93,500	>93,500		Native speaker figure is the number of foreign residents from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.[7]
82	Isle of Man		80,000	80,000
83	Bhutan		75,000		75,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
84	Switzerland		>73,400	73,400		2000 Census[8]
85	Saint Lucia		71,000	31,000	40,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
86	Northern Mariana Islands		70,000	5,000	65,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
87	Antigua and Barbuda		68,000	66,000	2,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
88	American Samoa		67,000	2,000	65,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
89	Micronesia		64,000	4,000	60,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
90=	Bermuda		63,000	63,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
90=	Dominica		63,000	3,000	60,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
92	Marshall Islands		60,000		60,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
93	Swaziland		50,000		50,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
94	Aruba		44,000	9,000	35,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
95	Gambia		40,000		40,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
96	Saint Kitts and Nevis		39,000	39,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
97	Cayman Islands		36,000	36,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
98	Seychelles		33,000	3,000	30,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
99	Honduras		31,500	31,500
100=	Gibraltar		30,000	28,000	2,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
100=	Tonga		30,000		30,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
102	Kiribati		23,000		23,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
103=	Rwanda		20,000		20,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
103=	British Virgin Islands		20,000	20,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
105	Palau		18,500	500	18,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
106	Anguilla		12,000	12,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
107	Nauru		10,300	800	9,500	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
108	Dominican Republic		8,000	8,000
109	Saint Helena		5,400	5,400
110=	Cook Islands		4,000	1,000	3,000	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
110=	Montserrat		4,000	4,000		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
112	British Indian Ocean Territory		3,500	3,500
113	Lebanon		3,300		3,300
114	Niue		2,160	78	2,082
115	Falkland Islands		1,991	1,991
116	Netherlands Antilles		1,800		1,800
117	Norfolk Island		1,678	1,678
118	Turks and Caicos Islands		920	920
119	Guadeloupe		200	200
120	Saint Pierre and Miquelon		188	188
121	Pitcairn		46	46
122	Tokelau		40	40
	Cambodia					Replacing French as second language, especially in Phnom Penh. Also used for mobile phone texting
	Christmas Island
	Eritrea
	Guernsey
	Indonesia
	Jersey
	Korea
	Somalia
	Taiwan
	Thailand		6,549,329			Secondary language of the elite^[6]^[7]
	Bahrain
	Total		800-900 million	331 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.^[8]

List in order of native speakers

Rank	Country	First language
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
	Hong Kong if ranked separately	2,500,000
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
30	Switzerland	73,000
31	Antigua and Barbuda	66,000
32	Bermuda	63,000
33	Vanuatu	60,000
34	Guam	58,000
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39,000
36	Cayman Islands	36,000
37	Honduras	31,500
38	Saint Lucia	31,000
39	Gibraltar	28,000
40	Philippines	27,000
41	British Virgin Islands	20,000
42	Namibia	14,000
43	Anguilla	12,000
44=	Solomon Islands	10,000
44=	Sri Lanka	10,000
44=	Brunei	10,000
47	Aruba	9,000
48	Dominican Republic	8,000
49	Fiji	6,000
50	Saint Helena	5,400
51	Northern Mariana Islands	5,000
52	Micronesia	4,000
53	Montserrat	4,000
54	British Indian Ocean Territory	3,500
55=	Dominica	3,000
55=	Seychelles	3,000
57=	American Samoa	2,000
57=	Mauritius	2,000
58	Falkland Islands	1,991
59	Russia	1,804
60	Ethiopia	1,986
61	Norfolk Island	1,678
62=	Cook Islands	1,000
62=	Samoa	1,000
64	Turks and Caicos Islands	920
65	Nauru	800
66	Palau	500
67	Guadeloupe	200
68	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	188
69	Niue	78
70	Pitcairn	46
71	Tokelau	40
72	East Timor

Notes

^ Census of India's eCensusIndia, Issue 10, 2003, pp 8-10, (Feature: Languages of West Bengal in Census and Surveys, Bilingualism and Trilingualism).
^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/statement9.htm FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES – 2001
^ Tropf, Herbert S. 2004. India and its Languages. Siemens AG, Munich
^ For the distinction between "English Speakers," and "English Users," please see: TESOL-India (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)], India: World's Second Largest English-Speaking Country. Their article explains the difference between the 350 million number mentioned in a previous version of this Wikipedia article and a more plausible 90 million number:
"Wikipedia's India estimate of 350 million includes two categories - "English Speakers" and "English Users". The distinction between the Speakers and Users is that Users only know how to read English words while Speakers know how to read English, understand spoken English as well as form their own sentences to converse in English. The distinction becomes clear when you consider the China numbers. China has over 200~350 million users that can read English words but, as anyone can see on the streets of China, only handful of million who are English speakers."
^ Edrinnie Kayambizinthu (1998). "The Language Planning Situation in Malawi" (PDF). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 19 (5&6): 369.
^ CIA - The world factbook: Thailand
^ Refugees get crash course in U.S. culture
^ Crystal (2005), p. 109, UK and Ireland total. Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Covered EU citizens aged 15 years or more.

References

Raymond G. Gordon, Jr. (ed.), ed. (2005). "English". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. Retrieved 2006-03-17. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |editor= has generic name (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
Europeans and their languages - Eurobarometer report, February 2006 (pdf). Only includes EU citizens aged 15 or more.
Crystal, David (2003-08-03) [1995]. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Second Edition ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-521-53033-4. Retrieved 2006-07-20. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)

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-|4|| [[United Kingdom]] || ||59,600,000||58,100,000||1,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|4|| [[United Kingdom]] ||60,975,000||59,600,000||58,100,000||1,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|5|| [[Philippines]] || ||42,500,000||27,000||42,500,000||<small>Total speakers: Census 2000, [http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html text above Figure 7]. 63.71% of the 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English. Native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in [http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0487/jmmd0190487.pdf The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines], Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487-525. (1998)</small>
+|5|| [[Philippines]] ||90,457,200||42,500,000||27,000||42,500,000||<small>Total speakers: Census 2000, [http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html text above Figure 7]. 63.71% of the 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English. Native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in [http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0487/jmmd0190487.pdf The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines], Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487-525. (1998)</small>
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-|6|| [[Germany]] || ||36,000,000||272,504||36,000,000||<small>Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt ([http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/advertising.html cited here]).<br/>Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.</small>
+|6|| [[Germany]] ||82,191,000||36,000,000||272,504||36,000,000||<small>Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt ([http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/advertising.html cited here]).<br/>Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.</small>
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-|7|| [[Canada]] ||||25,246,220||17,694,830||7,551,390||<small>Source: 2001 Census - [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageComposition/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&View=1b&Table=1a&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts&B2=Both Knowledge of Official Languages] and [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageComposition/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&View=1a&Table=1a&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts&B2=Both Mother Tongue]. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a mother tongue, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a mother tongue.</small>
+|7|| [[Canada]] ||33,355,400||25,246,220||17,694,830||7,551,390||<small>Source: 2001 Census - [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageComposition/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&View=1b&Table=1a&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts&B2=Both Knowledge of Official Languages] and [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageComposition/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&View=1a&Table=1a&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts&B2=Both Mother Tongue]. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a mother tongue, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a mother tongue.</small>
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-|8|| [[Australia]] || ||17,357,833||15,013,965||2,343,868||<small>Source: 2001 Census. [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/census1.nsf/log?openagent&Aust%5FProficiency%20in%20Spoken%20English%20Language%2Ezip&CC0&2001%20Census%20Classification%20Count&6BCA40CE3C9EC14DCA256C62001EAB3C&0&2001&19%2E11%2E2002&Current] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak only English at home. The additional language column shows the number of other residents who claim to speak English "well" or "very well". Another 5% of residents did not state their home language or English proficiency.</small>
+|8|| [[Australia]] ||21,394,309||17,357,833||15,013,965||2,343,868||<small>Source: 2001 Census. [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/census1.nsf/log?openagent&Aust%5FProficiency%20in%20Spoken%20English%20Language%2Ezip&CC0&2001%20Census%20Classification%20Count&6BCA40CE3C9EC14DCA256C62001EAB3C&0&2001&19%2E11%2E2002&Current] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak only English at home. The additional language column shows the number of other residents who claim to speak English "well" or "very well". Another 5% of residents did not state their home language or English proficiency.</small>
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-|9|| [[Pakistan]] || ||17,000,000|| ||17,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|9|| [[Pakistan]] ||164,157,000||17,000,000|| ||17,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|10|| [[France]] || ||16,000,000|| ||16,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|10|| [[France]] ||64,473,140||16,000,000|| ||16,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|11|| [[Italy]] || ||14,000,000|| ||14,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|11|| [[Italy]] ||59,619,290||14,000,000|| ||14,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|12|| [[South Africa]] || ||13,700,000||3,673,203||10,000,000||<small>Native speakers: 2001 Census: [http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/CinBrief/CinBrief2001.pdf Census in Brief], page 15 (Table 2.5)
+|12|| [[South Africa]] ||47,850,700||13,700,000||3,673,203||10,000,000||<small>Native speakers: 2001 Census: [http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/CinBrief/CinBrief2001.pdf Census in Brief], page 15 (Table 2.5)
 Non-native speakers: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|13|| [[Netherlands]] || ||12,000,000|| ||12,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|13|| [[Netherlands]] ||16,445,000||12,000,000|| ||12,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|14|| [[Spain]] || ||10,000,000|| ||10,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|14|| [[Spain]] ||46,063,000||10,000,000|| ||10,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|15|| [[Poland]] || ||9,200,000|| ||9,200,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|15|| [[Poland]] ||38,115,967||9,200,000|| ||9,200,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|16|| [[Turkey]] || ||8,100,000|| ||8,100,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|16|| [[Turkey]] ||70,586,256||8,100,000|| ||8,100,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|17|| [[Cameroon]] || ||7,700,000|| || 7,700,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
+|17|| [[Cameroon]] ||18,549,000||7,700,000|| || 7,700,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
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-|18|| [[Malaysia]] || ||7,400,000||380,000||7,000,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|18|| [[Malaysia]] ||27,170,000||7,400,000||380,000||7,000,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|19|| [[China]] || ||||200,000 (Hong Kong only)|| 2,500,000 (Hong Kong only)||<small>Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: {{cite journal | author=Jian Yang | title=Learners and users of English in China | url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=433481 | journal=English Today | year=2006 | month=April | volume=22 | issue=2 | pages=3&ndash;10 | doi=10.1017/S0266078406002021 }} Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language (1996 by-census [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/ice/icehk.htm]). </small>
+|19|| [[China]] ||6,963,100(Hong Kong only)||||200,000 (Hong Kong only)|| 2,500,000 (Hong Kong only)||<small>Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: {{cite journal | author=Jian Yang | title=Learners and users of English in China | url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=433481 | journal=English Today | year=2006 | month=April | volume=22 | issue=2 | pages=3&ndash;10 | doi=10.1017/S0266078406002021 }} Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language (1996 by-census [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/ice/icehk.htm]). </small>
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-|20|| [[Russia]] || ||6,955,315||1,804||6,953,511||<small>Source: [http://www.perepis2002.ru/index.html?id=87 Basic Results], Tables 4.4 and 4.1, [[Russian Census (2002)]]. The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the language 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.</small>
+|20|| [[Russia]] ||141,888,900||6,955,315||1,804||6,953,511||<small>Source: [http://www.perepis2002.ru/index.html?id=87 Basic Results], Tables 4.4 and 4.1, [[Russian Census (2002)]]. The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the language 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.</small>
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-|21|| [[Sweden]] || ||6,600,000|| ||6,600,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|21|| [[Sweden]] ||9,215,021||6,600,000|| ||6,600,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|22|| [[Zimbabwe]] || ||5,550,000||250,000||5,300,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|22|| [[Zimbabwe]] ||13,349,000||5,550,000||250,000||5,300,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
 |-
-|23|| [[Romania]] || ||5,300,000|| ||5,300,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|23|| [[Romania]] ||21,438,000||5,300,000|| ||5,300,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
 |-
-|24|| [[Belgium]] || ||5,100,000|| ||5,100,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|24|| [[Belgium]] ||10,584,534||5,100,000|| ||5,100,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
 |-
-|25 || [[Sierra Leone]] || ||4,900,000||500,000 ||4,400,000 ||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
+|25 || [[Sierra Leone]] ||5,866,000||4,900,000||500,000 ||4,400,000 ||<small>Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
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-|26|| [[Mexico]] || ||4,855,000|| ||4,855,000||<small>Consulta Mitovsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, April 2007 [http://www.consulta.com.mx/interiores/99_pdfs/12_mexicanos_pdf/mxc_NA20070420_LosIdiomasdelMexicano.pdf]; and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/default.aspx?c=6789].</small>
+|26|| [[Mexico]] ||106,682,500||4,855,000|| ||4,855,000||<small>Consulta Mitovsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, April 2007 [http://www.consulta.com.mx/interiores/99_pdfs/12_mexicanos_pdf/mxc_NA20070420_LosIdiomasdelMexicano.pdf]; and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/default.aspx?c=6789].</small>
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-|27|| [[Greece]] || ||4,200,000|| ||4,200,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|27|| [[Greece]] ||11,147,000||4,200,000|| ||4,200,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
 |-
-|28|| [[Tanzania]] || ||4,000,000||||4,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|28|| [[Tanzania]] ||40,454,000||4,000,000||||4,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|29|| [[Austria]] || ||3,900,000|| ||3,900,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|29|| [[Austria]] ||8,340,924||3,900,000|| ||3,900,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|30|| [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] || ||3,850,000||3,750,000||100,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|30|| [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] ||4,422,100||3,850,000||3,750,000||100,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|31|| [[Denmark]] || ||3,800,000|| ||3,800,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|31|| [[Denmark]] ||5,489,022||3,800,000|| ||3,800,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|32|| [[New Zealand]] || ||3,673,623||≥&nbsp;3,008,058|| ||<small>[http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/classification-counts/about-people/language-spoken.htm 2006 Census: Language spoken]. Native language figure is actually those who spoke English only, so will probably be too low. Both figures exclude those 75,567 people who spoke no language, e.g. were too young to talk, and the 196,224 people who did not state what languages they spoke. Crystal (2005), p. 109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000 second language speakers.</small>
+|32|| [[New Zealand]] ||4,275,100||3,673,623||≥&nbsp;3,008,058|| ||<small>[http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/classification-counts/about-people/language-spoken.htm 2006 Census: Language spoken]. Native language figure is actually those who spoke English only, so will probably be too low. Both figures exclude those 75,567 people who spoke no language, e.g. were too young to talk, and the 196,224 people who did not state what languages they spoke. Crystal (2005), p. 109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000 second language speakers.</small>
 |-
-|33|| [[Bangladesh]] || ||3,500,000|| ||3,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|33|| [[Bangladesh]] ||158,665,000||3,500,000|| ||3,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
 |-
-|34|| [[Papua New Guinea]] || ||3,150,000||150,000||3,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
+|34|| [[Papua New Guinea]] ||6,331,000||3,150,000||150,000||3,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
 |-
-|35|| [[Liberia]] || ||3,100,000||600,000||2,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
+|35|| [[Liberia]] ||3,750,000||3,100,000||600,000||2,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
 |-
-|36=|| [[Finland]] || ||2,700,000|| ||2,700,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|36=|| [[Finland]] ||5,318,105||2,700,000|| ||2,700,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
 |-
-|36=|| [[Kenya]] || ||2,700,000|| ||2,700,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|36=|| [[Kenya]] ||37,538,000||2,700,000|| ||2,700,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
 |-
-|38|| [[Jamaica]] || ||2,650,000||2,600,000||50,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
+|38|| [[Jamaica]] ||2,714,000||2,650,000||2,600,000||50,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
 |-
-|39|| [[Portugal]] || ||2,600,000|| ||2,600,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|39|| [[Portugal]] ||10,623,000||2,600,000|| ||2,600,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|40|| [[Uganda]] || ||2,500,000||||2,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|40|| [[Uganda]] ||30,884,000||2,500,000||||2,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
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-|40=|| [[Hong Kong]] || ||2,500,000||200,000||2,300,000||<small>Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: {{cite journal | author=Jian Yang | title=Learners and users of English in China | url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=433481 | journal=English Today | year=2006 | month=April | volume=22 | issue=2 | pages=3&ndash;10 | doi=10.1017/S0266078406002021 }} Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language (1996 by-census [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/ice/icehk.htm]). </small>
+|40=|| [[Hong Kong]] ||6,963,100||2,500,000||200,000||2,300,000||<small>Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: {{cite journal | author=Jian Yang | title=Learners and users of English in China | url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=433481 | journal=English Today | year=2006 | month=April | volume=22 | issue=2 | pages=3&ndash;10 | doi=10.1017/S0266078406002021 }} Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language (1996 by-census [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/ice/icehk.htm]). </small>
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-|42|| [[Czech Republic]] || ||2,100,000|| ||2,100,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|42|| [[Czech Republic]] ||10,403,136||2,100,000|| ||2,100,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|43|| [[Hungary]] || ||2,000,000|| ||2,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|43|| [[Hungary]] ||10,043,000||2,000,000|| ||2,000,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|44|| [[Puerto Rico]] || ||1,940,000||100,000||1,840,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|44|| [[Puerto Rico]] ||3,991,000||1,940,000||100,000||1,840,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
 |-
-|45=|| [[Sri Lanka]] || ||1,910,000||10,000||1,900,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|45=|| [[Sri Lanka]] ||19,299,000||1,910,000||10,000||1,900,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
 |-
-|45=|| [[Zambia]] || ||1,910,000||110,000||1,800,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
+|45=|| [[Zambia]] ||11,922,000||1,910,000||110,000||1,800,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.</small>
 |-
-|47|| [[Croatia]] || ||1,800,000|| ||1,800,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|47|| [[Croatia]] ||4,555,000||1,800,000|| ||1,800,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|48|| [[Singapore]] || ||1,793,245||665,087||1,128,158||<small>Source: 2000 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more. [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/keystats/c2000/r2/t29-37.pdf Native speakers aged 5 or more], [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/keystats/c2000/r2/t20-28.pdf literate population, aged 15 or more], and [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/papers/c2000/adr-progress.pdf percentage of literate population literate in English].</small>
+|48|| [[Singapore]] ||4,588,600||1,793,245||665,087||1,128,158||<small>Source: 2000 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more. [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/keystats/c2000/r2/t29-37.pdf Native speakers aged 5 or more], [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/keystats/c2000/r2/t20-28.pdf literate population, aged 15 or more], and [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/papers/c2000/adr-progress.pdf percentage of literate population literate in English].</small>
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-|49|| [[Bulgaria]] || ||1,500,000|| ||1,500,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|49|| [[Bulgaria]] ||7,640,238||1,500,000|| ||1,500,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
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-|50=|| [[Slovakia]] || ||1,400,000|| ||1,400,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
+|50=|| [[Slovakia]] ||5,402,273||1,400,000|| ||1,400,000||<small>2006 Eurobarometer survey.</small>
 |-
-|50=|| [[Ghana]] || ||1,400,000||||1,400,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
+|50=|| [[Ghana]] ||23,478,000||1,400,000||||1,400,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
 |-
 |52|| [[Trinidad and Tobago]] || ||1,145,000||1,145,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>

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List in order of total speakers

List in order of native speakers

Notes

References

See also