English-speaking Countries
English is spoken by over 340 million people. Over 500 million people speak English as a second language.
This is a list of countries where English is spoken:
American Samoa (Official language. 17,000)
Anguillia (National language)
Antigua and Barbuda (National language)
Aruba (The third most important language)
Australia (95 per cent of population speak English)
Bahamas (National language)
Barbados (National language. 13,000)
Belize (National language. 56,000)
Bermuda (National language. 58,800)
Botswana (Official language)
British Indian Ocean Territory (Official language)
British Virgin Islands (National language. 2,000)
Brunei (National language. 8,000)
Cameroon (Official language)
Canada (National language. 60 per cent of population)
Cayman Islands (National language. 9,200)
Cook Islands (National language. 683)
Dominica (National language)
Eritrea (National language)
Ethiopia (Official language. 172,000 can speak English)
Falkland Islands (National language. 2,000)
Fiji (National language. 15,000)
Gambia (Official language)
Ghana (Official language. 1 million 2nd language speakers)
Gibraltar (Official language. 3,300)
Grenada (National language)
Guam (National language. 28,800)
Guyana (National language)
Honduras (9,000 first language speakers)
India (Official language. 11 million 2nd language speakers)
Ireland (National language. 2.6 million speakers)
Israel (Official language. 100,000)
Jamaica (National language)
Kenya (Official language)
Kiribati (National language. 338)
Lebanon (Not spoken at home)
Lesotho (Official language)
Liberia (Official language. 2.5 per cent of population)
Malawi (Official language. 16,000)
Malaysian (Peninsular)
Malta (National language. 2,400)
Marshall Islands
Mauritius (Official language. 3,000)
Micronesia ((National language. 3,540)
Midway Islands (National language. 2,256)
Montserrat (National language)
Namibia (Official language. 11,000)
Nauru (National language. 7,800 can speak English)
Netherlands Antilles (Third most important language)
New Zealand (National language. 90 per cent of population)
Nigeria (Official language. 1 million 2nd language speakers)
Niue (National language)
Norfolk Island (National language. 1,678)
Northern Mariana Islands (National language)
Pakistan (2nd language speakers)
Palau (National language)
Papua New Guinea (Official language. 1.5 per cent)
The Philippines (52 per cent 2nd language speakers)
Pitcairn (National language)
Puerto Rico ((National language. 458,000)
Rwanda (Official language)
Seychelles (Official language. 1,600)
Sierra Leone (Official language)
Singapore (Official language. 40 per cent)
Solomon Islands (National language)
Somalia (Official language)
South Africa (Official language. 10 per cent)
Sri Lanka (97,000 first language speakers)
St Helena (National language)
St Kitts-Nevis (National language)
St Lucia (National language)
St Pierre and Miquelon (188)
St Vincent and the Grendines (National language)
Swaziland (National language)
Tanzania (1.5 million 2nd language speakers)
Tokelau (National language)
Tonga (Official language)
Trinidad and Tobago (National language)
Turks and Caicos Islands (National language)
US Virgin Islands (National language. 8414)
Uganda (Official language)
United States (210 million 1st language speakers)
United Kingdom (55 million 1st language speakers)
Vanuatu (1.1 per cent of population)
Wake Island (National language. 1,730)
Western Samoa (Official language)
Zambia (Official language. 41,434)
Zimbabwe (Official language. 375,490)
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