%

Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

Comments

Figures are from the year 2007

American Community Survey by
the U.S. Census Bureau. English
speaker figures are for persons age
5 and older. Total population age 5
and older was 280,950,438 of
Unite
316,823, 298,44 255,50 42,938,
94.2 80.6
which 267,444,149 stated that they
d States
000
4,149 5,953 196
spoke English "very well" or
"well". Second language speakers
are respondents age 5 and older
who reported they do not speak
English at home but know it "very
well" or "well".[2]
2001 figures for native language
(first language).[3][4][5] The additional
language figure includes English
speakers, but not English users.[6][7]
Data from the 2005 India Human
Development Survey shows that
1,210,00 125,22 226,44 125,00 surveyed households reported that
India 10.35 0.019
0,000 6,449 9
0,000 among men 72 per cent do not
speak English, 28 per cent speak at
least some English, and 5 percent
are fluent. Among women, the
corresponding proportions were 83
per cent, 17 per cent, and 3 per
cent.[8]
Official and educational language
of Pakistan is English. Estimate by
Euromonitor International (2009),
Pakist
188,400, 92,316,
92,316,
49
based on trade interviews, data
an
100
049
049
from the Statistics Division of the
Government of Pakistan and other
government bodies.[9]
Nigeri
156,493, 82,941,
82,941, Euromonitor International report
53
a
000
000
000
(2009)
Source: Data from the 2011 census
for England and Wales.[10]
Unite
Additional English speaker figures
64,000,0 63,962, 58,972, 5,128,0
d
97.74 92.14
are for usual residents aged 3 years
00
000
000
00
Kingdom
and over with a main language
other than English who can speak
English "very well" or "well".
Philip 63 0.003 100,437, 64,025, 36,935 63,988, Total population: Census 2010.

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

pines

Germ
any

64

Bangl
18
adesh

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

Comments

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.[11] Proportion of native
speakers: Census 1995, as quoted
by Andrew Gonzalez in "The
Language Planning Situation in the
7
852
891
956
Philippines", Journal of
Multilingual and Multicultural
Development, 19 (5&6), 487525,
p. 492: .04% of the then 68.4
million people were native speakers
of English. (1998).[12] "Six out of 10
people aged 5 and over can speak
english (63.71%)."[13]
Native speakers: Statistisches
Bundesamt (cited here).
80,600,0 51,584, 272,50 48,000, Non-native speakers:
0.338
00
000
4
000
Eurobarometer report 2006
Does not include foreign military
personnel based in Germany.
Source: Euromonitor International
163,323, 30,108 709,87 29,398,
18
report 2009, Euromonitor Dec 2010
100
031
3
158
[14]

Source: 2011 Census, Population by

knowledge of official languages
and Population by mother tongue.
The 2011 count reported that
22,564,665 people were able to
conduct a conversation in English
but not French, while 5,795,575
were able to converse in both
English and French. The census
Canad
33,121,1 28,360, 19,424, 8,936,1 also asked for the first language
85.63 58.64
75
240
090
50
learned at home in childhood and
still understood by the individual:
18,858,980 reported English as
their sole mother tongue, 144,685
reported both English and French as
mother tongues, 396,330 reported
English and a non-official language
as mother tongues, and 24,095
reported English, French and a nonofficial language as mother tongues.

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
Comments
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]
83,289,5 28,101,
28,101, Source: Euromonitor International
Egypt 35
00
325
325
Report 2011 [15]
Franc
65,350,0 25,500,
25,500,
39
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
e
00
000
000
59,619,2 20,300,
20,300,
Italy 34
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
90
000
000
Source: 2001 Census.[16] 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
Austr
21,394,3 17,357, 15,013, 2,343,8 provided no information; 879,778
97.03 70.17
alia
09
833
965
68
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".
63,038,2 17,121,
17,121,
Thaila
27.16
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
47
187
187
nd
Nethe
16,770,0 15,030,
15,030,
90
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
rlands
00
000
000
29,890,6 13,896,
876,72 Source: Census. (date not verified)
20,000
Nepal 46.49 0.067 86
[citation needed]
720
0
Native speakers from 2011 Census:
South
52,981,9 16,424, 4,930,5 11,493, Census in Brief, page 23.
31 9.3
Africa
91
417
10
907
Non-native speakers: Crystal
(2003), p. 109.
Source: Central Statistical Office,[17]
Additional language speakers are
people age 18-69, who reported
Polan
38,501,0 14,300, 100,00 14,200, English Language as their first of
37 37
d
00
000
0
000
second best foreign language,
Central Statistical Office [18] Native
language counted as those who
speak English at home.
70,586,2 12,000,
12,000,
Turke
17
Source: Eurobarometer report 2006
56
000
000
y

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers
Iraq

35

Spain 22

China 0.8

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
Comments
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]
31,700,0 11,095,
11,000, Source: Euromonitor International
00
000
000
report (2011)
47,190,0 10,400,
10,400,
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
000
000
Figures are for English users in
mainland China only (i.e. excluding
Hong Kong where English is an
official language and Macau). The
1,200,00 10,000,
100,00
oft-cited figure of 300 million is for
0,000 000
0,000
"learners."[19]
[20]

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
205,000, 10,542, 292,00 10,250, a very rudimentary knowledge.
Brazil 5
0.14
000
000
0
000
Brazil has 240 thousand British
descendants and 180 thousand
American ancestry citizens
including the Confederados cultural
sub-group, descendants of the
Confederate colonies.
Swed
9,785,00 8,200,0
8,200,0
86
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
en
0
00
00
43,013,4 8,100,0
7,900,0
Kenya 18.83
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
31
00
00
Came
19,740,0 7,500,0
7,500,0 Euromonitor International Report
38
roon
00
00
00
(2009)
Malay
27,170,0 5,580,0 380,00 5,200,0
62.57 1.4
EF English Proficiency Index[21]
sia
00
00
0
00
Russi 5.48 0.002 138,312, 7,574,3 2,522 7,571,7 Source: Composition by Nationality
535
03
87
and Language Ability, Citizenship,
a
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

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

Belgi
um

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

59

Israel 84.97 1.37

Austri
a
Roma
nia
Zimba
bwe
Greec
e

73
31
41.58 1.87
51

Sierra
83.53 8.52
Leone

Mexic
o

Denm
ark

Moro

8,415,00 6,150,0
0
00
19,043,7 5,900,0
67
00
13,349,0 5,550,0 250,00
00
00
0
10,787,6 5,500,0
90
00
5,866,00 4,900,0 500,00
0
00
0

120,664, 15,686,
000
262

86

5,543,00 4,770,0
0
00

14

Norwa 90
y

7,303,00 6,205,0 100,00

0
00
0

12.9

Switze
61.28 0.96
rland

cco

10,584,5 6,250,0
34
00

7,637,30 4,680,0
73,400
0
00

32,770,9 4,587,9
00
26
5,136,70 4,500,0
0
00

Comments

difference. More than 9 million

schoolgoers studied English as a
foreign language in 2008-2009.
Source: Eurobarometer report 2006
6,250,0
(the 2012 report seems to have a
00
critical typo)
Source: Ethnologue (2005)[22]
6,105,0 English is widely spoken, both by
00
the Jewish majority and by minority
ethnic groups.[23][24]
6,150,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
5,900,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
5,300,0
Crystal (2003), p. 109.
00
5,500,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this
4,400,0
includes speakers of an English
00
creole.
Consulta Mitofsky-Tracking Poll
Roy Campos: Las Lenguas
Extranjeras en Mxico, January
15,686,
2013;[25] and II Conteo de Poblacin
262
y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de
Estadstica, Geografa e Informtica
(INEGI).[26]
4,770,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
Figure for speakers of English as
"main language", according to
Federal Statistical Office,
Neuchtel 2008[27] Source for
4,606,6
number of non-native English
00
speakers is 1999 publication by
Prof. Franois Grin cited here:
http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/co
untries/uk/language.html
4,587,9 Source: Euromonitor International
26
report 2011
4,500,0 Source:
00
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2
014/03/norwegian-english-fusion-

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

Comments

language/[unreliable source]
Repub
Source: Eurobarometer report 2006;
4,422,10 4,350,0 4,122,1 237,90
lic of
98.37 93.21
Central Statistics Office [1];
0
00
00
0
Ireland
Travbla [28]
Source: 2010 Census. Second
language speaker figure only
includes those literate in English
aged 15 or more and does not
include third language proficiency.
Singapore Census of Population,
Singa
5,076,70 4,822,8 1,097,4 253,83 2010, Advance Data Release No.1,
80 21.62
pore
0
65
43
5
"Demographic Characteristics,
Education, Language and
Religion"; Census of Population
2010, Table 47 "Resident
Population Aged 5 Years and Over
by Age Group and Language Most
Frequently Spoken at Home"
27,000,0 18,000,
18,000,
Ghana 66.67
Source: 2010 Ghanaian Census[29]
00
000
000
Tanza
40,454,0 4,000,0
4,000,0
9.89
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
nia
00
00
00
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.
New
4,275,10 3,673,6 3,673,6
97.82 85.93
Hence it is most meaningful to
Zealand
0
23
23
express the English-speaking per
cent without including the figures
for these 272,382. This gives 97.8%
English-speaking, 2.2% nonEnglish-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.
Finlan
5,410,00 3,800,0
3,800,0
70
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
d
0
00
00
10,623,0 2,900,0
2,900,0 Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Portu 27

% % As
Total
As an
As
Engli a Eligible Englis
additio
first
Country sh First populat
h
nal
Comments
langua
spea Lang ion speake
langua
ge
kers uage
rs
ge[1]
gal
00
00
00
Papua
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
6,331,00 3,150,0 150,00 3,000,0
New
49.76 2.37
Note this includes speakers of an
0
00
0
00
Guinea
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Liberi
3,750,00 3,100,0 600,00 2,500,0
82.67 16
Note this includes speakers of an
a
0
00
0
00
English creole.
Jorda
6,598,00 2,969,3
2,969,3 Source: Euromonitor International
45
n
0
70
70
report (2011)
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Jamai
2,714,00 2,650,0 2,600,0
97.64 95.8
50,000 Note this includes speakers of an
ca
0
00
00
English creole.
35,954,0 2,516,7
2,516,7 Source: Euromonitor International
Algeri
7
00
80
80
report (2011)
a
Ugan
30,884,0 2,500,0
2,500,0
8.09
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
da
00
00
00
According to 2011 population
census, Hong Kong has
Hong
6,808,43 3,136,7 238,28 2,898,4
46.07 3.5
approximately 3.1 million speakers,
Kong
3
84
8
96
of whom 238,288 regard English as
their "usual" language.[30]
10,562,2 2,850,0
2,850,0
Czech
27
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
14
00
00
Republic
Source:.[31] Percentage of people
who state to have a high level of
Argen
42,192,5 2,752,6
English. Another 19.49% and
6.52
tina
00
81
16.23% of people said they had an
intermediate and low level,
respectively, of English.
Yeme
24,800,0 2,232,0
2,232,0 Source: Euromonitor International
9
n
00
00
00
report 2011
Croati
4,555,00 2,200,0
2,200,0
49
Source: Eurobarometer report 2006
a
0
00
00
47,661,3 2,012,9 75,600 1,937,3 Total was estimated by multiplying
Colo 4.22
68
50
50
projected population for 2014
mbia
(DANE) by percentage of
Colombian population that speaks
English 4.09%[32] 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[33] 12,000 are Colombian

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

Comments
Raizal from San Andrs and Isla de
Providencia where they speak San
AndrsProvidencia Creole[34]
3,600 British expatriates[35]

Hung
ary

20

Puert
48.61
o Rico
Sri
Lanka
Zambi
a
Bulga
ria

47.8 0.2
16.02
25

Kazak
15.4
hstan

Leban
on

40

Chile 9.53
Rwan
da
Slova
kia

15
26

Trinid
ad and
87.74
Tobago
Slove
59
nia
Lithua
38
nia
Latvia 46
Guya 90.55
na

9,982,00 2,000,0
0
00
3,991,00 1,940,0 100,00
0
00
0

2,000,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
1,840,0
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
00
Sensus of Population 2011[36]
20,264,0 9,726,0
9,680,0
37,061
00
00
00
EF English Proficiency Index[21]
11,922,0 1,910,0 110,00
00
00
0
7,640,23 1,900,0
2,605
8
00

12,156,7 1,874,5
602
05
83

4,265,60 1,706,0
0
00
16,634,6 1,585,0
03
27
10,137,4 1,520,6
00
10
5,397,03 1,400,0
6
00

1,800,0
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
00
1,902,6 Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
05
and 2011 Census[37]
Number of those who understand
spoken English, from these 1.9
million: 311,435 (2.6%/16.6%) can
1,873,9 only read, 931,444 (7.7%/49.6%)
81
can read and write in English. The
number of native speakers is the
sum of Americans and Englishmen
"by nationality". (Census 2009)
1,706,0 Source: Euromonitor International
00
report (2011)
Source: 2012 Census.[38]

1,520,6 Source: Euromonitor International

10
report 2009
1,400,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
00
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
1,305,00 1,145,0 1,145,0
Note this includes speakers of an
0
00
00
English creole.
2,050,00 1,210,0
1,210,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
0
00
00
3,053,80 1,160,0
1,160,0
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
0
00
00
2,070,37 950,00
950,00
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
1
0
0
751,000 680,00 650,00 30,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
0
0
Note this includes speakers of an

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

Comments
English creole.

Botsw
ana
Estoni
a
Cypru
s
Mala
wi
Lesot
ho
Surina
me

38.42
50
73
3.88
27.86
87.09

Malta 89
Nami
bia

17.24

Luxe
56
mbourg
Baha
mas
Barba
dos

87.13
98.57

Belize 81.65
Mada
18
gascar
Mauri
15.97
tius
Vanua
tu
Fiji

83.55
20.62

Solom
31.68
on Islands
Guam 91.09

1,639,83 630,00
3
0
1,294,23 650,00
6
0
610,00
839,000
0
13,931,8 540,20
209
31
9
1,795,00 500,00
0
0

630,00
0
650,00
0
610,00
0
540,00
0
500,00
0

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109 and
Kayambizinthu.[39]
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

410,00 260,00 150,00
470,784
Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
0
English creole.
400,00 unkno 352,00
453,000
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
0
wn
0
1,820,91 314,00
300,00
14,000
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
6
0
0
290,00
290,00
509,000
Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
0
0
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
288,00 260,00
330,549
28,000 Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
275,00 262,00
279,000
13,000 Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
246,00 190,00
301,270
56,000 Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
English creole.
23,042,3 4,147,6
4,147,6 The main languages are French and
00
14
14
Malagasy.[citation needed]
1,264,86 202,00
200,00
2,000
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
6
0
0
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
180,00
120,00
215,446
60,000
Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
English creole.
176,00
170,00
853,445
6,000
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
0
0
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
175,00
165,00
552,438
10,000
Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
English creole.
158,00
100,00
173,456
58,000
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
0
0

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers
Brune
39.07

Saint
Vincent
and the
95
Grenadine
s
U.S.
95.97
Virgin
Islands
Grena
da
Samo
a

90.91
49.86

Isle of
99.93
Man
Bhuta
11.4
n
Saint
43.03
Lucia
North
ern
83.33
Mariana
Islands
Antig
80
ua and
Barbuda
Ameri
can
80.1
Samoa
Feder
ated
States of 57.66
Micronesi
a
Berm
96.92
uda
Domi
nica

94.03

Marsh 98.33

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
Comments
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]
144,00
134,00
381,371
10,000
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
0
0
120,000

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.

114,00 114,00
0
0

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

113,00
98,000 15,000 Note this includes speakers of an
0
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
100,00 100,00
110,000
Note this includes speakers of an
0
0
English creole.
108,448

188,540 94,000 1,000 93,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

80,058 80,000 80,000
658,000 75,000

75,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

165,000 71,000 31,000 40,000 Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
84,000 70,000 5,000 65,000 Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
85,000 68,000 66,000 2,000 Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
57,345 45,933 1,791 44,142

Source: The World Factbook American Samoa

111,000 64,000 4,000 60,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

65,000 63,000 63,000

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

67,000 63,000 3,000 60,000 Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
59,000 60,000
60,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

%
Engli
Country sh
spea
kers
all Islands
Swazi
4.38
land
Aruba 42.31
The
Gambia

2.34

Saint
Kitts and 78
Nevis
Caym
76.6
an Islands
Seych
37.93
elles
Gibra
100
ltar
Tonga 30
Kiriba
24.21
ti
Britis
h Virgin 86.96
Islands
Palau 92.5
Andor
22
ra
Angui
92.31
lla
Nauru 100

% As
Total
As an
As
a Eligible Englis
additio
first
First populat
h
nal
langua
Lang ion speake
langua
ge
uage
rs
ge[1]

Comments

1,141,00
50,000
50,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
0
104,000 44,000 9,000 35,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
1,709,00
40,000
40,000 Note this includes speakers of an
0
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
50,000 39,000 39,000
Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
47,000 36,000 36,000
Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
87,000 33,000 3,000 30,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
28,875 28,875 28,000 875

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

100,000 30,000

30,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

95,000 23,000

23,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

23,000 20,000 20,000

20,000 18,500 500
81,222 17,869
13,000 12,000 12,000
10,300 10,300 800

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.
18,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Source Census: Linguistic
17,869
knowledge 2004.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
9,500 English is spoken as the language
of government and commerce.

Cook
19.8
Islands

20,200 4,000 1,000 3,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Monts
67.8
errat

5,900

4,000 4,000

Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.

Note this includes speakers of an
English creole.