List of countries by English-speaking population

List of countries by English-speaking population

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

* 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. [Crystal (2005), p. 109, UK and Ireland total. Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Covered EU citizens aged 15 years or more.]

List in order of native speakers

Notes

References

*cite book
editor = Raymond G. Gordon, Jr. (ed.)
title = Ethnologue: Languages of the World
url = http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp
accessdate = 2006-03-17
edition = Fifteenth edition
year = 2005
publisher = SIL International
location = Dallas, Texas
id = ISBN 1-55671-159-X
chapter = English
chapterurl = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng

* [http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf Europeans and their languages - Eurobarometer report, February 2006 (pdf)] . Only includes EU citizens aged 15 or more.
*cite book
last = Crystal
first = David
authorlink = David Crystal
title = The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
origyear = 1995
url = http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521530334
accessdate = 2006-07-20
edition = Second Edition
date= 2003-08-03
publisher = Cambridge University Press
location = Cambridge, UK
id = ISBN 0-521-53033-4
pages = 109

ee also

*List of countries where English is an official language
*Anglosphere
*Anglophone
*Hispanosphere
*Sinosphere
*Indosphere


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