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Percent of total English-speaking population by country. The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, including information on both native speakers and second-language speakers. Countries in which English is a mandatory (blue) or optional (yellow) subject.
The following is a list of countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of 2020 [update] , there were 58 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English was an official language.
English Wikipedia is the most-read version of Wikipedia, accounting for 48% of Wikipedia's cumulative traffic, with the remaining percentage split among the other languages. The English Wikipedia has the most articles of any edition, at 6,819,485 as of May 2024.
Apr 19, 2024 · As of 2020 there are 1.27 billion English speakers around the world. This makes it the most spoken language, ahead of Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion speakers) and Hindi (637 million speakers). More than 50 countries officially list English as an official language.
Contents. hide. English language. English is a language that started in Anglo-Saxon England. It is originally from Anglo-Frisian and Old Saxon dialects. English is now used as a global language. There are about 375 million native speakers (people who use it as their first language) in the world. [3]
Close. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States of America.
Mar 20, 2024 · The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language.
