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The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, including information on both native speakers and second-language speakers.
Country | Eligible population | Total English speakers | As first language | As an additional language [1] | Notes | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
United States | 341,089,347 | 316,107,532 | 95.5 | 258,513,070 | 78.1 | 57,594,462 | 17.4 | Figures are from the 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau for persons age 5 and older. Total English speakers are those who either spoke English at home (i.e. as first language), or reported speaking another language at home but could speak English "very well" or "well" (i.e. as an additional language). [2] |
India | 1,350,000,000 | 128,539,090 | 10.5 | 259,678 | 0.02 | 128,279,412 | 10.59 | 2011 Census figures for population and first, second, and third languages. English as a first language is only spoken by 259,678 people, as a second language by 82,717,239 and as a third language by 45,562,173. [3] |
Pakistan | 220,892,331 | 108,044,691 | 49~58 | 8,642 | 0.0035 | 108,036,049 | 49~58 | English is one of the official languages under the constitution and is commonly used in education and administration. [4] [5] [6] According to statistics from various sources, the English-speaking population ranges from 88.69 million [7] to 108 million, [8] [9] accounting for 49% to 58% of the total population. [10] [11] |
Nigeria | 206,200,000 | 125,039,680 | 51~57 | 37,157,240 | 18.02 | 103,198,040 | 68.4 | English is the most widespread language in the country due to the many different languages spoken, with 60 million speakers. [12] This includes speakers of an English creole, accounting for 51% to 57% of the total population. [12] [13] |
United Kingdom | 64,000,000 | 62,912,000 | 98.3 | 59,072,000 | 92.3 | 3,840,000 | 6 | Source: Data from the 2011 census for England and Wales. [14] Additional English speaker figures are for usual residents aged 3 years and over with a main language other than English who can speak English "very well" or "well". |
Philippines | 110,000,000 | 64,025,890 | 58.2 | 36,935 | 0.04 | 63,988,955 | 63.72 | Over 60 million people aged 5 years or more can speak English. [15] [16] [17] "Six out of 10 people aged 5 and over can speak English (63.71%)." [18] |
Germany | 80,600,000 | 45,400,000 | 56 | 392,000 | 0.47 | 45,100,000 | 56 | Native speakers: Mikrozensus 2020, Statistisches Bundesamt. [19] Non-native speakers: Eurobarometer report 2012 Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany. |
Uganda | 44,270,000 | 39,800,000 | 89.9 | 39,800,000 | 89.9 | Source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (2016) | ||
France | 67,500,000 | 38,643,750 | 57.25 | 38,643,750 | 57.25 | Note: In Paris, 60.28% of the population has "reasonable competency", while 57.25% of the entire country has "reasonable competency". [20] | ||
Canada | 37,138,500 | 30,480,750 | 83.06 | 20,193,335 | 54.37 | 10,287,415 | 28.69 | The 2016 count reported that 23,757,525 people were able to conduct a conversation in English only, while 6,216,065 were able to converse in both English and French. The census also asked for the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual: 52% or 19,460,850 reported English as their only mother tongue, 165,320 reported both English and French as mother tongues, 533,265 reported English and a non-official language as mother tongues, and 33,900 reported English, French and a non-official language as mother tongues. The data also show that 26,007,500 Canadians report English as their first official language spoken. [21] |
Egypt | 102,289,500 | 32,101,325 | 39.98 | 32,101,325 | 35 | Source: Euromonitor International Report 2019 [22] | ||
Australia | 23,401,892 | 21,715,910 | 92.80 | 17,020,421 | 72.74 | 4,695,489 | 20.06 | Source: 2016 census. [23] The 2016 census data is subject to multiple interpretations. The data noted that 17,020,421 persons out of 23,401,892 total only spoke English, and a further 4,695,489 spoke English either "Very Well", "Well" or "Not Well". A further 193,036 persons were listed as speaking English "Not At All". However, 1,492,941 persons provided incomplete information; 1,440,493 provided no language or proficiency details and 52,448 gave no information on proficiency. |
Bangladesh | 165,323,100 | 19,838,772 | 12 | 709,873 | 0.43 | 16,398,158 | 9.90 | [24] |
Poland | 38,501,000 | 18,890,000 | 49.06 | 103,541 | 0.3 | 18,786,459 | 50 | [25] |
Ghana | 27,000,000 | 18,000,000 | 66.67 | 18,000,000 | 66.67 | Source: 2010 Ghanaian Census [26] | ||
Thailand | 63,038,247 | 17,121,187 | 27.16 | 17,121,187 | 27.16 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Italy | 59,619,290 | 8,121,000 | 13.74 | 8,121,000 | 13.74 | Source: https://languageknowledge.eu/countries/italy | ||
South Africa | 52,981,991 | 16,424,417 | 31 | 4,930,510 | 9.31 | 11,493,907 | 22 | Native speakers from 2011 Census. [27] Non-native speakers: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Mexico | 120,664,000 | 15,686,262 | 12.9 | 15,686,262 | 12.9 | Consulta Mitofsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, January 2013; [28] and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI). [29] | ||
Malaysia | 27,170,000 | 15,580,000 | 62.57 | 380,000 | 1.4 | 15,200,000 | 61.1 | EF English Proficiency Index [30] |
Indonesia | 279,118,866 | 85,968,611 | 30.8 | 837,356 | 0.3 | 85,131,255 | 30.5 | Indonesians learn English as a major foreign language. [31] |
Afghanistan | 41,130,000 | 2,467,800 | 6 | 0 | 2,467,800 | 6 | During the two decades since the U.S. military intervened in Afghanistan, English as a foreign language was learned by 6% of Afghans. (see Languages of Afghanistan) [32] | |
Netherlands | 16,770,000 | 15,250,000 | 90.90 | 15,250,000 | 90.9 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2016 | ||
Turkey | 80,200,256 | 12,000,000 | 17 | 12,000,000 | 17 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2006 | ||
Zimbabwe | 14,439,000 | 11,850,710 | 82.07 | 505,365 | 3.52 | 11,530,710 | 79.86 | [33] [34] [35] |
Iraq | 31,700,000 | 11,095,000 | 35 | 11,000,000 | Source: Euromonitor International report (2011) | |||
Brazil | 205,000,000 | 10,542,000 | 5 | 292,000 | 0.14 | 10,250,000 | 5 | 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 a very rudimentary knowledge. |
Spain | 47,190,000 | 10,400,000 | 22 | 10,400,000 | 22 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
China | 1,432,035,200 | 10,000,000 | 0.9 | 10,000,000 | <1 | Figures are for English users in mainland China only (i.e. excluding Hong Kong where English is an official language and Macau). The often-cited figure of 300 million is for "learners." [36] | ||
Sweden | 10,377,771 | 9,236,000 | 89 | 9,236,000 | 89 | Source: Statistics Sweden, 2021 | ||
Kenya | 43,013,431 | 8,100,000 | 18.83 | 7,900,000 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | |||
Cameroon | 19,740,000 | 7,500,000 | 38 | 7,500,000 | 38 | Euromonitor International Report (2009) | ||
Morocco | 37,340,000 | 6,883,220 | 18.3 | 6,883,220 | 18.3 | [37] | ||
Belgium | 10,584,534 | 6,250,000 | 60 | 6,250,000 | 60 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2006 The Belgian population is divided in two distinct linguistic regions: The Belgian Dutch-speaking Flanders, and the Belgian French-speaking Wallonia (the region of Brussels also has a majority of native French speakers). Like in the Netherlands, a high percentage of Flemish people speak English fluently, and in Wallonia, a lower percentage of people speak English (as it is the case in France), which brings down the total percentage. | ||
Israel | 7,303,000 | 6,205,000 | 84.97 | 100,000 | 1.37 | 6,105,000 | 83.6 | Source: Ethnologue (2005) [38] English is widely spoken, both by the Jewish majority and by minority ethnic groups. [39] [40] |
Austria | 8,415,000 | 6,150,000 | 73 | 6,150,000 | 73 | [41] [42] | ||
Romania | 19,043,767 | 5,900,000 | 31 | 5,900,000 | 31 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Hungary | 9,603,634 | 2,428,295 | 25.29 | 2,428,295 | 25.29 | [43] | ||
Greece | 10,787,690 | 5,500,000 | 51 | 5,500,000 | 51 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Czechia | 10,562,214 | 5,350,000 | 50.65 | 5,350,000 | 50 | [44] | ||
Russia | 144,699,673 | 7,000,000 | 5 | Russian population Census, 2021 [45] | ||||
Sierra Leone | 5,866,000 | 4,900,000 | 83.53 | 500,000 | 8.52 | 4,400,000 | 75 | Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Denmark | 5,543,000 | 4,770,000 | 86 | 4,770,000 | 86 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Switzerland | 7,637,300 | 4,680,000 | 61.28 | 73,400 | 0.96 | 4,606,600 | 60.32 | Figure for speakers of English as "main language", according to Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008. [46] Source for number of non-native English speakers is 1999 publication by Prof. François Grin [47] |
Norway | 5,136,700 | 4,500,000 | 90 | 4,500,000 | 90 | [48] | ||
Papua New Guinea | 6,331,000 | 4,459,191 | 48.9 | Source: 2011 Census Note: This statistic is people who are literate in Standard English, not including Tok Pisin. | ||||
Ireland | 4,422,100 | 4,350,000 | 98.37 | 4,112,100 | 93.22 | 237,900 | 5.38 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2006; Central Statistics Office; Travbla [49] |
New Zealand | 4,275,100 | 4,181,902 | 97.82 | 3,673,623 | 85.93 | 508,279 | 11.89 | 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. Hence it is most meaningful to express the English-speaking per cent without including the figures for these 272,382. This gives 97.8% English-speaking, 2.2% non-English-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. |
Madagascar | 23,042,300 | 4,147,614 | 18 | 4,147,614 | 18 | The main languages are French and Malagasy. [ citation needed ] | ||
Tanzania | 40,454,000 | 4,000,000 | 9.89 | 4,000,000 | 9.89 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Sri Lanka | 21,803,000 | 3,994,174 | 18.32 | 10,000 | 0.05 | 3,994,174 | 18.32 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109; Department of Census and Statistics, 2012. 23.8% of the population aged over 10 could speak English. [50] |
Singapore | 4,044,200 | 3,900,000 | 96.43 | 1,953,348 | 48.3 | Figures indicate Singaporean residents (citizen and permanent resident population). Source: Census 2020 "Language Spoken at Home Among Residents Aged 5 Years and Over" | ||
Finland | 5,410,000 | 3,800,000 | 75 | 3,800,000 | 70 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2022 | ||
Cambodia | 15,766,292 | 3,500,000 | 22.2 | 3,500,000 | 22.2 | Source: Quote of a Ministry of Education spokesman [51] | ||
Hong Kong | 6,808,433 | 3,136,784 | 46.07 | 238,288 | 3.5 | 2,898,496 | 42.57 | According to 2011 population census, Hong Kong has approximately 3.1 million speakers, of whom 238,288 regard English as their "usual" language. [52] |
Liberia | 3,750,000 | 3,100,000 | 82.67 | 600,000 | 16 | 2,500,000 | 66.67 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Jordan | 6,598,000 | 2,969,370 | 45 | 2,969,370 | 45 | Source: Euromonitor International report (2011) | ||
Portugal | 10,623,000 | 2,900,000 | 27 | 2,900,000 | 27 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Argentina | 42,192,500 | 2,752,681 | 6.52 | Source:. [53] Percentage of people who state they have a high level of English. Another 19.49% and 16.23% of people said they had an intermediate and low level, respectively, of English. | ||||
Jamaica | 2,714,000 | 2,650,000 | 97.64 | 45,900 | 1.69 | 2,604,100 | 95.95 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Croatia | 4,555,000 | 2,600,000 | 60 | 3,950,000 | 87.8 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2019 | ||
Algeria | 35,954,000 | 2,516,780 | 7 | 2,516,780 | 7 | Source: Euromonitor International report (2011) | ||
Myanmar | 53,900,000 | 2,400,000 | 4.45 | 2,400,000 | 4.45 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Yemen | 24,800,000 | 2,232,000 | 9 | 2,232,000 | 9 | Source: Euromonitor International report 2011 | ||
Colombia | 47,661,368 | 2,012,950 | 4.22 | 75,600 | 0.16 | 1,937,350 | 4.06 | Total was estimated by multiplying projected population for 2014 (DANE) by percentage of Colombian population that speaks English 4.09% [54] 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. 12,000 are Colombian Raizal from San Andrés and Isla de Providencia where they speak San Andrés–Providencia Creole [55] 3,600 British expatriates [56] |
Puerto Rico | 3,991,000 | 1,940,000 | 48.61 | 100,000 | 2.51 | 1,840,000 | 46.1 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Zambia | 11,922,000 | 1,910,000 | 16.02 | 110,000 | 0.92 | 1,800,000 | 15.1 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Bulgaria | 7,640,238 | 1,900,000 | 25 | 2,605 | 0.03 | 1,902,605 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 and 2011 Census [57] | |
Kazakhstan | 12,156,705 | 1,874,583 | 15.4 | 602 | 1,873,981 | 15.42 | Number of those who understand spoken English, from these 1.9 million: 311,435 (2.6%/16.6%) can only read, 931,444 (7.7%/49.6%) can read and write in English. The number of native speakers is the sum of Americans and Englishmen "by nationality". (Census 2009) | |
Lebanon | 4,265,600 | 1,706,000 | 40 | 1,706,000 | 40 | Source: Euromonitor International report (2011) | ||
Chile | 16,634,603 | 1,585,027 | 9.53 | Source: 2012 Census. [58] | ||||
Rwanda | 10,137,400 | 1,520,610 | 15 | 1,520,610 | 15 | Source: Euromonitor International report 2009 | ||
Slovakia | 5,397,036 | 1,400,000 | 26 | 1,400,000 | 26 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Slovenia | 2,050,000 | 1,210,000 | 59 | 1,210,000 | 59 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Lithuania | 3,053,800 | 1,160,000 | 38 | 1,160,000 | 38 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,305,000 | 1,145,000 | 87.74 | 1,145,000 | 87.74 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
Latvia | 2,070,371 | 950,000 | 46 | 950,000 | 46 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Nepal | 29,890,686 | 896,720 | 3.00 | 20,000 | 0.07 | 876,720 | 2.93 | Source: Census. (date not verified)[ citation needed ] |
Uruguay | 3,500,000 | 840,000 | 24 | 840,000 | 24.0 | Source: 2019 National Statistics Institute poll. [59] | ||
Guyana | 751,000 | 680,000 | 90.55 | 680,000 | 90.55 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
Estonia | 1,294,236 | 650,000 | 50.22 | 650,000 | 50 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Botswana | 1,639,833 | 630,000 | 38.42 | 630,000 | 38.42 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Sudan | 46,874,204 | 43,921,129 | 93.7 | 4,781,168 | 10.2 | 39,139,960 | 83.5 | Source: Countries That Speak English and The World Bank |
South Sudan | 10,913,164 | 10,258,374 | 94 | 818,487 | 7.5 | 9,439,887 | 86.5 | Source: Countries That Speak English and The World Bank |
Cyprus | 839,000 | 630,000 | 75 | 630,000 | 75 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Panama | 4,176,869 | 584,762 | 14 | |||||
Eswatini | 1,141,000 | 550,000 | 48.2 | 550,000 | 4.38 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Official language, business conducted in English; primary school language. | ||
Malawi | 13,931,831 | 540,209 | 3.88 | 209 | <0.1 | 540,000 | 3.87 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109 and Kayambizinthu. [60] |
Lesotho | 1,795,000 | 500,000 | 27.86 | 500,000 | 27.86 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Suriname | 470,784 | 410,000 | 87.09 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||||
Malta | 453,000 | 400,000 | 89 | 48,000 | 10.6 | 352,000 | 77.7 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 |
Iceland | 376,248 | 368,723 | 98 | Source: [61] | ||||
Namibia | 1,820,916 | 314,000 | 17.24 | 14,000 | 0.77 | 300,000 | 16.48 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Luxembourg | 509,000 | 290,000 | 56 | 290,000 | 56 | Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 | ||
Bahamas | 330,549 | 288,000 | 87.13 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||||
Barbados | 296,000 | 296,000 | 100 | 10,000 | 3.38 | 286,000 | 96.62 | This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Belize | 301,270 | 246,000 | 81.65 | 16,870 | 5.6 | 229,130 | 81.65 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Costa Rica | 4,910,526 | 400,415 | 8.2 | 400,415 | 8.2 | Source: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2017 [62] | ||
Mauritius | 1,264,866 | 202,000 | 15.97 | 2,000 | 0.16 | 200,000 | 15.81 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Vanuatu | 215,446 | 180,000 | 83.55 | 60,000 | 27.85 | 120,000 | 55.7 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Fiji | 853,445 | 176,000 | 20.62 | 6,000 | 0.7 | 170,000 | 19.92 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Solomon Islands | 552,438 | 175,000 | 31.68 | 10,000 | 1.81 | 165,000 | 29.87 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Guam | 173,456 | 158,000 | 91.09 | 58,000 | 33.44 | 100,000 | 57.65 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Brunei | 381,371 | 144,000 | 39.07 | 10,000 | 2.62 | 134,000 | 35.14 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 120,000 | 114,000 | 95 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,000 | 86,000 | 80.37 | 86,000 | 80.37 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
Grenada | 110,000 | 100,000 | 90.91 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||||
Samoa | 188,540 | 94,000 | 49.86 | 1,000 | 0.53 | 93,000 | 49.33 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Isle of Man | 80,058 | 80,000 | 99.93 | 80,000 | 99.93 | |||
Saint Lucia | 165,000 | 71,000 | 43.03 | 31,000 | 18.79 | 40,000 | 24.24 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Northern Mariana Islands | 84,000 | 70,000 | 83.33 | 5,000 | 5.95 | 65,000 | 77.38 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Antigua and Barbuda | 85,000 | 68,000 | 80 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||||
Federated States of Micronesia | 111,000 | 64,000 | 57.66 | 4,000 | 3.6 | 60,000 | 54.05 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Bermuda | 65,000 | 63,000 | 96.92 | 63,000 | 96.92 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Dominica | 67,000 | 63,000 | 94.03 | 3,000 | 4.48 | 60,000 | 89.55 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. |
Marshall Islands | 59,000 | 58,000 | 98.33 | 500 | <1 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
American Samoa | 57,345 | 45,933 | 80.1 | 1,791 | 3.12 | 44,142 | 76.98 | Source: The World Factbook – American Samoa |
Aruba | 104,000 | 44,000 | 42.31 | 9,000 | 8.65 | 35,000 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | |
The Gambia | 1,709,000 | 40,000 | 2.34 | 40,000 | 2.34 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50,000 | 39,000 | 78 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||||
Cayman Islands | 47,000 | 36,000 | 76.6 | 36,000 | 76.6 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
Seychelles | 87,000 | 33,000 | 37.93 | 3,000 | 3.45 | 30,000 | 34.48 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Tonga | 100,000 | 30,000 | 30 | 30,000 | 30 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
Gibraltar | 28,875 | 28,875 | 100 | 28,000 | 96.97 | 875 | 3.03 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Kiribati | 95,000 | 23,000 | 24.21 | 23,000 | 24.21 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||
British Virgin Islands | 23,000 | 20,000 | 86.96 | 20,000 | 86.96 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
Palau | 20,000 | 18,500 | 92.5 | 500 | 2.5 | 18,000 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | |
Andorra | 81,222 | 17,869 | 22 | 17,869 | 22 | Source Census: Linguistic knowledge 2004. | ||
Anguilla | 13,000 | 12,000 | 92.31 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. | ||||
Nauru | 12,000 | 11,600 | 96.67 | 900 | 7.5 | 10,700 | 89.17 | English is spoken as the language of government and commerce. |
Cook Islands | 20,200 | 4,000 | 19.8 | 1,000 | 4.95 | 3,000 | 14.85 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. |
Montserrat | 5,900 | 4,000 | 67.8 | 4,000 | 67.8 | Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. This includes speakers of an English creole. | ||
World | 7,794,798,739 | 1,429,363,998 | 18.34 | 411,802,346 | 5.28 | 1,016,000,810 | 13.03 |
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English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, but a number of regional and migrant languages are also spoken. Regional indigenous languages are Scots and Ulster Scots and the Celtic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and, as a revived language with few speakers, Cornish. British Sign Language is also used. There are also many languages spoken by immigrants who arrived recently to the United Kingdom, mainly within inner city areas; these languages are mainly from continental Europe and South Asia.
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This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the German language, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken. In addition to the Germanosphere in Europe, German-speaking minorities are present in many other countries and on all six inhabited continents.
Beyond the official Romanian language, multiple other languages are spoken in Romania. Laws regarding the rights of minority languages are in place, and some of them have co-official status at a local level. Although having no native speakers, French language is also a historically important language in Romania, and the country is a member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
This article details the geographical distribution of Russian-speakers. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the status of the Russian language often became a matter of controversy. Some Post-Soviet states adopted policies of derussification aimed at reversing former trends of Russification, while Belarus under Alexander Lukashenko and the Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin reintroduced Russification policies in the 1990s and 2000s, respectively.
The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian, a Slavic language, which is spoken regularly by 88% of Ukraine's population at home in their personal life, and as high as 87% at work or study. It is followed by Russian which is spoken by 34% in their personal life.
The Languages of Poland include Polish – the language of the indigenous population – and those of immigrants and their descendants. Polish is the only official language recognized by the country's constitution and the majority of the country's population speak it as a native language or use it for home communication. Deaf communities in Poland use Polish Sign Language, which belongs to the German family of Sign Languages.
The official language of Bulgaria is Bulgarian, which is spoken natively by 85% of the country's population. Other major languages are Russian, Turkish (9.1%), and Romani (4.2%). There are smaller numbers of speakers of Armenian, Aromanian, Romanian, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz and Balkan Gagauz, Macedonian and English. Bulgarian Sign Language has an estimated 37,000 signers.
Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by languages, native language, home language, level of knowing language or a combination of these characteristics.
The French language became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the language of European diplomacy and international relations.
This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the Italian language, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken. In addition to the Italian-speaking area in Europe, Italian-speaking minorities are present in few countries.
The article provides details and data regarding the geographicaldistribution of all Polish speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it's spoken. The Polish language is the dominant language of Poland and it's spoken in authochtonous minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world.