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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.

Rank	Country	Total	First language	As an additional language	National language	Official languages	Comment
1	India	350,000,000	178,598	350,000,000	*		Figures include both English speakers and English users. Sources: Crystal (2005) [1] [2] and India Today Survey (August 18, 1997) [3]. Number with English as a mother tongue: [4]
2	USA	251,388,301	215,423,557	35,964,744	*		Source: US Census 2000: Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000, Table 1. Figure for second language speakers are respondents who reported they do not speak English at home but know it "very well" or "well"
*	European Union	229,850,000	61,850,000	168,000,000		*	Native speakers: Crystal (2005), p. 109, UK and Ireland total. Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Covered EU citizens aged 15 years or more. EU is not ranked as it is not a country.
3	China	200,000,000– 300,000,000	(?)	200,000,000– 300,000,000			Figures are for English users, not speakers. Source: Yong Zhao, Keith P. Campbell (1995). "English in China". World Englishes 14 (3): 377–390. Hong Kong contributes an additional 2.5 million speakers (1996 by-census[5]).
4	United Kingdom	59,600,000	58,100,000	1,500,000	*		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
5	Philippines	45,900,000	3,400,000	42,500,000		*	Total speakers: Census 2000, text above Figure 7. 63.71% of the 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English.
6	Germany	36,000,000	272,504	36,000,000			Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt (cited here). Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey.
7	Canada	25,246,220	20,014,645			*	Source: 2001 Census.[6] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of English speakers who do not speak French. This does not include any of the 5 million people who spoke both English and French, some of whom would speak English as a first language, so it is probably too low.
8	Australia	17,357,833	15,013,965	2,343,868	*		Source: 2001 Census.[7] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak English at home. The additional language column shows the number of other residents who claim to speak English "well" or "very well". Another 5% of residents did not state their home language or English proficiency.
9	Pakistan	17,000,000	(?)	17,000,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
10	France	16,000,000	(?)	16,000,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
11	Italy	14,000,000	(?)	14,000,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
12	South Africa	13,700,000	3,673,203	10,000,000		*	Native speakers: 2001 Census: Census in Brief, page 15 (Table 2.5) Non-native speakers: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
13	Netherlands	12,000,000	(?)	12,000,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
14	Spain	10,000,000	(?)	10,000,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
15	Poland	9,200,000	(?)	9,200,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
16	Turkey	8,100,000	(?)	8,100,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
17	Malaysia	7,400,000	380,000	7,000,000			Crystal (2005), p. 109.
18	Russia	6,955,000	2,000	6,953,000			Source: Russian Census (2002). The "total" column : the number of residents who reported English as one of their languages. The "first language" column: the number of residents who reported "American" or "English" as their ethninc affiliation. The "additional languages" column = "total" - "first".
19	Sweden	6,600,000	(?)	6,600,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
20	Zimbabwe	5,550,000	250,000	5,300,000		*	Crystal (2005), p. 109.
21	Romania	5,300,000	(?)	5,300,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
22	Belgium	5,100,000	(?)	5,100,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
23	Greece	4,200,000	(?)	4,200,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
24	Tanzania	4,000,000		4,000,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
25	Austria	3,900,000	(?)	3,900,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
26	Ireland	3,850,000	3,750,000	100,000	*		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
27	Denmark	3,800,000	(?)	3,800,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
28	Bangladesh	3,500,000	(?)	3,500,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
29	New Zealand	3,425,301	>2,868,000	(?)		*	2001 Census: National Summary, Tables 12 and 15
30=	Finland	2,700,000	(?)	2,700,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
30=	Kenya	2,700,000	(?)	2,700,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
32	Portugal	2,600,000	(?)	2,600,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
33	Uganda	2,500,000		2,500,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
34	Czech Republic	2,100,000	(?)	2,100,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
35	Hungary	2,000,000	(?)	2,000,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
36	Puerto Rico	1,940,000	100,000	1,840,000	*		Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
37=	Sri Lanka	1,900,000	10,000	1,900,000			Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
37=	Zambia	1,900,000	110,000	1,800,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
39	Croatia	1,800,000	(?)	1,800,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
40	Singapore	1,793,245	665,087	1,128,158		*	Source: 2000 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more. Native speakers aged 5 or more, literate population, aged 15 or more, and percentage of literate population literate in English.
41	Bulgaria	1,500,000	(?)	1,500,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
42	Slovakia	1,400,000	(?)	1,400,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
43	Ghana	1,400,000		1,400,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
44	Nigeria	1,000,000		1,000,000		*	This figure has been criticized as appearing too small.Wolf (2001) It also does not include over 40 million speakers of Nigerian Pidgin English.
45	Slovenia	950,000	(?)	950,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
46	Lithuania	900,000	(?)	900,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
47	Estonia	590,000	(?)	590,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
48	Latvia	540,000	(?)	540,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
49	Cyprus	420,000	(?)	420,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
50	Malta	280,000	(?)	280,000		*	2006 Eurobarometer survey.
51	Luxembourg	220,000	(?)	220,000			2006 Eurobarometer survey.
52	Ethiopia	171,712	1,986	169,726		*
53	Israel	100,000		100,000
54	Liberia	69,000	69,000			*
55	Bermuda	58,800	58,800			*
56	Belize	55,998		55,998		*
57	Papua New Guinea	50,000	50,000			*
58	Bahamas	49,331	49,331			*
59	Honduras	31,500	31,500
60	Guam	28,800	28,800		*
61	Cayman Islands	20,000	20,000		*
62	Fiji	19,857	4,929	14,928		*
63	American Samoa	16,298	1,248	15,050		*
64	Malawi	16,000	16,000			*
65	Barbados	13,000	13,000		*
66	Namibia	10,941	10,941			*
67	Dominica	10,000	10,000			*
68	U.S. Virgin Islands	8,414	8,414			*
69	Brunei	8,000	8,000		*
70	Dominican Republic	8,000	8,000
71	Nauru	7,254	714	6,540	*
72	Saint Helena	5,400	5,400		*
73	Micronesia	5,341	5,341			*
74	Cook Islands	4,000	1,000	3,000		*	Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
75	British Indian Ocean Territory	3,500	3,500			*
76	Gibraltar	3,300	3,300			*
77	Lebanon	3,300		3,300
78	Aruba	3,000		3,000
79	Mauritius	3,000		3,000		*
80	Trinidad and Tobago	2,600	2,600			*
81	Niue	2,160	78	2,082	*
82	British Virgin Islands	2,000	2,000			*
83	Falkland Islands	1,991	1,991		*
84	Vanuatu	1,900	1,900			*
85	Netherlands Antilles	1,800		1,800
86	Norfolk Island	1,678	1,678			*
87	Seychelles	1,601	1,601			*
88	Saint Lucia	1,600	1,600			*
89	Gambia	1,000	1,000			*
90	Anguilla	946	946			*
91	Turks and Caicos Islands	920	920			*
92	Grenada	750	750			*
93	Kiribati	492	492			*
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	400	400		*
95	Rwanda	300	300			*
96	Guadeloupe	200	200
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	200	200		*
98	Samoa	200	200			*
99	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	188	188
100	Montserrat	100	100		*
101	Pitcairn	46	46			*
102	Tokelau	40	40		*
?	Indonesia	(?)	(?)		(?)
?	Thailand	(?)	(?)		(?)
?	Japan	(?)	(?)		(?)
?	Korea	(?)	(?)		(?)
?	Taiwan	(?)	(?)		(?)
(?)	Antigua and Barbuda		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Botswana		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Cameroon		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Eritrea		(?)	(?)	*
(?)	Guyana		(?)	(?)	*
(?)	Jamaica		(?)	(?)	*
(?)	Lesotho		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Northern Mariana Islands		(?)	(?)	*
(?)	Palau		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Sierra Leone		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Solomon Islands		(?)	(?)	*
(?)	Somalia		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Swaziland		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Tonga		(?)	(?)		*
(?)	Cambodia		(?)	(?)			Replacing French as second language, especially in Phnom Penh. Also used for mobile phone texting
(?)	Marshall Islands		(?)	(?)		*

[edit] Sources

• (2005) “English”, Raymond G. Gordon, Jr. (ed.): Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition, Dallas, Texas: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. Retrieved on 2006-03-17.
• Europeans and their languages - Eurobarometer report, February 2006 (pdf). Only includes EU citizens aged 15 or more.
• Crystal, David [1995] (2003-08-03). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Second Edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 109. ISBN 0-521-53033-4. Retrieved on 2006-07-20.

[edit] See also

• List of countries where English is an official language