Rank Country Total Percent of population First language As an additional language Comment
1 United States 251,388,301 83% 215,423,557 35,964,744 Source: US Census 2006: Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2006, 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". Note: figures are for population age 5 and older
2 India 90,000,000 8% 178,598 65,000,000 second language speakers.
25,000,000 third language speakers Figures include both those who speak English as a second language and those who speak it as a third language. 1991 figures.[36][37] The figures include English speakers, but not English users.[38]
3 Nigeria 79,000,000 53% 4,000,000 >75,000,000 Figures are for speakers of Nigerian Pidgin, an English-based pidgin or creole. Ihemere gives a range of roughly 3 to 5 million native speakers; the midpoint of the range is used in the table. Ihemere, Kelechukwu Uchechukwu. 2006. "A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Clauses in Nigerian Pidgin." Nordic Journal of African Studies 15(3): 296–313.
4 United Kingdom 59,600,000 98% 58,100,000 1,500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
5 Philippines 45,900,000 52% 27,000 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. Native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487-525. (1998)
6 Canada 25,246,220 76% 17,694,830 7,551,390 Source: 2001 Census - Knowledge of Official Languages and Mother Tongue. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a mother tongue, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a mother tongue.
7 Australia 18,172,989 92% 15,581,329 2,591,660 Source: 2006 Census.[39] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak only 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.
8 Singapore 3,850,000 91% 2,871,329 361,660 Source:[citation needed] Singapore English refers to the varieties of English spoken in Singapore Those that least resemble Standard English are colloquially known by the portmanteau term Singlish, though in academic discussion these are most often referred to as Singapore Colloquial English (SCE). Standard Singapore English (SSE) is the term for varieties of Singapore English that are very similar to standard forms of English elsewhere.
Note: Total = First language + Other language; Percentage = Total / Population (not given)
English is the primary language in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia (Australian English), the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize
1 United States 251,388,301 83% 215,423,557 35,964,744 Source: US Census 2006: Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2006, 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". Note: figures are for population age 5 and older
2 India 90,000,000 8% 178,598 65,000,000 second language speakers.
25,000,000 third language speakers Figures include both those who speak English as a second language and those who speak it as a third language. 1991 figures.[36][37] The figures include English speakers, but not English users.[38]
3 Nigeria 79,000,000 53% 4,000,000 >75,000,000 Figures are for speakers of Nigerian Pidgin, an English-based pidgin or creole. Ihemere gives a range of roughly 3 to 5 million native speakers; the midpoint of the range is used in the table. Ihemere, Kelechukwu Uchechukwu. 2006. "A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Clauses in Nigerian Pidgin." Nordic Journal of African Studies 15(3): 296–313.
4 United Kingdom 59,600,000 98% 58,100,000 1,500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
5 Philippines 45,900,000 52% 27,000 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. Native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487-525. (1998)
6 Canada 25,246,220 76% 17,694,830 7,551,390 Source: 2001 Census - Knowledge of Official Languages and Mother Tongue. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a mother tongue, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a mother tongue.
7 Australia 18,172,989 92% 15,581,329 2,591,660 Source: 2006 Census.[39] The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak only 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.
8 Singapore 3,850,000 91% 2,871,329 361,660 Source:[citation needed] Singapore English refers to the varieties of English spoken in Singapore Those that least resemble Standard English are colloquially known by the portmanteau term Singlish, though in academic discussion these are most often referred to as Singapore Colloquial English (SCE). Standard Singapore English (SSE) is the term for varieties of Singapore English that are very similar to standard forms of English elsewhere.
Note: Total = First language + Other language; Percentage = Total / Population (not given)
English is the primary language in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia (Australian English), the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize
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