English-speaking countries

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The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where English is an official language, in order of population. Several of these nations, like India, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and the Philippines, use English as an official language but not the sole official language.

This list also includes countries where English is the dominant language, but does not have official status. In Australia, English is spoken by the vast majority of the population and is the only language used in government institutions, yet Australia does not have an official language. This is the same in the U.S. although some states or regions within the U.S. have English as an official language.

The status of English as a country's official language does not necessarily correlate with the number of English-speakers in that country. India, for example, with a population of 1.1 billion, has fewer than 200,000 native speakers of English and approximately 100 million second-language English speakers (who form less than 10% of its population). Nigeria on the other hand, has a small percentage of Standard English second-language speakers; however, more than 60% of its population speaks Nigerian Pidgin English, which although not a dialect of English, does contain many English words and possesses an English-like grammatical structure.

Almost all of these countries are current or former colonies or dependencies of the UK (see also British Empire). The notable exceptions are Madagascar, which is a former French colony with English speaking neighbours, and the Philippines, which is a former U.S. dependency.

India's linguistic picture is complex. According to the Constitution of India, "Hindi in the Devanagari script" is the official language of the union^[1] and English the 'subsidiary official language';^[2] however, English is mandated for the authoritative texts of all federal laws and Supreme Court decisions, and (along with Hindi) is one of the two languages of the Indian Parliament. See Official languages of India.

These nations total 2.135 billion people, cover 15,583,152 square miles, and have a combined GDP of about 18 trillion US dollars.

Contents 1 Sovereign states 2 Non-sovereign entities 3 Map Errors 4 Footnotes 5 References

Sovereign states

Rank	Country	Continent	Population1
1	United States	North America	304,772,000
2	Philippines	Asia	90,457,200
3	United Kingdom	Europe	60,587,300
4	Canada	North America	33,336,500
5	Australia[3]	Oceania	21,373,760
6	India[4]	Asia	1,169,016,000
7	South Africa	Africa	47,850,700
8	Kenya	Africa	37,538,000
9	Nigeria	Africa	148,000,000[5]
10	Uganda	Africa	27,269,482
11	Ghana	Africa	21,029,853
12	Pakistan15	Asia	120,800,000
13	Madagascar	Africa	19,448,815
14	Cameroon	Africa	16,380,005
15	Zimbabwe	Africa	12,746,990
16	Malawi	Africa	12,158,924
17	Zambia	Africa	11,261,795
18	Rwanda	Africa	8,440,820
19	Sierra Leone	Africa	6,017,643
20	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	5,545,268
21	Singapore	Asia	4,425,720
22	Ireland	Europe	4,130,700
23	New Zealand15	Oceania	4,108,561
24	Liberia	Africa	3,482,211
25	Jamaica[6]	North America	2,731,832
26	Namibia	Africa	2,030,692
27	Lesotho	Africa	1,867,035
28	Botswana	Africa	1,640,115
29	The Gambia	Africa	1,593,256
30	Mauritius	Africa	1,230,602
31	Swaziland	Africa	1,173,900
32	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	1,088,644
33	Fiji	Oceania	893,354
34	Guyana	South America	765,283
35	Solomon Islands	Oceania	538,032
36	Malta	Europe	398,534
37	The Bahamas	North America	301,790
38	Belize	Central America	279,457
39	Barbados	North America	279,254
40	Vanuatu	Oceania	205,754
41	Samoa	Oceania	188,540
42	Saint Lucia	North America	166,312
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	America	117,534
44	Micronesia	Oceania	108,105
45	Kiribati	Oceania	103,092
46	Tonga	Oceania	100,000
47	Grenada	America	89,502
48	Seychelles	Africa	81,188
49	Dominica	America	69,029
50	Antigua and Barbuda	America	68,722
51	Marshall Islands	Oceania	59,071
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	America	38,958
53	Palau	Oceania	20,303
54	Nauru	Oceania	13,528
55	Tuvalu	Oceana	11,992

Non-sovereign entities

Rank	Entity	Continent	Population1
1	Hong Kong 2	Asia	6,898,686
2	Puerto Rico 3	America	3,912,054
3	Guam 4	Oceania	108,708
4	U.S. Virgin Islands 5	America	108,708
5	Jersey 6	Europe	88,200
6	Northern Mariana Islands 7	Oceania	80,801
7	Isle of Man 8	Europe	75,049
8	Bermuda 9	America	65,365
9	Guernsey 10	Europe	65,228
10	American Samoa 11	Oceania	64,869
11	Cayman Islands	America	44,270
12	Gibraltar	Europe	27,884
13	British Virgin Islands	America	22,643
14	Cook Islands	Oceania	21,388
15	Turks and Caicos Islands	America	20,556
16	Anguilla	America	13,254
17	Montserrat	America	9,341
18	Saint Helena	Africa	7,460
19	Falkland Islands	South America	2,967
20	Norfolk Island	Oceania	1,828
21	Christmas Island 12	Oceania	1,600
22	Niue	Oceania	1,600
23	Tokelau	Oceania	1,400
24	Tristan da Cunha	Africa	273
25	Pitcairn Islands 13	Oceania	48

Map Errors

Sudan does not speak english it's official languages are Arabic and Nubian

Footnotes

^1 The population figures are based on List of countries by population.

^2 Hong Kong is a former British colony (1843-1981), British-Dependent Territory (1981-1997) and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (1997- present).

^3 Puerto Rico is, historically and geographically, connected to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean; Spanish is the main language of the majority of Puerto Ricans. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated United States territory referred to as a "Commonwealth"

^4 Guam is an organized unincorporated territory of the United States

^5 The US Virgin Islands is an insular area of the United States

^6 Jersey is a British Crown dependency

^7 The Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the United States

^8 Isle of Man is a British Crown dependency

^9 Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom

^10 Guernsey is a British Crown dependency

^11 American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. territory

^12 Christmas Island is an external territory of Australia

^13 Pitcairn Islands is a British overseas territory

References

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v • d • e The Anglosphere Dark blue: Countries and territories where English is the official, de facto official or primary national language. Light blue: countries where English is an official language but not primary. English is also one of the official languages of the European Union. Click on the coloured regions to get to the related article:

v • d • e States with an Anglophone majority – the Anglosphere Europe Guernsey • Jersey • Ireland • Isle of Man • United Kingdom Americas Antigua and Barbuda • the Bahamas • Barbados • Canada • Dominica • Guyana • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • United States Oceania Australia • Marshall Islands • Federated States of Micronesia • Nauru • Palau • New Zealand

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