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! Rank !! Country !! % English Speakers !! Eligible Population !! Total English Speakers!! As First Language !! As an Additional Language !! class="unsortable" style="width:20%"; | Comment
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! style="width:12%;"|Population <ref name="UN 2009 estimate">{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf |title=UN 2009 estimate |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|1|| {{flag|United States}} ||{{#expr: 251388301 / 262375152 * 100 round 2}}%||262,375,152||251,388,301||215,423,557||35,964,744||<small>Figures are from the year 2000 U.S. census. English speaker figures are for persons age 5 and older. Total population age 5 and older was 262,375,152 of which 251,388,301 stated that they spoke English "very well" or "well". Second language speakers are respondents age 5 and older who reported they do not speak English at home but know it "very well" or "well".<ref>{{Cite document
! style="width:16%;"|Spanish as a native language speakers<ref>Britannica Books of the years 2003 to 2009 [[:es:Anexo:Hablantes de español como lengua materna en el 2003 (según el Britannica Book)]]. Sources used by the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Ethnologue -14th edition, Joshua Project 2000 —People’s List, U.S. Census Bureau.) {{Verify credibility|date=March 2010}}</ref>
|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2khus.pdf
! style="width:24%;"|Bilingual and as a second language speakers (in countries where Spanish is official) or as a foreign language (where it is not official)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf eurobarometer (2006)], [[:es:Anexo:Hablantes de español en la U.E. según el Eurobarómetro (2006)]] for Europe countries</ref><ref>Spanish students for countries out of Europe according to [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/cifras.pdf Instituto Cervantes 06-07] (There aren't concrete sources about Spanish speakers as a second language except to Europe and Latin America countries).</ref>
|title=Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics,
! style="width:16%;"|Spanish speakers as percentage of population<ref>[http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf Demografía de la lengua española] (page 28) to countries with official spanish status.</ref>
|page=1
! style="width:14%;"|Total number of Spanish speakers
|work=U.S. 2000 Census of Population and Housing
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau
| [[Mexico]]
|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
| 108,396,211 <ref>[http://www.conapo.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=234 CONAPO] (2010).</ref>
|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf
| 101,908,787
|title=Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000
| 6,861,481
|chapter=Table 1. Twenty Languages Most Frequently Spoken at Home by English Ability for the Population 5 Years and Over: 1990 and 2000
| 98.5%
|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau
| 106,770,268
|postscript=<!--None-->}} (see Table 1 for ''Speakers'' figures and Table 2 for ''Population 5 years and over'' figures).</small></ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[United States]]
|2|| {{flag|India}} ||{{#expr: 232000000 / 1001000000 * 100 round 2}}%||1,100,000,000||232,000,000||226,449<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm 2001 Census of India]</ref>||223,000,000 ''second'' language speakers.<br>8,773,000 ''third'' language speakers ||<small>Figures include both those who speak English as a ''second language'' and those who speak it as a ''third language''. 1991 figures for second, third. 2001 figures for native language.<ref>Census of India's [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Indian Census], Issue 10, 2003, pp 8–10, (Feature: Languages of West Bengal in Census and Surveys, Bilingualism and Trilingualism).</ref><ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/statement9.htm FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES – 2001]</ref><ref>Tropf, Herbert S. 2004.
| 309,059,724<ref name=USpopfinder>Population figure for 2008 from [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation U.S. Population in 1990, 2000, and 2008], U.S. Census Bureau</ref>
[http://www.lilaproject.org/docs/India%20and%20its%20Languages%20v1.0.pdf India and its Languages]. Siemens AG, Munich</ref> The figures include English ''speakers'', but not English ''users''.<ref>For the distinction between "English Speakers," and "English Users," please see: TESOL-India (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)], [http://tesol-india.ac.in/EnglishTeachingIndustry/en/india-worlds-second-largest-english-speaking-country India: World's Second Largest English-Speaking Country]. Their article explains the difference between the 350 million number mentioned in a previous version of this Wikipedia article and the current 232 million number: {{cquote|"Wikipedia's India estimate of 750 million includes two categories – "English Speakers" and "English Users". The distinction between the Speakers and Users is that Users only know how to read English words while Speakers know how to read English, understand spoken English as well as form their own sentences to converse in English. The distinction becomes clear when you consider the China numbers. China has over 200~350 million users that can read English words but, as anyone can see on the streets of China, only handful of million who are English speakers."}}</ref> Had the English user number been included, then the total number would be well over 750 million.
| 35,468,501<ref>35,468,501 legal hispanics older than 5 years old ([http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_S1601&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false US Census 2009])</ref> + 9,000,000 (undocumented immigrants)<ref>(Pew Hispanic Center 2008, [http://www.impre.com/laraza/opinion/editorial/2009/4/19/palidos-de-hambre-120230-1.html impre.com], [http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/internacional/noticias/1165556/04/09/Numero-de-indocumentados-en-EEUU-se-estabilizo-en-los-ultimos-anos-estudio.html ecodiario.eleconomista.es]. They aren't new generations of immigrants living in USA as many of the legal immigrants).</ref>
|-
| 6,231,499 + Students
|3|| {{flag|Nigeria}} ||{{#expr: 79000000 / 148093000 * 100 round 2}}%||148,093,000||79,000,000||4,000,000||>75,000,000||<small>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. "[http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol15num3/ihemere.pdf A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Clauses in Nigerian Pidgin.]" ''Nordic Journal of African Studies'' 15(3): 296–313.</small>
| 15.8% <ref>Significant figure about the legal Hispanic population (48,419,324 from a total US population of 307,006,550) [http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/tables/SC-EST2009-04.xls Census Bureau 2009]</ref>
|-
| 50,000,000<ref>I Acta Internacional de la Lengua Española (2007): [http://www.latinoamericaexterior.com/noticia.asp?ref=775&pos=0 noticias en latinoamericaexterior.com], [[Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española]]: [http://www.elcastellano.org/noticia.php?id=1113 elcastellano.org], José Ma. Ansón: [http://www.elcastellano.org/noticia.php?id=685 noticias elcastellano.org], Jorge Ramos Avalos: [http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=1145765 univision.com], Vázquez Medel: [http://www.casamerica.es/opinion-y-analisis-de-prensa/hispanos-en-ee-uu/el-espanol-sera-tercer-idioma-en-el-mundo casamerica.es]., Elbio Rodríguez Barilari: [http://www.congresodelalengua.cl/programacion/seccion_iii/rodriguez_barilari_e.htm congresodelalengua.cl], Escuredo: [http://www.abcdesevilla.es/hemeroteca/historico-29-03-2008/sevilla/Cultura/mas-de-70-expertos-participaran-en-la-iii-acta-internacional-de-la-lengua-espa%C3%B1ola-en-la-rabida_1641753752939.html III Acta Internacional de la Lengua Española].</ref> + 7,820,000 students<ref>According to the U.S. census ([http://www.fundacionsiglo.com/espanol/cap1.pdf fundacionsiglo.com fundacionsiglo.com]): 3,600,000 in primary school, 3,220,000 in secondary school and 1,000,000 in the University</ref>
|4|| {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||{{#expr: 59600000 / 60975000 * 100 round 2}}%||60,975,000||59,600,000||58,100,000||1,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Spain]]
|5|| {{flag|Philippines}} ||{{#expr: 53800000 / 97000000 * 100 round 2}}%<ref name = "EthnoPhil" />||97,000,000||49,800,000||3,427,000<ref name = "EthnoPhil">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH.</ref>||46,373,000||<small>Total speakers: Census 2000, [http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html 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 [http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0487/jmmd0190487.pdf The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines], Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487–525. (1998). [[Ethnologue]] lists 3.4 million native speakers with 52% of the population speaking it as a additional language.<ref name = "EthnoPhil" /></small>
| 46,951,532 <ref>[http://www.ine.es/ INE], [http://www.ine.es/jax14.110.000i/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft20%2Fe260&file=inebase&L= (1/1/2010)]</ref>
|-
| 41,786,863 <ref>89.0% speak Spanish as a first language ([http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf eurobarometer (2006)])</ref>
|6|| {{flag|Germany}} ||56%||82,191,000||46,000,000||272,504||46,000,000||<small>Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt ([http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/advertising.html cited here]).<br>Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.</small>
| 4,581,088
|-
| 98.8%
|7|| {{flag|Canada}} ||{{#expr: 25246220 / 29639030 * 100 round 2}}%||33,355,400||25,246,220||17,694,830||7,551,390||<small>Source: 2001 Census - [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageComposition/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&View=1b&Table=1a&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts&B2=Both Knowledge of Official Languages] and [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageComposition/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&View=1a&Table=1a&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts&B2=Both Mother Tongue]. The 2001 count noted that of 29,639,030 speakers, 20,014,645 spoke English only, and 5,231,575 spoke English and French, while 3,946,525 spoke French only and 446,920 who were classified as speaking "neither English nor French". No data was listed for persons who spoke English and a language other than French. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a native language, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a native language.</small>
| 46,388,113
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|8|| {{flag|France}} ||36%||64,473,140||23,000,000|| ||23,000,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| [[Colombia]]
|-
| 45,700,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/reloj_animado.php |title=DANE |publisher=DANE |date= |accessdate=2010-09-01}}</ref>
|9|| {{flag|Pakistan}} ||{{#expr: 18000000 / 164157000 * 100 round 2}}%||164,157,000||18,000,000|| ||18,000,000||<small>Source:<ref>http://www.scribd.com/doc/25054277/Variety-in-Pronunciation-in-Pakistan-The-Primal-Cause-of-Confusion-in-Comprehension-for-the-Listeners</ref></small>
| 45,256,710
|-
| 77,690
|10|| {{flag|Australia}} ||{{#expr: 17357833 / 17889671 * 100 round 2}}%||21,394,309||17,357,833||15,013,965||2,343,868||<small>Source: 2001 Census. [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/census1.nsf/log?openagent&Aust%5FProficiency%20in%20Spoken%20English%20Language%2Ezip&CC0&2001%20Census%20Classification%20Count&6BCA40CE3C9EC14DCA256C62001EAB3C&0&2001&19%2E11%2E2002&Current] The 2001 census data is subject to multiple interpretations. The data noted that 18,972,350 persons out of 21,394,309 total were speakers of a language, and excluded young children. However, more than a million of those 18,972,350 persons provided no information; 879,778 did not give information on proficiency, and 203,101 were "overseas visitors" who were not asked. Of the 17,889,671 persons for whom an inquiry was made 17,357,833 spoke English only, or "well" or "very well" as a second language; while 531,838 spoke "not well" or "not at all". </small>
| 99.2%
|-
| 45,334,400
|11|| {{flag|Italy}} ||29%||59,619,290||17,000,000|| ||17,000,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Argentina]]
|12|| {{flag|Japan}} ||{{#expr: 15000000 / 127690000 * 100 round 2}}%||127,690,000||15,000,000||>93,500<ref name=jref>{{Cite web
| 40,518,951 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/proyecyestimaciones_1950-2015.pdf |title=INDEC (2009) |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|url=http://www.jref.com/society/foreigners_in_japan.shtml
| 38,866,177
|title=Foreigners in Japan
| 1,037,285
|author=Maciamo
| 99.4%
|date=31 July 2005
| 40,275,837
|publisher=jref.com
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|accessdate=2008-09-21
| [[Venezuela]]
|postscript=<!--None-->}} (figures are for 2003)</ref>|| ||<small>Native speaker figure is the number of foreign residents from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as of 2003.<ref name=jref /></small>
| 28,990,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gov.ve/ |title=(30 Aug., 2010) |publisher=INE |date= |accessdate=2010-07-01}}</ref>
|-
| 27,969,552
|13|| {{flag|The Netherlands}} ||87%||16,445,000||14,000,000|| ||14,000,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 672,568
|-
| 98.8%
|14|| {{flag|South Africa}} ||{{#expr: 13700000 / 47850700 * 100 round 2}}%||47,850,700||13,700,000||3,673,203||10,000,000||<small>Native speakers: 2001 Census: [http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/CinBrief/CinBrief2001.pdf Census in Brief], page 15 (Table 2.5)<br>Non-native speakers: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 28,642,120
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|15|| {{flag|Spain}} ||27%||46,063,000||12,500,000|| ||12,500,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| [[Peru]]
|-
| 29,461,933<ref>{{cite web|author=Ezio Quispe Fernández |url=http://www.inei.gob.pe/ |title=(2010) |publisher=INEI |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|16|| {{flag|Turkey}} ||17%||70,586,256|| 12,000,000|| ||12,000,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 23,501,784
|-
| 2,012,250
|17|| {{flag|Poland}} ||29%||38,115,967||11,000,000|| ||11,000,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 86.6%
|-
| 25,514,034
|18|| {{flag|China}} ||{{#expr: 10000000 / 1300000000 * 100 round 2}}%||1,300,000,000||10,000,000||||10,000,000||<small>Figures are for English users in [[mainland China]] only (i.e. excluding Hong Kong where English is an [[official language]] and Macau). The oft-cited figure of 300 million is for "learners."<ref>{{cite journal | author=Jian Yang | title=Learners and users of English in China | doi=10.1017/S0266078406002021| journal=English Today | year=2006 | month=April | volume=22 | issue=2 | pages=3–10}}. Quote: "What this suggests, it seems, is that Yan’s (2004) ten million may after all be a more informed estimate of the actual regular users of English in China." (page 9)"</ref></small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Chile]]
|19|| {{flag|Sweden}} ||89%||9,215,021||8,200,000|| ||8,200,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 17,094,270 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/proyecciones/Informes/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20InforP_T.pdf |title=INE (Chile - 2010)|format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|-
| 15,225,828
|20|| {{flag|Cameroon}} ||{{#expr: 7700000 / 18549000 * 100 round 2}}%||18,549,000||7,700,000|| || 7,700,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 1,600,024
|-
| 99.3%
|21|| {{flag|Malaysia}} ||{{#expr: 7400000 / 27170000 * 100 round 2}}%||27,170,000||7,400,000||380,000||7,000,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 16,974,610
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|22|| {{flag|Russia}} ||{{#expr: 6955315 / 141888900 * 100 round 2}}%||141,888,900||6,955,315||1,804||6,953,511||<small>Source: [http://www.perepis2002.ru/index.html?id=87 Basic Results], Tables 4.4 and 4.1, [[Russian Census (2002)]]. The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the language they knew. The "first language" figure is the number of residents who reported "American" or "English" as their nationality. The "additional languages" figure is the difference.</small>
| [[Ecuador]]
|-
| 14,277,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecuadorencifras.com/cifras-inec/main.html |title=Ecuador en Cifras |publisher=INEC |date= |accessdate=2010-09-01}}</ref>
|23|| {{flag|Thailand}} ||10%||63,038,247||6,549,329|| ||6,549,329|| <small>Secondary language of the elite<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html CIA – The world factbook: Thailand]</ref><ref>[http://www.wisinfo.com/legacy/thailand/apc/thai_17056145.shtml Refugees get crash course in U.S. culture]</ref></small>
| 13,262,603
|-
| 733,324
|24|| {{flag|Belgium}} ||59%||10,584,534||6,250,000|| ||6,250,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 98.1%
|-
| 13,995,927
|25|| {{flag|Romania}} ||29%||21,438,000||6,200,000|| ||6,200,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Guatemala]]
|26|| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} ||{{#expr: 5550000 / 13349000 * 100 round 2}}%||13,349,000||5,550,000||250,000||5,300,000||<small>Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 14,827,000
|-
| 11,775,469
|27|| {{flag|Greece}} ||48%||11,147,000||5,350,000|| ||5,350,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 3,043,859
|-
| 90.4%
|28|| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} ||{{#expr: 4900000 / 5866000 * 100 round 2}}%||5,866,000||4,900,000||500,000 ||4,400,000 ||<small>Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 13,119,098
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|29|| {{flag|Mexico}} ||{{#expr: 4855000 / 106682500 * 100 round 2}}%||106,682,500||4,855,000|| ||4,855,000||<small>Consulta Mitovsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, April 2007 [http://www.consulta.com.mx/interiores/99_pdfs/12_mexicanos_pdf/mxc_NA20070420_LosIdiomasdelMexicano.pdf]; and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/default.aspx?c=6789].</small>
| [[Cuba]]
|-
| 11,204,000
|30|| {{flag|Austria}} ||58%||8,340,924||4,800,000|| ||4,800,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 11,136,776
|
|-
|31|| {{flag|Denmark}} ||86%||5,489,022||4,720,000|| ||4,720,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 99.4%
|-
| 11,136,776
|32|| {{flag|Switzerland}} |||{{#expr: 4680000 / 7637300 * 100 round 2}}%||7,637,300||4,680,000||73,400|| ||<small>Figure for speakers of English as "main language", according to Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/sprachen.html Resident population according to main language], Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008</ref> Source for number of non-native English speakers is 1999 publication by Prof. François Grin cited here: http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/countries/uk/language.html
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Dominican Republic]]
|33|| {{flag|Ireland}} ||{{#expr: 4350000 / 4422100 * 100 round 2}}%||4,422,100||4,350,000||4,122,100||300,000||<small>Source: European Union Directorate General for Education and Culture [http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_en.pdf] Central Statistics Office [http://www.cso.ie] Travbla [http://travbla.com/Ireland/en]</small>
| 10,090,000
|-
| 9,987,082
|34|| {{flag|Tanzania}} ||{{#expr: 4000000 / 40454000 * 100 round 2}}%||40,454,000||4,000,000||||4,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 62,558
|-
| 99.6%
|35|| {{flag|New Zealand}} ||{{#expr: 3673623 / 3755565 * 100 round 2}}%||4,275,100||3,673,623||3,700,000|| ||<small>There were 4,027,947 responses to [http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/classification-counts/about-people/language-spoken.htm 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)<br>Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000 second language speakers.</small>
| 10,049,640
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|36|| {{flag|Bangladesh}} ||{{#expr: 3500000 / 158665000 * 100 round 2}}%||158,665,000||3,500,000|| ||3,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[Bolivia]]
|-
| 10,426,154<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gov.bo/indice/visualizador.aspx?ah=PC20410.HTM |title=(2010) |publisher=INE |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|37=|| {{flag|Finland}} ||63%||5,331,483||3,400,000|| ||3,400,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 4,350,833
|-
| 4,813,756
|38=|| {{flag|Portugal}} ||32%||10,623,000||3,400,000|| ||3,400,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 87.9%
|-
| 9,164,589
|39|| {{flag|Singapore}} ||71%||4,588,600||{{formatnum:{{#expr: 4588600 * 0.71}}}}||665,087||1,128,158||<small>Source: 2000 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more and does not include third language proficiency. [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/people/c2000adr-literacy.pdf Singapore Census of Population, 2000, Advance Data Release No.3, "Literacy and Language" ]</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Honduras]]
|40|| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} ||{{#expr: 3150000 / 6331000 * 100 round 2}}%||6,331,000||3,150,000||150,000||3,000,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 7,876,197<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine-hn.org/ |title=INE |publisher=Ine-hn.org |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|-
| 7,652,513
|41|| {{flag|Liberia}} ||{{#expr: 3100000 / 3750000 * 100 round 2}}%||3,750,000||3,100,000||600,000||2,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 144,922
|-
| 99.0%
|42|| {{flag|Kenya}} ||{{#expr: 2700000 / 37538000 * 100 round 2}}%||37,538,000||2,700,000|| ||2,700,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 7,797,435
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|43|| {{flag|Jamaica}} ||{{#expr: 2650000 / 2714000 * 100 round 2}}%||2,714,000||2,650,000||2,600,000||50,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| [[Morocco]]
|-
| 29,680,069 <ref>According to the Morocco Census of 2004 ([http://www.hcp.ma/ hcp.ma])</ref>
|44=|| {{flag|Uganda}} ||{{#expr: 2500000 / 30884000 * 100 round 2}}%||30,884,000||2,500,000||||2,500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 20,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MA |title=ethnologue.com |publisher=ethnologue.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|-
| 6,479,935
|44=|| {{flag|Hong Kong}} ||{{#expr: 2500000 / 6963100 * 100 round 2}}%||6,963,100||2,500,000||200,000||2,300,000||<small>According to 1996 by-census, Hong Kong has approximately 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/ice/icehk.htm 1996 by-census] LONDON'S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY</ref> </small>
| 21.9% <ref>According to a survey made in 2005 by CIDOB ([http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_es/zonas_es/lengua+y+cultura/ari116-2008 realinstitutoelcano.org], [http://www.afapredesa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195&Itemid=2 afapredesa.org]). Another source says that there are between 4 and 7 million Spanish speakers in Morocco (Ammadi, 2002)
|-
[http://www.educacion.es/exterior/ma/es/File/MI%20ARTICULO%20PDF%20OK.pdf educacion.es]</ref>
|44=|| {{flag|Czech Republic}} ||24%||10,403,136||2,500,000|| ||2,500,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 6,499,935
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|47|| {{flag|Hungary}} ||23%||10,043,000||2,300,000|| ||2,300,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| [[El Salvador]]
|-
| 6,183,002<ref>[http://www.digestyc.gob.sv/Portada/Presentacion%20Poblacion.pdf Census 2010 estimation] (page 32)</ref>
|48|| {{flag|Croatia}} ||49%||4,555,000||2,200,000|| ||2,200,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 6,164,451
|
|-
|49|| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} ||{{#expr: 1940000 / 3991000 * 100 round 2}}%||3,991,000||1,940,000||100,000||1,840,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 99.7%
|-
| 6,164,451
|50=|| {{flag|Sri Lanka}} ||{{#expr: 1910000 / 19299000 * 100 round 2}}%||19,299,000||1,910,000||10,000||1,900,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[France]]
|50=|| {{flag|Zambia}} ||{{#expr: 1910000 / 11922000 * 100 round 2}}%||11,922,000||1,910,000||110,000||1,800,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 64,057,790
|-
| 440,106 <ref>1% of 44,010,619 (population of France older than 15 years in 2005). Source: Eurobarometer 2006. There are 179,678 immigrants from Spain according to INE (1/1/2009)</ref>
|52|| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} ||{{#expr: 1800000 / 4000000 * 100 round 2}}%||4,000,000||1,800,000|| ||1,800,000||<small>not verified.</small>
| 5,721,380
|-
| 9.6%
|53|| {{flag|Bulgaria}} ||23%||7,640,238||1,800,000|| ||1,800,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 6,161,486
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|54=|| {{flag|Slovakia}} ||32%||5,402,273||1,700,000|| ||1,700,000||<small>not verified.</small>
| [[Nicaragua]]
|-
| 5,743,000
|54=|| {{flag|Ghana}} ||{{#expr: 1400000 / 23478000 * 100 round 2}}%||23,478,000||1,400,000||||1,400,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 5,019,382
|-
| 551,328
|56|| {{flag|Slovenia}} ||57%||2,023,358||1,200,000|| ||1,200,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 97.0%
|-
| 5,570,710
|57|| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} ||87.74%||1,305,000||1,145,000||1,145,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Costa Rica]]
|58|| {{flag|Lithuania}} ||32%||3,369,600||1,100,000|| ||1,100,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 4,549,903
|-
| 4,345,130
|59|| {{flag|Latvia}} ||39%||2,270,700||900,000|| ||900,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 87,126
|-
| 99.2%
|60|| {{flag|Guyana}} ||90.55%||751,000||680,000||650,000||30,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 4,432,256
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|61|| {{flag|Botswana}} ||38.42%||1,639,833||630,000|| ||630,000 ||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[Paraguay]]
|-
| 6,349,000
|62|| {{flag|Estonia}} ||46%||1,340,602||620,000|| ||620,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 369,000
|-
| 4,043,555
|63|| {{flag|Cyprus}} ||76%||794,600||600,000|| ||600,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 69.5%
|-
| 4,412,555
|64|| {{flag|Malawi}} ||{{#expr: 540000 / 13931831 * 100 round 2}}%||13,931,831 ||540,000||209<ref>{{cite journal|url = http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0369/jmmd0190369.pdf|title = The Language Planning Situation in Malawi|author = Edrinnie Kayambizinthu|journal = Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development|date = 1998|volume = 19 | pages=369|doi = 10.1080/01434639808666363|issue = 5&6}}</ref>||540,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Puerto Rico]]
|65|| {{flag|Lesotho}} ||{{#expr: 500000 / 1795000 * 100 round 2}}%||1,795,000||500,000|| ||500,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 3,982,000
|-
| 3,786,882 <ref>95,10% of the population speaks Spanish ([http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GRTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=R1602&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=true&-format=US-30&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_R0504_US30&-CONTEXT=grt U.S. Census Bureau])</ref>
|66|| {{flag|Suriname}} ||87.09%||470,784||410,000||260,000||150,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 147,334
|-
| 98.8%
|67|| {{flag|Malta}} ||88%||419,285||370,000|| ||370,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 3,934,216
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|68|| {{flag|Namibia}} ||{{#expr: 314000 / 1820916 * 100 round 2}}%||1,820,916||314,000||14,000||300,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| 60,943,912
|69|| {{flag|Luxembourg}} ||60%||480,222||290,000|| ||290,000||<small>Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf</small>
| 107,654 <ref>59,017 immigrants from Spain (Spanish census 2001) + 48,637 immigrants from Colombia. [http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2002068592 Open Channels and Colombian consul (1999)]</ref>
|-
| 3,814,846
|70|| {{flag|Bahamas}} ||{{#expr: 288000 / 330549 * 100 round 2}}%||330,549||288,000||260,000||28,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 6.4%
|-
| 3,922,500
|69|| {{flag|Barbados}} ||{{#expr: 275000 / 279000 * 100 round 2}}%||279,000||275,000||262,000||13,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Uruguay]]
|70|| {{flag|Belize}} ||{{#expr: 246000 / 301270 * 100 round 2}}%||301,270||246,000||190,000||56,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 3,361,000
|-
| 3,246,726
|71|| {{flag|Mauritius}} ||{{#expr: 202000 / 1264866 * 100 round 2}}%||1,264,866||202,000||2,000||200,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 77,303
|-
| 98.9
|72|| {{flag|Vanuatu}} ||{{#expr: 180000 / 215446 * 100 round 2}}%||215,446||180,000||60,000||120,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 3,324,029
|-
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|73|| {{flag|Fiji}} ||{{#expr: 176000 / 853445 * 100 round 2}}%||853,445||176,000||6,000||170,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[Panama]]
|-
| 3,454,000
|74|| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} ||{{#expr: 175000 / 552438 * 100 round 2}}%||552,438||175,000||10,000 ||165,000 ||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 2,652,672
|-
| 476,419
|75|| {{flag|Ethiopia}} ||{{#expr: 171712 / 78254090 * 100 round 2}}%||78,254,090||171,712||1,986||169,726||
| 93.1%
|-
| 3,129,091
|76|| {{flag|Guam}} ||{{#expr: 158000 / 173456 * 100 round 2}}%||173,456||158,000||58,000||100,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Philippines]]
|77|| {{flag|Brunei}} ||{{#expr: 144000 / 381371 * 100 round 2}}%||381,371||144,000||10,000||134,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 96,061,683
|-
| 2,660 <ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH Ethnologue]. There are 2,532 immigrants from Spain according to [http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft20%2Fp85001&file=inebase&L= INE] (1/1/2009)</ref>
|78|| {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} ||{{#expr: 114000 / 120000 * 100 round 2}}%||120,000||114,000||114,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 3,014,115
|-
| 3.1%
|79|| {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} ||{{#expr: 108448 / 113000 * 100 round 2}}%||108,448||113,000||98,000||15,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 3,016,773 <ref>1,816,773 Spanish + 1,200,000 Spanish creole: Antonio Quilis "La lengua española en Filipinas", 1996 pag.234 [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01350553135573500088680/209438_0013.pdf cervantesvirtual.com],
|-
[http://www.mepsyd.es/exterior/au/es/File/Ten_Reasons_low-res(1).pdf mepsyd.es] (page 23), [http://www.mepsyd.es/redele/Biblioteca2006/DavidSanchez/Memoria.pdf mepsyd.es] (page 249), [http://spanish-differences.com/Spanish/Philippines-Spanish.php spanish-differences.com], [http://www.aresprensa.com/cms/cms/front_content.php?idart=208 aresprensa.com]. The figure 2,900,000 Spanish speakers, we can find in [http://books.google.es/books?ei=vCXASpS0LqXkmwO0lZnlBg&ct=result&q=Pluricentric+languages%3A+differing+norms+in+different+nations+spanish+philippines+speakers&btnG=Buscar+libros "Pluricentric languages: differing norms in different nations"] (page 45 by R.W.Thompson), or in [http://www.sispain.org/spanish/language/worldwid.html sispain.org]./ More than 2 million Spanish speakers and around 3 million with Chavacano speakers according to "Instituto Cervantes de Manila" ([http://www.elcastellano.org/noticia.php?id=505 elcastellano.org])</ref>
|80=|| {{flag|Grenada}} ||{{#expr: 100000 / 110000 * 100 round 2}}%||110,000||100,000||100,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Germany]]
|80=|| {{flag|Israel}} ||{{#expr: 100000 / 7303000 * 100 round 2}}%||7,303,000|||100,000||||||<small>Source: Ethnologue (2005)<ref name=Ethnologue-IL>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=IL Languages of Israel], Ethnologue.com</ref><br>The 100,000 figure may be low considering that English is de facto the second language of speakers of both Hebrew and Arabic. It is the main language for external commerce and tourism, and a required language for all Jewish and Arab schools, and for the universities (which teach in Hebrew).<ref>[http://www.biu.ac.il/hu/lprc/home/fog0000000007.html Multilingualism in Israel], Bar-Ilan University – Faculty of Humanities : Language Policy Research Center.</ref><ref>http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED136607&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED136607 English Language Teaching Profile: Israel], [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ Education Resources Information Center].</ref></small>
| 82,369,548
|-
| 140,000 <ref>Britannica Book of the Year 1998 [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_99/otero/p03.htm#7]. There are 103,063 immigrants from Spain according to INE (1/1/2009)</ref>
|82|| {{flag|Samoa}} ||49.86%||188,540||94,000||1,000||93,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 2,566,972
|-
| 3.2%
|83|| {{flag|Isle of Man}} ||99.93%||80,058||80,000|| 80,000 || ||
| 2,706,972
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|84|| {{flag|Bhutan}} ||{{#expr: 75000 / 658000 * 100 round 2}}%||658,000||75,000|| ||75,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[Italy]]
|-
| 58,145,321
|85|| {{flag|Saint Lucia}} ||43.04%||165,000||71,000||31,000||40,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 89,905 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/novedades/boletines/ano2003/julio/bol257.htm |title=14,905 Spanish (Census 2001) + 75,000 from Ecuador |publisher=Mmrree.gov.ec |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080611085532/http://www.mmrree.gov.ec/mre/documentos/novedades/boletines/ano2003/julio/bol257.htm |archivedate = June 11, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 1,968,320
|86|| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} ||83.33%||84,000||70,000||5,000 ||65,000 ||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 3.5%
|-
| 2,058,225
|87|| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} ||80%||85,000||68,000||66,000||2,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|-
| [[Equatorial Guinea]]
|88|| {{flag|American Samoa}} ||100%||67,000||67,000||2,000||65,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 1,153,915 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.population-statistics.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=es&dat=32&srt=pnan&col=dq&geo=-91 |title=Equatorial Guinea census (2009) |publisher=Population-statistics.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
|-
| n.a.
|89|| {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} ||57.66%||111,000||64,000||4,000||60,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 1,044,293
|-
| 90.5% <ref>Pages 28 and 23 in [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf Demografía de la lengua española]. 13,7% of the population speaks Spanish with native knowladge and other 74% as a second language [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/paises_08.pdf cvc.cervantes.es].</ref>
|90=|| {{flag|Bermuda}} ||96.92%||65,000||63,000||63,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 1,044,293
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|90=|| {{flag|Dominica}} ||94.03%||67,000||63,000||3,000||60,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| [[Canada]]
|-
| 33,212,696
|92|| {{flag|Marshall Islands}} ||||59,000||60,000|| || 60,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 909,000 <ref>PMB Statistics [http://factorhispano.net/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=33 factorhispano.net]. Although Canada Census told about 345,345 people who speaks Spanish in 2006, Hispanic organizations claim about 520,260 Hispanics in 2001, and more than 700,000 in 2006 ([http://hispanosencanada.ca/portal/content/view/651/ hispanosencanada.ca], [http://dialogos.ca/revista/numero3/articulo2.htm dialogos.ca]), and currently there are near 1 million: ([http://www.tlntv.com/pressReleases/2007/TLN%20EN%20ESPANOL%20is%20born.pdf tlntv.com], [http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/pdfs/newsletters/2007/nl20070308_14_38.pdf broadcastdialogue.com]).</ref>
|-
| 92,853
|93|| {{flag|Swaziland}} ||4.38%||1,141,000||50,000|| || 50,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 3%
|-
| 1,001,853
|94|| {{flag|Aruba}} ||42.31%||104,000||44,000||9,000||35,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Portugal]]
|95|| {{flag|Gambia}} ||2.34%||1,709,000||40,000||||40,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 10,676,910
|-
| 9,744
|96|| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} ||78%||50,000||39,000||39,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 727,282
|-
| 6.9%
|97|| {{flag|Cayman Islands}} ||76.7%||47,000||36,000||36,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 737,026
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|98|| {{flag|Seychelles}} ||{{#expr: 33000 / 87000 * 100 round 2}}%||87,000||33,000||3,000||30,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[Netherlands]]
|-
| 16,645,313
|99|| {{flag|Honduras}} ||0.44%||7,106,000||31,500||31,500||||
| 19,978 <ref>Spanish (census 2001)</ref>
|-
| 662,116
|100=|| {{flag|Gibraltar}} ||||28,875||30,000||28,000||2,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 4.1%
|-
| 682,094
|100=|| {{flag|Tonga}} ||30%||100,000||30,000|| ||30,000 ||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Belgium]]
|102|| {{flag|Kiribati}} ||24.21%||95,000||23,000||||23,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 10,403,951
|-
| 85,990 <ref>1% of 8,598,982 (population of Belgium older than 15 years in 2005). Source: Eurobarometer 2006</ref>
|103=|| {{flag|Rwanda}} ||{{#expr: 20000 / 9725000 * 100 round 2}}%||9,725,000||20,000||||20,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 515,939
|-
| 5.8%
|103=|| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} ||86.96%||23,000||20,000||20,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| 601,929
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|105|| {{flag|Palau}} ||92.5%||20,000||18,500||500||18,000 ||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| [[Romania]]
|-
| 22,246,862
|106|| {{flag|Andorra}} ||22%||81,222||17,869|||| ||<small>Source [http://publicacions.iec.cat/Front/repository/pdf/00000053%5C00000088.pdf Census: Linguistic knowledge 2004].</small>
|
|-
| 544,531
|107|| {{flag|Anguilla}} ||92.31%||13,000||12,000||12,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 2.4%
|-
| 544,531
|108|| {{flag|Nauru}} ||||10,000||10,300||800||9,500||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Sweden]]
|109|| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} ||0.08%||9,760,000||8,000||8,000||||
| 9,045,389
|-
| 101,472 <ref>Sweden Census SCB (2002)</ref>
|110|| {{flag|Saint Helena}} ||81.82%||6,600||5,400||5,400||||
| 442,601
| 6%
|-
|111=|| {{flag|Cook Islands}} ||19.8%||20,200||4,000||1,000||3,000||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109.</small>
| 544,073
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|111=|| {{flag|Montserrat}} ||67.8%||5,900||4,000||4,000||||<small>Source: Crystal (2005), p.&nbsp;109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.</small>
| [[Australia]]
|-
| 21,007,310
|113|| {{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}} ||100%||3,500 ||3,500||3,500||||
| 106,517 <ref>Page 32 of the [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf "Demogeafía de la lengua española"]. 104,000 according to Britannica Book of the Year 2003</ref>
|-
| 374,571 <ref>Page 32 of the [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf "Demografía de la lengua española"] + 33,913 students according to [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/cifras.pdf Anuario Instituto Cervantes 06-07]</ref>
|114|| {{flag|Lebanon}} ||{{#expr: 3300 / 4099000 * 100 round 2}}%||4,099,000||3,300||||3,300||
| 2.3%
|-
| 481,088 <ref>Page 32 of "Demogeafía de la lengua española"</ref>
|115|| {{flag|Niue}} ||||1,600||2,160||78||2,082||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Brazil]]
|116|| {{flag|Falkland Islands}} ||95.54%||3,140||3,000||1,991||1,991||
| 185.712.713
|-
| 445,005 <ref>50% of 733,000 foreigners in Brazil are from [[Mercosur]] (Page 32 [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdfucm.es]) + 78,505 spanish immigrants ([http://www.ine.es/prensa/np549.pdf INE (1/1/2009)]).</ref>
|117|| {{flag|Netherlands Antilles}} ||50%||192,000||96,000||||96,000||
| More than 5 million students<ref>[http://www.elcastellano.org/noticia.php?id=775 elcastellano.org],[http://editor.elespectador.com/brasil/articulo43526-presidente-brasileno-espera-los-ninos-hablen-espanol elespectador.com], [http://www.oei.org.co/noticias/noticia12042007_1.htm oei.org.co]: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil: Near 9 million students are learning Spanish and the forecast is 12 million in 2010./[http://www.cervantes.es/docs/Espanol_en_Brasil.pdf Instituto Cervantes]: More than 1 million of spanish students in the private school and almost 11 million estimated for 2010 in the public school. [http://www.cervantes.es/imagenes/File/prensa/anuario2009.pdf 2009 Annuary of the Instituto Cervantes]: More than 5 million students are learning Spanish.</ref>
|
|-
|118|| {{flag|Norfolk Island}} ||79.38%||2114 ||1,678||1,678||||
| unknown
|-
|- style="background:#fff;"
|119|| {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} ||3.54%||26,000||920||920||||
| [[Poland]]
|-
| 38,500,696
|120|| {{flag|Guadeloupe}} ||{{#expr: 200 / 408000 * 100 round 2}}%||408,000||200||200||||
|
|-
| 316,104
|121|| {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon}} ||{{#expr: 188 / 6125 * 100 round 2}}%||6,125||188||188||||
| 0.8%
|-
| 316,104
|122|| {{flag|Pitcairn}} ||92%||50||46||46||||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|-
| [[Austria]]
|123|| {{flag|Tokelau}} ||2.86%||1,400||40||40||||
| 8,205,533
|
|-
| || [[World]] ||{{#expr: 1186000000 / 6718045021 * 100 round 2}}%||6,718,045,021||914,398,325||331,000,000|| 583,000,000 || Estimate by Wikipedia contributors.
| 267,177
| 3.3%
| 267,177
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Ivory Coast]]
| 20,179,602
|
| 235,806 <ref>students according to [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/pdf/cifras.pdf Anuario Instituto Cervantes 06-07]</ref>
| 1.2%
| 235,806
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Algeria]]
| 33,769,669
|
| 223,000 <ref>Between 150,000 and 200,000 in Tinduf ([http://www.aprendemas.com/Noticias/html/N1960_F17012007.HTML aprendemas.com]) + 48,000 in Wilaya of Oran (page 31 of [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf Demografía de la lengua española])</ref>
| 0.7%
| 223,379
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Denmark]]
| 5,484,723
|
| 219,003
| 4%
| 219,003
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Israel]]
| 7,112,359
| 130,000 <ref>50,000 sefardíes (Britannica Book of the Year 1998)[http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/anuario/anuario_99/otero/p03.htm] + 80,000 from Iberoamerica [http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/congresos/sevilla/comunicacion/ponenc_shadas.htm]</ref>
| 45,231
| 2.5%
| 175,231 <ref>Pages 34, 35 of the [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf "Demografía de la lengua española"].</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Switzerland]]
| 7,581,520
| 123,000 <ref>{{cite web|author=Centro Virtual Cervantes |url=http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_99/otero/p03.htm#7 |title=Britannica Book of the Year 1998 |publisher=Cvc.cervantes.es |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
| 14,420
| 1.7% <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-about-switzerland.info/swiss-population-languages.html |title=all-about-switzerland.info |publisher=all-about-switzerland.info |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
| 137,420
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Japan]]
| 127,288,419
| 76,565 <ref>[http://www.publico.es/250381/los-japoneses-latinos-se-sienten-discriminados 70,000 from Peru (publico.es)]</ref>
| 60,000
| 0.1%
| 136,565
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Bulgaria]]
| 7,262,675
|
| 133,910
| 1.8%
| 133,910
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Belize]]
| 301,270
| 106,795 <ref name="Demografía de la lengua española">Page 32 of [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf Demografía de la lengua española]</ref>
| 21,848
| 42.7%
| 128,643 <ref name="Demografía de la lengua española"/>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Netherlands Antilles]]
| 223,652
| 10,699
| 114,835
| 56.1%
| 125,534
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Ireland]]
| 4,156,119
|
| 123,591
| 3%
| 123,591
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Senegal]]
| 12,853,259
|
| 101,455
| 0.8%
| 101,455
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Greece]]
| 10,722,816
|
| 86,742
| 0.8%
| 86,742
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Finland]]
| 5,244,749
|
| 85,586
| 1.6%
| 85,586
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Hungary]]
| 9,930,915
|
| 85,034
| 0.9%
| 85,034
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Aruba]]
| 100,018
| 6,800
| 68,602
| 75.3%
| 75,402
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Croatia]]
| 4,491,543
|
| 73,656
| 1.6%
| 73,656
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Andorra]]
| 84,484
| 29,907 <ref>35.4% speak Spanish as a first language [http://www.iea.ad/cres/observatori/temes/llengua3trimestre2005.htm www.iea.ad]</ref>
| 25,356
| 68.7% <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iea.ad/cres/observatori/temes/llengua3trimestre2005.htm |title=www.iea.ad |publisher=www.iea.ad |date= |accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
| 58,040
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Slovakia]]
| 5,455,407
|
| 43,164
| 0.8%
| 43,164
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Norway]]
| 4,644,457
| 12,573
| 23,677
| 0.8%
| 36,250
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Russia]]
| 140,702,094
| 3,320
| 20,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cervantes.es/imagenes/File/prensa/anuario2009.pdf |title=ANUARIO IC 2009 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref>
| 0.01%
| 23,320
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[New Zealand]]
| 4,173,460
| 21,645 <ref>New Zealand census (2006)</ref>
|
| 0.5%
| 21,645
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Guam]]
| 154,805
|
| 19,092
| 12.3%
| 19,092
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Virgin Islands]]
| 108,612
| 16,788
|
| 15.5%
| 16,788
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[China]]
| 1,345,751,000
| 2,292<ref>Spanish residents in China ([http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft20%2Fp85001&file=inebase&L= INE, 2009])</ref>
| 12,835
| 0.001124%
| 15,127
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Lithuania]]
| 3,565,205
|
| 13,943
| 0.4%
| 13,943
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Gibraltar]]
| 27,967
| 13,857
|
| 49.5%
| 13,857
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Cyprus]]
| 792,604
|
|
| 1.4%
| 11,044
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Turkey]]
| 71,892,807
| 380
| 8,000 <ref>Page 37 of the [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf Demografía de la lengua española]</ref>
| 0.01%
| 8,380
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Jamaica]]
| 2,804,322
| 8,000
|
| 0.3%
| 8,000
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Luxembourg]]
| 486,006
| 3,000
| 4,344
| 1.5%
| 7,344
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Malta]]
| 403,532
| 6,458
|
| 1.6%
| 6,458
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| 1,047,366
| 4,100
|
| 0.4%
| 4,100
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Western Sahara]]
| 513,000 <ref name="UN 2009 estimate"/>
| n.a.<ref>The Spanish 1970 census claims 16.648 Spanish speakers in Western Sahara ( [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_99/otero/p03.htm#7]) but probably most of them were people born in Spain who left after the Moroccan annexation</ref>
| n.a.
| n.a.
| n.a.
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Other immigrants in the E.U.
|
| 1,399,531 <ref>There are 2,397,380 immigrants from Spain and Latin America according to the page 37 of the [http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf "Demografía de la lengua española"] (997,849 already counted)</ref>
|
|
| 1,399,531
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Other students of Spanish
|
|
| 2,895,562 <ref>According to the Instituto Cervantes, there are 14 million of Spanish students. But there are already counted
students from U.S. (6,000,000) because it is considered the current 7,820,000 students, E.U (3,385,000) because they are considered in the eurobarometer figures ([http://www.ucm.es/info/icei/pdf/DT%2003-06.pdf demografía del español, page 37)], Brazil (1 mill.) with 11 million new students in the public schools, Morocco (58.382) and Philippines (20,492), Canada (92,853), Australia (33,913), Ivory Coast (235,806), Switzerland (14,420), Japan (60,000),
Senegal (101.455), Occ. Sáhara (25,800), Norway (23,677), Russia (13,122) and China (12,835).</ref>
|
| 2,895,562
|- style="background:#efefef;"
| '''Total native speakers in the world + bilingual and as a second language where Spanish is official:'''
|
|rowspan=2| 421,898,485 <ref name=demogr>[http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf Demografía de la lengua española] (page 38). 359.5 million people where Spanish is official and 40.5 where it is not official with native knowladges of Spanish, and another 40 million with limited knowladges. The figures of the census used are from 2000 to 2005.</ref>
| 32,447,776
|
|''' 454,346,261 ''' <ref>[http://www.fundacionblu.org/actaslengua/acta_conclusiones_lengua_espanola.asp?id=1 I] and [http://www.fundacionblu.org/actaslengua/acta_lengua_espanola.asp?id=7 IV] International minutes of the Spanish language, and Instituto Cervantes: [http://www.cervantes.es/sobre_instituto_cervantes/prensa/2009/noticias/caffarel_casa_america.htm cervantes.es], [http://www.lavanguardia.es/cultura/noticias/20100619/53949214032/el-espanol-ya-es-el-segundo-idioma-mas-hablado-del-mundo-instituto-cervantes-eeuu-carmen-caffarel-am.html lavanguardia.es] (450 million people speak Spanish).</ref>
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''Total with Spanish speakers as a foreign language:'''
|
| 89,502,576
|
| ''' 511,401,061 '''<ref>In adition to more than 450 million Spanish speakers, there are people who speak Spanish with limited knowladges. Main figures: 15,615,000 in the E.U. according to the Eurobarometer, 2006 ([http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf (page 37)]). 7,820,000 of students in USA and 6,405,000 among the Hispanic people in USA ([http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf page 33], and according to [http://www.hispanicmarketadvisors.com/english-to-spanish-translation.html Synovate, 2006], 18% of the Hispanic people in USA speak better English than Spanish and the other 82% speak better Spanish than English or they are bilinguals). It is estimated 12 million of Spanish students in Brazil in 2010 ([http://www.elcastellano.org/noticia.php?id=775]). Between 4 and 7 million people with Spanish knowladges in Morocco ([http://www.educacion.es/exterior/ma/es/File/MI%20ARTICULO%20PDF%20OK.pdf Ammadi, 2002]).</ref>
|}
|}

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Rank Country % English Speakers Eligible Population Total English Speakers As First Language As an Additional Language Comment
1  United States 95.81% 262,375,152 251,388,301 215,423,557 35,964,744 Figures are from the year 2000 U.S. census. English speaker figures are for persons age 5 and older. Total population age 5 and older was 262,375,152 of which 251,388,301 stated that they spoke English "very well" or "well". Second language speakers are respondents age 5 and older who reported they do not speak English at home but know it "very well" or "well".[1][2]
2  India 23.18% 1,100,000,000 232,000,000 226,449[3] 223,000,000 second language speakers.
8,773,000 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 for second, third. 2001 figures for native language.[4][5][6] The figures include English speakers, but not English users.[7] Had the English user number been included, then the total number would be well over 750 million.
3  Nigeria 53.34% 148,093,000 79,000,000 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 97.74% 60,975,000 59,600,000 58,100,000 1,500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
5  Philippines 55.46%[8] 97,000,000 49,800,000 3,427,000[8] 46,373,000 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). Ethnologue lists 3.4 million native speakers with 52% of the population speaking it as a additional language.[8]
6  Germany 56% 82,191,000 46,000,000 272,504 46,000,000 Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt (cited here).
Non-native speakers: 2006 Eurobarometer survey. Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.
7  Canada 85.18% 33,355,400 25,246,220 17,694,830 7,551,390 Source: 2001 Census - Knowledge of Official Languages and Mother Tongue. The 2001 count noted that of 29,639,030 speakers, 20,014,645 spoke English only, and 5,231,575 spoke English and French, while 3,946,525 spoke French only and 446,920 who were classified as speaking "neither English nor French". No data was listed for persons who spoke English and a language other than French. The native speakers figure comprises 122,660 people with both French and English as a native language, plus 17,572,170 people with English and not French as a native language.
8  France 36% 64,473,140 23,000,000 23,000,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
9  Pakistan 10.97% 164,157,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 Source:[9]
10  Australia 97.03% 21,394,309 17,357,833 15,013,965 2,343,868 Source: 2001 Census. [1] The 2001 census data is subject to multiple interpretations. The data noted that 18,972,350 persons out of 21,394,309 total were speakers of a language, and excluded young children. However, more than a million of those 18,972,350 persons provided no information; 879,778 did not give information on proficiency, and 203,101 were "overseas visitors" who were not asked. Of the 17,889,671 persons for whom an inquiry was made 17,357,833 spoke English only, or "well" or "very well" as a second language; while 531,838 spoke "not well" or "not at all".
11  Italy 29% 59,619,290 17,000,000 17,000,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
12  Japan 11.75% 127,690,000 15,000,000 >93,500[10] Native speaker figure is the number of foreign residents from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as of 2003.[10]
13  The Netherlands 87% 16,445,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
14  South Africa 28.63% 47,850,700 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.
15  Spain 27% 46,063,000 12,500,000 12,500,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
16  Turkey 17% 70,586,256 12,000,000 12,000,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
17  Poland 29% 38,115,967 11,000,000 11,000,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
18  China 0.77% 1,300,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 Figures are for English users in mainland China only (i.e. excluding Hong Kong where English is an official language and Macau). The oft-cited figure of 300 million is for "learners."[11]
19  Sweden 89% 9,215,021 8,200,000 8,200,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
20  Cameroon 41.51% 18,549,000 7,700,000 7,700,000 Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
21  Malaysia 27.24% 27,170,000 7,400,000 380,000 7,000,000 Crystal (2005), p. 109.
22  Russia 4.9% 141,888,900 6,955,315 1,804 6,953,511 Source: Basic Results, Tables 4.4 and 4.1, Russian Census (2002). The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the language they knew. The "first language" figure is the number of residents who reported "American" or "English" as their nationality. The "additional languages" figure is the difference.
23  Thailand 10% 63,038,247 6,549,329 6,549,329 Secondary language of the elite[12][13]
24  Belgium 59% 10,584,534 6,250,000 6,250,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
25  Romania 29% 21,438,000 6,200,000 6,200,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
26  Zimbabwe 41.58% 13,349,000 5,550,000 250,000 5,300,000 Crystal (2005), p. 109.
27  Greece 48% 11,147,000 5,350,000 5,350,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
28  Sierra Leone 83.53% 5,866,000 4,900,000 500,000 4,400,000 Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
29  Mexico 4.55% 106,682,500 4,855,000 4,855,000 Consulta Mitovsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, April 2007 [2]; and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) [3].
30  Austria 58% 8,340,924 4,800,000 4,800,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
31  Denmark 86% 5,489,022 4,720,000 4,720,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
32   Switzerland 61.28% 7,637,300 4,680,000 73,400 Figure for speakers of English as "main language", according to Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008[14] Source for number of non-native English speakers is 1999 publication by Prof. François Grin cited here: http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/countries/uk/language.html
33  Ireland 98.37% 4,422,100 4,350,000 4,122,100 300,000 Source: European Union Directorate General for Education and Culture [4] Central Statistics Office [5] Travbla [6]
34  Tanzania 9.89% 40,454,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
35  New Zealand 97.82% 4,275,100 3,673,623 3,700,000 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 (2005), p. 109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000 second language speakers.
36  Bangladesh 2.21% 158,665,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
37=  Finland 63% 5,331,483 3,400,000 3,400,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
38=  Portugal 32% 10,623,000 3,400,000 3,400,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
39  Singapore 71% 4,588,600 3,257,906 665,087 1,128,158 Source: 2000 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more and does not include third language proficiency. Singapore Census of Population, 2000, Advance Data Release No.3, "Literacy and Language"
40  Papua New Guinea 49.76% 6,331,000 3,150,000 150,000 3,000,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
41  Liberia 82.67% 3,750,000 3,100,000 600,000 2,500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
42  Kenya 7.19% 37,538,000 2,700,000 2,700,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
43  Jamaica 97.64% 2,714,000 2,650,000 2,600,000 50,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
44=  Uganda 8.09% 30,884,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
44=  Hong Kong 35.9% 6,963,100 2,500,000 200,000 2,300,000 According to 1996 by-census, Hong Kong has approximately 2.5 million speakers, of whom 200,000 regard English as their "usual" language.[15]
44=  Czech Republic 24% 10,403,136 2,500,000 2,500,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
47  Hungary 23% 10,043,000 2,300,000 2,300,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
48  Croatia 49% 4,555,000 2,200,000 2,200,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
49  Puerto Rico 48.61% 3,991,000 1,940,000 100,000 1,840,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
50=  Sri Lanka 9.9% 19,299,000 1,910,000 10,000 1,900,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
50=  Zambia 16.02% 11,922,000 1,910,000 110,000 1,800,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
52  Bosnia and Herzegovina 45% 4,000,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 not verified.
53  Bulgaria 23% 7,640,238 1,800,000 1,800,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
54=  Slovakia 32% 5,402,273 1,700,000 1,700,000 not verified.
54=  Ghana 5.96% 23,478,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
56  Slovenia 57% 2,023,358 1,200,000 1,200,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
57  Trinidad and Tobago 87.74% 1,305,000 1,145,000 1,145,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
58  Lithuania 32% 3,369,600 1,100,000 1,100,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
59  Latvia 39% 2,270,700 900,000 900,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
60  Guyana 90.55% 751,000 680,000 650,000 30,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
61  Botswana 38.42% 1,639,833 630,000 630,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
62  Estonia 46% 1,340,602 620,000 620,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
63  Cyprus 76% 794,600 600,000 600,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
64  Malawi 3.88% 13,931,831 540,000 209[16] 540,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
65  Lesotho 27.86% 1,795,000 500,000 500,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
66  Suriname 87.09% 470,784 410,000 260,000 150,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
67  Malta 88% 419,285 370,000 370,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
68  Namibia 17.24% 1,820,916 314,000 14,000 300,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
69  Luxembourg 60% 480,222 290,000 290,000 Eurobarometer 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc631_en.pdf
70  Bahamas 87.13% 330,549 288,000 260,000 28,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
69  Barbados 98.57% 279,000 275,000 262,000 13,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
70  Belize 81.65% 301,270 246,000 190,000 56,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
71  Mauritius 15.97% 1,264,866 202,000 2,000 200,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
72  Vanuatu 83.55% 215,446 180,000 60,000 120,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
73  Fiji 20.62% 853,445 176,000 6,000 170,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
74  Solomon Islands 31.68% 552,438 175,000 10,000 165,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
75  Ethiopia 0.22% 78,254,090 171,712 1,986 169,726
76  Guam 91.09% 173,456 158,000 58,000 100,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
77  Brunei 37.76% 381,371 144,000 10,000 134,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
78  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 95% 120,000 114,000 114,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
79  U.S. Virgin Islands 95.97% 108,448 113,000 98,000 15,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
80=  Grenada 90.91% 110,000 100,000 100,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
80=  Israel 1.37% 7,303,000 100,000 Source: Ethnologue (2005)[17]
The 100,000 figure may be low considering that English is de facto the second language of speakers of both Hebrew and Arabic. It is the main language for external commerce and tourism, and a required language for all Jewish and Arab schools, and for the universities (which teach in Hebrew).[18][19]
82  Samoa 49.86% 188,540 94,000 1,000 93,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
83  Isle of Man 99.93% 80,058 80,000 80,000
84  Bhutan 11.4% 658,000 75,000 75,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
85  Saint Lucia 43.04% 165,000 71,000 31,000 40,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
86  Northern Mariana Islands 83.33% 84,000 70,000 5,000 65,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
87  Antigua and Barbuda 80% 85,000 68,000 66,000 2,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
88  American Samoa 100% 67,000 67,000 2,000 65,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
89  Federated States of Micronesia 57.66% 111,000 64,000 4,000 60,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
90=  Bermuda 96.92% 65,000 63,000 63,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
90=  Dominica 94.03% 67,000 63,000 3,000 60,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
92  Marshall Islands 59,000 60,000 60,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
93  Swaziland 4.38% 1,141,000 50,000 50,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
94  Aruba 42.31% 104,000 44,000 9,000 35,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
95  Gambia 2.34% 1,709,000 40,000 40,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
96  Saint Kitts and Nevis 78% 50,000 39,000 39,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
97  Cayman Islands 76.7% 47,000 36,000 36,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
98  Seychelles 37.93% 87,000 33,000 3,000 30,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
99  Honduras 0.44% 7,106,000 31,500 31,500
100=  Gibraltar 28,875 30,000 28,000 2,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
100=  Tonga 30% 100,000 30,000 30,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
102  Kiribati 24.21% 95,000 23,000 23,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
103=  Rwanda 0.21% 9,725,000 20,000 20,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
103=  British Virgin Islands 86.96% 23,000 20,000 20,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
105  Palau 92.5% 20,000 18,500 500 18,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
106  Andorra 22% 81,222 17,869 Source Census: Linguistic knowledge 2004.
107  Anguilla 92.31% 13,000 12,000 12,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
108  Nauru 10,000 10,300 800 9,500 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
109  Dominican Republic 0.08% 9,760,000 8,000 8,000
110  Saint Helena 81.82% 6,600 5,400 5,400
111=  Cook Islands 19.8% 20,200 4,000 1,000 3,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109.
111=  Montserrat 67.8% 5,900 4,000 4,000 Source: Crystal (2005), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
113  British Indian Ocean Territory 100% 3,500 3,500 3,500
114  Lebanon 0.08% 4,099,000 3,300 3,300
115  Niue 1,600 2,160 78 2,082
116  Falkland Islands 95.54% 3,140 3,000 1,991 1,991
117  Netherlands Antilles 50% 192,000 96,000 96,000
118  Norfolk Island 79.38% 2114 1,678 1,678
119  Turks and Caicos Islands 3.54% 26,000 920 920
120  Guadeloupe 0.05% 408,000 200 200
121  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3.07% 6,125 188 188
122  Pitcairn 92% 50 46 46
123  Tokelau 2.86% 1,400 40 40
World 17.65% 6,718,045,021 914,398,325 331,000,000 583,000,000 Estimate by Wikipedia contributors.
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  2. ^ "Table 1. Twenty Languages Most Frequently Spoken at Home by English Ability for the Population 5 Years and Over: 1990 and 2000". Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000 (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. (see Table 1 for Speakers figures and Table 2 for Population 5 years and over figures).
  3. ^ 2001 Census of India
  4. ^ Census of India's Indian Census, Issue 10, 2003, pp 8–10, (Feature: Languages of West Bengal in Census and Surveys, Bilingualism and Trilingualism).
  5. ^ FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES – 2001
  6. ^ Tropf, Herbert S. 2004. India and its Languages. Siemens AG, Munich
  7. ^ For the distinction between "English Speakers," and "English Users," please see: TESOL-India (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)], India: World's Second Largest English-Speaking Country. Their article explains the difference between the 350 million number mentioned in a previous version of this Wikipedia article and the current 232 million number:
  8. ^ a b c http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH.
  9. ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/25054277/Variety-in-Pronunciation-in-Pakistan-The-Primal-Cause-of-Confusion-in-Comprehension-for-the-Listeners
  10. ^ a b Maciamo (31 July 2005). "Foreigners in Japan". jref.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21. (figures are for 2003)
  11. ^ Jian Yang (2006). "Learners and users of English in China". English Today. 22 (2): 3–10. doi:10.1017/S0266078406002021. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help). Quote: "What this suggests, it seems, is that Yan’s (2004) ten million may after all be a more informed estimate of the actual regular users of English in China." (page 9)"
  12. ^ CIA – The world factbook: Thailand
  13. ^ Refugees get crash course in U.S. culture
  14. ^ Resident population according to main language, Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008
  15. ^ 1996 by-census LONDON'S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
  16. ^ Edrinnie Kayambizinthu (1998). "The Language Planning Situation in Malawi" (PDF). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 19 (5&6): 369. doi:10.1080/01434639808666363.
  17. ^ Languages of Israel, Ethnologue.com
  18. ^ Multilingualism in Israel, Bar-Ilan University – Faculty of Humanities : Language Policy Research Center.
  19. ^ http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED136607&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED136607 English Language Teaching Profile: Israel], Education Resources Information Center.
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