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Source

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UNstats (PDF)

Stats

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Africa

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Country No knowledge of English[1]
Botswana 61.6% Crystal
Cameroon 56.7% Crystal
Ethiopia 99.7%[2]
Gambia 97.5% Crystal
Ghana 93.6% Crystal
Kenya 92.2% Crystal
Lesotho 72.1% Crystal
Liberia 4.3% Crystal
Malawi 94.8% Crystal
Mauritius 83.8% Crystal
Namibia 82.8% Crystal
Nigeria 40.6%[3]
Rwanda 99.8% Crystal
Seychelles 50.9% Crystal
Sierra Leone 16.7% Crystal
South Africa 55%[4]
Swaziland 95.2% Crystal
Tanzania 89.2% Crystal
Uganda 90.7% Crystal
Zambia 83.6% Crystal
Zimbabwe 57.3% Crystal

Asia

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Country No knowledge of English
Bangladesh 97.5% Crystal
Bhutan 88.1% Crystal
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0% Crystal
Brunei 61.3% Crystal
China 83%[5]
Hong Kong 62%[6]
Malaysia 71.5% Crystal
Pakistan 89.5% Crystal
Russia 95.2%[7]
Sri Lanka 90.3% Crystal

India

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Region No knowledge of English
Overall ~92%
West Bengal 91.7%[8]

Philippines

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Region No knowledge of English[9]
National Capital Region 18%
Ilocos (I) 26%
Cordillera Administrative Region 29%
Central Luzon (III) 30%
Cagayan Valley (II) ~40%
CALABARZON & MIMAROPA (IV) ~30%
Bicol Region (V) ~45%
Western Visayas (VI) ~37%
Central Visayas (VII) ~40%
Eastern Visayas (VIII) ~48%
Zamboanga Peninsula (IX) ~52%
Northern Mindanao (X) ~41%
Davao Region (XI) ~43%
SOCCSKSARGEN (XII) ~48%
Caraga (XIII) ~49%
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 71%

Oceania

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Country No knowledge of English
American Samoa 0.0% Crystal
Cook Islands 78.5% Crystal
Fiji 78.1% Crystal
Guam 5.7% Crystal
Kiribati 78.2% Crystal
New Zealand 2%[10]
Marshall Islands 46.2%[1]
Micronesia 40.2% Crystal
Nauru 0.0% Crystal
Niue 0.0% Crystal
Northern Mariana Islands 12.9% Crystal
Palau 7.1% Crystal
Papua New Guinea 43.2% Crystal
Samoa 55.0% Crystal
Solomon Islands 85-90%[11]
Tonga 27.9%[1]
Vanuatu 67.6%[1]

Australia

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Region No knowledge of English
Western Australia 2%[12]
Northern Territoy 0.8%
South Australia 2.2%
Queensland 1.2%
New South Wales 3.7%
Victoria 4.1%
Tasmania 0.4%
Australian Capital Territory 2.0%

Europe

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Country No Knowledge of English[13]
Austria 42%
Belgium 41%
Bulgaria 51%
Croatia 77%
Cyprus 24%
Czech Republic 76%
Denmark 22%[14]
Estonia 83%[15]
Finland 37%
France 64%
Germany 44%
Gibralter 0.0% Crystal
Greece 52%
Hungary 77%
Ireland 7% Crystal
Isle of Man 0.0% Crystal
Italy 61%[16]
Latvia 68%
Lithuania 74%[17]
Luxembourg 33%[18]
Malta 12%
The Netherlands 20%[19]
Poland 71%
Portugal 64%[20]
Romania 71%
Slovakia 76%[21]
Slovenia 68%[22]
Spain 64%[23]
Sweden 19%[24]
Switzerland 43.2%[25]
Turkey 83%
United Kingdom 1.1% (Crystal)

Caribbean

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Country No Knowledge of English
Anguilla 9.7% Crystal
Antigua and Barbuda 17.9% Crystal
Aruba 60.7%
Bahamas 5.3% Crystal
Barbados 0.0% Crystal
Belize 12.6% Crystal
Bermuda 0.0% Crystal
British Virgin Islands 9.1% Crystal
Caymans 80% Crystal
Dominica 12.2% Crystal
Grenada 9.1% Crystal
Jamaica 0.0% Crystal
Montserrat 10.9% Crystal
Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.7% Crystal
Saint Lucia 55.8% Crystal
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% Crystal
Trinidad & Tobago 12.3% Crystal
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.0% Crystal
Guyana 0.0% Crystal
Saint Helena 0.0%
Suriname 13.0% Crystal

Canada

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Province No Knowledge of English
Newfoundland 0.3%
PEI 0.2%
Nova Scotia 0.3%
New Brunswick 9.3%
Quebec 55.0%
Ontario 4.4%
Manitoba 1.8%
Sasketchewan 0.7%
Alberta 2.2%
British Columbia 5.3%
Yukon 0.7%
Northwest Territories 2.1%
Nunavut 13.2%

United States

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Proficient/Not 4 Grades of Proficiency
State None Not Well Well Very Well
Alabama 0.2%
Alaska 0.3%
Arizona 2.6%
Arkansas 0.5%
California 4.3%
Colorado 1.4%
Connecticut 0.8%
Delaware 0.6%
D.C. 1.1%
Florida 2.2%
Georgia 1.0%
Hawaii 0.6%
Idaho 0.8%
Illonois 1.5%
Indiana 0.3%
Iowa 0.3%
Kansas 0.7%
Kentucky 0.2%
Louisiana 0.2%
Maine 0.1%
Maryland 0.5%
Massachusetts 1.0%
Michigan 0.3%
Minnesota 0.4%
Mississippi 0.2%
Missouri 0.2%
Montana 0.0%
Nebraska 0.7%
Nevada 1.9%
New Hampshire 0.1%
New Jersey 1.7%
New Mexico 1.9%
New York 2.1%
North Carolina 0.8%
North Dakota 0.1%
Ohio 0.1%
Oklahoma 0.4%
Oregon 1.0%
Pennsylvania 0.3%
Rhode Island 1.3%
South Carolina 0.3%
South Dakota 0.1%
Tennessee 0.3%
Texas 3.2%
Utah 0.9%
Vermont 0.0%
Virginia 0.6%
Washington 1.0%
West Virginia 0.0%
Wisconsin 0.4%
Wyoming 0.2%
Puerto Rico 52.6%[1]

Is it right?

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Does the image actually reflect these stats? Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 22:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It should. If N% of people speak English, the colour is
Red: N*2.5
Green: Min(Red,Blue)-5
Blue: 255-Red

So you can check it yourself if you like. It's possible I made an error. WilyD 00:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Falklands

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The Falklands colour is wrong, undoubtedly should be red. Also, no data is provided for the South American countries; one may doubt if the knowledge of English is the same in say Uruguay and Bolivia. Apcbg (talk) 20:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a source. Apcbg (talk) 18:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

South america

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South america is missing because the source only has 2 countries, I guess? (Paraguay is 1.4/4152 and Bolivia is 0, in the source.) I don't think I could find data for every country, but I know good places to look: Panama, Chile, Argentina, Panama — all should have low red tone. Colombia might have a high blue, too. The rest I'm not so sure about, pretty sure they don't have a substantial english speaking subset. — robbiemuffin page talk 14:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:) Hey man, it`s your thing, and it looks great to me! (but Sweden should be very different if you are only counting primary language speakers. Sweden is the same as Chile, 5 years of school and billions of dollars in advertising is the only reason they understand a word of it.) — robbiemuffin page talk 17:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Uh, one could make a native speakers one. I wouldn't criticise Sweden or Chile for that though - 30 years, many billions, 8 years of school and I can't get out five words in a depanneur before the cashier switches to English. :( Anyways, if you can find speakers numbers, I can incorporate them, just post them here. WilyD 18:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
:) I think I saw the joke you are referring to ... hte faux commercial about how the language is dying beecause no one knows how to speak it? — robbiemuffin page talk 17:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
15.4% in Argentina. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-78287-2006-12-27.html WilyD 15:45, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Singapore? Once again, what about the Falklands

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Dear WilyD, maybe the new version of your map shows Singapore (hardly discernible as it might be at that scale) but it clearly fails to show the Falklands in red as indeed confirmed by the source I gave above; you may also see the 2001 Falklands census data showing that an overwhelming majority (some 80%) of the population comprises people born on the Falklands, the UK and UK overseas territories, Commonwealth countries, Ireland, USA or other English speaking countries. Apcbg (talk) 19:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Total-knowledge percentage is greater than first-language speakers one, so if the former itself (say at 80%) gives a (200, 50, 55) variety of red, then the latter would give a red colour too. Apcbg (talk) 20:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As it is now, the map disagrees with the article it seeks to illustrate, so one of the two ought to be brought in line with the other. The article claims (no sources cited) 100% knowledge of English for the islands, 1,991 out of 1,991 persons. Apcbg (talk) 05:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Estonia

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First, I have to say what a bad and incorrect map this is. The colours are just way off what could be on a decent statistical map. Why is a 1997 poll provided for Estonia?? It says 83% of Estonians have no knowledge of English, while Eurobarometer 2006 says that 46% of Estonians do speak english. Please correct this map, currently showing that Estonians are the least English-speaking nation in Europe. H2ppyme (talk) 09:24, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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