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Language Statistics > English-speaking population > First language (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  United States: 215,423,557  
#2  United Kingdom: 58,100,000  
#3  Canada: 20,014,645  
#4  Australia: 15,013,965  
#5  Ireland: 3,750,000  
#6  South Africa: 3,673,203  
#7  Philippines: 3,400,000  
#8  Nigeria: 1,000,000  
#9  Singapore: 665,087  
#10  Malaysia: 380,000  
#11  Germany: 272,504  
#12  Zimbabwe: 250,000  
#13  India: 178,598  
#14  Zambia: 110,000  
#15  Puerto Rico: 100,000  
#16  Japan: 93,500  
#17  Liberia: 69,000  
#18  Bermuda: 58,800  
#19  Papua New Guinea: 50,000  
#20  Bahamas, The: 49,331  
#21  Honduras: 31,500  
#22  Guam: 28,800  
#23  Cayman Islands: 20,000  
#24  Malawi: 16,000  
#25  Barbados: 13,000  
#26  Namibia: 10,941  
#27  Dominica: 10,000  
#28  Sri Lanka: 10,000  
#29  Virgin Islands: 8,414  
#30  Brunei: 8,000  
#31  Dominican Republic: 8,000  
#32  Saint Helena: 5,400  
#33  Micronesia, Federated States of: 5,341  
#34  Fiji: 4,929  
#35  British Indian Ocean Territory: 3,500  
#36  Gibraltar: 3,300  
#37  Trinidad and Tobago: 2,600  
#38  British Virgin Islands: 2,000  
#39  Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 1,991  
#40  Ethiopia: 1,986  
#41  Vanuatu: 1,900  
#42  Russia: 1,804  
#43  Norfolk Island: 1,678  
#44  Seychelles: 1,601  
#45  Saint Lucia: 1,600  
#46  American Samoa: 1,248  
#47  Gambia, The: 1,000  
#48  Cook Islands: 1,000  
#49  Anguilla: 946  
#50  Turks and Caicos Islands: 920  
#51  Grenada: 750  
#52  Nauru: 714  
#53  Kiribati: 492  
#54  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 400  
#55  Rwanda: 300  
#56  Guadeloupe: 200  
#57  Saint Kitts and Nevis: 200  
#58  Samoa: 200  
#59  Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 188  
#60  Montserrat: 100  
#61  Niue: 78  
#62  Tokelau: 40  
Weighted average: 5,207,504.0   


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