Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total English-speaking population of the European Union and the United Kingdom combined (2012) is 256,876,220 [70] (out of a total population of 500,000,000, [71] i.e. 51%) including 65,478,252 native speakers and 191,397,968 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included.
India: There are 22 official languages in the states and territories of India (Including Hindi and English, the languages with official use by the Union Government [180]). The largest, Hindi, is spoken natively by 26% of the population. [181] English is also used, although mainly in some urban parts of the country.
The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, [1] [2] making it the largest language by number of speakers, the third largest language by number of native speakers and the most widespread language geographically.
Country or territory Number of living languages Number of speakers Established Immigrant Total Percent [note 1]Total Mean Median Papua New Guinea 840 0 840 11.81 ...
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
India: 2 Hindi; English; 22 official languages [59] - ... World Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Countries English: 58 23 14 4 3 14
English is also widely used in media and literature, and the number of English language books published annually in India is the third largest in the world after the US and UK. [126] However, English is rarely spoken as a first language, numbering only around a couple hundred-thousand people, and less than 5% of the population speak fluent ...