Nations in which English is an official language (de facto or de jure ). Anglosphere countries are a subset of those where English is the main native language. Co-official as minority language
Over two billion people speak English .[ 1] [ 2] It is the largest language by number of speakers.[ 3] It is the fourth largest language by number of native speakers . English is the most widely spoken second language.
↑ "Crystal, David. The language revolution. John Wiley & Sons, 2004" .
↑ Crystal, David (2008). "Two thousand million?". English Today . 24 : 3–6. doi :10.1017/S0266078408000023 . S2CID 145597019 .
↑ "List of languages by total number of speakers, Ethnologue 2019" .