World English

Here is a list of countries/territories and the percentage of their population that official admit to being able to speak/understand English.

These countries/territories have English as an official or de facto status:

-          United States (95%), India (10%), Pakistan (49%), Nigeria (53%), Philippines (79%), United Kingdom (98%), Canada (85%), Australia (97%), South Africa (29%), Kenya (19%), Cameroon (42%), Zimbabwe (42%), Sierra Leone (84%), Ireland (98%), Singapore (80%), Ghana (21%), Tanzania (10%), New Zealand (98%), Papua New Guinea (50%), Liberia (83%), Jamaica (98%), Uganda (8%), Hong Kong (46%), Puerto Rico (49%), Zambia (16%), Rwanda (15%), Trinidad & Tobago (88%), Guyana (91%), Botswana (38%), Malawi (4%), Lesotho (28%), Malta (89%), Namibia (17%), Bahamas (87%), Barbados (99%), Belize (82%), Mauritius (16%), Vanuatu (84%), Fiji (21%), Solomon Islands (32%), Guam (91%), St Vincent (95%), Us Virgin Islands (96%), Grenada (91%), Samoa (50%), Isle of Man (100%), St Lucia (43%), Northern Marianas (83%), Antigua & Barbuda (80%), American Samoa (100%), Micronesia (58%), Bermuda (97%), Dominica (94%), Swaziland (4%), Gambia (2%), St Kitts & Nevis (78%), Cayman Islands (77%), Seychelles (38%), Tonga (30%), Kiribati (24%), British Virgin Islands (87%), Palau (93%), Anguilla (92%), St Helena (82%), Cook Islands (20%), Montserrat (68%), British Indian Ocean Territory (100%), Falkland Islands (96%), Norfolk Island (79%), Turks & Caicos (4%), Pitcairn (92%), Tokelau (3 %)

These countries/territories do not have English as an official of de facto status:

-          Germany (56%), Bangladesh (18%), Egypt (35%), France (39%), Italy (34%), Thailand (27%), Netherlands (90%), Poland (33%), Turkey (17%), Iraq (35%), Spain (22%), China (0.8%), Brazil (4%), Sweden (86%), Malaysia (21%), Russia (5%), Belgium (59%), Israel (85%), Austria (73%), Romania (31%), Greece (51%), Mexico (5%), Denmark (86%), Switzerland (61%), Morocco (14%), Norway (89%), Finland (70%), Portugal (27%), Jordan (45%), Algeria (7%), Czech Republic (27%), Argentina (6%), Yemen (9%), Croatia (49%), Hungary (20%), Sri Lanka (10%), Bulgaria (25%), Bosnia & Herzegovina (45%), Kazakhstan (15%), Lebanon (40%), Chile (10%), Cambodia (10%), Slovakia (26%), Slovenia (59%), Lithuania (38%), Latvia (46%), Estonia (50%), Cyprus (72%), Suriname (87%), Luxembourg (56%), Ethiopia (0.2%), Brunei (39%), Aruba (42%), Honduras (0.4%), Andorra (22%), Nepal (3%), Dominican Republic (0.2%), Guadeloupe (0.1%), St Pierre & Miquelon (3%)

The countries/territories in bold have 50% or higher English understanding.