English Knowledge

Percentage of Speakers of English (By Country and Fluency):

The United States: 95% Total (78% as 1^st Language and 17% as 2^nd Language)

India: 15% Total *English is one of the Official Languages

Pakistan: 49% Total *English is one of the Official Languages

The Philippines: 58% Total (0.04% as 1^st Language)

The United Kingdom: 98% Total (92% as 1^st Language)

Germany: 56% Total

France: 57% Total

Canada: 83% Total (54% as 1^st Language) *English is one of the Official Languages

Australia: 92% Total (72% as 1^st Language)

Poland: 49% Total

Italy 34% Total

South Africa: 31% Total (9% as 1^st Language) * English is one of the Official Languages

Mexico: 12% Total

The Netherlands: 90% Total

Turkey: 17% Total

Iraq: 35% Total

Spain: 22% Total

China: 0.9% Total

Israel: 85% Total (1% as 1^st Language)

Russia: 3% Total

Ireland: 98% Total (93% as 1^st Language) * English is one of the Official Languages

New Zealand: 97% Total (85% as 1^st Language)

Kazakhstan: 15 % Total

Latvia: 46% Total

Cyprus: 73% Total

Malta: 89% Total (10% as 1^st Language)

Costa Rica: 8% Total

Colombia: 4%

The Czech Republic: 50%

Puerto Rico – US Territory: 48% Total (2% as 1^st Language) *English is one of the Official Languages

Why is this important?

Decades-Long Studies show that a Person who never leaves their Home Country will lose an average of 36% of the Income they could have made if they knew English.

English has been the International Language of half the World from 1945-1991 and for the whole World since 1991.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population