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Name: English Speaking Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of countries and territories where English is an official language - Wiki; List of countries by English-speaking population - Wiki; Languages - CIA World Factbook 2021; List of majority native English speaking countries - University of Sheffield.

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English Speaking Countries: compare 88 countries on 4 metrics.

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88 countries


American Samoa	No	Yes	No	No (official language)
Anguilla	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Australia	Yes	No	Yes	—
Bahamas	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Bangladesh	No	No	Yes	—
Barbados	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Belize	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Bermuda	Yes	Yes	No	English is official language.
Bhutan	No	No	Yes	—
Botswana	Yes	Yes	No	Two official: English and Tswana. English is official written language.
British Virgin Islands	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Brunei	No	No	Yes	—
Burundi	No	Yes	No	Three official: Kirundi, French, and English.
Cameroon	No	Yes	No	Two official: English and French, with dozens of languages spoken.
Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Primary except in Quebec and Nunavut.
Cayman Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Cook Islands	No	Yes	No	Two official: Cook Islands Māori and English.
Curacao	No	Yes	No	English is one of 3 official languages.
Dominica	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Eritrea	No	No	Yes	Three official: Tigrinya, Arabic, English.
Eswatini	No	Yes	No	—
Falkland Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	English is official language.
Fiji	Yes	Yes	No	Two official: Fijian and Hindi. Widespread lingua franca, business, and educational usage.
Gambia	Yes	Yes	No	English is main official language for government and education.
Ghana	Yes	Yes	Yes	English is official and lingua franca.
Gibraltar	Yes	Yes	Yes	English and Llanito are spoken on a daily basis as the primary languages.
Grenada	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Guam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Two official: Chamorro and English.
Guernsey	No	Yes	Yes	—
Guyana	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Hong Kong	No	Yes	Yes	Two official: Chinese and English.
India	No	Yes	No	Two official: Hindi, English. Neither is legally declared the national language.
Ireland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Two official: Irish, English.
Isle of Man	Yes	Yes	Yes	Two official: Manx and English.
Israel	No	No	Yes	—
Jamaica	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Jersey	Yes	Yes	Yes	English is one of 3 official languages.
Kenya	Yes	Yes	Yes	Two official: Swahili and English. English is main official language for government and education.
Kiribati	No	Yes	No	English is official language.
Lesotho	No	Yes	No	Two official: Sesotho, English.
Liberia	Yes	Yes	Yes	—
Malawi	Yes	Yes	No	English is one of many official languages.
Malaysia	No	No	Yes	—
Malta	No	Yes	No	English is main official language for government and education.
Marshall Islands	No	Yes	—	—
Mauritius	No	No	Yes	—
Micronesia	Yes	Yes	Yes	—
Namibia	No	Yes	No	13 official languages, including English.
Nauru	No	Yes	Yes	Two official: Nauruan and English.
New Zealand	Yes	No	Yes	—
Nigeria	Yes	Yes	Yes	—
Niue	No	Yes	No	Two official: Niuean and English.
Northern Mariana Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	Two official: Chamorro and English,
Pakistan	No	Yes	No	Two official: Urdu and English.
Palau	No	Yes	No	—
Papua New Guinea	Yes	Yes	No	Three official: Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu.
Philippines	No	Yes	No	Two official: Filipino, English.
Puerto Rico	No	Yes	Yes	Two official: Spanish and English
Qatar	No	No	Yes	—
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	No	—
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Saint Lucia	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Samoa	No	Yes	No	—
Seychelles	No	Yes	No	—
Sierra Leone	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Singapore	Yes	Yes	Yes	English is one of 4 official languages.
Sint Maarten	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Solomon Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes	Two official: Pijin and English.
South Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes	English is one of many official languages.
South Sudan	Yes	Yes	No	English is one of many official languages.
Sri Lanka	No	No	Yes	—
Sudan	No	Yes	No	—
Tanzania	No	Yes	No	Two official: Swahili and English.
Timor-Leste	No	No	Yes	—
Tonga	No	Yes	No	—
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Turks and Caicos Islands	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Tuvalu	No	Yes	No	—
Uganda	Yes	Yes	Yes	—
United Arab Emirates	No	No	Yes	—
United Kingdom	Yes	No	Yes	—
United States	Yes	No	Yes	—
United States Virgin Islands	No	Yes	Yes	English-based creole dialect is widely spoken.
Vanuatu	No	Yes	No	—
Zambia	Yes	Yes	Yes	English is official and lingua franca.
Zimbabwe	No	Yes	No	—

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Where does this english speaking countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of countries and territories where English is an official language - Wiki; List of countries by English-speaking population - Wiki; Languages - CIA World Factbook 2021; List of majority native English speaking countries - University of Sheffield.

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