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1. How Himowp imoprotratanntt iiss E Engnlisghl?ish?
75 196
Countries
with the most
English
Speakers
(in millions)
Out of the 196 countries in the world, English
has official or special status in 75 of them!
= That’s 2 billion people!
India
125.2
Pakistan
92.3
United States
United Kingdom
59.6
Philippines
52.3
298.4
Approximately 25% of the planet
speaks at least some English.
That’s ¼
of the world’s
population!
World’s most spoken languages worldwide
(speakers and native speakers in millions)
English online…
Top languages on the Internet (in millions)
Spanish
Portuguese
4 out of the top 5 biggest companies in the world speak English as
their primary language. This includes Wal-Mart, Shell, Exxon Mobil
and BP. With 25% of the world knowing English, imagine how far you
can expand your network!
English in Sc ence
English is the most commonly used language in science with Science
Citation Index reporting as early as 1997 that 95% of its articles were
written in English, even though only half came from authors in
English-speaking countries.
English-speaking authors Non-English-speaking authors
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English
Chinese
Arabic
German
Japanese
536.6
153.3
444.9
82.5
65.4
99.1
75.2
English
Chinese
Hindi
Spanish
French
Arabic
Russian
375
982
460
650
330
420
79
370
206
300
165
275
1,500
1,100
55%
... of all websites are
written in English.