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Countries where English is an official language

63 countries give English official or national status. In 13 of them it is also the most common first language.

1🇮🇳India1.46bn2🇺🇸United States342m3🇵🇰Pakistan255m4🇳🇬Nigeria238m5🇵🇭Philippines117m6🇹🇿Tanzania70.5m7🇿🇦South Africa64.7m8🇰🇪Kenya57.5m9🇸🇩Sudan51.7m10🇺🇬Uganda51.4m11🇨🇦Canada41.7m12🇬🇭Ghana35.1m13🇨🇲Cameroon29.9m14🇲🇼Malawi22.2m15🇿🇲Zambia21.9m16🇿🇼Zimbabwe17.0m17🇷🇼Rwanda14.6m18🇧🇮Burundi14.4m19🇸🇸South Sudan12.2m20🇵🇬Papua New Guinea10.8m21🇸🇱Sierra Leone8.82m22🇭🇰Hong Kong7.50m23🇸🇬Singapore6.11m24🇱🇷Liberia5.73m25🇮🇪Ireland5.48m26🇪🇷Eritrea3.61m27🇵🇷Puerto Rico3.18m28🇳🇦Namibia3.09m29🇯🇲Jamaica2.84m30🇬🇲The Gambia2.82m31🇧🇼Botswana2.56m32🇱🇸Lesotho2.36m33🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago1.37m34🇸🇿Eswatini1.26m35🇫🇯Fiji933k36🇸🇧Solomon Islands839k37🇬🇾Guyana836k38🇲🇹Malta580k39🇧🇿Belize423k40🇧🇸The Bahamas403k41🇻🇺Vanuatu335k42🇧🇧Barbados283k43🇼🇸Samoa219k44🇱🇨Saint Lucia180k45🇬🇺Guam169k46🇰🇮Kiribati136k47🇸🇨Seychelles123k48🇬🇩Grenada117k49🇫🇲Federated States of Micronesia114k50🇹🇴Tonga104k51🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99.9k52🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda94.2k53🇮🇲Isle of Man84.1k54🇰🇾Cayman Islands75.8k55🇩🇲Dominica65.9k56🇧🇲Bermuda64.6k57🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis46.9k58🇦🇸American Samoa46.0k59🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands43.5k60🇬🇮Gibraltar40.1k61🇲🇭Marshall Islands36.3k62🇵🇼Palau17.7k63🇹🇻Tuvalu9.49k

Ordered by population. This list is generated from the same fact store the Guess the Country clue engine draws on, so the game and the Atlas can never disagree.

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