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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馃嚠馃嚦India1.46bn2馃嚭馃嚫United States342m3馃嚨馃嚢Pakistan255m4馃嚦馃嚞Nigeria238m5馃嚨馃嚟Philippines117m6馃嚬馃嚳Tanzania70.5m7馃嚳馃嚘South Africa64.7m8馃嚢馃嚜Kenya57.5m9馃嚫馃嚛Sudan51.7m10馃嚭馃嚞Uganda51.4m11馃嚚馃嚘Canada41.7m12馃嚞馃嚟Ghana35.1m13馃嚚馃嚥Cameroon29.9m14馃嚥馃嚰Malawi22.2m15馃嚳馃嚥Zambia21.9m16馃嚳馃嚰Zimbabwe17.0m17馃嚪馃嚰Rwanda14.6m18馃嚙馃嚠Burundi14.4m19馃嚫馃嚫South Sudan12.2m20馃嚨馃嚞Papua New Guinea10.8m21馃嚫馃嚤Sierra Leone8.82m22馃嚟馃嚢Hong Kong7.50m23馃嚫馃嚞Singapore6.11m24馃嚤馃嚪Liberia5.73m25馃嚠馃嚜Ireland5.48m26馃嚜馃嚪Eritrea3.61m27馃嚨馃嚪Puerto Rico3.18m28馃嚦馃嚘Namibia3.09m29馃嚡馃嚥Jamaica2.84m30馃嚞馃嚥The Gambia2.82m31馃嚙馃嚰Botswana2.56m32馃嚤馃嚫Lesotho2.36m33馃嚬馃嚬Trinidad and Tobago1.37m34馃嚫馃嚳Eswatini1.26m35馃嚝馃嚡Fiji933k36馃嚫馃嚙Solomon Islands839k37馃嚞馃嚲Guyana836k38馃嚥馃嚬Malta580k39馃嚙馃嚳Belize423k40馃嚙馃嚫The Bahamas403k41馃嚮馃嚭Vanuatu335k42馃嚙馃嚙Barbados283k43馃嚰馃嚫Samoa219k44馃嚤馃嚚Saint Lucia180k45馃嚞馃嚭Guam169k46馃嚢馃嚠Kiribati136k47馃嚫馃嚚Seychelles123k48馃嚞馃嚛Grenada117k49馃嚝馃嚥Federated States of Micronesia114k50馃嚬馃嚧Tonga104k51馃嚮馃嚚Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99.9k52馃嚘馃嚞Antigua and Barbuda94.2k53馃嚠馃嚥Isle of Man84.1k54馃嚢馃嚲Cayman Islands75.8k55馃嚛馃嚥Dominica65.9k56馃嚙馃嚥Bermuda64.6k57馃嚢馃嚦Saint Kitts and Nevis46.9k58馃嚘馃嚫American Samoa46.0k59馃嚥馃嚨Northern Mariana Islands43.5k60馃嚞馃嚠Gibraltar40.1k61馃嚥馃嚟Marshall Islands36.3k62馃嚨馃嚰Palau17.7k63馃嚬馃嚮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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