English

en

English (en) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 1.7B speakers. It is an official language in Barbados, Bahamas, Cook Islands, Guernsey, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, and Guyana and 74 more. CLDR has 129 locales for it.

Native nameEnglish
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers1.7Bestimated
Countries152
Locales129
Plural forms2one, other

Overview

Where it is spoken

CountryStatusShare of population
🇧🇧 BarbadosOfficial100%
🇧🇸 BahamasOfficial100%
🇨🇰 Cook IslandsOfficial100%
🇬🇬 GuernseyOfficial100%
🇬🇸 South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsOfficial100%
🇬🇾 GuyanaOfficial100%
🇮🇲 Isle of ManOfficial100%
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean TerritoryOfficial100%
🇰🇮 KiribatiOfficial100%
🇸🇧 Solomon IslandsOfficial100%
🇺🇲 U.S. Outlying IslandsDe facto official100%
🇦🇨 Ascension Island99%
🇩🇬 Diego GarciaDe facto official99%
🇹🇦 Tristan da Cunha99%
🇨🇶 SarkOfficial98%
🇬🇧 United KingdomOfficial98%
🇮🇪 IrelandOfficial98%
🇯🇲 JamaicaOfficial98%
🇰🇳 St. Kitts & NevisOfficial98%
🇰🇾 Cayman IslandsOfficial98%
🇳🇿 New ZealandDe facto official98%
🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos IslandsOfficial98%
🇻🇬 British Virgin IslandsOfficial98%
🇦🇸 American SamoaDe facto official97%
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana IslandsDe facto official97%
🇦🇺 AustraliaDe facto official96%
🇬🇩 GrenadaOfficial96%
🇳🇫 Norfolk IslandOfficial96%
🇺🇸 United StatesDe facto official96%
🇻🇨 St. Vincent & GrenadinesOfficial96%
🇦🇮 AnguillaOfficial95%
🇯🇪 JerseyOfficial95%
🇳🇷 NauruOfficial95%
🇩🇲 DominicaOfficial94%
🇫🇯 FijiOfficial94%
🇲🇭 Marshall IslandsOfficial93%
🇸🇬 SingaporeOfficial93%
🇧🇲 BermudaOfficial92%
🇵🇳 Pitcairn IslandsOfficial92%
🇬🇺 GuamDe facto official91%
🇱🇨 St. LuciaOfficial90%
🇳🇱 Netherlands90%
🇲🇹 MaltaOfficial88%
🇹🇹 Trinidad & TobagoOfficial88%
🇨🇦 CanadaOfficial87%
🇦🇬 Antigua & BarbudaOfficial86%
🇩🇰 Denmark86%
🇸🇪 Sweden86%
🇮🇱 Israel85%
🇨🇽 Christmas IslandOfficial83%
🇱🇷 LiberiaOfficial83%
🇻🇺 VanuatuOfficial83%
🇧🇼 BotswanaOfficial81%
🇬🇮 GibraltarOfficial80%
🇸🇿 EswatiniOfficial80%
🇧🇿 BelizeOfficial77%
🇫🇰 Falkland IslandsOfficial77%
🇲🇻 Maldives75%
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin IslandsDe facto official75%
🇦🇹 Austria73%
🇨🇾 Cyprus73%
🇲🇺 MauritiusOfficial72%
🇫🇮 Finland70%
🇹🇿 TanzaniaOfficial69%
🇸🇭 St. HelenaOfficial68%
🇸🇽 Sint MaartenOfficial68%
🇩🇪 Germany64%
🇲🇸 MontserratOfficial64%
🇵🇭 PhilippinesOfficial64%
🇲🇼 MalawiOfficial63%
🇸🇩 SudanOfficial61%
🇧🇪 Belgium59%
🇪🇷 EritreaOfficial59%
🇸🇮 Slovenia59%
🇫🇲 MicronesiaOfficial57%
🇱🇺 Luxembourg56%
🇳🇺 NiueOfficial56%
🇳🇬 NigeriaOfficial53%
🇬🇷 Greece51%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR ChinaOfficial51%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates50%
🇪🇪 Estonia50%
🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaOfficial50%
🇵🇰 PakistanOfficial50%
🇭🇷 Croatia49%
🇵🇷 Puerto RicoDe facto official49%
🇱🇻 Latvia46%
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina45%
🇨🇭 Switzerland45%
🇯🇴 Jordan45%
🇪🇹 Ethiopia43%
🇿🇼 ZimbabweOfficial42%
🇬🇲 GambiaOfficial40%
🇱🇧 Lebanon40%
🇫🇷 France39%
🇨🇲 CameroonOfficial38%
🇱🇹 Lithuania38%
🇸🇨 SeychellesOfficial38%
🇹🇰 TokelauOfficial38%
🇪🇬 Egypt35%
🇮🇶 Iraq35%
🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneOfficial35%
🇮🇹 Italy34%
🇵🇱 Poland33%
🇷🇴 Romania31%
🇿🇦 South AfricaOfficial31%
🇹🇴 TongaOfficial28%
🇨🇿 Czechia27%
🇱🇸 LesothoOfficial27%
🇵🇹 Portugal27%
🇸🇸 South SudanOfficial27%
🇹🇭 Thailand27%
🇸🇰 Slovakia26%
🇧🇬 Bulgaria25%
🇪🇸 Spain24%
🇲🇴 Macao SAR China23%
🇬🇭 GhanaOfficial21%
🇲🇾 Malaysia21%
🇭🇺 Hungary20%
🇮🇳 IndiaOfficial19%
🇰🇪 KenyaOfficial19%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh18%
🇲🇬 MadagascarOfficial18%
🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) IslandsDe facto official17%
🇹🇷 Türkiye17%
🇿🇲 ZambiaOfficial16%
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan15%
🇷🇼 RwandaOfficial15%
🇲🇦 Morocco14%
🇵🇦 Panama14%
🇲🇽 Mexico13%
🇧🇹 Bhutan11%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka10%
🇨🇱 Chile9.5%
🇹🇻 TuvaluOfficial9.1%
🇾🇪 Yemen9%
🇵🇼 PalauOfficial8.6%
🇧🇷 Brazil8%
🇦🇷 Argentina7%
🇩🇿 Algeria7%
🇳🇦 NamibiaOfficial7%
🇺🇬 UgandaOfficial3.9%
🇵🇲 St. Pierre & Miquelon3.7%
🇬🇹 Guatemala3.1%
🇳🇵 Nepal3%
🇦🇼 Aruba2.4%
🇼🇸 SamoaOfficial2.1%
🇧🇳 Brunei1.6%
🇭🇳 Honduras0.44%
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.074%
🇧🇮 BurundiOfficial0.046%
🇨🇳 China0.0045%

Plural categories

CategoryExamples
one1
other0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …