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1 How Many People Speak

1.1 How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Abkhaz speaking population
0.13 1200

1.2 Speaking Population

5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Xhosa speaking population
0.11 89

1.3 Native Speakers

400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Abkhaz speaking population
0.13 873

1.3.1 Second Language Speakers

400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Finnish speaking population
0.01 400

1.3.2 Native Name

English

1.3.3 Alternative Names

Not Available

1.3.4 French Name

anglais

1.3.5 German Name

Englisch

1.4 Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

1.5 Ethnicity

Not Available

Do you know how many people speak English?

Different languages are spoken in different regions. Do you know how many people speak English? 1,200.00 million people speak English language worldwide. These ethnic group speaking English is Not Available and International Phonetic Alphabet IPA of English is /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/. Find if English is one of the Most Spoken Languages. How many people speak English gives you total count of English speaking population in millions and in percentage worldwide. Are you interested in finding the countries that speak English, then check English Speaking Countries and get to know all the English countries.

English Speaking Population

Here you get to know how many people speak English in percentage. The English speaking population is 5.43 %. English Speaking Population is the percentage of world population speaking English language. Along with this, you can also find the dialects in English spoken in various regions under English Dialects. Chinese, Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world and is at the top place.

Native English Speakers

You will get to know second language speakers of English language as well as native English Speakers under how many people speak English language. There is an estimate that there are almost 400.00 million native speakers of English language. Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers and on other hand some languages have small population of native speakers. 400.00 million population speak English as second language where English is not the native language of the speaker. The number of second language speakers mentioned in how many people speak English are those whose native language is minority language of country in which they live. They learn the second language because it is official language of the country where they reside.

Native name of English

How many people speak English serves you with native name of English language. The native name of English is English. Native names are the local names for the languages. The native names of the languages are used by the native speakers of that language. The alternative names of English are Not Available. The German and French names for English language is as follows:

  • French Name for English: anglais.
  • German Name for English: Englisch.
In some applications, instead of using language names they use language codes, check out the language code of English on English Language Codes.