How many countries around the world speak the English language? 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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88 countries, around 40 have it as an official 1st or 2nd Language. Around 5 countries are native speakers.
Hi Jade, I think we may be more accurate in numbers by counting those who don't speak English, only because English is speak more than most languages and because people travel to various countries and so the language spreads.
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Approximately 88 countries; however this is not taking into account anomalies where people speak English in countries not otherwise known for being English speaking nations.
about 88 countries where english is either an official, administrative, or cultural language
I know the statistics about the number of people - its about 2 billions. Countries-wise we need to know details (English is first language or people merely can speak it...)
more than 60 countries.
there is around 88 countries that speak english
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Approximately 60 countries.
The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories where English is either an official, administrative, or cultural language. 🌍
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