What Are The Top 10 English Speaking Countries?

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  • United States: 268M. …
  • India: 125M. …
  • Pakistan: 94M. …
  • The Philippines: 90M. …
  • Nigeria: 79M-100M. …
  • The United Kingdom: 59.6M. …
  • The Netherlands: 15M English Speakers. …
  • Denmark: 4.8M English Speakers.

Which is the best English-speaking country in the world?


The Netherlands

has emerged as the nation with the highest English language proficiency, according to the EF English Proficiency Index, with a score of 72. It is ahead of five other northern European nations at the top of the chart. In fact, the only non-European nation in the top ten is Singapore at number six.

What are the top 5 English-speaking countries?

  • #1 United States of America. The United States of America is the world’s largest English-speaking country. …
  • #2 India. …
  • #3 Pakistan. …
  • #4 Philippines. …
  • #5 Nigeria. …
  • #6 United Kingdom. …
  • (Bonus) Countries with the Highest English Proficiency. …
  • #1 Netherlands.

Is India an English-speaking country?

Although Hindi is the most widely-spoken language in India today,

English remains an official language in the country

and is often used in university education, and within the field of politics. … As a result, India has one of the largest English-speaking populations on the planet.

Which country speaks worst English?

2020 Rank Country 2020 Proficiency Band 97

Saudi Arabia

Very Low Proficiency
98 Oman Very Low Proficiency 99 Iraq Very Low Proficiency 100 Serbia Very Low Proficiency

How many countries are in this world?

Countries in the World:

There are

195 countries

in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

Where is the purest English spoken?


Anglo-Saxon from Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire

is actually the purest form of English, he wrote – and Bristol is in the middle. The ‘R’ is known by linguists as a ‘rhotic R’, and Bristol has given it, and the long ‘a’, to the world.

Which English accent is best?

Rank English Accent Score 1

British

68
2 Irish 57 3 Australian 53 4 American 51

Which country speaks the fastest?

1.

Japanese

:

Japanese is the fastest recorded language. It has a rate of 7.84 syllables per second.

Which English is used in India?

In theory, English speakers in India follow

British English

as specified in the Oxford or Longman English dictionaries. In practice, Indians use many words and phrases that don’t exist in British or American English.

What country speaks English?

No. Country Region 1

Australia

Oceania
2 New Zealand Oceania 3 United Kingdom Europe 4 United States North America

What is the most popular language in the world?

  1. English (1.132 million speakers) Native speakers: 379 million. …
  2. Mandarin (1.117 million speakers) …
  3. Hindi (615 million speakers) …
  4. Spanish (534 million speakers) …
  5. French (280 million speakers) …
  6. Arabic (274 million speakers) …
  7. Bengali (265 million speakers) …
  8. Russian (258 million speakers)

In which country English is banned?

Notes:

Iran

has recently banned teaching of English language in primary schools to fight against western cultural invasion. Usually, the teaching of English starts in middle school in Iran, at the ages of 12 to 14, but some primary schools below that age also have English classes.

Which English is used in world?

Besides the major varieties of English, such as American English,

British English

, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and their sub-varieties, countries such as South Africa, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago also have millions of native speakers of …

Is British or American English better?

In the main,

British English and American English are very similar

, even with differences in spelling. In today’s world, American spelling is probably winning thanks to Microsoft’s spell checker. There are vocabulary differences and some can cause embarrassing situations if you only know one flavour.

Which country is No 1 in world?

Rank Country Score 1

Finland

99.06
2 Denmark 98.13 3 Norway 96.75 4 Belgium 96.53
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