According to statistics from various sources, the English-speaking population ranges from 88.69 million to 108 million, accounting for 49% to 58% of the total population. Įnglish is one of the official languages under the constitution and is commonly used in education and administration. English as a first language is only spoken by 259,678 people, as a second language by 82,717,239 and as a third language by 45,562,173. Ģ011 Census figures for population and first, second, and third languages. as first language), or reported speaking another language at home but could speak English 'very well' or 'well' (i.e. Total English speakers are those who either spoke English at home (i.e. Census Bureau for persons age 5 and older. ( October 2023)įigures are from the 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates by the U.S. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.
