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English
English is spoken by 1.7B people across 145 territories in CLDR, and is official nationally in 88 of them. United States holds 19% of its speakers. One translation covers all of it, which is why localization is planned by language and launched by market.
At a glance
What one translation into English buys, before anyone argues about which market to enter first.
Speakers
1.7B
United States 19% · India 15% · Pakistan 7%
First and second language speakers, summed across the 145 territories CLDR records. The bar splits them by territory, largest first.
Online speakers
1.2B
0%100%
72% of speakers, once each territory's speaker count is scaled by its World Bank internet rate. Territories with no internet figure contribute nothing, so this is a floor.
Concentration
19%
0%100%
The largest single territory, United States, holds 19% of speakers. Spread out enough that regional wording and currency will come up.
Territories
145
88 where it is official nationally, 115 where at least one person in five speaks it. The rest are diaspora and minority populations, which CLDR does record.
Reachable GDP
$101.2T
Combined GDP of every territory where the language appears at all. An upper bound on the market, not a revenue forecast: it counts the whole economy, not the speakers' share of it.
Translation rate
1.00×
1.0×1.6×+
Prices at the mainstream per-word rate used across this site's estimators.
Where English is spoken
Every territory CLDR records, largest speaker count first. Share is of that territory's own population, so the column does not add up to anything.
| Territory | Share of that market | Speakers | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesUS | 96% | 328.3M | 310.9M | official |
| IndiaIN | 19% | 267.7M | 187.4M | official |
| PakistanPK | 50% | 126.2M | 72.2M | official |
| NigeriaNG | 53% | 125.5M | 51.7M | official |
| PhilippinesPH | 64% | 75.7M | 50.9M | official |
| United KingdomGB | 98% | 67.1M | 64.1M | official |
| GermanyDE | 64% | 53.8M | 50.3M | major |
| EthiopiaET | 43% | 51M | 11.2M | major |
| TanzaniaTZ | 69% | 46.5M | 14.5M | official |
| EgyptEG | 35% | 38.9M | 29.1M | major |
| CanadaCA | 87% | 33.8M | 31.8M | official |
| SudanSD | 61% | 30.8M | 5.7M | official |
| BangladeshBD | 18% | 30.4M | 16.2M | minority or diaspora |
| FranceFR | 39% | 26.7M | 23.6M | major |
| AustraliaAU | 96% | 25.7M | 24.7M | official |
| ItalyIT | 34% | 20.7M | 18.5M | major |
| ThailandTH | 27% | 18.9M | 17.2M | major |
| South AfricaZA | 31% | 18.7M | 14.7M | official |
| BrazilBR | 8% | 17.6M | 14.9M | minority or diaspora |
| MexicoMX | 13% | 17M | 14.1M | minority or diaspora |
| NetherlandsNL | 90% | 16M | 15.5M | major |
| IraqIQ | 35% | 14.7M | 12M | major |
| TürkiyeTR | 17% | 14.3M | 12.8M | minority or diaspora |
| MalawiMW | 63% | 13.7M | 2.6M | official |
| PolandPL | 33% | 12.8M | 11.3M | major |
| CameroonCM | 38% | 11.8M | 5.4M | official |
| SpainES | 24% | 11.3M | 10.9M | major |
| KenyaKE | 19% | 11.1M | 3.9M | official |
| SwedenSE | 86% | 9.1M | 8.7M | major |
| IsraelIL | 85% | 8M | 7M | major |
| GhanaGH | 21% | 7.3M | 5.2M | official |
| MalaysiaMY | 21% | 7.3M | 7.1M | major |
| ZimbabweZW | 42% | 7.2M | 3M | official |
| BelgiumBE | 59% | 7.1M | 6.8M | major |
| AustriaAT | 73% | 6.5M | 6M | major |
| RomaniaRO | 31% | 5.6M | 5.1M | major |
| SingaporeSG | 93% | 5.6M | 5.3M | official |
| GreeceGR | 51% | 5.3M | 4.6M | major |
| MadagascarMG | 18% | 5.3M | 990.2K | official |
| MoroccoMA | 14% | 5.2M | 4.8M | minority or diaspora |
| DenmarkDK | 86% | 5.1M | 5.1M | major |
| IrelandIE | 98% | 5.1M | 5M | official |
| New ZealandNZ | 98% | 5.1M | 4.7M | official |
| JordanJO | 45% | 5M | 4.8M | major |
| Papua New GuineaPG | 50% | 5M | 944.9K | official |
| United Arab EmiratesAE | 50% | 5M | 5M | major |
| LiberiaLR | 83% | 4.5M | 1.5M | official |
| SwitzerlandCH | 45% | 4M | 3.9M | major |
| FinlandFI | 70% | 3.9M | 3.7M | major |
| EritreaER | 59% | 3.7M | 537.1K | official |
| Hong Kong SAR ChinaHK | 51% | 3.7M | 3.6M | official |
| South SudanSS | 27% | 3.4M | 228.8K | official |
| ZambiaZM | 16% | 3.3M | 569.1K | official |
| AlgeriaDZ | 7% | 3.3M | 2.5M | minority or diaspora |
| ArgentinaAR | 7% | 3.3M | 2.9M | minority or diaspora |
| Sierra LeoneSL | 35% | 3.2M | 801.4K | official |
| KazakhstanKZ | 15% | 3M | 2.8M | minority or diaspora |
| CzechiaCZ | 27% | 2.9M | 2.6M | major |
| YemenYE | 9% | 2.9M | 506K | minority or diaspora |
| JamaicaJM | 98% | 2.8M | 2.5M | official |
| PortugalPT | 27% | 2.8M | 2.4M | major |
| Sri LankaLK | 10% | 2.2M | 1.2M | minority or diaspora |
| LebanonLB | 40% | 2.1M | 1.7M | major |
| RwandaRW | 15% | 2M | 647.9K | official |
| CroatiaHR | 49% | 2M | 1.7M | major |
| BotswanaBW | 81% | 2M | 1.1M | official |
| HungaryHU | 20% | 2M | 1.8M | major |
| UgandaUG | 4% | 1.9M | 172K | official |
| ChileCL | 10% | 1.8M | 1.7M | minority or diaspora |
| Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA | 45% | 1.7M | 1.5M | major |
| BulgariaBG | 25% | 1.7M | 1.4M | major |
| Puerto RicoPR | 49% | 1.5M | 1.3M | official |
| SlovakiaSK | 26% | 1.4M | 1.3M | major |
| Trinidad & TobagoTT | 88% | 1.2M | 1M | official |
| SloveniaSI | 59% | 1.2M | 1.1M | major |
| GambiaGM | 40% | 1M | 499.6K | official |
| LithuaniaLT | 38% | 998.7K | 890.5K | major |
| CyprusCY | 73% | 964K | 863.7K | major |
| MauritiusMU | 72% | 943.6K | 691.7K | official |
| NepalNP | 3% | 933.7K | 432.5K | minority or diaspora |
| EswatiniSZ | 80% | 910.5K | 577.3K | official |
| FijiFJ | 94% | 894.5K | 668.2K | official |
| LatviaLV | 46% | 828.6K | 768.2K | major |
| GuyanaGY | 100% | 794.1K | 659.1K | official |
| Solomon IslandsSB | 100% | 726.8K | 211.1K | official |
| PanamaPA | 14% | 625.8K | 455.4K | minority or diaspora |
| LesothoLS | 27% | 601.4K | 311.5K | official |
| EstoniaEE | 50% | 596.9K | 550.6K | major |
| GuatemalaGT | 3% | 565.9K | 340.8K | minority or diaspora |
| MaltaMT | 88% | 413.4K | 388K | official |
| BahamasBS | 100% | 410.9K | 379.9K | official |
| LuxembourgLU | 56% | 375.9K | 372.6K | major |
| BelizeBZ | 77% | 320.2K | 256.1K | official |
| BarbadosBB | 100% | 304.1K | 214K | official |
| MaldivesMV | 75% | 291.6K | 248.6K | major |
| VanuatuVU | 83% | 263.9K | 59K | official |
| NamibiaNA | 7% | 196.3K | 127.3K | official |
| GuamGU | 91% | 154.3K | 124.2K | official |
| St. LuciaLC | 90% | 151.2K | 103.1K | official |
| Macao SAR ChinaMO | 23% | 148.2K | 133.1K | major |
| KiribatiKI | 100% | 116.5K | 104.2K | official |
| GrenadaGD | 96% | 110K | 77.2K | official |
| JerseyJE | 95% | 98.2K | — | official |
| BhutanBT | 11% | 97.3K | 88.8K | minority or diaspora |
| St. Vincent & GrenadinesVC | 96% | 96.6K | 73.6K | official |
| Isle of ManIM | 100% | 92.3K | — | official |
| Antigua & BarbudaAG | 86% | 88.3K | 64.2K | official |
| U.S. Virgin IslandsVI | 75% | 78.3K | 50.4K | official |
| Marshall IslandsMH | 93% | 76.3K | 50.3K | official |
| DominicaDM | 94% | 70.2K | 57.6K | official |
| GuernseyGG | 100% | 67.8K | — | official |
| BermudaBM | 92% | 67K | 65.9K | official |
| Cayman IslandsKY | 98% | 65.3K | 53K | official |
| Turks & Caicos IslandsTC | 98% | 59.2K | 0 | official |
| MicronesiaFM | 57% | 56.8K | 22.4K | official |
| St. Kitts & NevisKN | 98% | 54K | 41.5K | official |
| Northern Mariana IslandsMP | 97% | 49.6K | 0 | official |
| American SamoaAS | 97% | 42.6K | 0 | official |
| HondurasHN | 0.44% | 41.9K | 24.6K | minority or diaspora |
| British Virgin IslandsVG | 98% | 39.3K | 30.5K | official |
| SeychellesSC | 38% | 37.3K | 32.8K | official |
| Sint MaartenSX | 68% | 31.4K | — | official |
| TongaTO | 28% | 29.4K | 19.8K | official |
| GibraltarGI | 80% | 23.7K | 22.4K | official |
| AnguillaAI | 95% | 18.4K | — | official |
| NauruNR | 95% | 9.4K | 7.8K | official |
| BruneiBN | 2% | 7.9K | 7.6K | minority or diaspora |
| Cook IslandsCK | 100% | 7.8K | — | official |
| St. HelenaSH | 68% | 5.4K | — | official |
| SamoaWS | 2% | 4.4K | 930 | official |
| MontserratMS | 64% | 3.5K | — | official |
| British Indian Ocean TerritoryIO | 100% | 3.5K | — | official |
| ArubaAW | 2% | 3K | 2.9K | minority or diaspora |
| Falkland IslandsFK | 77% | 2.8K | — | official |
| PalauPW | 9% | 1.9K | 1.6K | official |
| Norfolk IslandNF | 96% | 1.7K | — | official |
| Christmas IslandCX | 83% | 1.4K | — | official |
| NiueNU | 56% | 1.1K | — | official |
| TuvaluTV | 9% | 1.1K | 376 | official |
| TokelauTK | 38% | 626 | — | official |
| U.S. Outlying IslandsUM | 100% | 316 | — | official |
| St. Pierre & MiquelonPM | 4% | 190 | — | minority or diaspora |
| Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCC | 17% | 101 | — | official |
| Pitcairn IslandsPN | 92% | 46 | — | official |
| South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsGS | 100% | 20 | — | official |
The long tail matters. CLDR does record diaspora populations, so a language usually appears in more territories than its home markets, at small shares. Those rows rarely justify a launch on their own. They are why a language's total reach is larger than any one country page shows. A dash in the online column means the territory has no World Bank internet figure, and it does not mean zero.
What it takes to ship
The work that is not translation: the writing system, the grammar your message format has to survive, and what the words cost.
Writing system
Latin
Lays out left to right, the same as the source. Platform default fonts cover this script.
Plural categories
2
Every counted message needs up to 2 arms, and the translator has to be given all of them.
Rate index
1.00×
Prices at the mainstream per-word rate.