Country Studies

Spotlight on English-speaking countries

English-speaking countries

The UK government classifies the following overseas countries as majority native English speaking:

Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas Barbados

Belize Canada Dominica

Grenada Guyana Ireland

Jamaica New Zealand

St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia

St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago

The United Kingdom The United States of America

The united kingdom of great Britain and northern Ireland, The united states of America, Canada, Australia, new Zealand

The biggest English-speaking countries

The united kingdom of great Britain and northern Ireland

The UK was created in 1707. However, at that time it included only the kingdom of England and the kingdom of Scotland. In 1801 the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merged to form the UK of GB and Ireland. And in 1922 a part of Ireland decided to be independent. Then the state was renamed the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" – its formal name at present. As for Wales, it became a part of English Kingdom in the 16th century and under England's authority, Wales became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and then in 1801 the UK.