English-speaking countries

KARSHI BRANCH OF TASHKENT UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NAMED AFTER MUHAMMAD AL-KHOREZMI FACULTY OF

Тема:ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

English-speaking countries

• English is the primary natively spoken language in several countries and territories. Five of the largest of these are sometimes described as the "core Anglosphere";[6][7][8] they are the United States of America (with at least 231 million native English speakers),[9] the United Kingdom (60 million),[10][11][12] Canada (19 million),[13] Australia (at least 17 million),[14] and New Zealand (4.8 million).[15] English is also the primary natively spoken language in the Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, The Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. English is also spoken by a majority of people as a second language in countries such as Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Sweden.

• Pie chart showing the percentage of native English speakers living in "inner circle" English-speaking countries. Native speakers are now substantially outnumbered worldwide by second-language speakers of English (not counted in this chart).
•   US (64.3%)
•   UK (16.7%)
•   Canada (5.3%)
•   Australia (4.7%)
•   South Africa (1.3%)
•   Ireland (1.1%)
•   New Zealand (1%)
•   Other (5.6%)