18%
9.3 percent
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 96% of Americans speak English.
Roughly 20-25% of the world's population speaks English proficiently as a first or second language. This percentage accounts for approximately 1.5 to 2 billion people worldwide.
The English speak countries want English be the world language
"In the United States, by contrast, 9 percent of Americans speak both their native language and another language fluently, according to a U.S. Senate resolution designating 2005 the "Year of Foreign Language Study." - http://www.nabe.org/press/Clips/clip092605c.htm
According to the 2011 census, about 58 percent of the population reported that their mother tongue was English and English was most often spoken at home by 66 percent of the population. About 22 percent of the population reported that their mother tongue and the language spoken at home was French. The remaining 20 percent spoke another language besides English or French when at home, and English was by far the language of the work place except in the Province of Quebec.
The English language. About 80% of Canadian speak English.
As of 2018, about 96% of the world's population do not speak English as their first language.
In the United States, about 21% of the population speaks a language other than English at home. This includes both individuals who are bilingual and those who primarily speak a language other than English.
It is estimated that about 60% of English vocabulary can be traced back to Latin roots. This is largely due to the influence of Latin as the language of the Roman Empire and its subsequent impact on English through French, which itself has many Latin roots.
English is the most common language spoken in the northeast region of the United States.
Last time I was there at least 95 % of the people spoke English.