No. Even if you include people who speak English as a second language, there are more English speakers in the U.S.
About 95% of the US speaks English (about 85% Americans have English as their native language, the other 10% learned English as a second language) Since the US has a population of about 312,000,000 then that would mean 296,400,000 Americans speak English. Numbers for English speakers in China vary anywhere from about 200,000,000-350,000,000 (depending on what qualifies as being able to speak English)
India has the largest English-speaking population in the world, with an estimated 125 million English speakers. This surpasses the United States, which has around 300 million English speakers.
If you are talking about native speakers, English and Spanish are about tied. If you are talking about total speakers, then English has the most.
No, there are more English speakers in Canada than Spanish speakers in the US. English is one of the official languages of Canada and is spoken by the majority of the population. While Spanish is widely spoken in the US, it is not the most prevalent language.
English is more widely spoken as a first language, with approximately 360 million native speakers. However, Spanish is more widely spoken overall, including second language speakers, with around 460 million speakers worldwide.
Yes, there are more non-native English speakers than native speakers. Estimates suggest that there are around 1.5 billion non-native speakers compared to approximately 370 million native speakers. The widespread use of English as a global lingua franca in business, education, and media contributes to this disparity.
No. While English is the most widely spoken language around the world, Chinese is still the language spoke by the most people in the world. This is due to the large population of China, Taiwan and Singapore where Chinese is considered their national language...over 1.3 billion (in 2011). Not to mention the population of Chinese scattered throughout the world.
The United States has about 280 million native speakers of English; India has about 300 million speakers of English as a second language. Exact numbers are difficult to produce for this, but China is estimated to be equal or ahead of India in this numbers game. For sure, by looking at rate of increase and number of learners, in a year or two, China will definitely have more English speakers than any other country. Of course, nearly all will be as second language.
none India is the 2nd country with the most English speakers, about 110,000,000, the US is the most with about 305,000,000 speakers.
No. While English is the most widely spoken language around the world, Chinese is still the language spoke by the most people in the world. This is due to the large population of China, Taiwan and Singapore where Chinese is considered their national language...over 1.3 billion (in 2011). Not to mention the population of Chinese scattered throughout the world.
The U.S. has about 300 Million English Speakers, but only about 25 million Spanish speakers, so it will be a very long time. In fact, it's unlikely to happen, since the children of Spanish speaking immigrants learn English in public schools.
English is one of the official languages of India, spoken well by more than 100 million people.There are more speakers of Indian English than British English.