On average about 30 percent of the books published worldwide are published in English. A large percentage are in Chinese and French too.
It is estimated that almost 30% of humans can speak English (over two billion). English is the most spoken language on the planet, counting first, second, third, etc. language speakers. It is the official language of over 50 countries and it is a language of business and marketing world wide.
There is no exact number of anglophones in the world. Anglophones refer to individuals who speak English as their first language or are fluent in English. English is spoken as a first language by over 375 million people worldwide, with billions more speaking it as a second language.
The official language of the UK (which includes London) is English and the majority of the people have English as their first language. However, London is a cosmopolitan city with a huge immigrant population, so many of the world's languages can be heard there. The language spoken in London is English.
Based on population, Chinese Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language in the world. Spanish is 2nd, followed by English and Bengali.
Since there are about 100 million people speaking German as first language, it is about 1.5 % of the world's population. Including the people speaking German as second language make it double.
Approximately 5.5% of the world's population speak English as their first language.
29.1% http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm That statistic is not for the percentage of websites in English, but the percentage of internet users who speak English as their primary language. I am unable to find a statistic for percentage of websites in English.
There is no definition of "correct English language."
English is an official language of many countries, and it is one of the official language of the United Nation. Both oral and written competence in the English language is related the inheritance of the knowledge and culture shared in English around the world.
Christian Mair has written: 'The Politics of English as a World Language' 'Twentieth-Century English' 'Infinitival complement clauses in English' -- subject(s): Clauses, Complement, English language, Infinitival constructions
Edwin B Levine has written: 'Follett world-wide Latin dictionary' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Latin language, Latin, English language, English
David Bernard Guralnik has written: 'The Macmillan students edition of the concise Webster's New world dictionary of the American language' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, English language, Lending library 'Webster's New World Dictionary, Concise Edition' 'Webster's New World dictionary of the American language' 'Webster's New World dictionary of the American language with student handbook' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, English language 'Webster's New World dictionary of the American language' -- subject(s): Americanisms, Dictionaries, English language
The English speak countries want English be the world language
English is the third most popular language in the world, after Mandarin and Spanish. English is spoken by 5.43 percent of the worlds population, so therefore 94.57 percent of the worlds population speak no English.
At first blush one might think Chinese, because of their population. But for a written language to be understood, the peoples must first be literate - ie they can read and write. So perhaps written English would claim that palm, though Spanish and Portuguese would not be far behind.
Main Language in the World: English
What percentage of the world's emails are in english