ExploLanguages
Where is English spoken?
English is an official language in 60 countries and territories, and the only one in 22.
Africa 23
- BotswanaAlso Tswana
- CameroonAlso French
- EritreaAlso Arabic and Tigrinya
- EswatiniAlso Swazi
- GambiaThe only official language
- GhanaThe only official language
- KenyaAlso Swahili
- LesothoAlso Sotho
- LiberiaThe only official language
- MalawiAlso Chewa
- MauritiusAlso French and Mauritian Creole
- NamibiaAlso Afrikaans, German, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga and Tswana
- NigeriaThe only official language
- RwandaAlso French and Kinyarwanda
- SeychellesAlso Seychellois Creole and French
- Sierra LeoneThe only official language
- South AfricaAlso Afrikaans, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu
- South SudanThe only official language
- SudanAlso Arabic
- TanzaniaAlso Swahili
- UgandaAlso Swahili
- ZambiaThe only official language
- ZimbabweAlso Chibarwe, Kalanga, Khoisan, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Chewa, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zimbabwean Sign Language
Asia 6
Europe 3
- IrelandAlso Irish
- MaltaAlso Maltese
- United KingdomThe only official language
North America 13
- Antigua and BarbudaThe only official language
- BahamasThe only official language
- BarbadosThe only official language
- BelizeAlso Belizean Creole and Spanish
- CanadaAlso French
- DominicaThe only official language
- GrenadaThe only official language
- JamaicaAlso Jamaican Patois
- Saint Kitts and NevisThe only official language
- Saint LuciaThe only official language
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesThe only official language
- Trinidad and TobagoThe only official language
- United StatesThe only official language
Oceania 14
- AustraliaThe only official language
- FijiAlso Fijian and Fiji Hindi
- KiribatiAlso Gilbertese
- Marshall IslandsAlso Marshallese
- MicronesiaThe only official language
- NauruAlso Nauru
- New ZealandAlso Māori and New Zealand Sign Language
- PalauAlso Palauan
- Papua New GuineaAlso Hiri Motu and Tok Pisin
- SamoaAlso Samoan
- Solomon IslandsThe only official language
- TongaAlso Tongan
- TuvaluAlso Tuvaluan
- VanuatuAlso Bislama and French
South America 1
- GuyanaThe only official language
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Questions
How many countries speak English?
English is an official language in 60 countries and territories in our data, and the only official one in 22. Many more people speak it outside these places.
Which countries have English as their only official language?
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Liberia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and more.
Will people speak it everywhere?
Official status is not the same as what you hear in the street. In some places on this list it is the language of government and school, while most people speak another one at home.
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