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🗣️ Share of people who can speak English, by country 🇬🇧 UK: 98.3% 🇮🇪 Ireland: 97.5% 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 97.2% 🇺🇸 USA: 95.9% 🇬🇮 Gibraltar: 93.2% 🇦🇺 Australia: 91.1% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 90.9% 🇸🇪 Sweden: 89.0% 🇳🇴 Norway: 87.6% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 86.1% 🇨🇦 Canada: 82.1% 🇸🇬 Singapore: 74.2% 🇦🇹 Austria: 73.1% 🇫🇮 Finland: 70.1% 🇵🇭 Philippines: 63.7% 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 60.6% 🇧🇪 Belgium: 59.1% 🇩🇪 Germany: 55.7% 🇬🇷 Greece: 51.0% 🇿🇦 South Africa: 50.7% 🇵🇱 Poland: 50.0% 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 48.9% 🇪🇸 Spain: 39.0% 🇪🇬 Egypt: 35.0% 🇷🇴 Romania: 31.0% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 30.8% 🇮🇹 Italy: 28.2% 🇫🇷 France: 24.6% 🇮🇳 India: 19.0% 🇹🇷 Türkiye: 15.0% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 13.0% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 5.6% 🇷🇺 Russia: 3.8% 🇨🇳 China: 0.7% Includes native and second-language speakers at any level. Figures come from different years and surveys, and the level of English counted varies by country. Source: National censuses; Eurobarometer; British Council; Euromonitor, via Wikipedia