The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where English is an official language, in order of population. Several of these nations, like Canada and the Philippines, use English as an official language but not the sole official language.

English in the U.S. and UK is only a de facto official language; these countries have no de jure official language (although some states or regions within them do). New Zealand also has English as a de facto official language, but also has two other de jure official languages (Māori and New Zealand Sign Language).

The status of English as a country's official language does not necessarily correlate with the number of English-speakers in that country. This is especially true for India and many African nations, and to a smaller extent for the Philippines.

Note that almost all of these countries are current or former colonies of the UK (see also British Empire). Two exceptions are the Philippines and Liberia, both former US colonies. Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands are also currently US territories.

These nations total 2,135 million people, 15,583,152 square miles and about 18 trillion US dollars in GDP. India represents over half this population, and the United States represents over half this GDP.

See also

• List of countries by English speaking population
• Anglosphere

Footnotes

1. The population figures are based on List of countries by population.
2. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
3. Christmas Island is an external territory of Australia

Lists of countries | English language

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