List of countries where English is an official language Totally Explained

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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 India, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and the Philippines, use English as an official language but not the sole official language.
   This list also includes countries where English is the dominant language, but doesn't have official status. In Australia, English is spoken by the vast majority of the population and is the only language used in government institutions, yet Australia doesn't have an official language. This is the same in the U.S. and the UK, although some states or regions within the UK and the U.S. have English as an official language.
   The status of English as a country's official language doesn't necessarily correlate with the number of English-speakers in that country. India, for example, with a population of 1.1 billion, has fewer than 200,000 native speakers of English and approximately 100 million second-language English speakers (who form less than 10% of its population). Nigeria on the other hand, has a small percentage of Standard English second-language speakers; however, more than 60% of its population speaks Nigerian Pidgin English, which although not a dialect of English, does contain many English words and possesses an English-like grammatical structure.
   Almost all of these countries are current or former colonies or dependencies of the UK (see also British Empire). The notable exception is Madagascar, which is a former French colony with English speaking neighbors.
   India's linguistic picture is complex. According to the Constitution of India, "Hindi in the Devanagari script" is the official language of the union and English the 'subsidiary official language'; however, English is mandated for the authoritative texts of all federal laws and Supreme Court decisions, and (along with Hindi) is one of the two languages of the Indian Parliament. See Official languages of India.
   These nations total 2.135 billion people, cover 15,583,152 square miles, and have a combined GDP of about 18 trillion US dollars.

Sovereign states

Rank	Continent	Population
1	Asia	1,103,600,000
2	North America	300,007,997
3	Asia	162,419,946
4	Africa	128,771,988
5	Asia	87,857,473
6	Europe	60,441,457
7	Africa	44,344,136
8	Africa	36,992,490
9	Africa	33,829,590
10	North America	32,300,000
11	Africa	27,269,482
12	Africa	21,029,853
13	Oceania	20,800,000
14	Africa	1,280,000
15	Africa	16,380,005
16	Africa	12,746,990
17	Africa	12,158,924
18	Africa	11,261,795
19	Africa	8,440,820
20	Africa	6,017,643
21	Oceania	5,545,268
22	Asia	4,425,720
23	Europe	4,130,700
24	Oceania	4,108,561
25	Africa	3,482,211
26	North America	2,731,832
27	Africa	2,030,692
29	Africa	1,867,035
30	Africa	1,640,115
31	Africa	1,593,256
32	Africa	1,230,602
33	Africa	1,173,900
34	America	1,088,644
35	Oceania	893,354
36	South America	765,283
37	Oceania	538,032
38	Europe	398,534
39	America	301,790
40	Central America	279,457
41	America	279,254
42	Oceania	205,754
43	America	166,312
44	America	117,534
45	Oceania	108,105
46	Oceania	103,092
47	America	89,502
48	Africa	81,188
49	America	69,029
50	America	68,722
51	Oceania	59,071
52	America	38,958
53	Oceania	20,303
54	Oceania	13,528

Non-sovereign entities

Rank	Continent	Population
1	Asia	6,898,686
2	America	3,912,054
3	Oceania	108,708
4	America	108,708
5	Europe	88,200
6	Oceania	80,801
7	Europe	75,049
8	America	65,365
9	Europe	65,228
10	Oceania	64,869
11	America	44,270
12	Europe	27,884
13	America	22,643
14	Oceania	21,388
15	America	20,556
16	America	13,254
17	America	9,341
18	Africa	7,460
19	South America	2,967
20	Oceania	1,828
21	Oceania	1,600
22	Oceania	1,600
23	Oceania	1,400
24	Africa	273
25	Oceania	67

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