The English language's 335 million native speakers include exactly 225 million in the United States, 55 million in the United Kingdom, 19 million in Canada, 15 million in Australia, and just short of 4 million in New Zealand, all according to Ethnologue. Even though English is not #1 in the world for languages, it is one of the world's most widespread languages, with it's mother-tongue speakers recorded in 101 separate countries and territories worldwide, 94 classed as an official language. Concluding, if the number of people who use English as their second language were included, the global total of English speakers would rise over 1 billion, easily!
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