English is the second most spoken language on Earth right behind Mandarin. 508 million people on Earth speak English.
English is the official language of more countries than any other language: Hong Kong, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, Ireland, Singapore, whoa… this list is long. Lets just have a look at the wikipedia list below.
The United States has 309 million English speakers. India has 1.25 billion English speakers; about 4 times more English speakers than the USA…
Thus, India is the answer to the question in the title of this post: Which country has more English speakers than the USA? India. India has over 4 times more English speakers than the USA.
WHERE PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH:
| Country | Region | Population1 |
|---|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda[1] |
Caribbean | 85,000 |
 Bahamas[1] |
Caribbean | 331,000 |
 Barbados[2] |
Caribbean | 294,000 |
 Belize [3] |
Central America / Caribbean | 288,000 |
 Botswana [3] |
Africa | 1,882,000 |
 Cameroon[1] |
Africa | 18,549,000 |
 Canada[1] |
North America | 33,531,000 |
 Dominica[1] |
Caribbean | 73,000 |
 Jordan[1] |
Middle East | 6,000,000 |
 Fiji[1] |
Oceania | 827,900 |
 Gambia[1] |
Africa | 1,709,000 |
 Ghana[1] |
Africa | 23,478,000 |
 Grenada[1] |
Caribbean | 106,000 |
 Guyana[4] |
South America / Caribbean | 738,000 |
 India [3][5] |
Asia | 1,247,540,000 |
 Ireland[6] |
Europe | 4,581,269 |
 Jamaica[7] |
Caribbean | 2,714,000 |
 Kenya[1] |
Africa | 37,538,000 |
 Kiribati[1] |
Oceania | 95,000 |
 Lesotho[1] |
Africa | 2,008,000 |
 Liberia[1] |
Africa | 3,750,000 |
 Malawi[8] |
Africa | 13,925,000 |
 Malta[1] |
Europe | 412,600 |
 Marshall Islands[1] |
Oceania | 59,000 |
 Mauritius[1] |
Africa / Indian Ocean | 1,262,000 |
 Federated States of Micronesia[1] |
Oceania | 111,000 |
 Namibia[1] |
Africa | 2,074,000 |
 Nauru[9] |
Oceania | 10,000 |
 New Zealand[1] |
Oceania | 4,294,350 |
 Nigeria[1][10] |
Africa | 148,093,000 |
 Pakistan[1] |
Asia | 165,449,000 |
 Palau [3] |
Oceania | 20,000 |
 Papua New Guinea[11][12] |
Oceania | 6,331,000 |
 Philippines[13][1] |
Asia | 90,457,200 |
 Rwanda[1] |
Africa | 9,725,000 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis[14] |
Caribbean | 50,000 |
 Saint Lucia[1] |
Caribbean | 165,000 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[15] |
Caribbean | 120,000 |
 Samoa[16] |
Oceania | 188,359 |
 Seychelles[1] |
Africa / Indian Ocean | 87,000 |
 Sierra Leone[1] |
Africa | 5,866,000 |
 Singapore[17] |
Asia | 5,312,400[18] |
 Solomon Islands[1] |
Oceania | 506,992 |
 South Africa[19] |
Africa | 47,850,700 |
 South Sudan[20] |
Africa | 8,260,490 |
 Sudan[1] |
Africa | 31,894,000 |
 Swaziland[1] |
Africa | 1,141,000 |
 Tanzania[1] |
Africa | 40,454,000 |
 Tonga[21] |
Oceania | 100,000 |
 Trinidad and Tobago[1] |
Caribbean | 1,333,000 |
 Tuvalu[3] |
Oceania | 11,000 |
 Uganda[1] |
Africa | 30,884,000 |
 Vanuatu[22] |
Oceania | 226,000 |
 Zambia[1] |
Africa | 11,922,000 |
 Zimbabwe[1] |
Africa | 13,349,000 |
| Country | Region | Population1 |
|---|---|---|
 Australia[23] |
Australia / Oceania | 22,930,576 |
 United Kingdom |
Europe | 61,612,300 |
 United States |
North America | 309,442,000 |
| Country | Region | Population1 |
|---|---|---|
 Israel[24][25][26] |
Asia / Middle East | 8,051,200 |
Non-sovereign entities
| Entity | Region | Population1 |
|---|---|---|
 American Samoa11 |
Oceania | 67,700 |
 Anguilla[1] |
Caribbean | 13,000 |
 Bermuda9[1] |
North America | 65,000 |
 British Virgin Islands[1] |
Caribbean | 23,000 |
 Cayman Islands [3] |
Caribbean | 47,000 |
 Christmas Island12[1] |
Australia | 1,508 |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands[1] |
Australia | 596 |
 Cook Islands14[1] |
Oceania | 20,200 |
 Curaçao[27] |
Caribbean | 150,563 |
 Falkland Islands |
South Atlantic | 3,000 |
 Gibraltar[1] |
Europe | 29,257 |
 Guam4 |
Oceania | 173,000 |
 Guernsey10 |
Europe | 61,811 |
 Hong Kong2[1] |
Asia | 7,097,600 |
 Isle of Man8 |
Europe | 80,058 |
 Jersey6[1] |
Europe | 89,300 |
 Montserrat[3] |
Caribbean | 5,900 |
 Niue14[1] |
Oceania | 1,600 |
 Norfolk Island[1] |
Australia | 1,828 |
 Northern Mariana Islands7 |
Oceania | 53,883 |
 Pitcairn Islands13[1] |
Oceania | 50 |
 Puerto Rico3 |
Caribbean | 3,991,000 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[3] |
South Atlantic | 5,660 |
 Sint Maarten[28] |
Caribbean | 40,900 |
 San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia [29] |
Caribbean | 59,573 |
 Tokelau[3] |
Oceania | 1,400 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands[1] |
Caribbean | 26,000 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands5 |
Caribbean | 111,000 |
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No doubt, India doesn’t have English speakers as many as America, But India is to overtake the US soon as the literacy rate in India is surging rapidly.
India 100-% does not have the most English speakers.
IIRC, China has the largest number of people studying English. I don’t have the number though.
It is only 125 million. Still the second most, with the only US ahead.
The claim that India has the most English speaking people is a crock. There are 1.25 billion people I’m India and the leading official language is English. But that doesn’t mean that all of them speak and read / write English. Most know their mother tongue and no other languages.
The real numbers are 100 million speakers and 30 million who can read English.
The statistics regarding English speakers in India is incorrect. India has a literacy rate of 74.04% and not all literates know how to speak or read English.