<Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Eligible population </Th> <Th> Total English speakers </Th> <Th> Total English speakers ( % ) </Th> <Th> As first language </Th> <Th> As first language ( % ) </Th> <Th> As an additional language </Th> <Th> As an additional language ( % ) </Th> <Th> Comments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> 296,603,003 </Td> <Td> 283,160,411 </Td> <Td> 95.46 </Td> <Td> 234,171,556 </Td> <Td> 79.0 </Td> <Td> 48,988,855 </Td> <Td> 16.5 </Td> <Td> Figures are from the 2011 - 2015 American Community Survey 5 - year estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau for persons age 5 and older . Total English speakers are those who either spoke English at home ( i.e. as first language ) , or reported speaking another language at home but could speak English `` very well '' or `` well '' ( i.e. as an additional language ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> 1,028,737,436 </Td> <Td> 125,344,736 </Td> <Td> 12.18 </Td> <Td> 226,449 </Td> <Td> 0.02 </Td> <Td> 125,118,287 </Td> <Td> 12.16 </Td> <Td> 2001 Census figures for population and first , second , and third languages . English as a first language is only spoken by 226,449 people , as a second language by 86,125,221 , and as a third language by 38,993,066 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td> 188,400,100 </Td> <Td> 108,036,049 </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 8,642,883 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 92,316,049 </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> Official Language , lingua franca and spoken amongst a wide proportion of the Pakistani Population -- 49 % as a second language ( other estimates ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> 156,493,000 </Td> <Td> 79,000,000 </Td> <Td> 53.34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 79,000,000 </Td> <Td> 53.34 </Td> <Td> Euromonitor International report ( 2009 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> 100,437,852 </Td> <Td> 64,025,890 </Td> <Td> 63.73 </Td> <Td> 36,935 </Td> <Td> 0.0037 </Td> <Td> 63,988,955 </Td> <Td> 63.72 </Td> <Td> Total population : Census 2010 . Proportion of total speakers : Census 2000 , text above Figure 7 . 63.71 % of the then 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English . Proportion of native speakers : Census 1995 , as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in `` The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines '' , Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development , 19 ( 5&6 ) , 487 -- 525 , p. 492 : . 04 % of the then 68.4 million people were native speakers of English . ( 1998 ) . `` Six out of 10 people aged 5 and over can speak english ( 63.71 % ) . '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> 64,000,000 </Td> <Td> 59,600,000 </Td> <Td> 97.74 </Td> <Td> 54,400,000 </Td> <Td> 92.14 </Td> <Td> 5,128,000 </Td> <Td> 5.60 </Td> <Td> Source : Data from the 2011 census for England and Wales . Additional English speaker figures are for usual residents aged 3 years and over with a main language other than English who can speak English `` very well '' or `` well '' . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> 80,600,000 </Td> <Td> 46,272,504 </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 272,504 </Td> <Td> 0.338 </Td> <Td> 46,000,000 </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> Native speakers : Statistisches Bundesamt ( cited here ) . Non-native speakers : Eurobarometer report 2006 Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 33,121,175 </Td> <Td> 28,360,240 </Td> <Td> 85.63 </Td> <Td> 18,858,980 </Td> <Td> 56.94 </Td> <Td> 9,501,260 </Td> <Td> 28.69 </Td> <Td> Source : ( 3 ) , Population by knowledge of official languages and Population by mother tongue . The 2011 count reported that 22,564,665 people were able to conduct a conversation in English but not French , while 5,795,575 were able to converse in both English and French . The census also asked for the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual : 18,858,980 reported English as their sole mother tongue , 144,685 reported both English and French as mother tongues , 396,330 reported English and a non-official language as mother tongues , and 24,095 reported English , French and a non-official language as mother tongues . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Costa Rica </Td> <Td> 4,910,526 </Td> <Td> 400,415 </Td> <Td> 8.2 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 400,415 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Source : Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2017 http://www.inec.go.cr/sistema-de-consultas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> 65,350,000 </Td> <Td> 23,000,000 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23,000,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Source : Eurobarometer report 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 21,394,309 </Td> <Td> 17,357,833 </Td> <Td> 97
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Eligible population </Th> <Th> Total English speakers </Th> <Th> Total English speakers ( % ) </Th> <Th> As first language </Th> <Th> As first language ( % ) </Th> <Th> As an additional language </Th> <Th> As an additional language ( % ) </Th> <Th> Comments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> 296,603,003 </Td> <Td> 283,160,411 </Td> <Td> 95.46 </Td> <Td> 234,171,556 </Td> <Td> 79.0 </Td> <Td> 48,988,855 </Td> <Td> 16.5 </Td> <Td> Figures are from the 2011 - 2015 American Community Survey 5 - year estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau for persons age 5 and older . Total English speakers are those who either spoke English at home ( i.e. as first language ) , or reported speaking another language at home but could speak English `` very well '' or `` well '' ( i.e. as an additional language ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> 1,028,737,436 </Td> <Td> 125,344,736 </Td> <Td> 12.18 </Td> <Td> 226,449 </Td> <Td> 0.02 </Td> <Td> 125,118,287 </Td> <Td> 12.16 </Td> <Td> 2001 Census figures for population and first , second , and third languages . English as a first language is only spoken by 226,449 people , as a second language by 86,125,221 , and as a third language by 38,993,066 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td> 188,400,100 </Td> <Td> 108,036,049 </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 8,642,883 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 92,316,049 </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> Official Language , lingua franca and spoken amongst a wide proportion of the Pakistani Population -- 49 % as a second language ( other estimates ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> 156,493,000 </Td> <Td> 79,000,000 </Td> <Td> 53.34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 79,000,000 </Td> <Td> 53.34 </Td> <Td> Euromonitor International report ( 2009 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> 100,437,852 </Td> <Td> 64,025,890 </Td> <Td> 63.73 </Td> <Td> 36,935 </Td> <Td> 0.0037 </Td> <Td> 63,988,955 </Td> <Td> 63.72 </Td> <Td> Total population : Census 2010 . Proportion of total speakers : Census 2000 , text above Figure 7 . 63.71 % of the then 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English . Proportion of native speakers : Census 1995 , as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in `` The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines '' , Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development , 19 ( 5&6 ) , 487 -- 525 , p. 492 : . 04 % of the then 68.4 million people were native speakers of English . ( 1998 ) . `` Six out of 10 people aged 5 and over can speak english ( 63.71 % ) . '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> 64,000,000 </Td> <Td> 59,600,000 </Td> <Td> 97.74 </Td> <Td> 54,400,000 </Td> <Td> 92.14 </Td> <Td> 5,128,000 </Td> <Td> 5.60 </Td> <Td> Source : Data from the 2011 census for England and Wales . Additional English speaker figures are for usual residents aged 3 years and over with a main language other than English who can speak English `` very well '' or `` well '' . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> 80,600,000 </Td> <Td> 46,272,504 </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 272,504 </Td> <Td> 0.338 </Td> <Td> 46,000,000 </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> Native speakers : Statistisches Bundesamt ( cited here ) . Non-native speakers : Eurobarometer report 2006 Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 33,121,175 </Td> <Td> 28,360,240 </Td> <Td> 85.63 </Td> <Td> 18,858,980 </Td> <Td> 56.94 </Td> <Td> 9,501,260 </Td> <Td> 28.69 </Td> <Td> Source : ( 3 ) , Population by knowledge of official languages and Population by mother tongue . The 2011 count reported that 22,564,665 people were able to conduct a conversation in English but not French , while 5,795,575 were able to converse in both English and French . The census also asked for the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual : 18,858,980 reported English as their sole mother tongue , 144,685 reported both English and French as mother tongues , 396,330 reported English and a non-official language as mother tongues , and 24,095 reported English , French and a non-official language as mother tongues . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Costa Rica </Td> <Td> 4,910,526 </Td> <Td> 400,415 </Td> <Td> 8.2 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 400,415 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Source : Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2017 http://www.inec.go.cr/sistema-de-consultas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> 65,350,000 </Td> <Td> 23,000,000 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23,000,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Source : Eurobarometer report 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 21,394,309 </Td> <Td> 17,357,833 </Td> <Td> 97
how much of the indian population speaks english
how much of the indian population speaks english
125,344,736
125,344,736