What countries speak English language as a national language?

Sovereign states

Countries where English is a de jure/official language

Country

Region

Population

Antigua and Barbuda

Caribbean

85,000

Bahamas

Caribbean

331,000

Barbados

Caribbean

294,000

Belize

Central America / Caribbean

288,000

Botswana

Africa

1,882,000

Cameroon

Africa

18,549,000

Canada

North America

33,531,000

Dominica

Caribbean

73,000

Eritrea

Africa

5,224,000

Fiji

Oceania

827,900

Gambia

Africa

1,709,000

Ghana

Africa

23,478,000

Grenada

Caribbean

106,000

Guyana

South America / Caribbean

738,000

India

Asia

1,247,540,000

Ireland

Europe

4,581,269

Jamaica

Caribbean

2,714,000

Kenya

Africa

37,538,000

Kiribati

Oceania

95,000

Lesotho

Africa

2,008,000

Liberia

Africa

3,750,000

Malawi

Africa

13,925,000

Malta

Europe

412,600

Marshall Islands

Oceania

59,000

Mauritius

Africa / Indian Ocean

1,262,000

Federated States of Micronesia

Oceania

111,000

Namibia

Africa

2,074,000

Nauru

Oceania

10,000

New Zealand

Oceania

4,294,350

Nigeria

Africa

148,093,000

Pakistan

Asia

165,449,000

Palau

Oceania

20,000

Papua New Guinea

Oceania

6,331,000

Philippines

Asia

90,457,200

Rwanda

Africa

9,725,000

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Caribbean

50,000

Saint Lucia

Caribbean

165,000

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean

120,000

Samoa

Oceania

188,359

Seychelles

Africa / Indian Ocean

87,000

Sierra Leone

Africa

5,866,000

Singapore

Asia

5,312,400

Somaliland

Africa

3,500,000

Solomon Islands

Oceania

506,992

South Africa

Africa

47,850,700

South Sudan

Africa

8,260,490

Sudan

Africa

31,894,000

Swaziland

Africa

1,141,000

Tanzania

Africa

40,454,000

Tonga

Oceania

100,000

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

1,333,000

Tuvalu

Oceania

11,000

Uganda

Africa

30,884,000

Vanuatu

Oceania

226,000

Zambia

Africa

11,922,000

Zimbabwe

Africa

13,349,000

Countries where English is the de facto language

Country

Region

Population

Australia

Australia

22,930,576

United Kingdom

Europe

61,612,300

United States

North America

309,442,000

Non-sovereign entities

Entity

Region

Population

American Samoa

Oceania

67,000

Anguilla

Caribbean

13,000

Bermuda

North America

65,000

British Virgin Islands

Caribbean

23,000

Cayman Islands

Caribbean

47,000

Christmas Island

Australia

1,508

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

596

Cook Islands

Oceania

20,200

Falkland Islands

South Atlantic

3,000

Gibraltar

Europe

29,257

Guam

Oceania

173,000

Guernsey

Europe

61,811

Hong Kong

Asia

7,097,600

Isle of Man

Europe

80,058

Jersey

Europe

89,300

Montserrat

Caribbean

5,900

Niue

Oceania

1,600

Norfolk Island

Australia

1,828

Northern Mariana Islands

Oceania

53,883

Pitcairn Islands

Oceania

50

Puerto Rico

Caribbean

3,991,000

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

South Atlantic

5,660

Sint Maarten

Caribbean

40,900

San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

Caribbean

59,573

Tokelau

Oceania

1,400

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean

26,000

U.S. Virgin Islands

Caribbean

111,000