American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Norfolk I. (Australia)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

Grenada

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

East Asia

Guernsey (U.K.)

Ireland

Jersey (U.K.)

Malta

Montserrat (U.K.)

United Kingdom

Europe

Belize

Guyana

Latin America

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Canada

United States

North America

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Botswana

Cameroon

eSwatini

Gambia

Ghana

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Malawi

Namibia

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows countries where English is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in red, and include United Kingdom, Canada, U S A, India, Australia, Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Papua New Guinea.

Countries where English is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

English as Official or de facto Language

Haiti

Afghanistan

Central Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus

Northern Macedonia

Serbia

Ukraine

Brazil

Colombia

Guatemala

Honduras

Peru

New Caledonia (France)

Mexico

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Indonesia

Myanmar

Thailand

Iraq

Lebanon

Libya

Palestine

Syria

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Madagascar

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Republic of the Congo

Senegal

South Sudan

A map shows countries by the number of internally displaced persons. Higher (dark blue) are in the central eastern Africa, Turkey, India, Colombia. Medium levels (blue) are in northern Africa, Mexico and low levels (light blue) in Russia and Brazil

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are displaced due to conflict, as of 2022

The UN Refugee Agency

Internally Displaced Persons

People

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Cuba

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Iceland

Netherlands

Estonia

Albania

Denmark

Greece

Croatia

Norway

Chile

Costa Rica

Panama

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

Qatar

Guinea-Bissau

Eritrea

A world map showing the distribution of continental shelves. The continental shelves extend into the oceans along the margins of the continents.

Extent of the world's continental shelves, which are extensions of continents submerged by the oceans

Continental Shelf

Key areas with prominent continental shelves shaded in dark blue include the eastern and western coasts of North America, particularly around the Gulf of Alaska, Hudson Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. The coasts of Europe, including the North Sea and the waters around the United Kingdom. The northern coast of Russia and the Arctic Ocean. The coasts of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The northern and eastern coasts of Australia. The coasts of South America, especially around the Gulf of California and the southern tip near Chile and Argentina. The western and southern coasts of Africa, particularly around Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.

English as Official or de facto Language	Internally Displaced Persons			Continental Shelf
Value	Class	Rank	People	Continental Shelf



				2.44%
				3.13%
				2.73%
				3.31%
				4.38%
				14.0%
				1.49%
				1.27%
				2.50%
				1.44%