Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Egypt

Libya

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Rwanda

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows COMESA members highlighted in orange: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

Countries

World

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

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

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.)

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

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Canada

United States

North America

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Botswana

Cameroon

Gambia

Ghana

Lesotho

Liberia

Namibia

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South 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

Ethnologue

English as Official or de facto Language

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

A map shows the membership status of South American countries. Associate Members (green), including Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Full Members (red), including Brazil, and Argentina. Suspended Members (blue), which includes Venezuela.

Member states of Mercosur, an organization founded in 1991 to promote free trade among its members

Council on Foreign Relations

Mercosur

Mauritania

Gabon

Angola

Benin

Côte d'Ivoire

Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Niger

Senegal

Togo

Tanzania

Guinea-Bissau

Mali

Burkina Faso

Central African Republic

Guinea

Mozambique

Chad

South Sudan

Sub-Saharan African languages: Afro-Asiatic (blue-green) north, Nilo-Saharan (light orange) central, Niger-Congo (blue) east coast, Indo-European (light blue) west South Africa, south Namibia, Khoisan (dark orange) Namibia, Botswana, Austronesian (yellow) Madagascar.

Languages of Africa. The displayed areas indicate predominance, not exclusivity.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	English as Official or de facto Language	Mercosur	African Languages
Value	Value	Value	Afro-Asiatic	Austronesian	Indo-European	Khoisan	Niger-Congo	Nilo-Saharan









			96.9%				2.94%
			55.0%	99.1%	26.0%	22.3%	62.2%	18.8%