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

Egypt

Libya

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Burundi

Comoros

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Madagascar

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

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members

French Polynesia (France)

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Aruba (Neth.)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Martinique (France)

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Martin (France)

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Antarctica

Curaçao (Neth.)

English as Official or de facto Language	Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Members	Facebook Users			Tourism Revenues
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Millions of users	Class	Rank	Millions of U.S. dollars