List of English Native Speakers

Rank	Country	First language
1	United States	225,505,953[1]
2	United Kingdom	58,200,000[20]
3	Canada	18,232,195[21]
4	Australia	15,581,334[22]
5	Ireland	4,400,000[23]
6	South Africa	3,673,203[24]
7	New Zealand	3,500,000+ (approx.)[25]
8	Philippines	3,427,000[8]
9	Jamaica	2,600,000+ (approx.)[26]
10	Singapore	1,097,443[27]
11	Spain	990,000[28]
12	Trinidad and Tobago	945,000[citation needed]
13	Guyana	650,000
14	Liberia	600,000
15	Sierra Leone	500,000
16	Malaysia	380,000
17	Germany	272,504
18	Barbados	262,000
19	Bahamas	260,000
20	Zimbabwe	250,000
21	India	227,000
22	Hong Kong if ranked separately	200,000
22	Belize	190,000
23	Papua New Guinea	150,000
24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	114,000
25	Zambia	110,000
26=	Grenada	100,000
26=	Israel	100,000[11]
26=	Puerto Rico	100,000
28	U.S. Virgin Islands	98,000
29	Japan	>93,500[29]
30	Switzerland	73,000
31	Antigua and Barbuda	66,000
32	Bermuda	63,000
33	Vanuatu	60,000
34	Guam	58,000
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39,000
36	Cayman Islands	36,000
37	Honduras	31,500
38	Saint Lucia	31,000
39	Gibraltar	28,000
40	British Virgin Islands	20,000
41	Namibia	14,000
42	Anguilla	12,000
43=	Solomon Islands	10,000
43=	Sri Lanka	10,000
43=	Brunei	10,000
46	Aruba	9,000
47	Dominican Republic	15,000
48	Fiji	6,000
49	Saint Helena	5,400
50	Northern Mariana Islands	5,000
51=	Federated States of Micronesia	4,000
51=	Montserrat	4,000
53	British Indian Ocean Territory	3,500
54=	Dominica	3,000
54=	Seychelles	3,000
56=	American Samoa	2,000
56=	Mauritius	2,000
58	Falkland Islands	1,991
59	Ethiopia	1,986
60	Russia	1,804
61	Norfolk Island	1,678
62=	Cook Islands	1,000
63=	Samoa	1,000
64	Turks and Caicos Islands	920
65	Nauru	800
66	Palau	500
67	Guadeloupe	200
68	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	188
69	Niue	78
70	Pitcairn	46
71	Tokelau	40
72	East Timor	30