编辑“︁英语”︁（章节）

== 地理分布 ==
{{Main list|英语国家和地区列表}}
由於[[大英帝國]]在世界各地有过許多[[殖民地]]，在現代，英語在許多國家與地區，都是通用語言或官方語言之一：
# 英語在下列國家和地區是第一語言：[[英國]]、[[美國]]、[[澳大利亞]]、[[巴哈馬]]、[[愛爾蘭共和國|愛爾蘭]]、[[巴巴多斯]]、[[百慕大]]、[[圭亞那]]、[[牙買加]]、[[新西蘭]]、[[聖克里斯多福及尼維斯]]和[[特立尼達和多巴哥]]。目前世界上把英語作為[[第一語言]]（母語、本國語）人口約有3億。
# 英語在下列國家和地區中是通用語言，這些國家地區包括[[加拿大]]（連同[[法語]]）、[[多米尼克]]、[[聖路西亞]]和[[聖文森及格瑞那丁]]（連同[[法語]]）、[[密克羅尼西亞聯邦]]、[[愛爾蘭共和國|愛爾蘭]]（連同[[愛爾蘭語]]）、[[香港]]（連同[[中文]]）、[[利比里亞]]（連同[[非洲語言]]）、[[南非]]（連同[[南非荷蘭語]]和其他非洲語言）、[[新加坡]]（連同[[華語]]、[[馬來語]]和[[淡米尔语]]）和[[馬來西亞]]（連同[[馬來語]]）。作為[[第二語言]]（即不是母語，但為所在國的共通語）使用的人口約有2.5億。
# 英語是下列國家和地區的官方語言（之一），但不是本地語言和共通語言：[[斐濟]]、[[加納]]、[[岡比亞]]、[[印度]]、[[基里巴斯]]、[[萊索托]]、[[肯尼亞]]、[[納米比亞]]、[[尼日利亞]]、[[馬耳他]]、[[馬紹爾群島]]、[[巴基斯坦]]、[[巴布亞新幾內亞]]、[[菲律賓]]、[[所羅門群島]]、[[薩摩亞群島]]、[[塞拉利昂]]、[[斯威士蘭]]、[[博茨瓦納]]、[[坦桑尼亞]]、[[贊比亞]]和[[津巴布韋]]。

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=== 英语国家人数排名 ===
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! style="width:70px;"|國家 !! style="width:50px;"|人數 !! style="width:70px;"|占人口% !! style="width:50px;"|第一語言 !! style="width:50px;"|其他語言 !! style="width:50px;"|國家人口 !! class="unsortable" | 註釋
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|United States}}  ||251,388,301||96%||215,423,557||35,964,744||262,375,152||<small>来源：US Census 2000: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000] {{Wayback|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf |date=20100215185553 }}, Table 1. Figure for second language speakers are respondents who reported they do not speak English at home but know it "very well" or "well". Note: figures are for population age 5 and older</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|India}}  ||125,344,736||12%||226,449||86,125,221 ''第二''语言<br /> 38,993,066 ''第三''语言 ||1,028,737,436||<small>Figures include both those who speak English as a ''second language'' and those who speak it as a ''third language''. 2001 figures.<ref>Table C-17: Population by Bilingualism and trilingualism, 2001 Census of India [http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/C-Series/C-Series_link/C17_Bill_Tril.pdf] {{Wayback|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/C-Series/C-Series_link/C17_Bill_Tril.pdf|date=20210511152432}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author = Tropf, Herbert S |year = 2004 |url = http://www.lilaproject.org/docs/India%20and%20its%20Languages%20v1.0.pdf |title = India and its Languages |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080308101143/http://www.lilaproject.org/docs/India%20and%20its%20Languages%20v1.0.pdf |archivedate = 08 March 2008 |date = 23 January 2004 |publisher = Siemens AG, Munich |access-date = 28 January 2024 |dead-url = no }}</ref> The figures include English ''speakers'', but not English ''users''.{{NoteTag|For the distinction between "English Speakers" and "English Users", see: TESOL-India (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Their article explains the difference between the 350&nbsp;million number mentioned in a previous version of this Wikipedia article and a more plausible 90 million number: {{bquote|Wikipedia's India estimate of 350 million includes two categories – "English Speakers" and "English Users". The distinction between the Speakers and Users is that Users only know how to read English words while Speakers know how to read English, understand spoken English as well as form their own sentences to converse in English. The distinction becomes clear when you consider the China numbers. China has over 200~350&nbsp;million users that can read English words but, as anyone can see on the streets of China, only handful of million who are English speakers.}}}}</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} ||88,690,000||49%|| ||88,690,000||180,440,005||<small>来源：Euromonitor International report 2009. "[http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Euromonitor%20Report%20A4.pdf The Benefits of the English Language for Individuals and Societies: Quantitative Indicators from Cameroon,Nigeria, Rwanda, Bangladesh and Pakistan.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Euromonitor%20Report%20A4.pdf |date=20210319040827 }}" 'A custom report compiled by Euromonitor International for the British Council'.</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|Nigeria}} ||79,000,000||53%||4,000,000||>75,000,000||148,000,000||<small>Figures are for speakers of [[尼日利亚皮钦语]], an English-based pidgin or creole. Ihemere gives a range of roughly 3 to 5&nbsp;million native speakers; the midpoint of the range is used in the table. Ihemere, Kelechukwu Uchechukwu. 2006. "[http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol15num3/ihemere.pdf A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Clauses in Nigerian Pidgin.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol15num3/ihemere.pdf |date=20070610000126 }}" ''Nordic Journal of African Studies'' 15（3）: 296–313.</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}  ||62,600,000||98%||60,100,000||1,500,000||64,447,000||<small>来源：Crystal （2005）, p.&nbsp;109.</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|Philippines}}  ||48,800,000||58%<ref name = "EthnoPhil" />||3,427,000<ref name = "EthnoPhil">{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH |title=Ethnologue report for Philippines |publisher=Ethnologue.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-02 |archive-date=2012-11-28 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6CVk6kBGr?url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH |dead-url=no }}</ref>||43,974,000||84,566,000||<small>Total speakers: Census 2000, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080127174205/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html text above Figure 7]. 63.71% of the 66.7&nbsp;million people aged 5 years or more could speak English. Native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew González in [https://web.archive.org/web/20070616101625/http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0487/jmmd0190487.pdf The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines], Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 （5&6）, 487–525. （1998）. [[Ethnologue]] lists 3.4&nbsp;million native speakers with 52% of the population speaking it as an additional language.<ref name = "EthnoPhil" /></small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|Canada}}  ||31,843,335<br>（語言使用）<br><br>24,787,315<BR>（在家首用，包括 23,376,200英语首用及 1,411,115 雙語首用或多語首用） || 87.0% （語言使用） <br><br>67.7% （在家首用） || 21,372,885 <br>58.4%<br>（母語，包括雙母語或多母語人士）|| ||36,620,955||<small>来源：[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm 2021 Census of Population] {{Wayback|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm |date=20221212114340 }}</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|Australia}} ||18,172,989|| 92% ||15,581,329||2,591,660||19,855,288||<small>来源：2006 Census.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=TLPD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Proficiency%20in%20Spoken%20English/Language%20by%20Age%20-%20Time%20Series%20Statistics%20(1996,%202001,%202006%20Census%20Years)&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Cultural%20& |title = Australian Bureau of Statistics |website = Censusdata.abs.gov.au |date =  |accessdate = 2010-04-21 |archive-date = 2021-08-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210816141608/https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/cowsredirect |dead-url = no }}</ref> The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of Australian residents who speak only English at home. The additional language column shows the number of other residents who claim to speak English "well" or "very well". Another 5% of residents did not state their home language or English proficiency.</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|New Zealand}} || 3,673,626 || 91.2% || 3,008,058 || 665,568 || 4,027,947 || <small>来源：2006 Census.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Census/2006-reports/quickstats-subject/Culture-Identity/quickstats-about-culture-and-identity-tables.xls |title = 2006 Census Data - QuickStats About Culture and Identity - Tables |publisher = Statistics New Zealand |accessdate = 2012-08-14 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130552/http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Census/2006-reports/quickstats-subject/Culture-Identity/quickstats-about-culture-and-identity-tables.xls |archivedate = 2015年9月24日 }}</ref> The figures are people who can speak English with sufficient fluency to hold an everyday conversation. The figure shown in the first language English speakers column is actually the number of New Zealand residents who reported to speak English only, while the additional language column shows the number of New Zealand residents who reported to speak English as one of two or more languages.</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} ||5,580,000||20.5%||380,000||5,200,000||27,170,000||<small>来源：Crystal （2003）, p. 109.</small>
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