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English-Speaking Countries Quiz

Name the countries where more than 50% speak English as a first language.
From various sources including Wikipedia and Ethnologue
Includes speakers of English creoles (marked in red)
Also see Countries with the Most English Speakers
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Last updated: July 29, 2019
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First submittedJune 7, 2010
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Country
99
Barbados
99
Jamaica
99
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
99
St. Kitts and Nevis
98
Grenada
95
Trinidad and Tobago
92
United Kingdom
90
Antigua and Barbuda
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Country
90
Guyana
90
Ireland
85
New Zealand
79
United States
75
Bahamas
73
Australia
70
Belize
57
Canada
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Jul 28, 2019
I redid this quiz because the Wikipedia source I used originally was inaccurate. The percentages listed should be considered estimates.
Jerry928
+14
Level 75
Jul 28, 2019
Surprised to discover that in St Lucia, a British Commonwealth country, French Creole is the majority-spoken language.
ihaveanewname
+2
Level 85
Jul 28, 2019
Colonies get traded. Just look at the Falklands.
ruftytufty
+24
Level 75
Jul 29, 2019
I looked. Nothing to see there.
Ponderosa
+20
Level 81
Jul 29, 2019
Falklands was more of a "Tag, it's mine" game between the British, Spanish, and Argentinians until the British thought to set up an actual colony there.
cpgatbyu
+3
Level 82
Jul 29, 2019
Just look at "Death in Paradise".
ihaveanewname
+5
Level 85
Nov 16, 2019
You may act all rufty and tufty until all those penguins feel insulted.
OfficerDibble
+10
Level 76
Jul 29, 2019
Got them all except the UK. Where I am.
Algernon
+8
Level 70
Jul 29, 2019
I forgot America. Ashamed. Very ashamed.
CaoMaru
+20
Level 50
Aug 21, 2019
But they don't really speak English. (Joke)
buckworm
+1
Level 23
Jul 29, 2019
I really doubt that ten percent of Ireland do not speak English as a first language.
Jiaozira
+17
Level 68
Jul 29, 2019
Irish Gaelic + immigrant languages I'd imagine...
Sifhraven
+8
Level 67
Aug 5, 2019
Ireland is not the same as uk you know, english is the adopted language not the original. Though it has near completely overshadowed gaeilge (irish) not many native speakers left only a few regions
jmellor13
+10
Level 66
Aug 21, 2019
There are not that many people in Ireland (I think the population is a little under five million), so you only need 500,000 people to account for that 10%. Between immigrants and people whose first language is Irish, I'd think it's a very reasonable number to attain.
Lilylee
+1
Level 70
Aug 21, 2019
It's about 6,600,000.
Corrode
+6
Level 61
Aug 21, 2019
Lilylee - 4.8m in the Republic of Ireland, 6.6m on the island of Ireland
Walacama
+4
Level 77
Aug 21, 2019
In the 1960s it was under 3 million. Now almost 5 million. In 1841 it was 8 million.
Lachieplan
+5
Level 39
Aug 21, 2019
The majority of this quiz is in the Caribbean:)
AntiMatter8192
+25
Level 59
May 29, 2020
No, I think it's on my computer.
Insdo
+9
Level 42
Aug 21, 2019
I really thought more African countries were English speaking
TWM03
+7
Level 65
Aug 21, 2019
Not many where it is spoken as a first language, but quite a lot where it is used as a lingua franca or one of many official languages.
fakeplastictrees
+1
Level 52
Aug 26, 2021
Many use it as an official language for the simple reason that SO many Indigenous languages exist that they just need a common de jure tongue for governance even though very few people speak it day to day.
cockybra
+4
Level 48
Aug 21, 2019
Guyana and Belize are in the heart of Latin America. But glad I knew guys in the Army from those places. They were British enclaves in mainland Latin America. A lot of people don't know that.
jajaco2017
+2
Level 60
Aug 21, 2019
Where is Malta?
Walacama
+37
Level 77
Aug 21, 2019
In the Mediterranean.
pkerr116
+9
Level 74
Sep 23, 2019
Just above Africa.
ihaveanewname
+2
Level 85
Nov 16, 2019
Milk balls?
fakeplastictrees
+1
Level 52
Aug 26, 2021
Most people speak Maltese as their mother tongue and know English or Italian as a second language.
Homer690
+1
Level 29
Aug 21, 2019
Do they not Speak english in South Africa? I think they do
Walacama
+10
Level 77
Aug 21, 2019
First language. Afrikaans in South Africa and many native ethnic languages. Try the other quiz mentioned, "English Speaking Countries" as opposed to first language on this quiz.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
May 14, 2021
I do not believe that Afrikaans is South Africa's first language.
Jehovia
+3
Level 58
Aug 21, 2019
I kept looking for other Caribbean countries when I fdound out that I missed Australia and New Zealand.
dogmeat
+2
Level 60
Aug 21, 2019
Me too except I only overlooked Australia. Got so hooked up on trying to remember all the Caribbean islands
Osk
+1
Level 17
Nov 2, 2019
Same here. I thought for sure the one I'd missed would be a Caribbean island or a singular African country that made it on here. But nope. Australia. I guess when I typed in New Zealand I assumed I'd already done Australia, but apparently not.
parsons8
+1
Level 27
Sep 22, 2019
I did quite well on the Caribbean countries, missing only Grenada--and I considered it, but then assumed it was more likely Spanish. But I forgot Ireland!!! So BAD of me, especially considering I'm of partial Irish heritage.
Jazziedoodles789
+3
Level 17
Nov 3, 2019
I thought that english was the official langauge of Nigeria,

and most countries in Europe speak english as a 2nd language, I don't know anyone who doesn't speak english

Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Nov 14, 2019
At home??
GeneralZ
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2021
But not as a first language.
springb
+1
Level 48
Nov 12, 2019
For my own curiosity, why are some of the percentage backrounds red and some white?
fuanacdc
+4
Level 76
Nov 14, 2019
"Includes speakers of English creoles (marked in red)"
kiwikiwiNZ
+3
Level 42
Nov 24, 2019
i. forgot. canada.
preparedfordementors1123
+1
Level 39
Feb 20, 2020
I was focusing on the Caribbean countries that I didn't know and forgot Ireland and Canada. *facepalm*
Philip09
+2
Level 52
Mar 17, 2020
Don't they speak English in all the former British colonies in Africa?

i.e. Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, etc..

hellodrew
+4
Level 63
May 5, 2020
They do a lot in those countrires, at the top though it states;

"Name the countries where more than 50% speak English as a first language."

CatcoolH
+1
Level 54
Mar 19, 2020
I'm surprised that only 30 percent had Guyana. It used to be called British Guyana just like French Guyana.
AntiMatter8192
+2
Level 59
May 29, 2020
It's French Guiana, but I wonder why its called that. Is it French for Guyana?
johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
May 25, 2020
malta?
canadry
+4
Level 63
Jun 15, 2020
Hey, all these countries except maybe one have also experienced genocide. Probably a just coincidence, though.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 74
May 14, 2021
You don't know what 'genocide' actually means.
BigNate
+2
Level 42
Jun 15, 2020
And what about the island of Dominica? I'll do some research, but when I was there most folks spoke English.
GeneralZ
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2021
Not really, actually. While English is the official language there, most of the population speak a form of French Creole as their first language. This is also the case with St. Lucia, another Caribbean country where English is also the official language.
KainenManas
+1
Level 84
Aug 27, 2020
So close to forgetting Canada (wow)
zlvb
+1
Level 28
Sep 22, 2020
forgot about st vincent and the grenadines!!!
Asterlan
+1
Level 56
Oct 24, 2020
This quiz would look quite different with just fluent speakers, not native language. I’d say it’d be a lot longer, especially in Europe and Africa.
parkave
+3
Level 56
Nov 30, 2020
India as well.
karimslaptop
+1
Level 16
Jan 1, 2021
if you know the Caribbean this should be easy for you
DavidfromBA
+2
Level 59
Feb 19, 2021
Am I the only one who finds it odd that the percentage of Canadians who speak English as a first language is given as 57%? I know that French is the predominant language in Québec, and that there's a large immigrant population, but 57% seems very low.
Dontforget
+2
Level 53
Jun 28, 2021
Imo it's not that surprising,

57% of the country speaks English

Around 21% speaks French

That adds up to about 78%

~22% of the Canadian population is made up of immigrants... which would add up to basically equal 100%

Its true that there are probably many English and French speaking immigrants. But on the other hand, many children (of immigrants, or other) learn their parents' or family's language before they learn English or French, making it their first language.

I don't know if the two of those cancel each other out, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

Please forgive me if any of this doesn't make sense or the math doesn't add up... I just got my wisdom teeth out and I still have the anaesthetic in my system lol

fakeplastictrees
+2
Level 52
Aug 26, 2021
Indigenous languages as well as languages spoken by immigrants make up something like 20% which leaves another 23% for French which I think is accurate so 57% seems feasible.
lightcactus
+2
Level 44
Mar 1, 2021
I thought Malta was a completely English speaking nation?
AlexThirkell
+6
Level 69
Mar 14, 2021
In Malta almost everybody speaks English as a second language, but the main first language is Maltese and the national dish is Maltesers.
Hampus
+1
Level 58
Mar 22, 2021
I got em all except... Canada.. How can I skip Canada while even guessing Mexico? That's dumb.
fakeplastictrees
+1
Level 52
Aug 26, 2021
In all fairness it is at the bottom of the list. Roughly half of Canada has another language as their mother tongue.
ShreyanP
+3
Level 35
Mar 28, 2021
Why you didn't put India? The language English is important for India.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 74
May 14, 2021
The quiz looks for countries with a majority of people speaking it as a first language.
StabakMallick
+2
Level 22
Apr 28, 2021
English is also spoken in St Lucia,Botswana,Namibia,and Zambia
GeneralZ
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2021
But not a majority as a first language in those countries.
StabakMallick
+2
Level 22
Apr 28, 2021
It is also spoken in South Africa
JackintheBox
+2
Level 74
May 14, 2021
Less than a majority of people there speak it as a first language
fakeplastictrees
+1
Level 52
Aug 26, 2021
57% is the baseline for this list. Nowhere near that fraction of South Africans speak English as their first language.
CountryDjibouti
+1
Level 44
Apr 29, 2021
You forgot India.
StabakMallick
+1
Level 22
May 29, 2021
India should be in the list.
GeneralZ
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2021
English is not widely used as the first language there.
Tomo234
+1
Level 25
Jun 3, 2021
Barbados? Seriously?
GeneralZ
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2021
Why? English is the official language there and Bajan Creole, an English-based creole, is the native language of most of the population.
Tomo234
+1
Level 25
Jun 3, 2021
Carribean?
GeneralZ
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2021
Several Caribbean countries are there. By the way, it's "Caribbean", not "Carribean".
StabakMallick
+1
Level 22
Jul 4, 2021
Also Fiji and Mauritius
Wolfskin1
+1
Level 24
Oct 3, 2021
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Wolfskin1
+1
Level 24
Oct 3, 2021
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