How important is English? Countries with the most English Speakers (in millions) 125.2 India 92.3 Pakistan 59.6 United Kingdom 52.3 Philippines 298.4 United States Out of the 196 countries in the world, English has official or special status in 75 of them! = That’s 2 billion people! 75 196 A p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 5 % o f t h e p l a n e t s p e a k s a t l e a s t s o m e E n g l i s h . That’s ¼ of the world’s population! Don’t get lost in translation. Start with English for Beginners by Swiss eLearning Institute. www.swisselearninginstitute.com Provided to you by Sources: www.statista.com www.internetworldstats.com www.voxy.com English-speaking authors Non-English-speaking authors English in Sc ence English is the most commonly used language in science with Science Citation Index reporting as early as 1997 that 95% of its articles were written in English, even though only half came from authors in English-speaking countries. 4 out of the top 5 biggest companies in the world speak English as their primary language. This includes Wal-Mart, Shell, Exxon Mobil and BP. With 25% of the world knowing English, imagine how far you can expand your network! English online… Top languages on the Internet (in millions) English Chinese Spanish Arabic German Japanese Portuguese 536.6 153.3 444.9 82.5 65.4 99.1 75.2 World’s most spoken languages worldwide (speakers and native speakers in millions) English Chinese Hindi Spanish French Arabic Russian 375 982 460 650 330 420 79 370 206 300 165 275 1,500 1,100 55% ... of all websites are written in English.