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The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where English is an official language, in order of population. Several of these nations, like India, Canada and the Philippines, use English as an official language but not as the sole official language.

Rank	Country	Continent	Population
1	United States	North America	304,772,000
2	Philippines	Asia	90,457,200
3	United Kingdom	Europe	60,587,300
4	Canada	North America	33,336,500
5	Australia	Oceania	21,373,760
6	India	Asia	1,169,016,000
7	South Africa	Africa	47,850,700
8	Kenya	Africa	37,538,000
9	Nigeria	Africa	148,000,000
10	Uganda	Africa	27,269,482
11	Ghana	Africa	21,029,853
12	Pakistan	Asia	120,800,000
13	Madagascar	Africa	19,448,815
14	Cameroon	Africa	16,380,005
15	Zimbabwe	Africa	12,746,990
16	Malawi	Africa	12,158,924
17	Zambia	Africa	11,261,795
18	Rwanda	Africa	8,440,820
19	Sierra Leone	Africa	6,017,643
20	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	5,545,268
21	Singapore	Asia	4,425,720
22	Ireland	Europe	4,130,700
23	New Zealand	Oceania	4,108,561
24	Liberia	Africa	3,482,211
25	Jamaica	South America	2,731,832
26	Namibia	Africa	2,030,692
27	Lesotho	Africa	1,867,035
28	Botswana	Africa	1,640,115
29	The Gambia	Africa	1,593,256
30	Mauritius	Africa	1,230,602
31	Swaziland	Africa	1,173,900
32	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	1,088,644
33	Fiji	Oceania	893,354
34	Guyana	South America	765,283
35	Solomon Islands	Oceania	538,032
36	Malta	Europe	398,534
37	The Bahamas	North America	301,790
38	Belize	Central America	279,457
39	Barbados	North America	279,254
40	Vanuatu	Oceania	205,754
41	Samoa	Oceania	188,540
42	Saint Lucia	North America	166,312
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	America	117,534
44	Micronesia	Oceania	108,105
45	Kiribati	Oceania	103,092
46	Tonga	Oceania	100,000
47	Grenada	America	89,502
48	Seychelles	Africa	81,188
49	Dominica	America	69,029
50	Antigua and Barbuda	America	68,722
51	Marshall Islands	Oceania	59,071
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	America	38,958
53	Palau	Oceania	20,303
54	Nauru	Oceania	13,528
55	Tuvalu	Oceana	11,992

Rank	Entity	Continent	Population
1	Hong Kong	Asia	6,898,686
2	Puerto Rico	America	3,912,054
3	Guam	Oceania	108,708
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	America	108,708
5	Jersey	Europe	88,200
6	Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	80,801
7	Isle of Man	Europe	75,049
8	Bermuda	America	65,365
9	Guernsey	Europe	65,228
10	American Samoa	Oceania	64,869
11	Cayman Islands	America	44,270
12	Gibraltar	Europe	27,884
13	British Virgin Islands	America	22,643
14	Cook Islands	Oceania	21,388
15	Turks and Caicos Islands	America	20,556
16	Anguilla	America	13,254
17	Montserrat	America	9,341
18	Saint Helena	Africa	7,460
19	Falkland Islands	South America	2,967
20	Norfolk Island	Oceania	1,828
21	Christmas Island	Oceania	1,600
22	Niue	Oceania	1,600
23	Tokelau	Oceania	1,400
24	Tristan da Cunha	Africa	273
25	Pitcairn Islands	Oceania	48

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