English-speaking countries

These 54 countries have English as an official or de facto primary language. They range from populous nations such as the United States, India, Nigeria and the United Kingdom to smaller Caribbean, African and Pacific island states.

#	Country	Continent	Capital	Population
1	India	Asia	New Delhi	1,463,865,525
2	United States	Americas	Washington D.C.	341,784,857
3	Pakistan	Asia	Islamabad	255,219,554
4	Nigeria	Africa	Abuja	237,527,782
5	Philippines	Asia	Manila	116,786,962
6	Tanzania	Africa	Dodoma	70,545,865
7	United Kingdom	Europe	London	69,487,000
8	South Africa	Africa	Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)	64,747,319
9	Kenya	Africa	Nairobi	57,532,493
10	Uganda	Africa	Kampala	51,384,894
11	Canada	Americas	Ottawa	41,651,653
12	Ghana	Africa	Accra	35,064,272
13	Cameroon	Africa	Yaounde	29,879,337
14	Australia	Oceania	Canberra	27,614,411
15	Malawi	Africa	Lilongwe	22,216,120
16	Zambia	Africa	Lusaka	21,913,874
17	Sri Lanka	Asia	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (administrative), Colombo (commercial)	21,756,000
18	Zimbabwe	Africa	Harare	16,950,795
19	Rwanda	Africa	Kigali	14,569,341
20	South Sudan	Africa	Juba	12,188,788
21	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Port Moresby	10,762,817
22	Sierra Leone	Africa	Freetown	8,819,794
23	Singapore	Asia	Singapore	6,111,175
24	Liberia	Africa	Monrovia	5,731,206
25	Ireland	Europe	Dublin	5,484,367
26	New Zealand	Oceania	Wellington	5,324,700
27	Namibia	Africa	Windhoek	3,092,816
28	Jamaica	Americas	Kingston	2,837,077
29	Gambia	Africa	Banjul	2,822,093
30	Botswana	Africa	Gaborone	2,562,122
31	Lesotho	Africa	Maseru	2,363,325
32	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	Port of Spain	1,367,764
33	Eswatini	Africa	Mbabane	1,256,174
34	Mauritius	Africa	Port Louis	1,243,741
35	Fiji	Oceania	Suva	933,154
36	Solomon Islands	Oceania	Honiara	838,645
37	Guyana	Americas	Georgetown	835,986
38	Malta	Europe	Valletta	579,704
39	Belize	Americas	Belmopan	422,924
40	Bahamas	Americas	Nassau	403,033
41	Vanuatu	Oceania	Port Vila	335,169
42	Barbados	Americas	Bridgetown	282,623
43	Samoa	Oceania	Apia	219,306
44	Kiribati	Oceania	Tarawa	136,488
45	Seychelles	Africa	Victoria	122,730
46	Grenada	Americas	Saint George's	117,303
47	Micronesia	Oceania	Palikir	113,683
48	Tonga	Oceania	Nuku'alofa	103,742
49	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	Saint John's	94,209
50	Dominica	Americas	Roseau	65,871
51	Marshall Islands	Oceania	Majuro	36,282
52	Palau	Oceania	Ngerulmud	17,663
53	Nauru	Oceania	Yaren	12,025
54	Tuvalu	Oceania	Funafuti	9,492