Language Info
English written in Latin script
Below you'll find all the characters used to write this language and all the countries where this language is used.
Alternate Scripts for English
- English can also be written using the Shavian script
Standard Characters
The minimal characters required for this language
Auxiliary Characters
Additional letters (beyond the minimal set) used in foreign or technical words found in typical magazines, newspapers, etc..
Punctuation Characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning
Unicode Blocks
English uses characters from the following Unicode blocks
Countries
The worldwide literate language population for English is 1,560,564,492 people across 147 countries.
Netherlands
15,376,230 people
Turkey
13,743,684 people
Iraq
13,717,235 people
Poland
12,697,179 people
Malawi
12,093,606 people
Spain
11,749,968 people
Cameroon
9,498,062 people
Kenya
9,046,983 people
Sweden
8,566,021 people
Israel
7,054,753 people
Belgium
6,779,867 people
Romania
6,674,300 people
Malaysia
6,590,220 people
Austria
6,390,719 people
Zimbabwe
5,798,142 people
Ghana
5,774,979 people
Greece
5,491,935 people
Singapore
5,476,704 people
Switzerland
5,024,143 people
Ireland
4,910,878 people
Denmark
4,821,117 people
Morocco
4,758,138 people
Jordan
4,611,645 people
Madagascar
4,509,756 people
New Zealand
4,420,123 people
Liberia
3,891,886 people
Finland
3,862,859 people
Hong Kong SAR China
3,667,665 people
South Sudan
3,517,047 people
Eritrea
3,492,162 people
Papua New Guinea
3,454,850 people
Argentina
3,100,531 people
Jamaica
2,930,748 people
Portugal
2,926,665 people
Czechia
2,882,169 people
Algeria
2,867,858 people
Kazakhstan
2,783,505 people
Zambia
2,555,520 people
Yemen
2,523,312 people
Lebanon
2,491,916 people
Sri Lanka
2,240,940 people
Sierra Leone
2,157,120 people
Croatia
2,103,129 people
Hungary
1,970,170 people
Botswana
1,794,036 people
Rwanda
1,785,225 people
Bulgaria
1,775,377 people
Bosnia & Herzegovina
1,735,281 people
Chile
1,689,983 people
Puerto Rico
1,642,396 people
Uganda
1,543,233 people
Slovakia
1,415,915 people
Swaziland
1,173,720 people
Slovenia
1,163,556 people
Lithuania
1,073,066 people
Trinidad & Tobago
1,072,024 people
Mauritius
976,600 people
Latvia
894,534 people
Cyprus
891,731 people
Nepal
881,529 people
Fiji
865,681 people
Gambia
820,544 people
Guyana
737,718 people
Solomon Islands
647,581 people
Estonia
625,790 people
Lesotho
528,670 people
Panama
525,439 people
Malta
366,377 people
Belize
360,346 people
Luxembourg
332,712 people
Bahamas
329,988 people
Barbados
292,336 people
Vanuatu
234,735 people
Namibia
173,934 people
Guam
152,295 people
St. Lucia
148,494 people
Kiribati
108,145 people
Grenada
107,255 people
St. Vincent & Grenadines
98,005 people
Jersey
93,898 people
Isle of Man
88,815 people
Bhutan
83,411 people
Antigua & Barbuda
81,468 people
U.S. Virgin Islands
80,451 people
Dominica
69,463 people
Marshall Islands
69,321 people
Guernsey
66,502 people
Bermuda
65,194 people
China
62,068 people
Micronesia
59,391 people
Cayman Islands
57,272 people
St. Kitts & Nevis
51,660 people
Turks & Caicos Islands
51,518 people
Northern Mariana Islands
50,695 people
American Samoa
49,958 people
Honduras
39,770 people
Seychelles
35,689 people
British Virgin Islands
34,314 people
Tonga
29,814 people
Sint Maarten
28,616 people
Gibraltar
23,516 people
Anguilla
16,232 people
Macau SAR China
13,845 people
Nauru
9,352 people
Cook Islands
8,825 people
Dominican Republic
8,050 people
Brunei
7,984 people
Burundi
6,192 people
St. Helena
5,401 people
Samoa
4,402 people
British Indian Ocean Territory
3,500 people
Montserrat
3,492 people
Aruba
2,993 people
Falkland Islands
2,813 people
Palau
1,885 people
Norfolk Island
1,679 people
Christmas Island
1,389 people
Tokelau
1,285 people
Niue
1,121 people
Tuvalu
1,072 people
Ascension Island
930 people
Diego Garcia
495 people
U.S. Outlying Islands
316 people
Tristan da Cunha
272 people
St. Pierre & Miquelon
188 people
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
101 people
Pitcairn Islands
45 people
References
Our data is sourced from a number of places, and we want to give them credit here. We use ISO639 codes for the country codes that support the language.
