Percentage of English speaking people on Earth?
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If you round off the population of the earth to about 6.6 billion* and then figure the number of English speakers (includes non-native speakers) at about 500 million**, that comes to about 7.6%.  I imagine this estimate must be adjusted for different levels of fluency, but this seems like a pretty good approximation for fluent speakers of English.  Hope it helps.
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^&^&^&\n\n most peoples\neee haw
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The CIA World Fact book states clearly that the language of the U.S.of A. is:\n\nLanguages:   \nEnglish 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census) \n\nDoes not say the official language is English, sorry but try and argue against them apples!
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31%\n\nhttp://www.unmarried.org/pressreleases/marriagerelease.html
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English!! We are Universal like it or not!!!
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When you say rate, I automatically think of which is best. I can't answer that question nor do I think anyone else can. However, what I can tell you is the use of each language (at least approximations). Read on for more details and check the sources as it's a pretty interesting question to answer...\n\nThis question is a very interesting one that has a rather complicated answer.  Estimates of how many people speak a language are quite general and can vary considerably.  For example, English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.\n\nTo further complicate matters, the definition of “speaker” can be vague.  Some surveys of languages give information on native speakers only.  Others count both native speakers and secondary speakers (those who use the language regularly or primarily even though it is not their native language).\n\nLastly, it is important to consider not only the population (number) of language speakers, but also the geographic distribution of these languages.  Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers but are used almost exclusively in a few countries.  On the other hand, other languages have relatively small populations of native speakers but are used in many different countries as an official or national language.\n\n\nThe World's Most Widely Spoken Languages\n\nAvignon (France) Stop (Arabic) Batik (Thai) Narita Airport (Japan)\n\nClick here to see the full data from Comrie (1998), Weber (1997), and the Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) 1999 Ethnologue Survey as well as charts comparing the number of speakers of each language and the number of countries using each language.\n\nWhat are the world's most widely spoken languages?\n\nThis question is a very interesting one that has a rather complicated answer.  Estimates of how many people speak a language are quite general and can vary considerably.  For example, English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.\n\nTo further complicate matters, the definition of “speaker” can be vague.  Some surveys of languages give information on native speakers only.  Others count both native speakers and secondary speakers (those who use the language regularly or primarily even though it is not their native language).\n\nLastly, it is important to consider not only the population (number) of language speakers, but also the geographic distribution of these languages.  Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers but are used almost exclusively in a few countries.  On the other hand, other languages have relatively small populations of native speakers but are used in many different countries as an official or national language.\n\nThe Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey (1999) lists the following as the top languages by population:\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Chinese* (937,132,000)\n   2. Spanish (332,000,000)\n   3. English (322,000,000)\n   4. Bengali (189,000,000)\n   5. Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000)\n   6. Arabic* (174,950,000)\n   7. Portuguese (170,000,000)\n   8. Russian (170,000,000)\n   9. Japanese (125,000,000)\n  10. German (98,000,000)\n  11. French* (79,572,000)\n\n* The totals given for Chinese, Arabic, and French include more than one SIL variety.\n\nThe following list is from Dr. Bernard Comrie’s article for the Encarta Encyclopedia (1998):\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Mandarin Chinese (836 million)\n   2. Hindi (333 million)\n   3. Spanish (332 million)\n   4. English (322 million)\n   5. Bengali (189 million)\n   6. Arabic (186 million)\n   7. Russian (170 million)\n   8. Portuguese (170 million)\n   9. Japanese (125 million)\n  10. German (98 million)\n  11. French (72 million)\n\nThe following list is from Geo
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English, which is known as the universal language.
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most of america (80% lol) and the 5% of all other countrys :P
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i would say the majority are americans
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75% earth and 25 % land
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Their is no way I can assure you.  Over their in England, there English is so much better than we hick Americans.  Although in Australia, their were convicts that effected there language, so maybe there messed up, too.  They're are other ways to mess up their, by the way.  Also over their in China, there not speaking English, so most people wouldn't know this question from here or their. (Not to mention telemarketers their in India).  So in conclusion, the best way to know if there incapable of knowing the differences in there language is to take to heart the words of some old English teacher crone patting you on the knee saying, "There, their now sweetie, it will be alright."
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I found this on the CIA's world fact book:\n\n"English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language"
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US\n      47% FEMALE\n      48% MALE\n        5% OTHER
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I just asked everyone (all 6 billion of them) and the answer is 37.83%.  38% like him, 13% are neutral, and 11% don't care.  I'm in the last group.
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this isn't a scientific survey, but it may be about 6.5 percent.\n\nhttp://surveycentral.org/survey/24338.html
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Not many people. People still learn and speak it in some places though.
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We are speaking English