Assuming you don’t plan to invest your money and time translating your entire store into another language, you should consider the English speaking population of your selected audience. The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, sorted by number of total English speakers.
Note: The results showed are of people who say that they can speak English, while that was not verified;
Country | Eligible population | Total English speakers | Total English speakers (%) | As first language | As first language (%) | As an additional language | As an additional language (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 296,603,003 | 283,160,411 | 95.46 | 234,171,556 | 79.0 | 48,988,855 | 16.5 |
India | 1,028,737,436 | 125,344,737 | 12.18 | 226,449 | 0.02 | 125,118,287 | 12.16 |
Pakistan | 188,400,100 | 108,036,049 | 57 | 8,642,883 | 8 | 92,316,049 | 49 |
Nigeria | 156,493,000 | 79,000,000 | 53.34 | 79,000,000 | 53.34 | ||
Philippines | 100,437,852 | 64,025,890 | 63.73 | 36,935 | 0.0037 | 63,988,955 | 63.72 |
United Kingdom | 64,000,000 | 59,600,000 | 97.74 | 54,400,000 | 92.14 | 5,128,000 | 5.60 |
Germany | 80,600,000 | 45,400,000 | 56 | 272,000 | 0.338 | 45,100,000 | 56 |
Canada | 33,121,175 | 28,360,240 | 85.63 | 18,858,980 | 56.94 | 9,501,260 | 28.69 |
Costa Rica | 4,910,526 | 400,415 | 8.2 | 400,415 | |||
France | 65,350,000 | 23,000,000 | 39 | 23,000,000 | |||
Australia | 21,394,309 | 17,357,833 | 97 | 15,013,965 | 70.17 | 2,343,868 | 17 |
Italy | 59,619,290 | 17,000,000 | 34 | 17,000,000 | |||
Bangladesh | 163,323,100 | 30,108,031 | 18 | 709,873 | 29,398,158 | ||
Egypt | 83,289,500 | 28,101,325 | 35 | 28,101,325 | |||
Thailand | 63,038,247 | 17,121,187 | 27.16 | 17,121,187 | |||
Netherlands | 16,770,000 | 15,030,000 | 90 | 15,030,000 | |||
Nepal | 29,890,686 | 10,700,866 | 35.8 | 20,000 | 0.067 | 876,720 | |
South Africa | 52,981,991 | 16,424,417 | 31 | 4,930,510 | 9.3 | 11,493,907 | 22 |
Poland | 38,501,000 | 14,300,000 | 37 | 100,000 | 14,200,000 | ||
Turkey | 70,586,256 | 12,000,000 | 17 | 12,000,000 | |||
Iraq | 31,700,000 | 11,095,000 | 35 | 11,000,000 | |||
Sri Lanka | 22,480,000 | 10,565,600 | 47 | 37,061 | 0.2 | 9,680,000 | 47 |
Spain | 47,190,000 | 10,400,000 | 22 | 10,400,000 | |||
China | 1,210,000,000 | 10,000,000 | <1 | 10,000,000 | |||
Brazil | 205,000,000 | 10,542,000 | 5 | 292,000 | 0.14 | 10,250,000 | 5 |
Sweden | 9,921,541 | 8,200,000 | 86 | 8,200,000 | |||
Kenya | 43,013,431 | 8,100,000 | 18.83 | 7,900,000 | |||
Cameroon | 19,740,000 | 7,500,000 | 38 | 7,500,000 | |||
Malaysia | 27,170,000 | 15,580,000 | 62.57 | 380,000 | 1.4 | 15,200,000 | 61.1 |
Russia | 138,312,535 | 7,574,303 | 5.48 | 2,522 | 7,571,787 | ||
Belgium | 10,584,534 | 6,250,000 | 60 | 6,250,000 | |||
Israel | 7,303,000 | 6,205,000 | 84.97 | 100,000 | 1.37 | 6,105,000 | |
Austria | 8,415,000 | 6,150,000 | 73 | 6,150,000 | |||
Romania | 19,043,767 | 5,900,000 | 31 | 5,900,000 | |||
Zimbabwe | 13,349,000 | 5,550,000 | 41.58 | 250,000 | 1.87 | 5,300,000 | |
Greece | 10,787,690 | 5,500,000 | 51 | 5,500,000 | |||
Sierra Leone | 5,866,000 | 4,900,000 | 83.53 | 500,000 | 8.52 | 4,400,000 | |
Mexico | 120,664,000 | 15,686,262 | 12.9 | 15,686,262 | |||
Denmark | 5,543,000 | 4,770,000 | 86 | 4,770,000 | |||
Switzerland | 7,637,300 | 4,680,000 | 61.28 | 73,400 | 0.96 | 4,606,600 | |
Morocco | 32,770,900 | 4,587,926 | 14 | 4,587,926 | |||
Norway | 5,136,700 | 4,500,000 | 90 | 4,500,000 | |||
Ukraine | 40,044,238 | 7,207,962 | 18.0 | ||||
Republic of Ireland | 4,422,100 | 4,350,000 | 98.37 | 4,122,100 | 93.21 | 237,900 | |
Singapore | 5,607,300 | 4,218,737 | 83.1 | 1,873,302 | 36.9 | 2,345,435 | |
Ghana | 27,000,000 | 18,000,000 | 66.67 | 18,000,000 | |||
Tanzania | 40,454,000 | 4,000,000 | 9.89 | 4,000,000 | |||
New Zealand | 4,275,100 | 3,673,623 | 97.82 | 3,673,623 | 85.93 | ||
Finland | 5,410,000 | 3,800,000 | 70 | 3,800,000 | |||
Portugal | 10,623,000 | 2,900,000 | 27 | 2,900,000 | |||
Papua New Guinea | 6,331,000 | 3,150,000 | 49.76 | 150,000 | 2.37 | 3,000,000 | |
Liberia | 3,750,000 | 3,100,000 | 82.67 | 600,000 | 16 | 2,500,000 | |
Jordan | 6,598,000 | 2,969,370 | 45 | 2,969,370 | |||
Jamaica | 2,714,000 | 2,650,000 | 97.64 | 45,900 | 17.1 | 50,000 | |
Algeria | 35,954,000 | 2,516,780 | 7 | 2,516,780 | |||
Uganda | 30,884,000 | 2,500,000 | 8.09 | 2,500,000 | |||
Hong Kong | 6,808,433 | 3,136,784 | 46.07 | 238,288 | 3.5 | 2,898,496 | |
Czechia | 10,562,214 | 2,850,000 | 27 | 2,850,000 | |||
Argentina | 42,192,500 | 2,752,681 | 6.52 | ||||
Yemen | 24,800,000 | 2,232,000 | 9 | 2,232,000 | |||
Croatia | 4,555,000 | 2,200,000 | 49 | 2,200,000 | |||
Colombia | 47,661,368 | 2,012,950 | 4.22 | 75,600 | 1,937,350 | ||
Hungary | 9,982,000 | 2,000,000 | 20 | 2,000,000 | |||
Puerto Rico | 3,991,000 | 1,940,000 | 48.61 | 100,000 | 1,840,000 | ||
Zambia | 11,922,000 | 1,910,000 | 16.02 | 110,000 | 1,800,000 | ||
Bulgaria | 7,640,238 | 1,900,000 | 25 | 2,605 | 1,902,605 | ||
Kazakhstan | 12,156,705 | 1,874,583 | 15.4 | 602 | 1,873,981 | ||
Lebanon | 4,265,600 | 1,706,000 | 40 | 1,706,000 | |||
Chile | 16,634,603 | 1,585,027 | 9.53 | ||||
Rwanda | 10,137,400 | 1,520,610 | 15 | 1,520,610 | |||
Slovakia | 5,397,036 | 1,400,000 | 26 | 1,400,000 | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,305,000 | 1,145,000 | 87.74 | 1,145,000 | |||
Slovenia | 2,050,000 | 1,210,000 | 59 | 1,210,000 | |||
Lithuania | 3,053,800 | 1,160,000 | 38 | 1,160,000 | |||
Latvia | 2,070,371 | 950,000 | 46 | 950,000 | |||
Guyana | 751,000 | 680,000 | 90.55 | 650,000 | 30,000 | ||
Botswana | 1,639,833 | 630,000 | 38.42 | 630,000 | |||
Estonia | 1,294,236 | 650,000 | 50 | 650,000 | |||
Cyprus | 839,000 | 610,000 | 73 | 610,000 | |||
Malawi | 13,931,831 | 540,209 | 3.88 | 209 | 540,000 | ||
Lesotho | 1,795,000 | 500,000 | 27.86 | 500,000 | |||
Suriname | 470,784 | 410,000 | 87.09 | 260,000 | 150,000 | ||
Malta | 453,000 | 400,000 | 89 | 48,000 | 352,000 | ||
Namibia | 1,820,916 | 314,000 | 17.24 | 14,000 | 300,000 | ||
Luxembourg | 509,000 | 290,000 | 56 | 290,000 | |||
Bahamas | 330,549 | 288,000 | 87.13 | 260,000 | 28,000 | ||
Barbados | 279,000 | 275,000 | 98.57 | 262,000 | 13,000 | ||
Belize | 301,270 | 246,000 | 81.65 | 190,000 | 56,000 | ||
Madagascar | 23,042,300 | 4,147,614 | 18 | 4,147,614 | |||
Mauritius | 1,264,866 | 202,000 | 15.97 | 2,000 | 200,000 | ||
Vanuatu | 215,446 | 180,000 | 83.55 | 60,000 | 120,000 | ||
Fiji | 853,445 | 176,000 | 20.62 | 6,000 | 170,000 | ||
Solomon Islands | 552,438 | 175,000 | 31.68 | 10,000 | 165,000 | ||
Guam | 173,456 | 158,000 | 91.09 | 58,000 | 100,000 | ||
Brunei | 381,371 | 144,000 | 39.07 | 10,000 | 134,000 | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 120,000 | 114,000 | 95 | 114,000 | |||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,448 | 113,000 | 95.97 | 98,000 | 15,000 | ||
Grenada | 110,000 | 100,000 | 90.91 | 100,000 | |||
Samoa | 188,540 | 94,000 | 49.86 | 1,000 | 93,000 | ||
Isle of Man | 80,058 | 80,000 | 99.93 | 80,000 | |||
Myanmar | 53,900,000 | 2,400,000 | 4.45 | 2,400,000 | |||
Saint Lucia | 165,000 | 71,000 | 43.03 | 31,000 | 40,000 | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | 84,000 | 70,000 | 83.33 | 5,000 | 65,000 | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | 85,000 | 68,000 | 80 | 66,000 | 2,000 | ||
American Samoa | 57,345 | 45,933 | 80.1 | 1,791 | 44,142 | ||
Federated States of Micronesia | 111,000 | 64,000 | 57.66 | 4,000 | 60,000 | ||
Bermuda | 65,000 | 63,000 | 96.92 | 63,000 | |||
Dominica | 67,000 | 63,000 | 94.03 | 3,000 | 60,000 | ||
Marshall Islands | 59,000 | 60,000 | 98.33 | 60,000 | |||
Swaziland | 1,141,000 | 50,000 | 4.38 | 50,000 | |||
Aruba | 104,000 | 44,000 | 42.31 | 9,000 | 35,000 | ||
The Gambia | 1,709,000 | 40,000 | 2.34 | 40,000 | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50,000 | 39,000 | 78 | 39,000 | |||
Cayman Islands | 47,000 | 36,000 | 76.6 | 36,000 | |||
Seychelles | 87,000 | 33,000 | 37.93 | 3,000 | 30,000 | ||
Gibraltar | 28,875 | 28,875 | 100 | 28,000 | 875 | ||
Tonga | 100,000 | 30,000 | 30 | 30,000 | |||
Kiribati | 95,000 | 23,000 | 24.21 | 23,000 | |||
British Virgin Islands | 23,000 | 20,000 | 86.96 | 20,000 | |||
Palau | 20,000 | 18,500 | 92.5 | 500 | 18,000 | ||
Andorra | 81,222 | 17,869 | 22 | 17,869 | |||
Anguilla | 13,000 | 12,000 | 92.31 | 12,000 | |||
Nauru | 12,000 | 11,600 | 96.67 | 900 | 10,700 | ||
Cook Islands | 20,200 | 4,000 | 19.8 | 1,000 | 3,000 | ||
Montserrat | 5,900 | 4,000 | 67.8 | 4,000 | |||
TOTAL | 5,102,585,737 | 1,179,874,130 | 336,358,172 | 838,676,510 |