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Speakers of English are from time to time acknowledged as Anglophones, and the nations the place English is spoken natively by the majority of the populace are termed the Anglosphere. Over two billion humans communicate English as of the 2000s making English the biggest language by means of the number of speakers, and the 1/3 greatest language by means of the range of native speakers.

The United States and India have the most complete English speakers, with 283 million and one hundred twenty-five million, respectively. There are additionally 108 million in Pakistan, seventy-nine million in Nigeria, and sixty-four million in the Philippines. When those who talk English as a 2nd language are included, estimates of the variety of Anglophones differ greatly, from 470 million to extra than two billion.