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Originally Posted by ash1
these people done realize india is the largest english speaking country in the world
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That's debatable at various levels:
1. The largest English speaking country is Canada
2. The country with the largest population of English speakers is USA.
3. The largest country where English is one of the official languages is India.
English is spoken as the first and/or second language by about 515,000,000 people. Let's say 550 M on a good day.
290 US
60 UK
33 Canada
30 South Africa
20 Australia
4 New Zealand
4 Ireland
Total: 441 million.
550-441= 109.
Out of the 109 million English speaking people, not all live in India, or are of Indian origin.
still:
113 < 290
Therefore, India is NOT the largest English speaking country in the world.