China to Have the World’s Biggest Number of English Speakers

Michael Backman

Chapter 9 in Asia Future Shock, 2008, pp 66-70 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Most people assume that English is widely spoken in India. It isn’t. Relatively few Indians speak and read it. Most people also assume that among the Asian countries, India has the greatest number of English speakers. It hasn’t. And not by a long shot. That honor goes to the Philippines, where 95% of its 90 million-strong population is proficient in English.

Keywords: English Speaker; English Proficiency; Main Language; British Council; World Expo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230592421_9

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