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How many people speak English worldwide, as of 2026?
The answer
1.49B people
Only about 372 million of them speak it as a first language.
Source: List of languages by total number of speakers – Wikipedia (Ethnologue 2026)
Asked in Plain #23 on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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