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[edit] Stats

[edit] Africa

Country No knowledge of English[1]
Botswana 61.6% Crystal
Cameroon 56.7% Crystal
Ethiopia 99.7%[2]
Gambia 97.5% Crystal
Ghana 93.6% Crystal
Kenya 92.2% Crystal
Lesotho 72.1% Crystal
Liberia 4.3% Crystal
Malawi 94.8% Crystal
Mauritius 83.8% Crystal
Namibia 82.8% Crystal
Nigeria 40.6%[3]
Rwanda 99.8% Crystal
Seychelles 50.9% Crystal
Sierra Leone 16.7% Crystal
South Africa 55%[4]
Swaziland 95.2% Crystal
Tanzania 89.2% Crystal
Uganda 90.7% Crystal
Zambia 83.6% Crystal
Zimbabwe 57.3% Crystal

[edit] Asia

Country No knowledge of English
Bangladesh 97.5% Crystal
Bhutan 88.1% Crystal
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0% Crystal
Brunei 61.3% Crystal
China 83%[5]
Hong Kong 62%[6]
Malaysia 71.5% Crystal
Pakistan 89.5% Crystal
Russia 95.2%[7]
Sri Lanka 90.3% Crystal

[edit] India

Region No knowledge of English
Overall ~92%
West Bengal 91.7%[8]

[edit] Philippines

Region No knowledge of English[9]
National Capital Region 18%
Ilocos (I) 26%
Cordillera Administrative Region 29%
Central Luzon (III) 30%
Cagayan Valley (II) ~40%
CALABARZON & MIMAROPA (IV) ~30%
Bicol Region (V) ~45%
Western Visayas (VI) ~37%
Central Visayas (VII) ~40%
Eastern Visayas (VIII) ~48%
Zamboanga Peninsula (IX) ~52%
Northern Mindanao (X) ~41%
Davao Region (XI) ~43%
SOCCSKSARGEN (XII) ~48%
Caraga (XIII) ~49%
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 71%

[edit] Oceania

Country No knowledge of English
American Samoa 0.0% Crystal
Cook Islands 78.5% Crystal
Fiji 78.1% Crystal
Guam 5.7% Crystal
Kiribati 78.2% Crystal
New Zealand 2%[10]
Marshall Islands 46.2%[1]
Micronesia 40.2% Crystal
Narau 0.0% Crystal
Niue 0.0% Crystal
Northern Mariana Islands 12.9% Crystal
Palau 7.1% Crystal
Papua New Guinea 43.2% Crystal
Samoa 55.0% Crystal
Soloman Islands 85-90%[11]
Tonga 27.9%[1]
Vanuatu 67.6%[1]

[edit] Australia

Region No knowledge of English
Western Australia 2%[12]
Northern Territoy 0.8%
South Australia 2.2%
Queensland 1.2%
New South Wales 3.7%
Victoria 4.1%
Tasmania 0.4%
Australian Capital Territory 2.0%

[edit] Europe

Country No Knowledge of English[13]
Austria 42%
Belgium 41%
Bulgaria 51%
Croatia 77%
Cyprus 24%
Czech Republic 76%
Denmark 22%[14]
Estonia 83%[15]
Finland 37%
France 64%
Germany 44%
Gibralter 0.0% Crystal
Greece 52%
Hungary 77%
Ireland 7% Crystal
Isle of Man 0.0% Crystal
Italy 61%[16]
Latvia 68%
Lithuania 74%[17]
Luxembourg 33%[18]
Malta 12%
The Netherlands 20%[19]
Poland 71%
Portugal 64%[20]
Romania 71%
Slovakia 76%[21]
Slovenia 68%[22]
Spain 64%[23]
Sweden 19%[24]
Switzerland 43.2%[25]
Turkey 83%
United Kingdom 1.1% (Crystal)

[edit] Caribbean

Country No Knowledge of English
Anguilla 9.7% Crystal
Antigua and Barbuda 17.9% Crystal
Aruba 60.7%
Bahamas 5.3% Crystal
Barbados 0.0% Crystal
Belize 12.6% Crystal
Bermuda 0.0% Crystal
British Virgin Islands 9.1% Crystal
Caymans 80% Crystal
Dominica 12.2% Crystal
Grenada 9.1% Crystal
Jamaica 0.0% Crystal
Montserrat 10.9% Crystal
Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.7% Crystal
Saint Lucia 55.8% Crystal
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% Crystal
Trinidad & Tobago 12.3% Crystal
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.0% Crystal
Guyana 0.0% Crystal
Saint Helena 0.0%
Suriname 13.0% Crystal

[edit] Canada

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Province No Knowledge of English
Newfoundland 0.3%
PEI 0.2%
Nova Scotia 0.3%
New Brunswick 9.3%
Quebec 55.0%
Ontario 4.4%
Manitoba 1.8%
Sasketchewan 0.7%
Alberta 2.2%
British Columbia 5.3%
Yukon 0.7%
Northwest Territories 2.1%
Nunavut 13.2%

[edit] United States

Proficient/Not 4 Grades of Proficiency
State None Not Well Well Very Well
Alabama 0.2%
Alaska 0.3%
Arizona 2.6%
Arkansas 0.5%
California 4.3%
Colorado 1.4%
Connecticut 0.8%
Delaware 0.6%
D.C. 1.1%
Florida 2.2%
Georgia 1.0%
Hawaii 0.6%
Idaho 0.8%
Illonois 1.5%
Indiana 0.3%
Iowa 0.3%
Kansas 0.7%
Kentucky 0.2%
Louisiana 0.2%
Maine 0.1%
Maryland 0.5%
Massachusetts 1.0%
Michigan 0.3%
Minnesota 0.4%
Mississippi 0.2%
Missouri 0.2%
Montana 0.0%
Nebraska 0.7%
Nevada 1.9%
New Hampshire 0.1%
New Jersey 1.7%
New Mexico 1.9%
New York 2.1%
North Carolina 0.8%
North Dakota 0.1%
Ohio 0.1%
Oklahoma 0.4%
Oregon 1.0%
Pennsylvania 0.3%
Rhode Island 1.3%
South Carolina 0.3%
South Dakota 0.1%
Tennessee 0.3%
Texas 3.2%
Utah 0.9%
Vermont 0.0%
Virginia 0.6%
Washington 1.0%
West Virginia 0.0%
Wisconsin 0.4%
Wyoming 0.2%
Puerto Rico 52.6%[1]

[edit] Is it right?

Does the image actually reflect these stats? Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 22:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

It should. If N% of people speak English, the colour is
Red: N*2.5
Green: Min(Red,Blue)-5
Blue: 255-Red

So you can check it yourself if you like. It's possible I made an error. WilyD 00:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)