ok i go back to my original statement. you tried to make the claim that most english speakers in the world speak north american style english whatever the *&&% that is.

absolute garbage.

now youre trying to prove it by having me compare populations? so i'm not allowed to count countries in which English is not an official language, is that what youre trying to say? that seems a bit rude when a significant proportion of people in north america do not speak english as their first language.

how about countries in which english is spoken either as an official language or one in which it is spoken by a significant proportion of the population? there's a list below. DO THE MATH as they apparently say in that minor linguistic variety you are apparently so fond of.

there are more English speakers in India and Pakistan alone than there are in North America, while Malaysia and Singapore arent even in this list for some reason (never mind all those people scandinavian and other european countries who grow up speaking English). Dream on, or get a life and pull your head out that yankee flag bag youve got it stuck in.

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas,The
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Fiji
Gambia,The
Ghana
Gibraltar
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Malta
Mauritius
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Zambia
Zimbabwe