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   From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2026-02-02 05:27, David Brown wrote:   
   > On 02/02/2026 01:11, James Kuyper wrote:   
   ...   
   >> The US has three times as many native speakers of English than the   
   >> entire rest of the world combined, including the entire British   
   >> Commonwealth.   
   >   
   > There are about 400 million native English speakers around the world, of   
   > which about 230 are in the USA.  Of course any such numbers will be   
   > estimates, with surveys being from different years, but it certainly   
   > looks like you overestimate the numerical ratios.   
      
   I looked at the Wikipedia article on English (language), which says that   
   US has 244,079,241 native speakers of English, and that the world has   
   391,286,346. When I did the calculations last night, that, came out to   
   75%, but for some reason it's 62% this morning. Perhaps I shouldn't post   
   that late at night.   
   It's still more US speakers than non-US speakers.   
      
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