Countries and Territories Where English Is an Official Language

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Country / Region	Capital	Population	Area
India	New Delhi	≈1.43 billion	≈3.29 million km²
United States	Washington, D.C.	≈341.8 million	≈9.37 million km²
Pakistan	Islamabad	≈241.5 million	881,912 km²
Nigeria	Abuja	223.8 million	923,768 km²
Philippines	Manila	≈114.8 million	342,353 km²
Tanzania	Dodoma	≈70.0 million	945,087 km²
United Kingdom	London	≈66.9 million	242,900 km²
South Africa	Pretoria	≈63.0 million	≈1.22 million km²
Kenya	Nairobi	≈54.2 million	580,367 km²
Sudan	Khartoum	≈53.3 million	≈1.89 million km²
Uganda	Kampala	≈45.9 million	241,550 km²
Canada	Ottawa	≈41.8 million	≈9.98 million km²
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	≈34.4 million	330,803 km²
Ghana	Accra	≈34.4 million	238,533 km²
Cameroon	Yaoundé	≈29.4 million	475,442 km²
Australia	Canberra	≈27.9 million	≈7.69 million km²
Zambia	Lusaka	≈23.0 million	752,612 km²
Malawi	Lilongwe	≈21.2 million	118,484 km²
Zimbabwe	Harare	≈16.2 million	390,757 km²
Rwanda	Kigali	≈14.4 million	26,338 km²
South Sudan	Juba	≈12.7 million	619,745 km²
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	≈11.8 million	462,840 km²
Sierra Leone	Freetown	≈8.5 million	71,740 km²
Hong Kong	City of Victoria	≈7.5 million	1,104 km²
Singapore	Singapore	≈6.2 million	710 km²
Ireland	Dublin	≈5.5 million	70,273 km²
Liberia	Monrovia	≈5.2 million	111,369 km²
New Zealand	Wellington	≈5.0 million	270,467 km²
Eritrea	Asmara	≈3.7 million	117,600 km²
Puerto Rico	San Juan	≈3.2 million	8,870 km²
Namibia	Windhoek	≈3.0 million	825,615 km²
Jamaica	Kingston	≈2.8 million	10,991 km²
Botswana	Gaborone	≈2.5 million	582,000 km²
Gambia	Banjul	≈2.4 million	10,689 km²
Lesotho	Maseru	≈2.1 million	30,355 km²
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	≈1.5 million	5,130 km²
Mauritius	Port Louis	≈1.2 million	2,040 km²
Eswatini	Mbabane	≈1.2 million	17,364 km²
Guyana	Georgetown	956,044	214,969 km²
Fiji	Suva	902,623	18,272 km²
Solomon Islands	Honiara	828,857	28,896 km²
Malta	Valletta	588,254	316 km²
Belize	Belmopan	418,982	22,966 km²
Bahamas	Nassau	398,165	13,943 km²
Vanuatu	Port Vila	321,409	12,189 km²
Barbados	Bridgetown	261,692	430 km²
Samoa	Apia	205,557	2,842 km²
Saint Lucia	Castries	184,100	616 km²
Curaçao	Willemstad	155,826	444 km²
Guam	Hagåtña	153,836	549 km²
Seychelles	Victoria	123,565	452 km²
Kiribati	South Tarawa	120,740	811 km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	109,296	389 km²
Grenada	St. George's	109,021	344 km²
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	106,365	442 km²
Jersey	Saint Helier	104,540	116 km²
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	100,179	747 km²
Cayman Islands	George Town	90,577	264 km²
United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	87,146	347 km²
Isle of Man	Douglas	84,523	572 km²
Micronesia	Palikir	75,817	702 km²
Dominica	Roseau	65,514	751 km²
Guernsey	St. Peter Port	64,781	78 km²
Bermuda	Hamilton	64,055	54 km²
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	58,477	34 km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	54,338	261 km²
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	50,828	948 km²
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	46,078	464 km²
American Samoa	Pago Pago	43,268	199 km²
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	38,984	151 km²
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	38,196	6 km²
Marshall Islands	Majuro	37,548	181 km²
Caribbean Netherlands	Kralendijk	31,980	328 km²
Palau	Ngerulmud	16,733	459 km²
Anguilla	The Valley	16,010	91 km²
Cook Islands	Avarua	15,040	236 km²
Nauru	Yaren	11,680	21 km²
Tuvalu	Funafuti	10,643	26 km²
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	5,651	394 km²
Montserrat	Plymouth	4,386	102 km²
Falkland Islands	Stanley	3,662	12,173 km²
Norfolk Island	Kingston	2,188	36 km²
Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	1,692	135 km²
Niue	Alofi	1,681	260 km²
Tokelau	Fakaofo	1,411	12 km²
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island	593	14 km²
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	35	47 km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.