ENGLISH SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
Países donde el inglés es usado en los lugares de trabajo:
INTRODUCCIÓN
El inglés es hablado de manera oficial o cooficial en 57 países del mundo (3 en Europa, 14 en América, 5 en Asia, 21 en África y 14 en Oceanía).En el punto 2 os facilita un listado en orden alfabético con estos 57 países y en el punto 3 os muestra todas las naciones anglófonas clasificadas por continentes.
Espero que os resulte útil para vuestros exámenes y tareas.
2. PAÍSES CUYO IDIOMA OFICIAL O COOFICIAL ES EL INGLÉS (orden alfabético)
- Antigua y Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belice
- Botsuana
- Camerún
- Canadá
- Dominica
- Estados Unidos
- Filipinas
- Fiyi
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Granada
- Guayana
- India
- Irlanda
- Islas Marshall
- Islas Salomón
- Jamaica
- Kenia
- Kiribati
- Lesoto
- Liberia
- Malasia
- Malaui
- Malta
- Mauricio
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Nueva Zelanda
- Pakistán
- Palaos
- Papúa Nueva Guinea
- Reino Unido
- Ruanda
- Samoa
- San Cristóbal y Nieves
- San Vicente y las Granadinas
- Santa Lucía
- Sheychelles
- Sierra Leona
- Singapur
- Suazilandia
- Sudáfrica
- Sudán
- Sudán del Sur
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Trinidad y Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabue
3. PAÍSES EN LOS QUE SE HABLA INGLÉS DE MANERA OFICIAL (por continentes)
3.1. Europa (3)
- Reino Unido
- Irlanda
- Malta
3.2. América (14)
- Antigua y Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belice
- Canadá
- Dominica
- Estados Unidos
- Granada
- Guayana
- Jamaica
- San Cristóbal y Nieves
- San Vicente y las Granadinas
- Santa Lucía
- Trinidad y Tobago
3.3. Asia (5)
- Filipinas
- India
- Malasia
- Pakistán
- Singapur
3.4. África (21)
- Botsuana
- Camerún
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenia
- Lesoto
- Liberia
- Malaui
- Mauricio
- Nigeria
- Ruanda
- Sheychelles
- Sierra Leona
- Suazilandia
- Sudáfrica
- Sudán
- Sudán del Sur
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabue
3.5. Oceanía (14)
- Australia
- Fiyi
- Islas Marshall
- Islas Salomón
- Kiribati
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- Nueva Zelanda
- Palaos
- Papúa Nueva Guinea
- Samoa
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
4. MAPA CON LOS PAÍSES DEL MUNDO QUE TIENEN EL INGLÉS COMO IDIOMA OFICIAL
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Todos los países coloreados (azul claro y oscuro) tienen el inglés como idioma oficial del país.
En azul oscuro = países en los que se habla mayoritariamente el inglés.
En azul claro = países en los que el inglés no es la lengua más hablada (aunque sea un idioma oficial del país)
En azul oscuro = países en los que se habla mayoritariamente el inglés.
En azul claro = países en los que el inglés no es la lengua más hablada (aunque sea un idioma oficial del país)
United Kingdom – Fact Sheet 
| Official name: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | UK |
| Capital: | London |
| Size: | 244,101 km² |
| Population: | 60 million |
| Borders: | Irish Republic (south of Northern Ireland), Atlantic Ocean (north), North Sea (east), English Channel (south), Irish Sea (west, but east of Northern Ireland) |
| Currency: | Pound Sterling |
| Official language: | English |
| Nationality / People: | A person of British nationality is a Briton. |
Other interesting facts:
The terms United Kingdom, Great Britain and England are often confused. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, and Scotland. The United Kingdom also includes Northern Ireland.
Ireland – Fact Sheet 
| Official name: | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|
| Irish name: | Éire |
| Capital: | Dublin |
| Size: | 70,282 km² |
| Population: | 3.5 million |
| Borders: | Northern Ireland (north), Irish Sea (east), Atlantic Ocean (south, west) |
| Currency: | Euro |
| Official languages: | English, Irish |
| Nationality / People: | A person of Irish nationality is an Irishman or an Irishwoman. |
Other interesting facts:
As Ireland is famous for its green countryside, it is also known as the “Emerald Isle” (= green island).
United States – Fact Sheet 
| Official name: | United States of America |
|---|---|
| Abbreviations: | U.S. / U.S.A. |
| Capital: | Washington, D.C. |
| Size: | 9,529,063 km² (plus approximately 10,360 km² for outlying territories and other politically associated areas) |
| Population: | 281.4 million |
| Borders: | Canada (north), Atlantic Ocean (east), Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (south), Pacific Ocean (west) |
| Currency: | US Dollar |
| Official language: | English |
| Nationality / People | A person of American nationality is an American. |
Other interesting facts:
The United States is the fourth largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada, and China). It consists of 50 states plus Washington D.C. (a federal district) and four outlying territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa).
Australia 
Fact Sheet
| Official name: | Commonwealth of Australia |
|---|---|
| Capital: | Canberra |
| Size: | 7.7 million km² |
| Population: | 21 million |
| Borders: | no direct borders; Timor Sea and Arafura Sea (northwest), Torres Strait (northeast), Great Barrier Reef (northeast), Tasman Sea (southeast), Indian Ocean (south) |
| Currency: | Australian Dollar |
| Official language: | English |
| Nationality / People | A person of Australian nationality is an Australian. |
Other interesting facts:
Australia is not only a country but also the smallest continent.
New Zealand - Fact Sheet 
| Maori name: | Aotearoaan (= land of the white cloud) |
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| Capital: | Wellington |
| Size: | 270,534 km² |
| Population: | 3.5 million |
| Borders: | no direct borders; surrounded by sea (South Pacific) |
| Currency: | New Zealand Dollar |
| Official languages: | English, Maori |
| Nationality / People: | A person of New Zealand nationality is a New Zealander. |
Other interesting facts:
The country's nearest neighbour is Australia, which lies more than 1,600 km northwest of New Zealand. New Zealand comprises two main islands (North Island and South Island) and a number of small islands, some of which are hundreds of kilometres from the main islands.
Canada - Fact Sheet 
| Official name: | Canada |
|---|---|
| Capital: | Ottawa |
| Size: | 9,970,610 km² |
| Population: | 29.1 million |
| Borders: | Arctic Ocean (north), Atlantic Ocean (east), USA (south), USA (Alaska), Pacific Ocean (west) |
| Currency: | Canadian Dollar |
| Official languages: | English, French |
| Nationality / People: | A person of Canadian nationality is a Canadian. |
| Local time: | Ottawa: 10:19 Vancouver: 07:19 |
Other interesting facts:
Canada is the second largest country in the world (after Russia). Almost 10 percent (755,180 km²) of Canada's total area are inland water.
South Africa - Fact Sheet 
| Official name: | Republic of South Africa (formerly: Union of South Africa) |
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| Capital: | Pretoria |
| Size: | 1.221,037 km² |
| Population: | 41.6 million |
| Borders: | Namibia (northwest), Botswana, Zimbabwe (north), Mozambique, Swaziland (northeast and east), Lesotho (within South Africa), Indian Ocean (southeast), Atlantic Ocean (southwest) |
| Currency: | Rand |
| Official languages: | English, Afrikaans, Tsonga, Ndebele, Zwazi, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu |
| Nationality / People: | A person of South African nationality is a South African. |
Other interesting facts:
Although Pretoria is considered to be the capital of South Africa, the country actually has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).
In its eastern part, South Africa entirely surrounds another country - Lesotho, an independent constitutional monarchy.
English is also an official language in the following African countries: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malta - Fact Sheet 
| Official names: | Republic of Malta, Maltese Malta, Repubblika Ta'Maltacountry |
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| Capital: | Valletta |
| Size: | 316 km² |
| Population: | 365,000 |
| Borders: | no direct borders; surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea |
| Currency: | Euro |
| Official languages: | English, Maltese |
| Nationality / People: | A person of Maltese nationality is a Maltese. |
Other interesting facts:
There are five islands - Malta (the largest), Gozo, Comino, and uninhabited Kemmunett (Comminotto) and Filfla.
India - Fact Sheet 
| Official name: | Republic of India, Hindi Bharat, Bharatavarsha |
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| Capital: | New Delhi |
| Size: | 3,166,414 km² |
| Population: | 913.6 million |
| Borders: | Pakistan (northwest), China (north), Nepal, Bhutan (north), Myanmar (or Burma), Bangladesh (northeast), Bay of Bengal (east), Arabian Sea (west) |
| Currency: | Rupee |
| Official languages: | English, Hindi |
| Nationality / People: | A person of Indian nationality is an Indian. |
Other interesting facts:
With more than one-sixth of the world's total population India is the second most populous country in the world (after China). In area it's the seventh largest country.
