Top English speaking countries in Europe?
 

Who can help me out here? Which European countries (outside of the UK) have the largest amount of English-speaking residents?

i would say germany first

I would imagine Russia.

then i would add japan to

Definately the Scandinavian countries.

Danish people have excellent capabilities in learning or speaking this language.

your avatar pic is from Nikkos?

The Dutch speak better English than most Americans

Please don't tempt them into joining Eurovision.

Not exactly sure but I would say either The Netherlands or Germany.

Nah, that's from a place in Virginia Beach. You're in Charlotte?

Sure am. that pic looks like the inside of a sushi restaurant here in Charlotte called Nikkos :winkwink:

you got the link? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ing_population

I don't know but I will say that many Dutch speak English better than some native English speakers I know.

Ireland most certainly has the highest % of English speakers.

sweden, norway, denmark, netherlands, germany - not necessarily in this order

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Definitely Scandinavians- They speak english better than most Americans do! Plus, they were always extremely friendly are helpful. :)

Cool list.

Scandinavian countries without a doubt.

*hugs and kisses*

how about cc users list?

scandinavian countries, they have from youngest years tv in english with their subs

My vote goes for the Dutch too.

Every time i went to germany, i had such a hard time finding anyone that spoke english its not even funny. After 5 minutes of trying to communicate to a guy at a gas station that I had to take a piss, he tries to sell me hair shampoo. This was in the middle of berlin.

My vote is for Netherlands and Norway/Denmark/Sweden/etc

what about iceland?

Spain has been invaded by the engrish

The Baltics.
Sweden is good, Finland's youth speaks excellent English.

:Oh crap

Nederlands

Must be Denmark, everyone from a 6 year old to a 70 year old will speak English at some level

you must be kidding LOL :upsidedow

Most people in the UK dont speak any English.But if you can speak Hindustani, Pakkistani, Polish or Bulgarian, you will get along fine

kazakhstan

Agreed. All Dutch people seem to be able to speak English. Unlike Germany, all movies English with Dutch subtitles lol

Definitely The Netherlands

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The Scandi countries and the Dutch are great. *although the dutch stress the wrong part of the word so they sound funny :)

I've never found many English speakers in Germany, but maybe they're like the French and just make out they cant understand you.

Spain, Italy, Portugal not very many.. those damn lazy latins.

Eastern/central Europe. wouldn't know.

Holland (the Netherlands) for sure. Mostly southern part.

That's right :thumbsup

wi hafe hier in austria

yeah, this is very true. I have been to Norway at least 6-7 times over the past few years and their English is great.

But actually we are don't.

As fas as I know of only 2 such countries: UK and Ireland. :2 cents:

Germans are generally not good at English. Danes and Swedes are somewhat better then Finns nad Norwegians at english and Icelandics I cant comment on.

of course Russia since you ask for "largest amount of English-speaking residents" and not percentage of population...scandinavian countries are tiny populationwise

Scandinavians. Eastern European and Southern Europeans are the worst.
Except maybe for the younger citizens.

You're all wrong: Gibraltar.

Scandinavia + Netherlands = #1

Germany - west much better than the east, but DON'T rely on everyone talking English, especially if you plan to go East

Central / Eastern Europe - you'll easily talk to someone in bigger cities, especially to younger people where there'll be a realistic chance they're more or less educated, but those, who're too lazy to absolve proper education most likely won't be able to speak shit anyway.

Worst = France and Italy.

You have a better chance talking to a dog than talking to most of the "average" residents there, and they will even get pissed you don't speak their language!

actually France is Number #2 and Italy #3
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Once again, here is the Global list: ( that's a world wide one and not just Europe )

#1 United States: 251,388,301
#2 United Kingdom: 59,600,000
#3 Philippines: 45,900,000
#4 Nigeria: 41,000,000
#5 Germany: 36,000,000
#6 Canada: 25,246,220
#7 Australia: 17,357,833
#8 Pakistan: 17,000,000
#9 France: 16,000,000
#10 Italy: 14,000,000
#11 South Africa: 13,700,000
#12 Netherlands: 12,000,000
#13 Spain: 10,000,000
#14 Poland: 9,200,000
#15 Turkey: 8,100,000
#16 Malaysia: 7,400,000
#17 Russia: 6,955,315
#18 Sweden: 6,600,000
#19 Zimbabwe: 5,550,000
#20 Romania: 5,300,000
#21 Belgium: 5,100,000
#22 Greece: 4,200,000
#23 Tanzania: 4,000,000
#24 Austria: 3,900,000
#25 Ireland: 3,850,000
#26 Denmark: 3,800,000
#27 New Zealand: 3,673,623
#28 Bangladesh: 3,500,000
#29 Finland: 2,700,000
#30 Kenya: 2,700,000
#31 Portugal: 2,600,000
#32 Uganda: 2,500,000
#33 Czech Republic: 2,100,000
#34 Hungary: 2,000,000
#35 Puerto Rico: 1,940,000
#36 Sri Lanka: 1,900,000
#37 Zambia: 1,900,000
#38 Croatia: 1,800,000
#39 Singapore: 1,793,245
#40 Bulgaria: 1,500,000
#41 Ghana: 1,400,000
#42 Slovakia: 1,400,000
#43 Slovenia: 950,000
#44 Lithuania: 900,000
#45 Estonia: 590,000
#46 Latvia: 540,000
#47 Cyprus: 420,000
#48 Malta: 280,000
#49 Luxembourg: 220,000
#50 Ethiopia: 171,712
#51 Israel: 100,000
#52 Liberia: 69,000
#53 Bermuda: 58,800
#54 Belize: 55,998
#55 Papua New Guinea: 50,000
#56 Bahamas, The: 49,331
#57 Honduras: 31,500
#58 Guam: 28,800
#59 Cayman Islands: 20,000
#60 Fiji: 19,857
#61 American Samoa: 16,298
#62 Malawi: 16,000
#63 Barbados: 13,000
#64 Namibia: 10,941
#65 Dominica: 10,000
#66 Virgin Islands: 8,414
#67 Brunei: 8,000
#68 Dominican Republic: 8,000
#69 Nauru: 7,254
#70 Saint Helena: 5,400
#71 Micronesia, Federated States of: 5,341
#72 Cook Islands: 4,000
#73 British Indian Ocean Territory: 3,500
#74 Gibraltar: 3,300
#75 Lebanon: 3,300
#76 Aruba: 3,000
#77 Mauritius: 3,000
#78 Trinidad and Tobago: 2,600
#79 Niue: 2,160
#80 British Virgin Islands: 2,000
#81 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 1,991
#82 Vanuatu: 1,900
#83 Netherlands Antilles: 1,800
#84 Norfolk Island: 1,678
#85 Seychelles: 1,601
#86 Saint Lucia: 1,600
#87 Gambia, The: 1,000
#88 Anguilla: 946
#89 Turks and Caicos Islands: 920
#90 Grenada: 750
#91 Kiribati: 492
#92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 400
#93 Rwanda: 300
#94 Guadeloupe: 200
#95 Saint Kitts and Nevis: 200
#96 Samoa: 200
#97 Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 188
#98 Montserrat: 100
#99 Tokelau: 40

I wonder where do they hide all those great English speakers when I'm around!

I'm sure plenty of Pakistani speak great Queen's English too!

And I wonder how do those 10 mil. Polish immigrants speak abroad if there's only 9,2 mil. English speakers!

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