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Old 07-14-2008, 03:01 PM   #12
Flint
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the numbers

list of countries by native English-speaking population

the top ten:

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1 United States 215,423,557
2 United Kingdom 58,100,000
3 Canada 17,694,830
4 Australia 15,013,965
5 Ireland 3,750,000
6 South Africa 3,673,203
7 New Zealand ≥ 3,008,058
8 Jamaica 2,600,000
Hong Kong if ranked separately 2,500,000
9 Trinidad and Tobago 1,145,000
10 Singapore 665,087
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