14. HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEAK ………………? Language Primary Secondary Total 1 Mandarin 836,000,000 20,000,000 856,000,000 2 English 322,000,000 150,000,000 472,000,000 3 Spanish 332,000,000 20,000,000 352,000,000 4 Hindi/Urdu 333,000,000 333,000,000 5 Russian 170,000,000 125,000,000 295,000,000 6 French 72,000,000 190,000,000 262,000,000 7 Arabic 186,000,000 21,000,000 207,000,000 8 Portuguese 170,000,000 28,000,000 198,000,000 9 Bengali 189,000,000 189,000,000 10 Japanese 125,000,000 8,000,000 133,000,000 11 German 98,000,000 9,000,000 107,000,000
15. World countries, states, and provinces where English is a primary language are dark blue. Countries, states and provinces where it is an official but not a primary language are light blue. English is also one of the official languages of the European Union, and one of its three working languages .
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18. Three quarters of the world's mail is written in English. Eighty per cent of the world's electronically stored information is in English.