Not Just the UK
Last updated: 10 November 2026
English speakers, leaving out the United States
This ranki.gg Rank it uses one measure: People who speak English, in English speakers, mixed. The countries on the card are India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippines. You do not have to recall the numbers from memory. They sit in a column. The job is to match each country to the value that belongs to it, then lock the order in. Five tries. A card in the right spot locks. A card in the wrong spot turns red so you can move it.
India has 269.8 million English speakers on this list, just behind the United States at 299.3 million, which is left off. Nigeria (125.0 million) has more than Pakistan (108.0 million). Indonesia (86.0 million) has more than the Philippines (70.1 million) and the United Kingdom (63.7 million), so the UK does not make this five. The counts are people who say they speak English, and the census years differ.
The countries on the card
| # | Country | English speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 269,800,000 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 125,039,688 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 108,044,691 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 85,968,611 |
| 5 | Philippines | 70,117,935 |
India leads this table at 269,800,000 English speakers. After that: Nigeria at 125,039,688 (144,760,312 English speakers under India); Pakistan at 108,044,691 (16,994,997 English speakers under Nigeria); Indonesia at 85,968,611 (22,076,080 English speakers under Pakistan); Philippines at 70,117,935 (15,850,676 English speakers under Indonesia). India is 3.848 times Philippines. That multiple is the top row divided by the bottom row of this same table. In the wider list of 134 stored on the puzzle, India is number 2, Nigeria is number 3, Pakistan is number 4, Indonesia is number 5, Philippines is number 6.
The fact leaves the United States off this five on purpose and still quotes its 299.3 million English speakers as the number just above India. Nigeria has more English speakers than Pakistan on this card. Indonesia has more than the Philippines, and more than the United Kingdom, which is why the UK does not make this five. The fact says the counts are people who say they speak English, and that the census years differ. The source is Wikipedia's list of countries by English-speaking population, total English speakers column.
The source line on the puzzle is: Wikipedia, List of countries by English-speaking population, total English speakers column. The puzzle does not add a separate caveat beyond that source line and the fact above. ranki.gg does not invent a value that is missing from that source. If two countries were so close that the order would depend on rounding, they would not be the pair the card asks you to separate.
When you finish the puzzle, the answer screen repeats the order, the fact, and a link to the source. That link is the same URL cited here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population.