List of countries by English-speaking population

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The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, including information on both native speakers and second-language speakers.

List

Country % English speakers % As a First Language Eligible population Total English speakers As first language As an additional language[1] Comments
 United States 95.81 80.6316,823,000251,388,301255,505,95342,938,196Figures are from the year 2007 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. English speaker figures are for persons age 5 and older. Total population age 5 and older was 280,950,438 of which 267,444,149 stated that they spoke English "very well" or "well". Second language speakers are respondents age 5 and older who reported they do not speak English at home but know it "very well" or "well".[2]
 India 12.10 0.0191,200,000,000125,000,000226,449 125,000,000 2001 Census figures for first language.[3][4][5]
 Pakistan 49 188,400,10094,321,604 94,321,604Official and educational language of Pakistan is English. Estimate by Euromonitor International (2009), based on trade interviews, data from the Statistics Division of the Government of Pakistan and other government bodies.[6]
 Philippines 92.58 0.0037100,437,85289,800,80036,93589,000,000 Total population: Census 2010. Proportion of total speakers: Census 2000, text above Figure 7. 63.71% of the then 66.7 million people aged 5 years or more could speak English.[7] Proportion of native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in "The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines", Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 19 (5&6), 487–525, p. 492: .04% of the then 68.4 million people were native speakers of English. (1998).[8] "Six out of 10 people aged 5 and over can speak english (63.71%)."[9]
 Nigeria 53.34 156,493,00079,000,00079,000,000 Euromonitor International report (2009)
 United Kingdom 97.74 92.1464,000,00059,600,00054,400,0005,128,000Source: Data from the 2011 census for England and Wales.[10] Additional English speaker figures are for usual residents aged 3 years and over with a main language other than English who can speak English "very well" or "well".
 Germany 70 0.33880,600,00046,272,504272,50446,000,000Native speakers: Statistisches Bundesamt (cited here).
Non-native speakers: Eurobarometer report 2006
Does not include foreign military personnel based in Germany.
 Canada 85.63 56.9433,121,17528,360,24018,858,9809,501,260Source: , Population by knowledge of official languages and Population by mother tongue. The 2011 count reported that 22,564,665 people were able to conduct a conversation in English but not French, while 5,795,575 were able to converse in both English and French. The census also asked for the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual: 18,858,980 reported English as their sole mother tongue, 144,685 reported both English and French as mother tongues, 396,330 reported English and a non-official language as mother tongues, and 24,095 reported English, French and a non-official language as mother tongues.
 France 36 65,350,00023,000,000 23,000,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Australia 97 70.1721,394,30917,357,83315,013,9652,343,868Source: 2001 Census.[11] The 2001 census data is subject to multiple interpretations. The data noted that 18,972,350 persons out of 21,394,309 total were speakers of a language, and excluded young children. However, more than a million of those 18,972,350 persons provided no information; 879,778 did not give information on proficiency, and 203,101 were "overseas visitors" who were not asked. Of the 17,889,671 persons for whom an inquiry was made 17,357,833 spoke English only, or "well" or "very well" as a second language; while 531,838 spoke "not well" or "not at all".
 Italy 40 59,619,29017,000,000 17,000,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Bangladesh 18 163,323,10030,108031709,87329,398,158Source: Euromonitor International report 2009, Euromonitor Dec 2010 [12]
 Egypt 35 83,289,50028,101,32528,101,325Source: Euromonitor International Report 2011 [13]
 Thailand 27.16 63,038,24717,121,187 17,121,187Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Netherlands 90 16,770,00015,030,000 15,030,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
   Nepal 46.49 0.06729,890,68613,896,72020,000876,720 Source: Census. (date not verified)
 South Africa 31 9.352,981,99116,424,4174,930,51011,493,907Native speakers from 2011 Census: Census in Brief, page 23.
Non-native speakers: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Poland 37 38,501,00014,300,000 100,00014,200,000Source: Central Statistical Office,[14] Additional language speakers are people age 18–69, who reported English Language as their first of second best foreign language, Central Statistical Office [15] Native language counted as those who speak English at home.
 Turkey 17 70,586,256 12,000,000 12,000,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2006
 Iraq 35 31,700,00011,095,000 11,000,000Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
 Spain 22 47,190,00010,400,000 10,400,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 China <1 1,210,000,00010,000,00010,000,000Figures are for English users in mainland China only (i.e. excluding Hong Kong where English is an official language and Macau). The oft-cited figure of 300 million is for "learners."[16]

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 Brazil 5 0.14205,000,00010,542,000292,00010,250,000Source: British council (2012) and EF. Only 5% of Brazilians have a proficient grasp of English as a second or foreign additional language and an additional 6% have a very rudimentary knowledge. Brazil has 240 thousand British descendants and 180 thousand American ancestry citizens including the Confederados cultural sub-group, descendants of the Confederate colonies.
 Sweden 90 9,785,0008,200,000 8,200,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Kenya 18.83 43,013,4318,100,000 7,900,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Cameroon 38 19,740,0007,500,000 7,500,000Euromonitor International Report (2009)
 Malaysia 62.57 1.427,170,0005,580,000380,0005,200,000EF English Proficiency Index[18]
 Russia 5.48 138,312,5357,574,3032,5227,571,787Source: Composition by Nationality and Language Ability, Citizenship, Tables 4.5 and 4.1, Russian Census (2010). The "total" figure is the number of residents who reported English as one of the languages they knew. The "first language" figure is the number of residents who reported "American" or "English" as their nationality. The "additional languages" figure is the difference. More than 9 million schoolgoers studied English as a foreign language in 2008–2009.
 Belgium 60 10,584,5346,250,000 6,250,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2006 (the 2012 report seems to have a critical typo)
 Israel 84.97 1.377,303,0006,205,000100,0006,105,000Source: Ethnologue (2005)[19]
English is widely spoken, both by the Jewish majority and by minority ethnic groups.[20][21]
 Austria 73 8,415,0006,150,000 6,150,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Romania 31 19,043,7675,900,000 5,900,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Zimbabwe 41.58 1.8713,349,0005,550,000250,0005,300,000Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Greece 51 10,787,6905,500,000 5,500,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Sierra Leone 83.53 8.525,866,0004,900,000500,000 4,400,000 Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Mexico 12.9 120,664,00015,686,262 15,686,262 Consulta Mitofsky-Tracking Poll Roy Campos: Las Lenguas Extranjeras en México, January 2013;[22] and II Conteo de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI).[23]
 Denmark 91 5,543,0004,770,000 4,770,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
  Switzerland 61.28 0.967,637,3004,680,00073,4004,606,600Figure for speakers of English as "main language", according to Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008[24] Source for number of non-native English speakers is 1999 publication by Prof. François Grin cited here: http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/countries/uk/language.html
 Morocco 14 32,770,9004,587,926 4,587,926Source: Euromonitor International report 2011
 Norway 90 5,136,7004,500,000 4,500,000Source: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/03/norwegian-english-fusion-language/
 Republic of Ireland 98.37 93.214,422,1004,350,0004,122,100237,900Source: Eurobarometer report 2006; Central Statistics Office ; Travbla [25]
 Singapore 80 2.15,076,7004,822,8651,097,443253,835Source: 2010 Census. Second language speaker figure only includes those literate in English aged 15 or more and does not include third language proficiency. Singapore Census of Population, 2010, Advance Data Release No.1, "Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion"; Census of Population 2010, Table 47 "Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home"
 Ghana 66.67 27,000,00018,000,00018,000,000Source: 2010 Ghanaian Census[26]
 Tanzania 9.89 40,454,0004,000,0004,000,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 New Zealand 97.82 85.934,275,1003,673,6233,673,623 There were 4,027,947 responses to 2006 Census: Language spoken. 3,673,679 gave English as a response, 81,936 had no English but another language. The balance of 272,382 were; no language (too young) 75,195, no response 196,221, response unidentifiable 588, response outside scope 378. Hence it is most meaningful to express the English-speaking per cent without including the figures for these 272,382. This gives 97.8% English-speaking, 2.2% non-English-speaking (3,673,679 and 81,936 divided by 3,755,565)
Crystal (2003), p. 109, gives figures of 3,700,000 native speakers and 150,000 second language speakers.
 Finland 70 5,410,0003,800,000 3,800,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Portugal 27 10,623,0002,900,000 2,900,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Papua New Guinea 49.76 2.37 6,331,0003,150,000150,0003,000,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Liberia 82.67 163,750,0003,100,000600,0002,500,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Jordan 45 6,598,0002,969,370 2,969,370Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
 Jamaica 97.64 17.12,714,0002,650,00045,90050,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Algeria 7 35,954,0002,516,780 2,516,780Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
 Uganda 8.09 30,884,0002,500,0002,500,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Hong Kong 46.07 3.56,808,4333,136,784238,2882,898,496According to 2011 population census, Hong Kong has approximately 3.1 million speakers, of whom 238,288 regard English as their "usual" language.[27]
 Czech Republic 27 10,562,2142,850,000 2,850,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Argentina 6.52 42,192,5002,752,681Source:.[28] Percentage of people who state to have a high level of English. Another 19.49% and 16.23% of people said they had an intermediate and low level, respectively, of English.
 Yemen 9 24,800,0002,232,000 2,232,000Source: Euromonitor International report 2011
 Croatia 49 4,555,0002,200,000 2,200,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2006
 Colombia 4.22 47,661,3682,012,95075,600 1,937,350 Total was estimated by multiplying projected population for 2014 (DANE) by percentage of Colombian population that speaks English 4.09%[29] then 63,600 was added to that figure which is the total of American and British residents. Figures for native speakers are as follows: 60,000 U.S. citizens that reside in Colombia[30] 12,000 are Colombian Raizal from San Andrés and Isla de Providencia where they speak San Andrés–Providencia Creole[31] 3,600 British expatriates[32]
 Hungary 20 9,982,0002,000,000 2,000,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Puerto Rico 48.61 3,991,0001,940,000100,0001,840,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Sri Lanka 47.8 0.2 20,264,0009,726,00037,0619,680,000Sensus of Population 2011[33]

EF English Proficiency Index[18]

 Zambia 16.02 11,922,0001,910,000110,0001,800,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Bulgaria 25 7,640,2381,900,000 2,605 1,902,605Source: Eurobarometer report 2012 and 2011 Census[34]
 Kazakhstan 15.4 12,156,7051,874,5836021,873,981Number of those who understand spoken English, from these 1.9 million: 311,435 (2.6%/16.6%) can only read, 931,444 (7.7%/49.6%) can read and write in English. The number of native speakers is the sum of Americans and Englishmen "by nationality". (Census 2009)
 Lebanon 40 4,265,6001,706,0001,706,000Source: Euromonitor International report (2011)
 Chile 9.53 16,634,6031,585,027 Source: 2012 Census.[35]
 Rwanda 15 10,137,4001,520,6101,520,610Source: Euromonitor International report 2009
 Slovakia 26 5,397,0361,400,000 1,400,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Trinidad and Tobago 87.74 1,305,0001,145,0001,145,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Slovenia 59 2,050,0001,210,000 1,210,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Lithuania 38 3,053,8001,160,000 1,160,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Latvia 46 2,070,371950,000 950,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Guyana 90.55 751,000680,000650,00030,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Botswana 38.42 1,639,833630,000 630,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Estonia 50 1,294,236650,000 650,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Cyprus 73 839,000610,000 610,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Malawi 3.88 13,931,831 540,209209 540,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109 and Kayambizinthu.[36]
 Lesotho 27.86 1,795,000500,000 500,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Suriname 87.09 470,784410,000260,000150,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Malta 89 453,000400,000unknown352,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Namibia 17.24 1,820,916314,00014,000300,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Luxembourg 56 509,000290,000 290,000Source: Eurobarometer report 2012
 Bahamas 87.13 330,549288,000260,00028,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Barbados 98.57 279,000275,000262,00013,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Belize 81.65 301,270246,000190,00056,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Madagascar 18 23,042,3004,147,614 4,147,614The main languages are French and Malagasy.
 Mauritius 15.97 1,264,866202,0002,000200,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Vanuatu 83.55 215,446180,00060,000120,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Fiji 20.62 853,445176,0006,000170,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Solomon Islands 31.68 552,438175,00010,000 165,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Guam 91.09 173,456158,00058,000100,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Brunei 39.07 381,371144,00010,000134,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 95 120,000114,000114,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 U.S. Virgin Islands 95.97 108,448113,00098,00015,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Grenada 90.91 110,000100,000100,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Samoa 49.86 188,54094,0001,00093,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Isle of Man 99.93 80,05880,000 80,000
 Bhutan 11.4 658,00075,000 75,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Saint Lucia 43.03 165,00071,00031,00040,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Northern Mariana Islands 83.33 84,00070,0005,000 65,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Antigua and Barbuda 80 85,00068,00066,0002,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 American Samoa 80.1 57,34545,9331,79144,142Source: The World Factbook – American Samoa
 Federated States of Micronesia 57.66 111,00064,0004,00060,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Bermuda 96.92 65,00063,00063,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Dominica 94.03 67,00063,0003,00060,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Marshall Islands 98.33 59,00060,000 60,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Swaziland 4.38 1,141,00050,000 50,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Aruba 42.31 104,00044,0009,00035,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 The Gambia 2.34 1,709,00040,00040,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 78 50,00039,00039,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Cayman Islands 76.6 47,00036,00036,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Seychelles 37.93 87,00033,0003,00030,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Gibraltar 100 28,87528,87528,000875Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Tonga 30 100,00030,000 30,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Kiribati 24.21 95,00023,00023,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 British Virgin Islands 86.96 23,00020,00020,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
 Palau 92.5 20,00018,50050018,000 Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Andorra 22 81,22217,86917,869Source Census: Linguistic knowledge 2004.
 Anguilla 92.31 13,00012,00012,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Nauru 100 10,30010,3008009,500Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. English is spoken as the language of government and commerce.
 Cook Islands 19.8 20,2004,0001,0003,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109.
 Montserrat 67.8 5,9004,0004,000Source: Crystal (2003), p. 109. Note this includes speakers of an English creole.
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Notes

  1. Statistics on second language speakers are inevitably not precise; partly because there is no widely agreed definition of second language speakers – there is no differentiation between countries where English is the lingua franca and those where it is not.
  2. "Language Use in the United States: 2007" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. Census of India's Indian Census, Issue 25, 2003, pp 8–10, (Feature: Languages of West Bengal in Census and Surveys, Bilingualism and Trilingualism).
  4. FAMILY-WISE GROUPING OF THE 122 SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES Archived 7 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine.2001 Census of India
  5. Tropf, Herbert S. 2004. India and its Languages. Siemens AG, Munich
  6. "The Benefits of the English Language for Individuals and Societies: Quantitative Indicators from Cameroon, Nigeria, Rwanda, Bangladesh and Pakistan" (PDF). Teachingenglish.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  7. Before mistakenly correcting the percentage again, please note that there are fewer people aged 5 years or more in any country than there are people in that country, because some people are toddlers or infants. In other words, no, the numbers will not automatically add up. 63.71% is what the cited source, text above Figure 7 Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine., a report from the 2000 census, really says. This multiplied by the 2010 census's total population over 5 produces the number in the chart. The 2010 number comes from Philippines in Figures, 2013, Chapter 5, Demography, table 5.1 or 5.6
  8. From mid-2009 to late 2013 this entry overstated the number of native speakers by roughly 100fold, and inflated the number of total speakers, on the alleged basis of material in "Philippines". Ethnologue. 1999-02-19. Retrieved 2013-10-16.. In fact, Ethnologue as of 24th December 2013 simply repeats the number of native speakers, 20,000, reported in Crystal 2003, on the basis of an old (pre-1995) census, and does not address total speakers at all. This attempt to correct these errors in turn perpetrates both error and original research, by applying the old percentages listed above, 63.71% of people over 5 as total speakers in 2000, and .04% of people as native speakers in 1995, to the 2010 totals from Philippines in Figures, 2013, Chapter 5, Demography, tables 5.1 and 5.6. Andrew Gonzalez passed away in 2006; someone else's attention to the 2010 census figures, which appear not to be online and may not have been printed yet in adequate detail, is needed to produce reliable, more or less current, numbers.
  9. 2000 Census of population and Housing, Educational Characteristics of the Filipinos https://psa.gov.ph/old/data/sectordata/sr05153tx.html
  10. "2011 Census: Quick Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  11. The Benefits of the English Language for Individuals and Societies: Quantitative Indicators from Cameroon, Nigeria, Rwanda, Bangladesh and Pakistan, https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Euromonitor%20Report%20A4.pdf
  12. "The Benefits of the English Language for Individuals and Societies: Quantitative Indicators from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen" (PDF). Britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  13. Human Capital in Poland in 2014, figure 15,52
  14. Demographis Yearbook of Poland: 2014, Table 1, 32,44,190,
  15. Jian Yang (April 2006). "Learners and users of English in China". English Today. 22 (2): 3–10. doi:10.1017/S0266078406002021.. Quote: "What this suggests, it seems, is that Yan’s (2004) ten million may after all be a more informed estimate of the actual regular users of English in China." (page 9)"
  16. 100million is Back of Envelope Calculation. Learning English in compulsory in China, and 8% of population goes to University, so approximately 100 million are competent in English, and beyond learners
  17. 1 2 "EF English Proficiency Index – A comprehensive ranking of countries by English skills". Ef.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  18. Languages of Israel, Ethnologue.com
  19. Multilingualism in Israel, Bar-Ilan University – Faculty of Humanities : Language Policy Research Center.
  20. "ERIC – English Language Teaching Profile: Israel., 1976-Dec". Eric.ed.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  21. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  22. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
  23. Resident population according to main language, Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2008
  24. "The most complete list of English schools and courses in Ireland". Travbla.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  25. "2010 Population & Housing Census" (PDF). Statsghana.gov.gh. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  26. "Population Aged 5 and Over by Place of Birth, Usual Language and Ability to Speak Other Language/Dialect, 2011 (A123)". Census2011.gov.hk. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  27. "Sociedad :: Los idiomas de los argentinos" (in Spanish). Página/12. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  28. "¿Qué porcentaje de la población colombiana habla inglés?". Colombiestad.gov.co. 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  29. "Islander Creole English". Ethnologue.
  30. "Special Reports | Brits Abroad". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  31. "2011 census of Sri Lanka" (in Bulgarian). National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria. p. 22. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  32. "2011 census of Bulgaria" (PDF). Department of Census and Statics, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  33. "Síntesis de resultados Censo 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  34. Edrinnie Kayambizinthu (1998). "The Language Planning Situation in Malawi" (PDF). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 19 (5&6): 369. doi:10.1080/01434639808666363.
  35. "European and their languages 2012" (PDF). Eurobarometer. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  36. "Population at 1 January". Eurostat. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

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