Our previous blog listed <a href="/?p=10057">5 reasons to translate your website</a>. Today, let’s find out if English alone can reach the whole world!

<strong>Does everyone speak English?</strong>

English is one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world, and more and more people are learning the language of Shakespeare.

In fact, English is the 3rd most spoken language in the world after Mandarin and Spanish. Today, approximately:
<ul>
 	<li>450 million people speak English as their first language</li>
 	<li>750 million speak English as a foreign language</li>
</ul>
As the map below reveals, English is understood by a significant portion of the world's population.