How many countries have English as their official language?

india has 83 million speakers of English

official language of civil aviation as well

There are approx 220 countries in the world.

Player #1067464, Australia is on the list.

bribiepete, There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine. (could be over 200 or even more if separatist countries became independent such as Catalonia, Kurdistan, Hong Kong, etc and territories (such as British Overseas Territories) became independent too)

Player #31401475, or Hinglish.

Thanks to the British empire who conquered most lands, and thanks to the most powerful country in that world, the United States, the world are filled with English speakers and people who are learning English.