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AngryParsley on Sept 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The world's most influential languages

The figures in the article are from 20 years ago. Back then, populations were smaller and many countries were just ramping-up English education for students.

PostOnce on Sept 18, 2012 [–]

I didn't catch that, thanks. Curiosity killed the cat, so:

Population of Anglosphere in 1992: 364M... <300M speakers still seems very low even 20 years ago.

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