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Visualizing the World’s Most Widely Spoken Languages in 2023 (www.smartick.com)
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[–] Liquid_Fire 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Only if they only spoke one language. Googling indicates there are somewhere around 1.45 to 2 billion total English speakers, so just knowing English might hit 25% already.

Edit: Also, the graph only lists languages with 50 million speakers, so the real proportions are smaller.