How many of the worlds 7.5 billion people are native speakers of english

About 360 million

Explanation:

About 1.5 billion people on Earth speak English, and around 360 million people speak English as a first language. This is mainly the influence of Britain being a major trading force and a colonial force. Where ever the British Empire went people there learned English, and since the sun never set on the British empire that made for a lot of English speakers. There are currently 18 countries in the world where English is an official language. Those countries are: Antigua and Barbuda, United Kingdom, New Zealand, St Lucia, United States of America, Belize, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevs, The Bahamas, Canada , Trinidad and Tobago, Australia and Barbados. There are other countries that also speak english but it is not their primary language so they did not make the list.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.