HOW IMPORTANT IS ENGLISH ?

HOW IMPORTANT IS ENGLISH ? SOME STATISTICS

Following are 10 Statistics re English Language(Data is around 10 years old.)

1) Percentage of global e-mails sent in English             : 68 %

2) Percentage of Global Computer Text stored in English     : 80 %

3)Percentage of the 12500 International Organisations

  which have adopted English as the Medium of Communication  :85 %

4)Percentage of students in European Union studying English  :83 %

5)Percentage of Global Box Office Films that are in English   :63%

6)Percentage of Books printed in English around the World     : 50 %

7) Percentage of International Telephone calls made in English : 52 %

8) Percentage of Radio Programmes worldwide broadcast in English : 60 %

9)Percentage of International Mail and Telexes written in English : 70 %

10) Number of Words in English ( listed in Oxford Dictionary) : 616500 words

    Number of words in German ( the Second largest Language ): 185000 words.