That's the Indian population of English speakers
230 MILLION -
not the entire population of India my friend!
Your stats are coming from a Wikipedia page that's using basic stats from 2006. I would totally disagree with 'nobody is using English at home' - myself and over 1.5 billion others are using it right now, whether at home or in the office. Which is my point - English is not a dying language as was mentioned within this thread.
My stats are based on multiple sources - I don't just rely on Wikipedia
Whether English has 300 million or 700 or 1000 million native speakers, the point is that 20% of the globe speak English. When you add the 2nd or 3rd language speakers in, this figure would rise to well over 2 billion. That's plenty enough for this proud Englishman to say, the language isn't going anywhere!
Having English as my first language is a plus. In the world today, it's a far more powerful business tool than Spanish.
According to Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pascal...ata-suggests-it-could-be-french/#3e2535e46d58 French could actually be the number 1 by 2050. So I'll be polishing up on that before learning Spanish.