Countries without an official language?

 

Only four internationally recognised nation-states do not currently have a de jure or official primary language:

• UK see here
• Australia: Over 80% of people speak English, but there is no official national language.
• Eritrea: Tigrinya, Arabic, and English are the working languages.
• Mexico: Spanish is spoken by the vast majority, but is not the official language. This aims to protect minority languages.

What about the USA?

Here the situation is complex. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 1, 2025, designating English as the federal government's official language. But this is not a constitutional amendment, so a future administration could reverse it.

32 individual states have made English their official language - in most cases following a successful ballot initiative

 An extended version  of this piece is on Medium (3-min free read)