Here's why:
* Defining "native language" is tricky: Some countries have multiple official languages, and some individuals may be multilingual with no clear "native" tongue.
* Data collection is imperfect: Accurate data on language spoken by everyone in the world is difficult to collect.
However, we can look at some relevant statistics:
* English is an official language in around 60 countries, but it's not necessarily the native language of the majority in many of these countries.
* The vast majority of the world's population lives in countries where English is not the official language.
* English is spoken as a second language by millions of people worldwide. This makes it challenging to differentiate between those who speak English as a second language and those who speak it as their first language.
Instead of focusing on a percentage, it's more accurate to say that English is a minority language in the world, though it is a very widely spoken second language.