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Map showing countries where French is de jure official language.

The following is a list of the 29 countries where French is an official language. Note that in most of these countries, French is not the only language, and therefore the population does not indicate the number of French-speakers.

Nr. Country Continent Population1
# - World 367,141,450
1.  Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 66,514,506
2.  France Europe 64,057,790
3.  Canada North America 33,212,696
4.  Madagascar Africa 20,042,551
5.  Cameroon Africa 18,467,692
6.  Côte d'Ivoire Africa 18,373,060
7.  Burkina Faso Africa 15,264,735
8.  Niger Africa 13,272,679
9.  Senegal Africa 12,853,259
10.  Mali Africa 12,324,029
11.  Belgium Europe 10,403,951
12.  Guinea Africa 10,211,437
13.  Rwanda Africa 10,186,063
14.  Chad Africa 10,111,337
15.  Haiti Caribbean 8,924,553
16.  Burundi Africa 8,691,005
17.  Benin Africa 8,294,941
18.  Switzerland Europe 7,581,520
19.  Togo Africa 5,858,673
20.  Central African Republic Africa 4,434,873
21.  Republic of the Congo Africa 3,903,318
22.  Gabon Africa 1,485,832
23.  Comoros Africa 731,775
24.  Equatorial Guinea Africa 616,459
25.  Djibouti Africa 506,221
26.  Luxembourg Europe 486,006
27.  Vanuatu Oceania 215,446
28.  Seychelles Africa 82,247
29.  Monaco Europe 32,796

In addition to this, the State of the City of the Vatican lets itself register as a French-speaking country in the international organisations with which it has relationships.citation needed Similarly, the union territory Puducherry in Tamilnadu, India has one of its official language as French and its status was preserved by Traité de Cession signed by India and France on 28 May 1956.

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Dependent entities

Nr. Country Continent Population Status
1.  Louisiana North America 4,468,976 State of United States
Note that French is not de jure official
2. Flag of India Pondicherry Asia 973,829 Union Territory of India
3. Flag of French Polynesia French Polynesia Oceania 283,019 Overseas Collectivity of France
4. Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia Oceania 224,824 Overseas Collectivity of France
5. Flag of Mayotte Mayotte Africa 216,306 Overseas Collectivity of France
6.  Aosta Valley Europe 123,978 Autonomous region of Italy
7.  Jersey Europe 91,533 British Crown dependency
8.  Guernsey Europe 65,726 British Crown dependency
9.  Saint Martin North America 29,376 Overseas Collectivity of France
10.  Wallis and Futuna Oceania 16,448 Overseas Collectivity of France
11.  Saint Barthélemy North America 7,492 Overseas Collectivity of France
12.  Saint Pierre and Miquelon North America 7,044 Overseas Collectivity of France
13.  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Antarctica, Africa 140 TAAF districts
14. Flag of France Clipperton North America 0 French state private property

The four overseas regions of France (régions d'outre-mer, or ROM): Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, and Réunion, have the same status as metropolitan France and are not listed here. (Analogous to the state of Hawaii having the same status as a continental U.S. state).

Countries where French is commonly used but not official

Location of Maghreb
Nr. Country Continent Population
1.  Morocco Africa 34,343,219
2.  Algeria Africa 33,769,669
3.  Tunisia Africa 10,383,577
4.  Lebanon Asia 3,971,941
5.  Mauritania Africa 3,364,940
6.  Mauritius Africa 1,274,189
7.  Andorra Europe 72,413

Alphabetical list


References

  1. ^ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency (July 2008 estimates). Retrieved on 2008-06-14.

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