List of countries and territories where French is an official language
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Regions where French is the main language
Regions where it is an official language but not a majority native language
Regions where it is a second language
Regions where it is a minority language
French is an official language in 29 independent nations. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
Countries[change | change source]
This table shows the populations of the countries, not the number of French speakers.
Nr | Country | Continent | Population[1] |
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1. | ![]() |
Africa | 84,004,989 |
2. | ![]() |
Europe | 67,401,000 |
3. | ![]() |
North America | 36,879,800 |
4. | ![]() |
Africa | 24,235,400 |
5. | ![]() |
Africa | 23,345,200 |
6. | ![]() |
Africa | 22,701,600 |
7. | ![]() |
Africa | 19,899,100 |
8. | ![]() |
Africa | 18,105,600 |
9. | ![]() |
Africa | 17,599,700 |
10. | ![]() |
Africa | 15,129,300 |
11. | ![]() |
Africa | 14,037,500 |
12. | ![]() |
Africa | 12,608,600 |
13. | ![]() |
Africa | 11,607,700 |
14. | ![]() |
Europe | 11,358,357 |
15. | ![]() |
Africa | 11,178,900 |
16. | ![]() |
Africa | 10,879,800 |
17. | ![]() |
Caribbean | 10,711,100 |
18. | ![]() |
Europe | 8,510,000 |
19. | ![]() |
Africa | 7,304,600 |
20. | ![]() |
Africa | 4,900,300 |
21. | ![]() |
Africa | 4,620,300 |
22. | ![]() |
Africa | 1,725,300 |
24. | ![]() |
Africa | 1,221,490 |
25. | ![]() |
Africa | 887,861 |
23. | ![]() |
Africa | 795,601 |
26. | ![]() |
Europe | 602,900 |
27. | ![]() |
Oceania | 264,652 |
28. | ![]() |
Africa | 92,900 |
29. | ![]() |
Europe | 38,731 |
Total | All countries | World | c. 443 million |
Dependent entities[change | change source]
Nr. | Entity | Continent | Population | Status |
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1. | ![]() |
Africa | 777,000 | Overseas Department of France |
2. | ![]() |
North America | 360,188 | Overseas Department of France |
3. | ![]() |
North America | 326,488 | Overseas Department of France |
4. | ![]() |
Africa | 318,044 | Overseas Department of France |
5. | ![]() |
South America | 301,200 | Overseas Department of France |
6. | ![]() |
Oceania | 267,000 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
7. | ![]() |
Oceania | 224,824 | Collectivity of France with special status |
8. | ![]() |
Europe | 128,000 | Autonomous Region of Italy |
9. | ![]() |
Europe | 91,533 | British Crown dependency |
10. | ![]() |
North America | 29,376 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
11. | ![]() |
Oceania | 16,448 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
12. | ![]() |
North America | 7,492 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
13. | ![]() |
North America | 7,044 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
14. | ![]() |
North America | 0 | Minor territory of France directly held by the government |
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Africa and Antarctica | 216 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
Note: Louisiana, Maine and Quebec are classified as integral parts of the United States and Canada and are thus not a part of this list.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Google Public Data Explorer". World Bank. Retrieved 16 November 2016.