List of territorial entities where French is an official 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.
![](../I/m/New-Map-Francophone_World.svg.png)
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
Countries
This table shows the populations of the countries, not the number of French speakers.
No. | Country | Continent | Population[1] |
---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() | Africa | 84,004,969 |
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
Nr. | Entity | Continent | Population | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() | Oceania | 267,000 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
2. | ![]() | Oceania | 224,824 | Collectivity of France with special status |
3. | ![]() | Europe | 128,000 | Autonomous Region of Italy |
4. | ![]() | North America | 29,376 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
5. | ![]() | Oceania | 16,448 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
6. | ![]() | North America | 7,492 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
7. | ![]() | North America | 7,044 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
8. | ![]() | North America | 0 | Minor territory of France directly held by the government |
10. | ![]() | Africa and Antartica | 0 | Overseas Collectivity of France |
Note: Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Mayotte are classified as overseas regions of France and are thus not a part of this list.
gollark: If you want mildly less arbitrary, why not... base it on the Moon landings or something?
gollark: If you're adding 10000 to the existing system it's basically based on Jesus but offset a round number.
gollark: Well, yes, the fact that our calendar is based around the Jesus thing isn't really ideal, but there aren't exactly many better ones.
gollark: I guess it's good to stress-test date handling systems.
gollark: Oh, the thing where you pointlessly and arbitrarily add 10000.
See also
References
- "Google Public Data Explorer". World Bank. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.