List_of_countries_where_French_is_an_official

List of countries where French is an official language

Map showing where French is de jure official language.

The following is a list of the 31 countries where French is an official language. Note that in most of these countries, French is not the only (official) language, and therefore the population does not demonstrate the number of French-speakers.

Nr.	Country	Continent	# Population
#	-	World	335,000,000
1.	France	Europe	63,213,894
2.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	60,764,490
3.	Canada	North America	33,199,000
4.	Madagascar	Africa	18,040,341
5 .	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	17,298,040
6.	Cameroon	Africa	16,322,000
7.	Burkina Faso	Africa	13,491,736
8.	Niger	Africa	12,162,856
9 .	Senegal	Africa	11,706,498
10.	Mali	Africa	11,415,261
11.	Belgium	Europe	10,364,388
12.	Chad	Africa	9,657,069
13.	Guinea	Africa	9,452,670
14.	Rwanda	Africa	8,440,820
15.	Haiti	Caribbean	8,121,622
16.	Burundi	Africa	7,795,426
17.	Benin	Africa	7,649,360
18.	Switzerland	Europe	7,489,370
19.	Togo	Africa	5,153,088
20.	Central African Republic	Africa	4,237,703
21.	Republic of the Congo	Africa	3,602,269
22.	Gabon	Africa	1,394,307
23.	Comoros	Africa	671,247
24.	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	529,034
25.	Djibouti	Africa	476,703
26.	Luxembourg	Europe	468,571
27.	Vanuatu	Oceania	205,754
28.	Seychelles	Africa	81,188
29.	Monaco	Europe	32,409

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.

1 Dependent entities
2 Countries where French is commonly used but not official
3 Alphabetical list
4 See also

Dependent entities

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 US state).

Nr.	Country	Continent	# Population	Status
1.	Louisiana	North America	4,468,976	State of United States
2.	Pondicherry	Asia	973,829	Union Territory of India
3.	French Polynesia	Oceania	259,596	Overseas Collectivity of France
4.	New Caledonia	Oceania	240,400	Overseas Collectivity of France
5.	Mayotte	Africa	186,452	Overseas Collectivity of France
6.	Aosta Valley	Europe	123,978	Autonomous region of Italy
7.	Jersey	Europe	90,812	British Crown dependency
8.	Guernsey	Europe	65,228	British Crown dependency
9.	Saint Martin	North America	33,102	Overseas Collectivity of France
10.	Wallis and Futuna	Oceania	15,480	Overseas Collectivity of France
11.	Saint Barthélemy	North America	8,450	Overseas Collectivity of France
12.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	6,125	Overseas Collectivity of France

Countries where French is commonly used but not official

Location of Maghreb

Nr.	Country	Continent	# Population
1.	Morocco	Africa	33,757,175
2.	Algeria	Africa	33,333,216
3.	Tunisia	Africa	10,102,000
4.	Mauritania	Africa	3,069,000

Contents

Dependent entities

Countries where French is commonly used but not official

Alphabetical list

See also