French-speaking Countries
French is spoken by over 50 million people. Over 100 million people speak French as a second language.
This is a list of countries where French is spoken:
Algeria (20 per cent can speak, read and write French)
Andorra (National language. 6 per cent can speak French)
Belgium (33 per cent can speak, read and write French)
Benin (Official language. 16,700 speak French)
Burkina Faso (Offical language)
Burundi (Official language)
Cameroon (Offical language)
Canada (23 per cent can speak French, esp. Quebec)
Central African Republic (Official language. 9,000)
Chad (Official language. 3,000)
Comoros Islands (Official language. 1,700)
Congo (Official language. 28,000)
Côte d'Ivoire (Official language. 17,500)
Democratic Republic of Congo (Official language)
Djibouti (Official language. 15,500)
French Guiana (National language)
French Polynesia (National language. 66,000)
Gabon (Official language. 37,500)
Guadeloupe (National language)
Guinea (Official language)
Haiti (National language. 400,000 2nd language speakers)
Italy (Official language. 100,000)
Lebanon (Official language. 85 per cent can speak French)
Luxembourg (National language. 13,100)
Madagascar (Official language. 18,000)
Mali (Official language. 9,000)
Martinique (National language)
Mauritius (Used by young. 37,000)
Mayotte (Official language. 2,500)
Monaco (National language. 58 per cent of population)
New Caledonia (National language. 36 per cent)
Niger (Official language. 6,000)
Reunion (Official language. 30 per cent of population)
Rwanda (Official language)
Senegal (Official language)
Seychelles (Official language. 977)
St Pierre and Miquelon (National language. 5,100)
Switzerland (33 per cent can speak French. Esp. Lausanne)
Togo (Official language. 3,000)
Tunisia (11,000)
United Kingdom (11 per cent in Channel Islands)
Vanuatu (National language. 3.8 per cent of population)
Wallis and Futuna (National language. 120).
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