List of territorial entities where French is an official language

  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

As of 2015, there are 29 independent nations where French is an official language. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.

Countries with French as an official language

Nr Country Continent Population[1]
1. Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica84,004,989
2. FranceEurope67,401,000
3. CanadaNorth America35,851,800
4. MadagascarAfrica24,235,400
5. CameroonAfrica23,345,200
6. Ivory CoastAfrica22,701,600
7. NigerAfrica19,899,100
8. Burkina FasoAfrica18,105,600
9. MaliAfrica17,599,700
10. SenegalAfrica15,129,300
11. ChadAfrica14,037,500
12. GuineaAfrica12,608,600
13. RwandaAfrica11,607,700
14. BelgiumEurope11,358,357
15. BurundiAfrica11,178,900
16. BeninAfrica10,879,800
17. HaitiNorth America10,711,100
18. SwitzerlandEurope8,287,000
19. TogoAfrica7,304,600
20. Central African RepublicAfrica4,900,300
21. Republic of the CongoAfrica4,620,300
22. GabonAfrica1,725,300
23. DjiboutiAfrica887,861
24. Equatorial GuineaAfrica845,060
25. MoroccoAfrica35.28
26. LuxembourgEurope569,676
27. VanuatuOceania264,652
28. SeychellesAfrica92,900
29. MonacoEurope38,731
TotalAll countriesWorld434,577,644

Dependent entities where French is an official language

Nr. Entity Continent Population Status
1. French PolynesiaOceania267,000Overseas Collectivity of France
2. New CaledoniaOceania224,824Overseas Collectivity of France
3. Aosta ValleyEurope128,000Autonomous Region of Italy
4. JerseyEurope91,533British Crown dependency
5. Saint-MartinNorth America29,376Overseas Collectivity of France
6. Wallis and FutunaOceania16,448Overseas Collectivity of France
7. Saint-BarthélemyNorth America7,492Overseas Collectivity of France
8. Saint-Pierre and MiquelonNorth America7,044Overseas Collectivity of France
9. French GuianaSouth America288,458Overseas Department and Region of France
10. MartiniqueNorth America385,034Overseas Region of France
11. GuadeloupeNorth America449,246Overseas Region of France

French is recognized as a cultural language in the American states of Louisiana and Maine, in which the state governments officially promote and support French-language education and its use in government services and commerce and is a de facto official language, but it is not de jure official.[2] [3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Google Public Data Explorer". World Bank. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Louisiana Official Site on Languages, accessed August 22, 2016
  3. ↑ Worldometers pages on the population of French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe, accessed April 24, 2018
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