French Speaking Countries | Francophone Countries 2022

The Indo-European Romance language family includes French. French is spoken by around 76 million native French speakers and 274 million proficient French speakers in the United States, Canada, and France.

Besides being a member of the UN’s six official languages, it is also the second most commonly spoken language in the EU.




France is spoken in which countries? A total of 29 nations use French as their language of instruction. Thirteen of these nations have designated French as their only or co-official language, while sixteen of those countries have made it their second official language.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa has the largest French-speaking population, followed by France and Canada. Together with German and Dutch, French is one of the three official languages of Belgium.

French is the dominant language of some subordinate organizations. Among these entities, the most populated is French Polynesia, which has a population of 267,000. In alphabetical order, these are the countries where French is the official language:

  • Aosta Valley
  • French Guiana, French Polynesia
  • Guadeloupe
  • Jersey
  • Martinique
  • New Caledonia
  • Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre, and Miquelon
  • Wallis and Futuna

The states of Maine and Louisiana have declared French to be a “cultural language” in the United States. Education, trade, and government utilize it as a de facto official language.




Country2022 Population
Monaco39.7830
Dominica72.3440
Seychelles99.4260
Saint Lucia185.1130
Vanuatu321.8320
Luxembourg642.3710
Comoros907.4190
Djibouti1016.0970
Equatorial Guinea1496.6620
Gabon2331.5330
Central African Republic5016.6780
Republic of the Congo5797.8050
Togo8680.8370
Switzerland8773.6370
Belgium11668.2780
Haiti11680.2830
Burundi12624.8400
Benin12784.7260
Rwanda13600.4640
Guinea13865.6910
Chad17413.5800
Senegal17653.6710
Mali21473.7640
Burkina Faso22102.8380
Niger26083.6600
Ivory Coast27742.2980
Cameroon27911.5480
Madagascar29178.0770
Canada38388.4190
France65584.5180
DR Congo95240.7920




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