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List of countries where French is an official language
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The following is a list of the 29 countries where French is an official language.
Note that in most of these countries, French is not the only language, and therefore the population does not indicate the number of French-speakers.
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| # || - || World || 367,141,450
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The following is a list of the 29 countries where French is an official language.
Note that in most of these countries, French is not the only language, and therefore the population does not indicate the number of French-speakers.
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| # || - || World || 367,141,450
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| 1. || || Africa || 66,514,506
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| 2. || || Europe || 64,057,790
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| 3. || || North America || 33,212,696
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| 4. || || Africa || 20,042,551
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| 5. || || Africa || 18,467,692
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| 6. || || Africa || 18,373,060
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| 7. || || Africa || 15,264,735
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| 8. || || Africa || 13,272,679
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| 9. || || Africa || 12,853,259
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| 10. || || Africa || 12,324,029
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| 11. || || Europe || 10,403,951
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| 12. || || Africa || 10,211,437
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| 13. || || Africa || 10,186,063
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| 14. || || Africa || 10,111,337
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| 15. || || Caribbean || 8,924,553
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| 16. || || Africa || 8,691,005
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| 17. || || Africa || 8,294,941
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| 18. || || Europe || 7,581,520
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| 19. || || Africa || 5,858,673
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| 20. || || Africa || 4,434,873
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| 21. || || Africa || 3,903,318
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| 22. || || Africa || 1,485,832
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| 23. || || Africa || 731,775
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| 24. || || Africa || 616,459
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| 25. || || Africa || 506,221
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| 26. || || Europe || 486,006
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| 27. || || Oceania || 215,446
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| 28. || || Africa || 82,247
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| 29. || || Europe || 32,796
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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. 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.
Dependent entities
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| 1. ||  || North America ||4,468,976 || State of United States
Note that French is not de jure official
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| 2. || Pondicherry || Asia || 973,829 || Union Territory of India
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| 3. || French Polynesia || Oceania || 283,019 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 4. || New Caledonia || Oceania || 224,824 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 5. || Mayotte || Africa || 216,306 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 6. || || Europe || 123,978 || Autonomous region of Italy
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| 7. || || Europe || 91,533 || British Crown dependency
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| 8. || || Europe || 65,726 || British Crown dependency
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| 9. || || North America || 29,376 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 10. || || Oceania || 16,448 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 11. || || North America || 7,492 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 12. || || North America || 7,044 || Overseas Collectivity of France
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| 13. || || Antarctica, Africa || 140 || TAAF districts
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| 14. || Clipperton || North America || 0 || French state private property
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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 U.S. state).
Countries where French is commonly used but not official
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| 7. |  | Europe | 72,413 |
Alphabetical list
See also
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