List of countries and territories where French is an official language

French is an official language in 29 independent nations. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto 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

Countries

This table shows the populations of the countries, not the number of French speakers.

Nr	Country	Continent	Population
1.	DR Congo	Africa	84,004,989
2.	France	Europe	67,401,000
3.	Canada	North America	36,879,800
4.	Madagascar	Africa	24,235,400
5.	Cameroon	Africa	23,345,200
6.	Ivory Coast	Africa	22,701,600
7.	Niger	Africa	19,899,100
8.	Burkina Faso	Africa	18,105,600
9.	Mali	Africa	17,599,700
10.	Senegal	Africa	15,129,300
11.	Chad	Africa	14,037,500
12.	Guinea	Africa	12,608,600
13.	Rwanda	Africa	11,607,700
14.	Belgium	Europe	11,358,357
15.	Burundi	Africa	11,178,900
16.	Benin	Africa	10,879,800
17.	Haiti	Caribbean	10,711,100
18.	Switzerland	Europe	8,510,000
19.	Togo	Africa	7,304,600
20.	Central African Republic	Africa	4,900,300
21.	Congo	Africa	4,620,300
22.	Gabon	Africa	1,725,300
24.	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1,221,490
25.	Djibouti	Africa	887,861
23.	Comoros	Africa	795,601
26.	Luxembourg	Europe	602,900
27.	Vanuatu	Oceania	264,652
28.	Seychelles	Africa	92,900
29.	Monaco	Europe	38,731
Total	All countries	World	c. 443 million

Dependent entities

Nr.	Entity	Continent	Population	Status
1.	Réunion	Africa	777,000	Overseas Department of France
2.	Guadeloupe	North America	360,188	Overseas Department of France
3.	Martinique	North America	326,488	Overseas Department of France
4.	Mayotte	Africa	318,044	Overseas Department of France
5.	French Guiana	South America	301,200	Overseas Department of France
6.	French Polynesia	Oceania	267,000	Overseas Collectivity of France
7.	New Caledonia	Oceania	224,824	Collectivity of France with special status
8.	Aosta Valley	Europe	128,000	Autonomous Region of Italy
9.	Jersey	Europe	91,533	British Crown dependency
10.	Saint-Martin	North America	29,376	Overseas Collectivity of France
11.	Wallis and Futuna	Oceania	16,448	Overseas Collectivity of France
12.	Saint-Barthélemy	North America	7,492	Overseas Collectivity of France
13.	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	North America	7,044	Overseas Collectivity of France
14.	Clipperton	North America	0	Minor territory of France directly held by the government
15.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Africa and Antarctica	216	Overseas Collectivity of France

Note: Louisiana, Maine and Quebec are classified as integral parts of the United States and Canada and are thus not a part of this list.