French as Official or de facto Language
WorldCulturalCountries where French is an official (or serves as a de facto) language
EthnologueA map shows countries where French is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in blue and include France, Canada, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Guinea, Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Madagascar.
Value | Belgium | Austria | Denmark | Spain | Germany | Italy | Japan | Netherlands | Ottoman Empire (Turkey) | Portugal | Russia | France | United Kingdom | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.42% | 63.7% | ||||||||||||||
| 99.6% | |||||||||||||||
| 98.2% | 99.3% | ||||||||||||||
| 83.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 44.9% | 97.3% | 63.5% | 7.80% | 84.5% | 9.42% | 96.0% | |||||||||
| 99.0% | 99.2% | 99.4% | |||||||||||||
| 99.4% | 99.8% | 69.6% | |||||||||||||
| 99.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 99.6% | |||||||||||||||
| 96.9% | 99.0% | 98.2% | 94.3% | ||||||||||||
| 38.2% | 49.3% | 48.3% | 68.5% | 58.1% | |||||||||||
| 99.8% | 99.7% | 98.8% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 99.0% | ||||||||||
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