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 | Boreal forests/taiga | Deserts and xeric shrublands | Flooded grasslands and savannas | Mangroves | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | Montane grasslands and shrublands | Rock and ice | Tundra | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests | Temperate coniferous forests | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests | Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.43% | 100% | 63.1% | 21.0% | 4.15% | 41.7% | 93.1% | ||||||||||
| 3.27% | 4.97% | 9.44% | 12.9% | 43.9% | 40.8% | |||||||||||
| 60.4% | 7.22% | 5.20% | 2.81% | 40.6% | ||||||||||||
| 2.53% | 23.5% | 1.31% | 22.5% | 4.06% | 28.6% | 6.61% | 12.9% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 14.8% | ||||||
| 53.6% | 37.2% | 28.5% | 8.24% | 2.02% | 6.81% | |||||||||||
| 58.4% | 48.6% | 9.84% | 33.0% | 56.8% | 9.77% | 30.1% | 9.84% | |||||||||
| 8.84% | 1.87% | 2.31% | 18.4% | 11.4% | 2.67% | 13.1% | 48.0% | 30.2% | 26.1% | 5.47% | 49.3% | |||||
| 100% | 64.0% | 81.6% | 18.4% | 100% | 35.5% | 18.8% | 87.1% | |||||||||
| 28.5% | 18.2% | 1.13% | 1.00% | 3.15% | 29.7% | 11.0% | 9.56% | 12.6% | 22.5% | 19.0% | 13.5% | |||||
| 35.9% | 10.5% | 5.61% | 1.60% | 3.77% | 4.09% | 1.63% | 31.0% | 36.6% | ||||||||
| 2.21% | 1.32% | 1.73% | 2.47% | 15.8% | 83.7% | |||||||||||
| 82.0% | 6.93% | 20.0% | 6.94% | 26.5% | 6.01% | 9.99% | ||||||||||
| 34.7% | 6.20% | 2.51% | 8.09% | 14.4% | 60.5% | 14.1% | 28.0% | |||||||||