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 | Class | Rank | Thousand metric tons | Class | Rank | Percent | 0–0.9 | 1.0–1.9 | 2.0–3.9 | 4.0–5.9 | 6.0–8.0 | More than 8 | Class | Rank | Years | Class | Rank | Metric tons | Canada | United States | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | |
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| 22.2% | 44.6% | 45.1% | 30.7% | 6.86% | 3.60% | 94.3% | 88.0% | 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | ||||||||||||||