List of countries where French is an official language

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The following is a list of the 31 countries where French is an official language: Notice that in most of these countries, French is not the only (official) language. Thus the population does not equal the number of French-speakers.

Nr.	Country	# Population
#	-	335,000,000
1.	Image:Flag of France.svg France	63,213,894
2.	Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo	60,764,490
3.	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	32,805,041
4.	Image:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	18,040,341
5 .	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040
6.	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	16,322,000
7.	Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	13,491,736
8.	Image:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	12,162,856
9 .	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	11,706,498
10.	Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	11,415,261
11.	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	10,364,388
12.	Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad	9,657,069
13.	Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	9,452,670
14.	Image:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	8,440,820
15.	Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti	8,121,622
16.	Image:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	7,795,426
17.	Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	7,649,360
18.	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	7,489,370
19.	Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo	5,153,088
20.	Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic	4,237,703
21.	Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon	4,099,000
22.	Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo	3,602,269
23.	Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	1,394,307
24.	Image:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	671,247
25.	Image:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	529,034
26.	Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti	476,703
27.	Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	468,571
28.	Image:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	205,754
29.	Image:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles	81,188
30.	Image:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco	32,409

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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Dependent entities

Nr.	Country	# Population	Status
1.	Image:Flag of India.svg Puducherry	973,829	Union Territory of India
2.	Image:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana	4,468,976	State of United States
3.	Image:Flag of Valle d'Aosta.svg Aosta Valley	123,978	Autonomous region of Italy
4.	Image:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey (GB)	90,812	British Crown dependency
5.	Image:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey (GB)	65,228	British Crown dependency

[edit] Alphabetical list

• Belgium
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Republic of the Congo
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Djibouti
• Equatorial Guinea
• France
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Haiti
• Lebanon
• Luxembourg
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Monaco
• New Caledonia
• Niger
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Switzerland
• Togo
• Vanuatu

Note: overseas departments of France (such as Guadeloupe, Guyane Française, and Martinique) are not listed here.

[edit] See also

• French language
• List of international organisations which have French as an official language
• List of countries by spoken languages
• List of countries where English is an official language
• List of countries where Portuguese is an official language
• List of countries where Spanish is an official languagefr:Français (langue officielle)

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