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.

Countries
This table shows the populations of the countries, not the number of French speakers.
  Nr
 Country
 Continent
 Population
   1.    Africa
  84,004,989
   2.    Europe  67,401,000
   3.    North America  36,879,800
   4.    Africa  24,235,400
   5.    Africa  23,345,200
   6.    Africa  22,701,600
   7.    Africa  19,899,100
   8.    Africa  18,105,600
   9.    Africa  17,599,700
   10.    Africa  15,129,300
   11.    Africa  14,037,500
   12.    Africa  12,608,600
   13.    Africa  11,607,700
   14.    Europe  11,358,357
   15.    Africa  11,178,900
   16.    Africa  10,879,800
   17.    Caribbean 10,711,100
   18.    Europe  8,510,000
   19.    Africa  7,304,600
   20.    Africa  4,900,300
   21.    Africa  4,620,300
   22.    Africa  1,725,300
   24.    Africa  1,221,490
   25.    Africa  887,861
   23.    Africa  795,601
   26.    Europe  602,900
   27.    Oceania  264,652
   28.    Africa  92,900
   29.    Europe  38,731
   Total  All countries  World   443 million


 Dependent entities
  Nr.
 Entity
 Continent
 Population
 Status

   1.    Africa  Overseas Department of France
   2.    North America  Overseas Department of France
   3.    North America  Overseas Department of France
   4.    Africa  Overseas Department of France
   5.    South America  Overseas Department of France
   6.    Oceania   Overseas Collectivity of France
   7.    Oceania   Collectivity of France with special status
   8.    Europe   Autonomous Region of Italy
   9.    Europe   British Crown dependency
   10.    North America   Overseas Collectivity of France
   11.    Oceania   Overseas Collectivity of France
   12.    North America   Overseas Collectivity of France
   13.    North America   Overseas Collectivity of France  14.    North America   Minor territory of France directly held by the government  15.    Africa and Antarctica    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.

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