French Polynesia (France)

Australia & Oceania

Haiti

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Barthélemy (France)

St. Martin (France)

Caribbean

Belgium

France

Luxembourg

Monaco

Switzerland

Europe

French Guiana (France)

Latin America

Guadeloupe (France)

Mayotte (France)

New Caledonia (France)

Réunion (France)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

None

Canada

North America

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Guinea

Madagascar

Mali

Niger

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Togo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A 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.

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French as Official or de facto Language

Austria

Cyprus

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

A world map highlights (blue) the members of the European Monetary Union: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, and Cyprus.

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New Zealand

Cuba

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

United Kingdom

Sweden

Denmark

Croatia

Norway

Chile

Belize

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Honduras

Peru

Brazil

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United States

Mexico

India

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Thailand

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Southeast Asia

United Arab Emirates

Lebanon

Tunisia

Egypt

Israel

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Tanzania

Kenya

Nigeria

South Africa

A map shows coastal areas of Eutrophication and Hypoxia. Hypoxic, as red circles, are shown mostly along the East Coast of the U S and Mexico, Europe, and Australia. The Eutrophic, as blue circles, are shown mostly in Europe, South America, and Australia.

The world's oceanic areas that are experiencing pollution, which results in algal blooms, species loss, and destruction of coral reefs

French as Official or de facto Language	European Monetary Union (“Euroland”)	Coastal Areas of Eutrophication and Hypoxia
Value	Value	Hypoxic	Eutrophic
		1	3
			1
		3.25	1
		3.909090909090909	3.3333333333333335
		1.6	1.8
		1	1
		78.5	9
		1	1
		2	1
		1.3333333333333333	1.4
		1.5	1