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.

Countries where French is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

French as Official or de facto Language

Australia

Papua New Guinea

Afghanistan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Nepal

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Northern Macedonia

Serbia

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Colombia

Ecuador

Guatemala

Peru

Mauritania

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Libya

Syria

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Burundi

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Mozambique

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Sudan

Sudan

Uganda

A map displaying countries at war or with serious insurrections since 1995, highlighted in red. The map highlights affected regions, Almost all of Eurasia, Africa, Australia, the U S A, and the northwestern region of South America.

Wars and other conflicts, by country since 1995

Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Countries at War or with Serious Insurrections since 1995

American Samoa (U.S.)

Fiji

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Jamaica

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Turkmenistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Mongolia

North Korea

South Korea

Armenia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Suriname

Uruguay

French as Official or de facto Language	Countries at War or with Serious Insurrections since 1995	Permanent Cropland
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Percent