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French as Official or de facto Language

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

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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

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Languages by Country

Crude Birth Rate

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

Value

Class

Rank

Millions of users

Class

Rank

Value

Class

Rank

Live births per 1,000 people

Commercial gardening

Dairy

Grain

Intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant

Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant

Little or no agriculture

Livestock Ranching

Mediterranean

Mixed crop and livestock

Pastoral nomadism

Plantation

Shifting cultivation

2.71%25.1%8.01%4.80%3.15%
14.9%92.5%15.5%28.7%96.8%
3.54%9.38%1.03%9.81%66.2%12.9%43.8%
17.4%17.8%4.09%16.3%54.9%44.6%
1.72%4.22%2.10%65.0%7.72%74.7%1.08%
1.03%24.9%47.2%17.6%47.9%26.5%47.9%2.93%6.57%
6.42%9.10%9.93%6.18%27.6%14.8%2.39%3.76%18.7%
1.57%98.0%57.2%58.2%7.51%11.3%
1.23%1.41%1.82%7.94%12.8%4.70%1.32%22.5%1.32%
19.4%10.5%8.26%13.3%2.97%1.06%
11.4%28.3%2.01%9.82%15.2%
1.78%31.4%14.6%12.2%53.5%
18.6%17.4%8.03%7.51%19.5%13.3%5.87%36.9%4.32%53.4%
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