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

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Botswana

Countries that joined the United Nations from 1945 to 1976 are shaded blue. U S A, U K, and China are shaded are marked for 1945. Countries like Japan and Germany are marked for the 1950s. Many African and Asian nations joined in the 1960s and 1970s.

Periods of time when countries became members of the United Nations. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by year.

United Nations States and Years of Admittance

Fiji

Marshall Is.

Palau

Samoa

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Pakistan

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Ethiopia

Ghana

Kenya

Mozambique

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map highlighting adult females with only a primary education by country. Red indicates higher percentages, such as the U S, India, Australia, and most of South America. Orange to light orange indicates medium percentages, such as China and Ethiopia. Yellow indicates the lowest percentages, such as in Russia and Niger

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed primary education as the highest level of education

World Bank

Adult Females with only a Primary Education

French as Official or de facto Language	United Nations States and Years of Admittance	Adult Females with only a Primary Education			Exports
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Class	Rank	Billions of U.S. dollars