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

Fiji

Micronesia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Ukraine

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Burundi

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Liberia

Malawi

Mozambique

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Total annual rice production: Highest producers in dark green are China and India. Some of the higher-producing countries in green and light green are Russia, Brazil, U S A, and some of the low-producing countries (very light green) are Mexico and Australia.

French as Official or de facto Language	Rice Production			Years of Schooling
Value	Class	Rank	Million Metric Tons	Class	Rank	Years