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

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

A map of A S E A N members highlighted in orange: Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.

Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an organization founded in 1967 to promote intergovernmental cooperation and economic integration among its members

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Members

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Dominican Republic

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Central Asia

China

Japan

Nepal

Taiwan

East Asia

Russia

Georgia

Eurasia

Iceland

Greece

Italy

Nicaragua

Chile

Argentina

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Guatemala

Panama

Peru

El Salvador

United States

Mexico

Pakistan

Bhutan

India

South Asia

Iran

Turkey

Morocco

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Malawi

Tanzania

Mozambique

A world map of earthquake activity from 2000 to 2019. Circles of varying sizes represent earthquake magnitudes, with larger circles for higher magnitudes. Significant activity is noted in Colombia, Iran, Turkey, Tanzania, and the North Atlantic Ocean.

Time series data showing locations and Richter scale magnitudes of significant earthquakes from 1800 BCE to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

Earthquakes

NOAA

Richter scale magnitude

Belize

Bolivia

Honduras

Paraguay

Uruguay

Brazil

Venezuela

Political geography of Latin America in 1650: The Viceroyalty of New Spain (black, covering Mexico, Central America), the Viceroyalty of Peru (orange, covering parts of South America), and the Viceroyalty of Brazil (blue, covering parts of Brazil).

Political geography of colonial South America in 1650. The viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru were controlled by the Spanish, and the viceroyalty of Brazil was controlled by the Portuguese.

Latin America, 1650

nature

Samoa

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Montserrat (U.K.)

Spain

Portugal

Antarctica

Cabo Verde

Ethiopia

Eritrea

A world map showing volcanoes active between 1800 and 2020. Volcanoes are scattered globally, with notable concentrations in the western US, Mexico, Central America, the Andes, the Mediterranean, East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Time series map animation showing locations of significant volcanic eruptions from 1800 to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

French as Official or de facto Language	Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Members	Earthquakes																					Latin America, 1650			Volcanoes
Value	Value	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Earthquakes	Viceroyalty of New Spain	Viceroyalty of Peru	Viceroyalty of Brazil	Volcanoes
		1	1

		1	1																							1.6666666666666667
			1																							2.6666666666666665
		2.5	2																							1
		1																								1
		1																								2.8333333333333335
		1	1	1																			85.7%	45.0%	40.3%	3
			1																							2
		1.5	1																				33.0%			1.5
		1	2																							2.5
		3.5																								1
		1	1																							2.857142857142857