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

Afghanistan

Central Asia

Nepal

East Asia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

A map highlights the South Asia Free Trade Area members such as India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Afghanistan shaded in red.

Member states of the South Asian Free Trade Area, an organization founded in 2004 to create a free trade area among its members

Asia Regional Integration Center

South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Members

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

Kiribati

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

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

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Mexico

United States

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Southwest Asia and North Africa

French as Official or de facto Language	South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Members	Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Emissions by Country			Proven Oil Reserves
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Metric tons per year	Class	Rank	Percent of world reserves