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

Trinidad and Tobago

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Denmark

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

Venezuela

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Nigeria

Countries based on natural gas produced. Highest producers, U S A and Russia, are shaded dark blue. Moderate producers, China, Australia, and Canada, are shaded moderate blue. Least producers, South America, and India are shaded light blue.

Natural gas production as a percentage of global production by country

Natural Gas Production (%)

Percent of world production

Austria

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Finland

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

A map shows the member countries of the European Union (E U) highlighted in dark blue. Notable countries include Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Iceland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece.

Member states of the European Union (EU). Use timeline controls at bottom of map to display members by year of entrance into the EU.

French as Official or de facto Language	Natural Gas Production (%)			European Union (EU)
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of world production	Value