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

Marshall Is.

New Zealand

Bahamas

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Curaçao (Neth.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Mexico

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Ghana

Kenya

Mozambique

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Adult females with a bachelor's degree by country. Dark purple (more than 29 percent) in the U S A and Australia. Medium purple (25 to 29) in Canada. Pink (15 to 24) in Brazil. Light pink (less than 15) in African, Eurasian countries.

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed Bachelor's degree or equivalent as the highest level of education

French as Official or de facto Language	Adult Females with College Education (Bachelor's)			Soft Drink Dialects	Women in the Workforce
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Value	Class	Rank	Percent