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Countries where French is an official language

28 countries give French official or national status. In 1 of them it is also the most common first language.

1馃嚚馃嚛Democratic Republic of the Congo113m2馃嚝馃嚪France68.7m3馃嚚馃嚘Canada41.7m4馃嚥馃嚞Madagascar32.7m5馃嚚馃嚠Ivory Coast32.7m6馃嚚馃嚥Cameroon29.9m7馃嚬馃嚛Chad21.0m8馃嚫馃嚦Senegal18.9m9馃嚞馃嚦Guinea15.1m10馃嚙馃嚡Benin14.8m11馃嚪馃嚰Rwanda14.6m12馃嚙馃嚠Burundi14.4m13馃嚙馃嚜Belgium11.9m14馃嚟馃嚬Haiti11.9m15馃嚚馃嚟Switzerland9.09m16馃嚬馃嚞Togo8.59m17馃嚚馃嚞Republic of the Congo6.48m18馃嚚馃嚝Central African Republic5.51m19馃嚞馃嚘Gabon2.59m20馃嚞馃嚩Equatorial Guinea1.94m21馃嚛馃嚡Djibouti1.18m22馃嚢馃嚥Comoros883k23馃嚤馃嚭Luxembourg687k24馃嚮馃嚭Vanuatu335k25馃嚦馃嚚New Caledonia295k26馃嚨馃嚝French Polynesia282k27馃嚫馃嚚Seychelles123k28馃嚥馃嚚Monaco38.3k

Ordered by population. This list is generated from the same fact store the Guess the Country clue engine draws on, so the game and the Atlas can never disagree.

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