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This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
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French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
English: Countries by percentage of first- plus second-language French-speakers. Data is from 2005 to latest OIF surveys as of 2022. Data is from 2005 to latest OIF surveys as of 2022. Data source: La langue française dans le monde 2022 .
Greenland Outline of Greenland – Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark) Grenada Outline of Grenada – Grenada Guadeloupe Outline of Guadeloupe – Guadeloupe ( French overseas community )
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion ...
A man from Labé, Guinea, speaking Pular and West African French. African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 320 million people in Africa in 2023 or 67% of the French-speaking population of the world [1] [2] [3] spread across 34 countries and territories.