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Facts of the French Language
In 1999 there were 77 million people worldwide who spoke French as their first language, plus 51 million second-language speakers. According to the Ethnologue Report, this data made French the 11th most wide-spread language in the world.What is more, in the same year there were around 100 million foreign students who were interested in studying French for personal interest
French is spoken in France and 53 other countries, for a total of 5 continents.
French is a language of primary importance in a number of countries. In some countries, there is a big French-speaking population, in others the language is used in administration, for commerce or for international communication. French is spoken in: Algeria, , Cambodia, Egypt, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, India, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom (Channel Islands), United States (Louisiana, New England), Vatican City, and Vietnam.
French is widely used for working purposes, as it is the official languages of many international organizations among which Amnesty International, European Union(EU), Interpol, International Olympic Committee, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Org. for Economic Cooperation + Development (OECD), Red Cross and Red Crescent, United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), World Trade Organization (WTO).
Official language of: France and 24 other countries.
Statistics:
France (51,000,000) - Canada (6,000,000) - Belgium (4,000,000) - Switzerland (1,272,000) - Untied States (1,100,000) - Haiti (400,000) - Italy (100,000) - New Caledonia (53,400) - Gabon (37,500) - Congo (28,000) - Madagascar (18,000) - Cote d'Ivoire (17,470) - Benin (16,700) - Djibouti (15,440) - French Polynesia (15,338) - Austria (15,000) - Luxembourg (13,100) - Monaco (17,400) - Central Africa (9,000) - Mali (9,000) - Vanuatu (6,300) - Niger (6,000) - St. Pierre and Miquelon (5,114) - Chad (3,000) - Togo (3,000) - Mayotte (2,450) - Andorra (2,400) - Reunion (2,400) - Comoros Islands (1,700) - Seychelles (977) - Wallis and Futuna (120) - Burkina Faso (?) - Burundi (?) - Cameroon (?) - French Guiana (?) - Guadeloupe (?) - Guinea (?) - Martinique (?) - Mauritania (?) - Rwanda (?) - Senegal (?) - Total (72,000,000)
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