Introduction
When people think of the French language, they sometimes think of it as a language spoken in France or only on the continent of Europe. In reality, French is a language spoken around the world! The following is a list of francophone regions, which are shown in red on the map. How many do you recognize?
View a larger version of the francophone countries map.
List by Region
Africa
- Algeria
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Djibouti
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Madagascar
- Niger
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Togo
- Tunisia
Asia
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Vietnam
Europe
- Belgium
- France
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Switzerland
Islands
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Martinique
- New Caledonia
- Tahiti
North America
- Canada
- Louisiana
South America
- French Guiana