French

fr · français

French (fr) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 333M speakers. It is an official language in St. Pierre & Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, France, Monaco, and Luxembourg and 37 more. CLDR has 47 locales for it.

Native namefrançais
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers333Mestimated
Countries64
Locales47
Plural forms3one, many, other

Overview

Where it is spoken

CountryStatusShare of population
🇵🇲 St. Pierre & MiquelonOfficial100%
🇹🇫 French Southern Territories100%
🇳🇨 New CaledoniaOfficial99%
🇵🇫 French PolynesiaOfficial98%
🇫🇷 FranceOfficial97%
🇲🇨 MonacoOfficial97%
🇱🇺 LuxembourgOfficial92%
🇷🇪 RéunionOfficial89%
🇧🇱 St. BarthélemyOfficial85%
🇬🇵 GuadeloupeOfficial84%
🇲🇫 St. MartinOfficial84%
🇼🇫 Wallis & FutunaOfficial83%
🇲🇶 MartiniqueOfficial81%
🇲🇺 MauritiusOfficial73%
🇨🇲 CameroonOfficial68%
🇬🇦 GabonOfficial63%
🇾🇹 MayotteOfficial63%
🇬🇫 French GuianaOfficial62%
🇨🇬 Congo - BrazzavilleOfficial61%
🇧🇮 BurundiOfficial59%
🇸🇨 SeychellesOfficial53%
🇹🇳 TunisiaOfficial53%
🇨🇩 Congo - KinshasaOfficial51%
🇩🇯 DjiboutiOfficial50%
🇭🇹 HaitiOfficial42%
🇹🇬 TogoOfficial41%
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandOfficial39%
🇧🇪 BelgiumOfficial38%
🇱🇧 Lebanon38%
🇲🇦 MoroccoDe facto official36%
🇧🇯 BeninOfficial34%
🇨🇮 Côte d’IvoireOfficial34%
🇩🇿 AlgeriaOfficial33%
🇻🇺 VanuatuOfficial31%
🇨🇦 CanadaOfficial29%
🇨🇫 Central African RepublicOfficial29%
🇬🇶 Equatorial GuineaOfficial29%
🇬🇳 GuineaOfficial27%
🇲🇬 MadagascarOfficial27%
🇰🇲 ComorosOfficial26%
🇸🇳 SenegalOfficial26%
🇧🇫 Burkina FasoOfficial25%
🇮🇹 ItalyOfficial (regional)20%
🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe20%
🇳🇱 Netherlands19%
🇩🇪 Germany18%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom17%
🇲🇱 MaliOfficial17%
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau15%
🇵🇹 Portugal15%
🇦🇹 Austria13%
🇮🇪 Ireland13%
🇲🇷 Mauritania13%
🇲🇹 Malta13%
🇳🇪 NigerOfficial13%
🇹🇩 ChadOfficial13%
🇷🇴 Romania12%
🇬🇷 Greece7.3%
🇦🇩 Andorra6.8%
🇨🇾 Cyprus6.6%
🇸🇾 Syria5.9%
🇷🇼 RwandaOfficial5.8%
🇭🇺 Hungary1.2%
🇺🇸 United States0.56%

Plural categories

CategoryExamples
one0, 1, 0.5, 1.5
many1000000
other2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, …