Countries and Territories Where French Is an Official Language

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Country / Region	Capital	Population	Area
DR Congo	Kinshasa	≈116.5 million	≈2.34 million km²
France	Paris	≈69.1 million	551,695 km²
Canada	Ottawa	≈41.8 million	≈9.98 million km²
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	≈33.3 million	322,463 km²
Madagascar	Antananarivo	≈32.7 million	587,041 km²
Cameroon	Yaoundé	≈29.4 million	475,442 km²
Niger	Niamey	≈27.5 million	≈1.27 million km²
Mali	Bamako	≈23.9 million	≈1.24 million km²
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	≈22.5 million	272,967 km²
Chad	N'Djamena	≈20.0 million	≈1.28 million km²
Senegal	Dakar	≈19.6 million	196,722 km²
Guinea	Conakry	≈17.5 million	245,857 km²
Rwanda	Kigali	≈14.4 million	26,338 km²
Benin	Porto-Novo	≈13.6 million	112,622 km²
Burundi	Gitega	≈12.3 million	27,834 km²
Belgium	Brussels	≈11.9 million	30,528 km²
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	≈11.9 million	27,750 km²
Switzerland	Bern	≈9.2 million	41,284 km²
Togo	Lomé	≈8.1 million	56,785 km²
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	≈6.3 million	342,000 km²
Lebanon	Beirut	≈5.9 million	10,452 km²
Central African Republic	Bangui	≈5.5 million	622,984 km²
Gabon	Libreville	≈2.5 million	267,668 km²
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	≈1.8 million	28,051 km²
Mauritius	Port Louis	≈1.2 million	2,040 km²
Djibouti	Djibouti	≈1.1 million	23,200 km²
Comoros	Moroni	944,388	1,862 km²
Réunion	Saint-Denis	840,974	2,511 km²
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	690,959	2,586 km²
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	400,132	1,628 km²
Martinique	Fort-de-France	378,243	1,128 km²
Vanuatu	Port Vila	321,409	12,189 km²
French Polynesia	Papeetē	278,786	4,167 km²
New Caledonia	Nouméa	264,596	18,575 km²
French Guiana	Cayenne	254,541	83,534 km²
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	226,915	374 km²
Seychelles	Victoria	123,565	452 km²
Jersey	Saint Helier	104,540	116 km²
Guernsey	St. Peter Port	64,781	78 km²
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	58,477	34 km²
Monaco	Monaco	38,857	2.02 km²
Saint Martin	Marigot	38,659	53 km²
Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	11,151	142 km²
Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	10,562	21 km²
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	5,819	242 km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.