**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in Europe:**
1. France (98%)
2. Monaco (97%)
3. Luxembourg (92%)
4. Belgium (75%)
5. Andorra (70%)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in Africa:**
1. Gabon (80%)
2. Mauritius (73%)
3. Congo (61%)
4. Seychelles (54%)
5. Tunisia (53%)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in the Americas:**
1. Haiti (42%)
2. Canada (31%)
3. Dominica (10%)
4. St. Lucia (2%)
5. Dominican Republic (1.5%)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in Asia/Pacific:**
1. Lebanon (38%)
2. Vanuatu (31%)
3. Israel (6%)
4. Qatar (4%)
5. Cambodia (3%)
redishtoo on
There are literal pieces of France missing from this map, French Guyana and New Caledonia for example.
GroundbreakingBag164 on
Yeah that number for Germany is completely incorrect lmao. No way even 10% of the population can speak the slightest bit of French
SimpsonMaggie on
There’s no way a third (or even up to 50% according to the graphic) of Germans can speak French.
I live and grew up very close to the border to France and which is also a part which has been occupied by the French after WW2 and even though almost everybody “learns” french in school even here I’m pretty sure not a third can actually speak french. This is surely not better in any less french influenced region of Germany.
Edit: Misread the graphics. 10-29% is stated which is realistic. Still it is likely closer to the lower end of that range.
Tetracheilostoma on
Are we all just gonna ignore French Guiana
okktoplol on
There’s no way <1% of the French Guiana speaks french
FrankHightower on
Alliance Français really needs to step up their game
vincenzodelavegas on
Forgot Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, new caledonia that should be dark blue. French polynesia seems too small for the map as well as st pierre.
Also, not sure if it’s just me, but I’ve met more than a few russians that had a very impressive french.
Super interesting map though! Love it
Mikes005 on
I call BS on the UK data. Too many people mistaking “was forced to take French GCSE” for “can speak”.
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There is absolutely no way 10-29% of British people can speak French
This is a map of French colonialism, of course.
i wonder if the French speaking population goes down everywhere in places where it is not the main language. (Canada and Europe)
Okay maybe scale back the entirety of Canada to just highlighting the Quebec region.
French is the 5th most spoken language in the world as a result of the French Empire, and is spread across pretty much every continent
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_French_speakers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_French_speakers)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in Europe:**
1. France (98%)
2. Monaco (97%)
3. Luxembourg (92%)
4. Belgium (75%)
5. Andorra (70%)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in Africa:**
1. Gabon (80%)
2. Mauritius (73%)
3. Congo (61%)
4. Seychelles (54%)
5. Tunisia (53%)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in the Americas:**
1. Haiti (42%)
2. Canada (31%)
3. Dominica (10%)
4. St. Lucia (2%)
5. Dominican Republic (1.5%)
**Countries with highest % of French-speakers in Asia/Pacific:**
1. Lebanon (38%)
2. Vanuatu (31%)
3. Israel (6%)
4. Qatar (4%)
5. Cambodia (3%)
There are literal pieces of France missing from this map, French Guyana and New Caledonia for example.
Yeah that number for Germany is completely incorrect lmao. No way even 10% of the population can speak the slightest bit of French
There’s no way a third (or even up to 50% according to the graphic) of Germans can speak French.
I live and grew up very close to the border to France and which is also a part which has been occupied by the French after WW2 and even though almost everybody “learns” french in school even here I’m pretty sure not a third can actually speak french. This is surely not better in any less french influenced region of Germany.
Edit: Misread the graphics. 10-29% is stated which is realistic. Still it is likely closer to the lower end of that range.
Are we all just gonna ignore French Guiana
There’s no way <1% of the French Guiana speaks french
Alliance Français really needs to step up their game
Forgot Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, new caledonia that should be dark blue. French polynesia seems too small for the map as well as st pierre.
Also, not sure if it’s just me, but I’ve met more than a few russians that had a very impressive french.
Super interesting map though! Love it
I call BS on the UK data. Too many people mistaking “was forced to take French GCSE” for “can speak”.
I think the maps here are more accurate. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_French_speakers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distribution_of_French_speakers).
In particlar I suspect there is a higher than 1% French speakers in French Guiana.
France is not marked on this map. Part of France is in South America. 0/10.
Wonderful! A map of places to avoid!!