Are You aware that French is spoken in so many other countries? In fact there are 29 French speaking countries in the world! French is the 3rd most spoken language in the world and is known as a romance language. Due to the colonial past of France, the ratio of non native speakers is larger than that of native speakers. For example, the most populated French speaking African country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it has more than 77 million people and French is the official language. French is unofficially spoken by 153 million non native speakers and throughout 20 countries and 80 million people throughout 29 countries.

Belgium 🇧🇪

Benin 🇧🇯

Burkina Faso🇧🇫

Burundi 🇧🇮

Cameroon 🇨🇲

Canada 🇨🇦

Central African Republic 🇨🇫

Chad 🇹🇩

Comoros 🇰🇲

Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩

Djibouti 🇩🇯

Dominica 🇩🇲

Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

France 🇫🇷

Gabon 🇬🇦

Guinea 🇬🇳

Haiti 🇭🇹

Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Madagascar 🇲🇬

Mali 🇲🇱

Monaco 🇲🇨

Niger 🇳🇪

Rwanda 🇷🇼

Saint Lucia 🇱🇨

Senegal 🇸🇳

Seychelles 🇸🇨

Switzerland 🇨🇭

Togo 🇹🇬

Vanuatu 🇻🇺

Dependant entities:

Aosta Valley

French Guiana 🇬🇫

French Polynesia 🇵🇫

Guadeloupe 🇬🇵

Jersey

Martinique 🇲🇶

New Caledonia 🇳🇨

Saint-Barthelemy

Saint-Martin

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Wallis and Futuna 🇼🇫

All this is great motivation for learning French. Whether you plan on taking a vacation or working in the Francophone world, there are many options to choose from.