French is an official/main language in the following countries/regions;

Country	Approx. no. of native speakers	Population (July 2003 estimates)
France	60 million	60 million
West Africa		152.6 million
Canada	9.6 million	32.2 million
East Africa & Indian Ocean Islands		19.3 million
Belgium/Luxembourg	4.1 million	10.7 million
Switzerland	1.4 million	7.3 million
Caribbean		8.3 million

Although not official, French is the major second language in the following countries;

Country	Population (July 2003 estimates)
Algeria	32.8 million
Tunisia	9.9 million
Morocco	31.7 million