Share This
French Language
French (français, French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language globally spoken by about 110 million people as a first language (mother tongue), by 190 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant numbers of speakers...
Learn more about French Language »
Add More Topics
Save this view to a base, or just for yourself.
31 Country topics matching:
Filter this Collection
+
x
- Country
-
Dated location
-
Location
-
Statistical region
-
Literature Subject
-
Governmental Jurisdiction
-
Organization member
- Other Columns Other Info
Belgium
The Kingdom of Belgium /ˈbɛldʒəm/ (help·info) is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO. Belgium covers an...
Area:
- 30,528 km² (11787 mi² )
Population:
- 10,741,000 (Jan 1, 2009)
Benin
Benin (pronounced [beh-NIN]), officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin.
Its...
Area:
- 112,622 km² (43483.6 mi² )
Population:
- 8,078,314 (Jul 2007)
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (pronounced /bərˌkiːnə ˈfɑːsoʊ/ burr-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [byʁkina faso]), also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east,...
Area:
- 274,000 km² (105792 mi² )
Population:
- 14,326,203 (Jul 2007)
Burundi
Burundi (pronounced [buˈɾundi]), officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Area:
- 27,830 km² (10745 mi² )
Population:
- 8,390,505 (Jul 2007)
Comoros
The Comoros (pronounced /ˈkɒməroʊz/ ( listen); Arabic: جزر القمر, Juzur al-Qumur), officially the Union of the Comoros (French: Union des Comores, Arabic: الاتّحاد القمريّ, al-Ittiḥād al-Qumuriyy) is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, located...
Area:
- 2,235 km² (862.9 mi² )
Population:
- 676,000 (Jan 2009)
Cameroon
The Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun) is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and...
Area:
- 475,442 km² (183569 mi² )
Population:
- 18,060,382 (Jul 2007)
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) (French: République centrafricaine, pronounced: [ʀepyblik sɑ̃trʀafrʀikɛn], or Centrafrique [saɑ̃tʀrafʀik]; Sango Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka), is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north,...
Area:
- 622,984 km² (240535 mi² )
Population:
- 4,369,038 (Jul 2007)
Chad
Chad (French: Tchad, Arabic: تشاد Tshād), officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria...
Area:
- 1,284,000 km² (495755.2 mi² )
Population:
- 9,885,661 (Jul 2007)
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo; Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African...
Area:
- 342,000 km² (132047 mi² )
Population:
- 3,800,610 (Jul 2007)
Djibouti
Djibouti (Arabic: جيبوتي Jībūtī, Somali: Jabuuti), officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the...
Area:
- 23,200 km² (8957.6 mi² )
Population:
- 506,221 (2008)
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Spanish: República de Guinea Ecuatorial, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðe ɣiˈne.a ekwatoˈɾjal]; French: République de Guinée Équatoriale) is a country located in Central Africa. With an area...
Area:
- 28,051 km² (10831 mi² )
Population:
- 551,201 (Jul 2007)
Gabon
Gabon (pronounced /ɡəˈbɒn/; French pronunciation: [ɡaˈbõ]) is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea to the west, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, and Cameroon to the north, with the Republic of the Congo curving...
Area:
- 267,668 km² (103347 mi² )
Population:
- 1,454,867 (Jul 2007)
Guinea
Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ɡɪni/, French: République de Guinée), is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea (Guinée française). The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 (CIA 2008 estimate)....
Area:
- 245,857 km² (94925.9 mi² )
Population:
- 9,947,814 (Jul 2007)
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire (HRE; German: Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR), Latin: Imperium Romanum Sacrum (IRS)) was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor...
Haiti
Haiti (pronounced /ˈheɪtiː/; French Haïti, pronounced: [a.iti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (République d'Haïti ; Repiblik Ayiti), is a Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it...
Area:
- 27,751 km² (10715 mi² )
Population:
- 8,706,497 (Jul 2007)
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (pronounced /ˈlʌksəmbɜrɡ/ ( listen)), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, French: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, German: Großherzogtum Luxemburg), is a small, landlocked country in western...
Area:
- 2,586.4 km² (998.61 mi² )
Population:
- 491,700 (Jan 1, 2009)
Laos
Laos (pronounced /ˈlɑː.oʊs/, /ˈlaʊ/, or /ˈleɪ.ɒs/), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia...
Area:
- 236,800 km² (91429 mi² )
Population:
- 6,521,998 (Jul 2007)
Madagascar
Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic, French: République malgache), is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in...
Area:
- 587,041 km² (226658 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 19,448,815 (Jul 2007)
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (French: République du Mali), is a landlocked nation in Western Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the...
Area:
- 1,240,192 km² (478840.8 mi² )
Population:
- 11,995,402 (Jul 2007)
Mauritius
Mauritius (pronounced /məˈrɪʃəs/; French: L’île Maurice pronounced: [lil mɔˈʁis], Mauritian Creole: Moris) officially the Republic of Mauritius, French: République de Maurice is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the...
Area:
- 2,040 km² (787.6 mi² )
Population:
- 1,250,882 (Jul 2007)
Monaco
Monaco /ˈmɒnəkoʊ/ (help·info), officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu; Italian: Principato di Monaco; Occitan: Principat de Mónegue), is a small sovereign city-state located in South...
Area:
- 1.95 km² (0.753 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 32,671 (Jul 2007)
Niger
Niger (pronounced /ˈnaɪdʒər/ or /niːˈʒɛər/; French pronunciation: [niʒɛʁ]), officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and...
Area:
- 1,267,000 km² (489191.4 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 12,894,865 (Jul 2007)
Rwanda
The Republic of Rwanda (pronounced /ruːˈændə/ or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English, [ɾwanda] or [ɾɡwanda] in Kinyarwanda) is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of...
Area:
- 26,798 km² (10347 mi² )
Population:
- 9,907,509 (Jul 2007)
Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz French: la Suisse, Italian: la Svizzera, Romansh: la Svizra), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a federal republic consisting of 26...
Area:
- 41,290 km² (15942 mi² )
Population:
- 7,700,200 (Dec 31, 2008)
Senegal
Senegal (French: le Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea...
Area:
- 196,723 km² (75955.2 mi² )
Population:
- 12,521,851 (Jul 2007)
Seychelles
Seychelles (pronounced /seɪˈʃɛl/ or /seɪˈʃɛlz/ in English and [seʃɛl] in French), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1...
Area:
- 451 km² (174 mi² )
Population:
- 81,895 (Jul 2007)
Togo
Togo (officially the Togolese Republic) is a country in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of...
Area:
- 56,785 km² (21925 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 5,701,579 (Jul 2007)
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( /ˌvɑːnuːˈɑːtuː/ (help·info) or /ˌvænˈwɑːtuː/), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of...
Area:
- 12,189 km² (4706.2 mi² )
Population:
- 211,971 (Jul 2007)
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire (English pronunciation: /ˌkoʊt diˈvwɑr/; French: [kot diˈvwaʀ]), (officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire), is a small coastal nation in West Africa. Côte d'Ivoire has an area of 322,462 km, and borders the countries of Liberia,...
Area:
- 322,460 km² (124503 mi² )
Population:
- 18,013,409 (Jul 2007)
Cambodia
The Kingdom of Cambodia (pronounced /kæmˈboʊdiə/), formerly known as Kampuchea (/kæmpuːˈtʃiːə/, ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា Preăh Réachéa Nachâk Kâmpŭchea, derived from Sanskrit Kambujadesa), is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 14...
Area:
- 181,035 km² (69898 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Population:
- 13,388,910 (Mar 3, 2008)
France
France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ ( listen) or /ˈfrɑːns/; French pronunciation (help·info): [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a member state of the European Union located in its...
Area:
- 674,843 km² (260558 mi² )
Population:
- 65,073,482 (Jan 1, 2009)
