About 20% speak French as their native language.
This would be Africa. Many African states speak French from when the French had colonized areas of it.
In year 2000, around 20% of the population spoke french as a main langage.
French is spoken by approximately 42% of the population as either a first or second language.
Yes, it it one of more than 20 official languages on the continent of Africa.
Around 10,000,000 people speak French as a primary language in Canada. Most of them of course are from the province of Quebec and New Brunswick. Around 30% of the population in Canada can speak French but, not necessarily as a primary language.
Here are 4 countries:FranceFrench GuianaDemocratic Republic of CongoCanada (along with English)
20 is spelled vingt in French
France, South of Belgium (40% of the population speak french as a 1st language), West of Switzerland (20% speak French as a 1st language), Québec, New Brunswick (a Canadian province east of Quebec where 1/3 of the population is native French speaker). Almost everybody in the French oversea territories speak French at home (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, New Caledonia, etc). In Africa, French is the fastest-growing language. About half of the population in Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) speak French at home.
In my opinion it is not as important as it was for 20 years ago. There are some French words which are commonly used in the hospitality industry but at most of the International hotel schools it is not required to learn/speak French.
20% - 25% of the population speak French as their native tongue. 0.3% of Canadians who speak English as their native toungue learn French. 75%- 85% of the population speak English whether they learned it as a Francophone or if English was their native language.
There are more Spanish-speaking countries than French-speaking countries. Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world, with 21 countries officially speaking it, while French is spoken in 29 countries.