Approximately 29% of the world's population speaks French. French is spoken as a first language by around 77 million people and as a second language by millions more.
There are around 29 countries in the world where French is spoken as an official language.
>>Montreal has less than 4 million people, making it the 4th largest french speaking city in the world. Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire has over 5 million people in the metropolitan area, making it the 3rd largest, and the 2nd largest french speaking city in the world after Paris is Kinshasa in the democratic republic of congo, with over 10 million people. Kinshasa is set to become the worlds largest french speaking city within 10 years - watch out Paris! The second largest french speaking city in the world is Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As per wikipedia: "Although a few francophone African cities are bigger in size, such as Algiers, Kinshasa, and Abidjan, it is agreed that none of these cities have a significant number of Mother-tongue French speakers." People of Kinshasa have a limited knowledge of french and french is not their mother tongue. This aside, yes there more people that can speak french in Kinshasa but french is not their everyday language.
Spanish is spoken by more people around the world than French. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers, while French is seventh. Additionally, Spanish is widely spoken in Latin America, which has a larger population than French-speaking regions.
in France that would be Marseille. outside of France it is kinshasa. Montreal has less than 4 million people, making it the 4th largest french speaking city in the world. abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire has over 5 million people in the metropolitan area, making it the 3rd largest, and the 2nd largest french speaking city in the world after Paris is kinshasa in the democratic republic of Congo, with over 10 million people. French is not the primary language in Kinshasa or Abidjan. Montreal has the 2nd largest population of primary French speakers. It's Montreal if you mean primary language of the city.
French-speaking countries are located on all continents: Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. France itself is located in Europe, but it has territories in various regions around the world.
The set of people who are speaking french is called la francophonie
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There are around 29 countries in the world where French is spoken as an official language.
I'm not exactly sure what you are asking.
Since there are about 100 million people speaking German as first language, it is about 1.5 % of the world's population. Including the people speaking German as second language make it double.
Approximately 7.2% of the world's population speaks Telugu, primarily in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Spanish is spoken as the official language in 21 countries, which accounts for about 4.4% of the world's 195 countries.
>>Montreal has less than 4 million people, making it the 4th largest french speaking city in the world. Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire has over 5 million people in the metropolitan area, making it the 3rd largest, and the 2nd largest french speaking city in the world after Paris is Kinshasa in the democratic republic of congo, with over 10 million people. Kinshasa is set to become the worlds largest french speaking city within 10 years - watch out Paris! The second largest french speaking city in the world is Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As per wikipedia: "Although a few francophone African cities are bigger in size, such as Algiers, Kinshasa, and Abidjan, it is agreed that none of these cities have a significant number of Mother-tongue French speakers." People of Kinshasa have a limited knowledge of french and french is not their mother tongue. This aside, yes there more people that can speak french in Kinshasa but french is not their everyday language.
There is only one French country: France. There are other French-speaking countries in the world, but they are not French.
About 75% of people in the world fear public speaking. This fear, known as glossophobia, is common and can range from mild nervousness to severe anxiety. Many individuals find it challenging to overcome this fear despite its prevalence.
Hard to say. I would say that most were passive.
France won the World cup in 1998.