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The number of French language speakers in the world has been rising substantially since the 1980s. In 1985, there were 106 million Francophones around the world. That number quickly rose to 173.2 million in 1997, 200 million in 2005, and reached 220 million in 2010 (+10% from 2007). Forecasts expect that the number of French speakers in Africa alone to reach 400 million in 2025 and 715 million in 2050. By 2050, the worldwide French speaking population will be multiplied by a factor of 4 whereas the world population would only be multiplied by a factor of 1.5.

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