Who in the World Speaks French?

• More than 180 million people (though Wikipedia claims 300 million)
• More than 70 countries are part of the International Organization of Francophone Languages
• Second most-learned language, behind English and just before Spanish

Several states declare French as their sole unique official language:
Bénin, Burkina Faso, République centrafricaine, République du Congo, République démocratique du Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, France (France métropolitaine et la Corse), France (Outre-Mer: Guyane, St-Pierre&Miquelon, Guadeloupe et dépandances, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, Polynésie Française, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Wallis et Futuna), Gabon, Guinée-Conakry, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Sénégal, and Togo

French as co-official language:
Belgique, Burundi, Cameroun, Canada, Centrafrique, Comore, Djibouti, Guinée équatoriale, Haïti, Louisiane, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maurice, Rwanda, Seychelles, Suisse, Tchad, Vallée d'Aoste (part of Italy), Vanuatu

Partially Francophone but French is not official:
Algérie, Maroc, Mauritanie, Liban, Tunisie, Roumanie, and Moldavie