La Francophonie

La Francophonie (occasionally in English Francophony, formally l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie), a French language term coined in 1880 by French geographer Onésime Reclus to designate the community of people and countries using French, is an international organisation of French-speaking countries and governments. 49 states and governments are members of the organisation, four others (Albania, Andorra, Greece, Republic of Macedonia) are associate members, and ten additional states (Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia) are invited observers of its Summits. French is at least a minor language in all its member states, and is in fact the sole major language of only a few.

Members

The official list of members is available at the La Francophonie website. By continent:

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Europe

• {{FRA}}
• {{BEL}} as well as the French Community of Belgium
• {{BUL}}
• {{LUX}}
• {{MOL}}
• {{MON}}
• {{ROM}}
• {{SUI}}
• Associate members:
• {{ALB}}
• {{AND}}
• {{GRC}}
• {{FYROM}}
• Observers:
• {{AUT}}
• {{ARM}}
• {{CZE}}
• {{CRO}}
• {{LIT}}
• {{HUN}}
• {{POL}}
• {{SVK}}
• {{SVN}}
• {{GEO}}

North and South America

• {{CAN}}
• New Brunswick (participating government)
• Quebec (participating government)
• Ontario (observer, but may join in the future)
• {{DMA}}
• {{HAI}}
• {{LCA}}
• French dependencies:
• Martinique
• Guadeloupe
• French Guiana
• St. Pierre-et-Miquelon

Africa

• {{BEN}}
• {{BFA}}
• {{BDI}}
• {{CMR}}
• {{CPV}}
• {{CAF}}
• {{CHA}}
• {{COM}}
• {{CGO}}
• {{CIV}}
• {{DRC}}
• {{DJI}}
• {{EGY}}
• {{EQG}}
• {{GAB}}
• {{GUI}}
• {{GBS}}
• {{MAD}}
• {{MLI}}
• {{MTN}}
• {{MRI}}
• {{MAR}}
• {{NER}}
• {{RWA}}
• {{STP}}
• {{SEN}}
• {{SEY}}
• {{TOG}}
• {{TUN}}

Asia

• {{CAM}}
• {{LAO}}
• {{LEB}}
• {{VIE}}

Oceania

• {{VAN}}