How many people speak French?

French Speaking Population

Here you get to know how many people speak French in percentage. The French speaking population is 1.12 %. French Speaking Population is the percentage of world population speaking French language. Along with this, you can also find the dialects in French spoken in various regions under French Dialects. Chinese, Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world and is at the top place.

Native French Speakers

You will get to know second language speakers of French language as well as native French Speakers under how many people speak French language. There is an estimate that there are almost 76.00 million native speakers of French language. Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers and on other hand some languages have small population of native speakers. 87.00 million population speak French as second language where French is not the native language of the speaker. The number of second language speakers mentioned in how many people speak French are those whose native language is minority language of country in which they live. They learn the second language because it is official language of the country where they reside.

Native name of French

How many people speak French serves you with native name of French language. The native name of French is français. Native names are the local names for the languages. The native names of the languages are used by the native speakers of that language. The alternative names of French are Français. The German and French names for French language is as follows:

• French Name for French: français.
• German Name for French: Französisch.