yes there is
France has the most speakers of French, with over 77 million native speakers.
There are approximately 274 million French speakers worldwide, including both native speakers and those who have learned French as a second language. French is spoken in many countries as either an official or second language, with the majority of French speakers located in Africa.
There are 73 million native french speakers and another 338 million non-native speakers of the language in the world. France contains the majority of native speakers with over 64 million living within its boundaries. So in this way France could be considered the largest french speaking country, due to it having the largest population of french speakers.
The commonly quoted 300 to 350 million is certainly misleading as it includes second language speakers and "foreign language learned" people. A more representative figure is 200 million french speakers world wide.
Quebec
100 million.. then probably around 200 million if you include non french native speakers
According to OIF (Organisation_internationale_de_la_francophonie) and its Haut Conseil de la francophonie, there are about 300 million French speakers in the world; 112.6 million whose mother tongue is French, 60.6 million 'partial or occasional' French speakers, and about 100-110 million who have learned French and use it occasionally, mainly for business.The number of French speakers, French being their first language is estimated to be around 136M. An estimated 250M use French as 'Lingua Franca'.see related linkApproximately 500 million people speak French today, about 200 million of which are native speakers.About 500 million people french. French is the world's 11th most common language. 200 million are naive speakers. french is a very popular language that continues to grow in speakers. because Canada and France are popular countries which are known for peace and freedom and also sightseeing. because of these 2 countries its became a popular language to learn so we can thank them :)Approximately 90-100 million people speak French (as their first language). This includes the people of France, Quebec, countries in west Africa (which were former French colonies), and some islanders (in the Caribbean and in the Pacific).Another 200 million speak French as a second language.As of 2011, there are about 70 million native speakers, plus another 200 million who speak it as a second language.
Spanish is spoken more widely throughout the world compared to French. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, with over 460 million native speakers. French has around 80 million native speakers globally.
Yes. In 1985, there were 106 million French-speakers in the world. That number quickly rose to 173.3 million in 1997, 200 million in 2005 and reached 210 million in 2010. Forecasts expect that the number of French-speakers in Africa alone to reach 400 million in 2025. 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.
The percentage of native English speakers vary in different countries. US (67.9%), UK (14%), Canada(6.7%), Australia (4.2%), Nigeria (0.9%), Ireland (0.9%), South Africa (0.9%), New Zealand (0.9%) Other (3.6%).
English, cantonese, spanish, french and Arabic
Spanish, definitely! Mandarin Chinese is the number one most-spoken language, followed by English, then Spanish. French ranks around 9th.