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Guess All French-Speaking Countries
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Rules & what counts
French-Speaking Countries — Rules & What Counts
Name every country where French is an official language — France and its European neighbors are the easy start, but the heart of this quiz beats in Africa.
26 countries in all, and more than half are African: the legacy of colonial-era French runs from Senegal to Madagascar.
How to play
Just start typing — no need to click the input first. Every correct country lights up on the map the moment you finish typing it.
Spelling is forgiving, and common alternate names are accepted — Burma works for Myanmar, and Holland works for the Netherlands.
Tiny states like Monaco or Tuvalu appear as small circles on the map so they stay findable at world scale.
The clock counts up; finish faster to climb the leaderboard. Give up at any time to reveal what you missed.
Want a different challenge on the same map? Extra modes cover clicking countries we name, flags, capitals, landlocked countries, and more.
What counts in this quiz
26 countries where French is an official language, from Europe through West and Central Africa to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
Official status is the test — Algeria and Morocco, where French is widely spoken but not official, don't count.
What's not included — and why
Territories and dependencies — Greenland belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, Puerto Rico is a US territory, and Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, so none of them are answers.
Constituent countries — Curaçao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and England, Scotland, and Wales are parts of the United Kingdom, not sovereign states. Typing England or Scotland is credited to the United Kingdom.
Unrecognized claimants beyond Taiwan and Kosovo — places like Somaliland or Transnistria lack broad international recognition, so they are not counted.
Good to know
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world at about 0.44 square kilometers — the entire nation is smaller than many golf courses.
South Sudan is the newest widely recognized country, gaining independence from Sudan in 2011.
Kiribati is the only country that sits in all four hemispheres — it straddles both the equator and the 180th meridian.