"While the top languages in the world today are Mandarin, English, Spanish, and Arabic, Natixis has produced figures that show French will be number one in 35 years time.
The latest projection is that French will be spoken by 750 million people by 2050, compared to 220 million people in 2010.
According to the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED), Africa will see its population grow from 800 million to 4.5 billion in 2100.
Currently, 3 per cent of the world's population speak French, which is an official language in 32 countries, but the study says the share will increase to 8 per cent.
The most people that speak French, do not live in France and are not French nationals.
Critics say the study is misleading, as it counts all those inhabitants of French-speaking countries (where French is an official language)."




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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA Critics say the study is misleading, as it counts all those inhabitants of French-speaking countries (where French is an official language)."

Originally posted by shelven Yeah, that's extremely misleading. French is an official language in Canada and I can tell you right now that 35 million Canadians do not all speak French

Africa will see its population grow from 800 million to 4.5 billion in 2100

Originally posted by Scraperwalker All those african countries where people still have like 7 children...nothing to be too proud of

Originally posted by mosspillows this does not seem plausible