Since then, the progression of Molière’s language has been significant. Fifth most spoken language in the world in 2022 with 274.1 million speakers, French is also the language of diplomacy, that of the Olympic Games and, with English, one of the two working languages of the UN .
French is spoken on all continents and in 112 territories. It is used on a daily basis by more than 50% of the population in 13 countries and 93 million schoolchildren use it as part of their teaching.