Fula speaking countries
Fula is no official language in any country, but is spoken as a mother tongue in eleven countries by a minor part of the population.With 24.11 million native speakers, Fula has the highest prevalence in Nigeria. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 39 percent is in Guinea. A total of about 41.9 million people worldwide speak Fula as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Western Africa | no | 11.3 % | 24,114,000 |
| Guinea | Western Africa | no | 38.6 % | 5,223,000 |
| Senegal | Western Africa | no | 20.7 % | 3,493,000 |
| Cameroon | Central Africa | no | 9.6 % | 2,611,000 |
| Niger | Western Africa | no | 9.7 % | 2,450,000 |
| Burkina Faso | Western Africa | no | 9.7 % | 2,144,000 |
| Benin | Western Africa | no | 5.6 % | 728,000 |
| Gambia | Western Africa | no | 15.2 % | 401,000 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Western Africa | no | 16.6 % | 342,000 |
| Sierra Leone | Western Africa | no | 3.8 % | 320,000 |
| Mauritania | Western Africa | no | 1.2 % | 55,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Fula as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.