Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

La Francophonie
Anthem: Ode to Joy
Motto "Égalité, complémentarité, solidarité" ("Equality, complementarity, solidarity"), alluding to France's motto
Members and participants of the Francophonie. In addition to countries, Belgian and Canadian subdivisional memberships are also represented.
Headquarters		Paris, France
Official languages		French
Membership		52 member states 3 associate members 20 observers
Leaders
-	Executive Secretary	Abdou Diouf (since 2003)
-	General Secretary of the parliamentary assembly of the APF	Jacques Legendre
Establishment
-	Conference of Niamey	20 March 1970
Area
-	Total	28,223,184 km2  10,897,032.263 sq mi
Population
-	2005 estimate	~ 970,000,000
-	Density	34.36/km2  89.02/sq mi
Website francophonie.org

Francophonie is an international organization of politics and governments with French as the main language. The countries have a large number of people who are francophones (French speakers), or where there is a notable affiliation with the French language or culture.

It used to be called the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) or the International Organization of the Francophonie. There are 56 member states and governments, 3 associate members, and 19 observers. The modern organization was created in 1970. Its motto is "equality, complementarity, and solidarity".

French geographer Onésime Reclus made the word Francophonie in 1880. It is used to refer to the community of people and countries using the French language.