"Dear Robert,
I'll try to be more specific. In the announcement it's written "le répertoire couvre 54 Etats dans les Amériques". It's not written "le répertoire couvre les 54 Etats des Etats-Unis d'Amérique" or "le répertoire couvre les 54 Etats des…"
"Dear Robert, We are talking about "les Amériques", not only "les Etats-Unis d'Amérique". So in "les Amériques", we have North America, Central America and South America where you can find almost 33 million people speaking French.
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Reason 2 : here are some very recent updated official statistics
Communicate with 220 million people (750 million by 2050). French is the official language of 55 countries, as well…"