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language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Choose a country to explore which which languages its population speaks, compare native speakers with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where a language is gaining or losing popularity.

2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in european union

english
35.5%
german
25.0%
french
20.3%
italian
14.5%
spanish
13.4%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in austria

german
90.9%
english
37.8%
french
6.8%
italian
4.3%
spanish
2.8%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in belgium

french
65.8%
dutch
58.7%
english
49.0%
german
8.0%
italian
4.2%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in bulgaria

bulgarian
96.8%
english
23.5%
russian
10.8%
turkish
9.9%
romany
5.1%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in croatia

croatian
93.4%
english
34.3%
serbian bosnian-montenegrin
9.9%
german
9.1%
italian
6.1%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in cyprus

greek
94.1%
english
66.5%
french
3.9%
russian
3.2%
german
2.8%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in czech republic

czech
95.0%
english
32.1%
slovak
12.8%
german
12.0%
russian
6.5%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in denmark

danish
95.8%
english
73.2%
german
21.3%
swedish
7.5%
french
3.6%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in estonia

estonian
82.4%
russian
58.6%
english
43.8%
finnish
9.5%
german
4.4%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in finland

finnish
97.7%
english
53.3%
swedish
18.6%
german
5.3%
russian
1.3%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in france

french
95.8%
english
24.6%
spanish
7.8%
german
3.3%
arabic
3.1%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in germany

german
97.6%
english
41.8%
french
6.0%
spanish
3.0%
russian
2.0%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in greece

greek
97.9%
english
35.1%
german
4.0%
french
3.5%
turkish
2.4%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in hungary

hungarian
97.8%
english
19.2%
german
5.9%
french
0.9%
spanish
0.8%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in ireland

english
92.8%
irish gaelic
13.0%
french
6.5%
spanish
3.6%
german
3.0%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in italy

italian
94.3%
english
28.2%
french
7.0%
spanish
4.1%
german
2.7%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in latvia

latvian
87.8%
russian
76.2%
english
31.8%
german
3.8%
ukrainian
2.5%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in lithuania

lithuanian
96.0%
russian
51.3%
english
30.5%
polish
10.6%
german
4.1%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in luxembourg

french
88.9%
english
60.0%
luxembourgish
59.3%
german
56.7%
portuguese
23.5%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in malta

maltese
94.1%
english
79.2%
italian
33.6%
french
5.5%
spanish
2.2%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in netherlands

dutch
97.7%
english
85.9%
german
42.7%
french
12.3%
spanish
3.2%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in poland

polish
94.7%
english
22.0%
german
2.6%
russian
1.1%
spanish
0.7%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in portugal

portuguese
97.9%
english
28.5%
french
7.4%
spanish
4.5%
estonian
1.9%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in romania

romanian
91.8%
english
16.3%
hungarian
7.0%
french
3.0%
italian
2.0%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in slovakia

slovak
93.1%
english
29.8%
czech
22.9%
hungarian
16.3%
german
13.0%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in slovenia

slovenian
97.0%
english
45.2%
croatian
44.2%
serbian bosnian-montenegrin
20.7%
german
15.8%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in spain

spanish
95.8%
english
26.3%
catalan
16.0%
french
7.4%
galician
5.8%
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2024

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in sweden

swedish
97.2%
english
76.2%
german
9.7%
spanish
4.3%
french
4.1%
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2012

These languages are spoken by the following percentage of people in united kingdom

english
97.3%
french
6.3%
german
2.7%
spanish
2.0%
urdu
1.8%
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