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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 language to explore which countries it is most spoken in, compare native speakers with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see which languages are gaining or losing popularity.

2024

albanian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

greece
1.6%
slovenia
0.8%
austria
0.5%
luxembourg
0.5%
germany
0.4%
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2024

arabic is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

france
3.1%
belgium
2.2%
germany
1.4%
spain
1.3%
luxembourg
1.2%
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2024

basque is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

spain
2.0%
luxembourg
0.4%
hungary
0.3%
european union
0.3%
france
0.2%
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2024

bulgarian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

bulgaria
96.8%
european union
1.7%
cyprus
1.1%
italy
0.5%
austria
0.5%
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2024

catalan is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

spain
16.0%
european union
1.9%
italy
0.8%
france
0.4%
luxembourg
0.3%
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2024

chinese is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

italy
0.8%
ireland
0.8%
luxembourg
0.5%
netherlands
0.5%
czech republic
0.4%
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2024

croatian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

croatia
93.4%
slovenia
44.2%
european union
1.3%
austria
1.0%
portugal
0.5%
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2024

czech is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

czech republic
95.0%
slovakia
22.9%
european union
2.8%
portugal
1.8%
italy
1.1%
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2024

danish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

denmark
95.8%
sweden
3.7%
european union
1.5%
luxembourg
0.7%
croatia
0.7%
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2024

dutch is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

netherlands
97.7%
belgium
58.7%
european union
5.5%
luxembourg
2.7%
denmark
0.9%
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2024

english is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

ireland
92.8%
netherlands
85.9%
malta
79.2%
sweden
76.2%
denmark
73.2%
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2024

estonian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

estonia
82.4%
portugal
1.9%
croatia
0.5%
finland
0.4%
latvia
0.4%
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2024

finnish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

finland
97.7%
estonia
9.5%
sweden
1.5%
european union
1.3%
luxembourg
0.3%
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2024

french is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

france
95.8%
luxembourg
88.9%
belgium
65.8%
european union
20.3%
netherlands
12.3%
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2024

frisian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

netherlands
2.8%
germany
0.2%
italy
0.1%
czech republic
0.1%
estonia
0.1%
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2024

friulian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

belgium
0.2%
italy
0.1%
croatia
0.1%
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2024

galician is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

spain
5.8%
european union
0.7%
croatia
0.2%
germany
0.2%
austria
0.1%
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2024

german is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

germany
97.6%
austria
90.9%
luxembourg
56.7%
netherlands
42.7%
european union
25.0%
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2024

greek is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

greece
97.9%
cyprus
94.1%
european union
2.7%
bulgaria
1.2%
luxembourg
1.1%
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2012

hindi is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

united kingdom
1.6%
portugal
0.4%
austria
0.2%
netherlands
0.2%
european union
0.2%
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2024

hungarian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

hungary
97.8%
slovakia
16.3%
romania
7.0%
european union
2.7%
austria
1.1%
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2024

irish gaelic is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

ireland
13.0%
romania
0.2%
luxembourg
0.1%
netherlands
0.1%
malta
0.1%
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2024

italian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

italy
94.3%
malta
33.6%
european union
14.5%
slovenia
8.4%
luxembourg
7.6%
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2024

japanese is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

finland
0.4%
cyprus
0.3%
luxembourg
0.2%
latvia
0.2%
hungary
0.1%
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2012

korean is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

united kingdom
0.2%
poland
0.1%
latvia
0.1%
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2024

kurdish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

italy
0.3%
sweden
0.3%
germany
0.3%
netherlands
0.2%
belgium
0.2%
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2024

latvian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

latvia
87.8%
lithuania
0.4%
estonia
0.4%
european union
0.4%
poland
0.2%
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2024

lithuanian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

lithuania
96.0%
latvia
2.2%
ireland
1.4%
european union
0.6%
luxembourg
0.4%
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2024

low german is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

belgium
1.2%
netherlands
1.0%
malta
0.7%
italy
0.2%
austria
0.1%
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2024

luxembourgish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

luxembourg
59.3%
romania
0.2%
netherlands
0.2%
belgium
0.2%
italy
0.1%
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2024

maltese is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

malta
94.1%
luxembourg
0.2%
romania
0.2%
italy
0.1%
latvia
0.1%
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2024

occitan is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

estonia
0.1%
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2024

polish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

poland
94.7%
lithuania
10.6%
european union
8.7%
ireland
3.0%
czech republic
2.2%
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2024

portuguese is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

portugal
97.9%
luxembourg
23.5%
european union
2.9%
france
1.8%
spain
1.4%
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2024

romanian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

romania
91.8%
european union
4.4%
ireland
1.4%
cyprus
1.2%
luxembourg
1.1%
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2024

romany is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

bulgaria
5.1%
slovakia
1.9%
romania
0.7%
hungary
0.5%
czech republic
0.4%
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2024

russian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

latvia
76.2%
estonia
58.6%
lithuania
51.3%
bulgaria
10.8%
slovakia
7.1%
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2024

sami is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

netherlands
0.1%
sweden
0.1%
estonia
0.1%
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2024

sardinian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

italy
1.8%
european union
0.3%
ireland
0.2%
croatia
0.2%
netherlands
0.1%
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2012

scottish gaelic is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

united kingdom
0.3%
malta
0.2%
slovenia
0.1%
slovakia
0.1%
ireland
0.1%
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2024

serbian bosnian-montenegrin is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

slovenia
20.7%
croatia
9.9%
luxembourg
1.7%
austria
1.2%
bulgaria
0.4%
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2024

slovak is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

slovakia
93.1%
czech republic
12.8%
european union
1.5%
austria
0.7%
cyprus
0.6%
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2024

slovenian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

slovenia
97.0%
croatia
1.5%
austria
0.6%
european union
0.6%
ireland
0.5%
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2024

spanish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

spain
95.8%
european union
13.4%
luxembourg
11.0%
france
7.8%
portugal
4.5%
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2024

swedish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

sweden
97.2%
finland
18.6%
denmark
7.5%
european union
2.6%
luxembourg
0.7%
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2024

turkish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

bulgaria
9.9%
greece
2.4%
austria
1.9%
germany
1.9%
european union
0.8%
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2024

ukrainian is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

latvia
2.5%
estonia
1.3%
lithuania
0.6%
czech republic
0.3%
poland
0.3%
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2012

urdu is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

united kingdom
1.8%
denmark
0.3%
european union
0.2%
netherlands
0.1%
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2012

welsh is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

united kingdom
0.7%
ireland
0.2%
lithuania
0.1%
estonia
0.1%
european union
0.1%
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2024

yiddish is spoken by the following percentage of people in these countries

netherlands
0.1%
belgium
0.1%
ireland
0.1%
germany
0.1%
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