language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for czech in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries czech is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where czech is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Czech speakers are Czech Republic (95.0%), Slovakia (22.9%), and Italy (1.1%).
2.8% of the European Union population speaks Czech (2.3% as a native language and 0.5% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 2.6% of 15–34 year olds speak Czech, compared to 2.5% of people aged 55 and over.