language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for japanese in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries japanese is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where japanese is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Japanese speakers are Finland (0.4%), Cyprus (0.3%), and Latvia (0.2%).
0.0% of the European Union population speaks Japanese (0.0% as a native language and 0.0% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 0.1% of 15–34 year olds speak Japanese, compared to 0.0% of people aged 55 and over.