language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for turkish in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries turkish is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where turkish is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Turkish speakers are Bulgaria (9.9%), Greece (2.4%), and Austria (1.9%).
0.8% of the European Union population speaks Turkish (0.5% as a native language and 0.2% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 1.4% of 15–34 year olds speak Turkish, compared to 0.4% of people aged 55 and over.