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Population aged 15 and over according to language uses and areas of use Catalonia. 2023
Areas of use Only catalan More catalan than spanish Catalan and spanish More spanish than catalan Only spanish Other languages
Members of the home (1) 1,604.7 293.4 442.2 510.5 2,364.3 796.2
Friends 1,016.7 981.1 1,142.4 812.8 2,126.7 705.3
Neighbours 1,179.5 961.9 1,017.2 716.0 2,508.1 402.4
Classmates (2) 276.5 177.8 198.2 136.6 287.0 171.8
Workmates (3) 577.9 532.1 612.3 393.0 907.2 445.1
Users or clients of Catalonia (4) 340.6 631.8 768.4 378.3 521.9 396.2
Small business 1,339.0 1,143.8 1,099.4 633.6 2,264.0 305.2
Large business 1,069.8 988.5 1,099.8 795.1 2,490.5 341.3
Financial entities 1,876.6 758.7 774.0 406.1 2,358.9 610.8
Local administration 2,543.7 669.6 570.0 306.0 2,073.4 622.5
Generalitat de Catalunya Administration 2,435.8 528.3 443.9 238.4 1,725.4 1,413.3
State administration 1,330.5 709.8 741.9 569.2 2,436.5 997.2
Medical staff 1,780.7 742.7 836.7 448.2 2,796.7 180.2
Writing personal notes .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Type text messages 885.2 770.9 910.7 708.8 2,293.9 1,215.5
Units: Milers de persones.
Source: Idescat and Ministry of Language Policy . Survey on Language Uses of the Population.
(1) Population living in homes with two or more people.
(2) Population taking studies.
(3) Employed population.
(4) Employed population related with users and clients.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Population aged 15 and over according to language uses and areas of use (percentage) Catalonia. 2023
Areas of use Only catalan More catalan than spanish Catalan and spanish More spanish than catalan Only spanish Other languages
Members of the home (1) 26.7 4.9 7.4 8.5 39.3 13.2
Friends 15.0 14.5 16.8 12.0 31.3 10.4
Neighbours 17.4 14.2 15.0 10.6 37.0 5.9
Classmates (2) 22.2 14.2 15.9 10.9 23.0 13.8
Workmates (3) 16.7 15.3 17.7 11.3 26.2 12.8
Users or clients of Catalonia (4) 11.2 20.8 25.3 12.5 17.2 13.0
Small business 19.7 16.9 16.2 9.3 33.4 4.5
Large business 15.8 14.6 16.2 11.7 36.7 5.0
Financial entities 27.7 11.2 11.4 6.0 34.8 9.0
Local administration 37.5 9.9 8.4 4.5 30.6 9.2
Generalitat de Catalunya Administration 35.9 7.8 6.5 3.5 25.4 20.8
State administration 19.6 10.5 10.9 8.4 35.9 14.7
Medical staff 26.2 10.9 12.3 6.6 41.2 2.7
Writing personal notes .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Type text messages 13.0 11.4 13.4 10.4 33.8 17.9
Units: Percentage.
Source: Idescat and Ministry of Language Policy . Survey on Language Uses of the Population.
(1) Population living in homes with two or more people.
(2) Population taking studies.
(3) Employed population.
(4) Employed population related with users and clients.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: February 19, 2025. Revised series on June 3, 2025.

Methodological note

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