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Population aged 2 years and over. By knowldedge of Catalan and age

Population aged 2 years and over. By knowldedge of Catalan and age Catalonia. 2021
Population of 2 years and over Understand % Speak % Read % Write % Don't understand %
From 2 to 14 years 1,026 995 96.97 972 94.73 837 81.57 833 81.20 31 3.02
From 15 to 29 years 1,239 1,209 97.56 1,183 95.50 1,199 96.75 1,162 93.78 30 2.45
From 30 to 44 years 1,568 1,494 95.32 1,384 88.25 1,444 92.08 1,315 83.87 74 4.69
From 45 to 59 years 1,744 1,671 95.81 1,566 89.81 1,626 93.21 1,471 84.36 73 4.19
From 60 to 74 years 1,205 1,160 96.22 1,055 87.50 1,101 91.35 932 77.30 46 3.78
From 75 to 84 years 466 435 93.47 364 78.14 386 82.86 294 63.11 31 6.57
From 85 years and over 220 200 91.26 165 75.14 171 77.96 133 60.66 19 8.74
Total 7,467 7,164 95.94 6,688 89.57 6,762 90.56 6,140 82.22 303 4.06
Units: Thousands of people.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Survey on Main Characteristics of the Population and Housing.

Last update: July 6, 2023.

CEPH

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Main Characteristics of the Population and Housing (CEPH).

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Knowledge of Catalan
The data in these statistics correspond to the population of two years or more by knowledge of catalan. It is considered: A person «understands» Catalan if they are able to understand a conversation in Catalan on an everyday subject. A person «can read» Catalan if they are able to read everyday texts, such as announcements, newspapers, etc. A person «can speak» Catalan if they are able to maintain a conversation in Catalan on an everyday subject. A person «can write» Catalan if they are able to write notes, postcards, etc. sufficiently correctly, even if not totally correctly.

Methodological aspects

The Statistics on Main Characteristics of the Population and Housing is a sample survey that complements the results of the Population and Housing Census. The main objective of the survey is to obtain information on variables for which there is no information from administrative registers and thus give continuity to the existing census series.

In the Statistics on Main Characteristics of the Population and Housing 2021, the question on knowledge of Catalan has changed with respect to that of the Population Census. Thus, instead of the answer options 'yes' and 'no' in the Statistics there are three options: 'well', 'with difficulty' and 'not at all'.

Idescat publishes information on the knowledge and uses of the 7 most popular languages in Catalonia: Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Italian and German.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.