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Statistical Institute of Catalonia

Language Uses of the Population. First language, language of identification and habitual language

Population aged 15 and over according to first, identification and habitual language Catalonia Thousands of people. First language
	Catalan	Spanish	Catalan and Spanish	Aranese	Catalan and another language (or languages)	Spanish and another language (or languages)	Catalan, Spanish and another language (or languages)	German	English	Arabic	Berber	French	Galician	Italian	Portuguese	Romanian	Russian	Urdu	Chinese	Other languages	Other language combination	Not stated	Total
2023	1,967.3	3,335.4	378.7	1.6	32.7	119.1	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	35.9	179.6	45.6	45.0	41.3	41.2	51.2	73.4	32.2	28.9	32.4	193.4	43.5	96.9	6,785.1
2018	2,010.4	3,366.0	176.4	2.6	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	16.7	23.9	140.3	34.4	36.0	49.0	28.7	29.5	70.5	31.0	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	27.3	197.9	56.2	89.8	6,386.6
2013	1,940.0	3,448.5	152.7	2.2	.. 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	26.5	151.7	41.8	38.8	33.2	29.2	26.5	56.1	31.9	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	193.5	31.0	50.2	6,253.8
2008	1,949.5	3,389.0	236.5	3.2	.. 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	22.1	162.3	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	31.1	36.5	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	26.9	56.8	20.2	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	150.4	27.8	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	6,162.5
2003	2,036.2	3,155.1	141.6	.. 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	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	39.4	71.4	.. 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	74.6	.. Confidential data, low reliability or not available	24.0	5,619.5
Source:
2003-2018: Idescat and Direcció General de Política Lingüística. Survey on Language Uses of the Population.
2023: Idescat and Ministry of Language Policy . Survey on Language Uses of the Population.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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

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