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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. 2023
Thousands of people Percentage (%)
Most frequent languages First language Language of identification Habitual language First language Language of identification Habitual language
Catalan 1,967.3 2,032.8 2,211.1 29.0 30.0 32.6
Spanish 3,335.4 2,742.9 3,154.7 49.2 40.4 46.5
Catalan and Spanish 378.7 991.9 636.5 5.6 14.6 9.4
Aranese 1.6 1.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Catalan and another language (or languages) 32.7 96.6 50.9 0.5 1.4 0.8
Spanish and another language (or languages) 119.1 214.8 275.1 1.8 3.2 4.1
Catalan, Spanish and another language (or languages) .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 42.4 23.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.6 0.3
German .. 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
English 35.9 37.5 40.0 0.5 0.6 0.6
Arabic 179.6 123.8 74.2 2.6 1.8 1.1
Berber 45.6 26.8 24.5 0.7 0.4 0.4
French 45.0 29.1 21.6 0.7 0.4 0.3
Galician 41.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Italian 41.2 31.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.6 0.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Portuguese 51.2 33.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.8 0.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Romanian 73.4 48.5 20.8 1.1 0.7 0.3
Russian 32.2 18.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.5 0.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Urdu 28.9 20.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.4 0.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Chinese 32.4 20.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.5 0.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Other languages 193.4 142.4 126.9 2.9 2.1 1.9
Other language combination 43.5 44.0 24.9 0.6 0.6 0.4
Not stated 96.9 84.8 99.4 1.4 1.2 1.5
Total 6,785.1 6,785.1 6,785.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source: 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.

Methodological note

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