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