Skip to main content

Language uses of the Population. By areas of use

Population aged 15 and over. By most frequent languages and areas of use Catalonia. 2023
Only Catalan More Catalan than Spanish Both More Spanish than Catalan Only Spanish Other situations Total
Members of the home (1) 1,604.7 293.4 442.2 510.5 2,364.3 796.2 6,011.3
Friends 1,016.7 981.1 1,142.4 812.8 2,126.7 705.3 6,785.1
Neighbours 1,179.5 961.9 1,017.2 716.0 2,508.1 402.4 6,785.1
Classmates (2) 276.5 177.8 198.2 136.6 287.0 171.8 1,247.9
Workmates (3) 577.9 532.1 612.3 393.0 907.2 445.1 3,467.5
Users or clients of Catalonia (4) 340.6 631.8 768.4 378.3 521.9 818.0 3,458.8
Small business 1,339.0 1,143.8 1,099.4 633.6 2,264.0 305.2 6,785.1
Large business 1,069.8 988.5 1,099.8 795.1 2,490.5 341.3 6,785.1
Financial entities 1,876.6 758.7 774.0 406.1 2,358.9 610.8 6,785.1
Local administration 2,543.7 669.6 570.0 306.0 2,073.4 622.5 6,785.1
Generalitat de Catalunya Administration 2,435.8 528.3 443.9 238.4 1,725.4 1,413.3 6,785.1
State administration 1,330.5 709.8 741.9 569.2 2,436.5 997.2 6,785.1
Medical staff 1,780.7 742.7 836.7 448.2 2,796.7 180.2 6,785.1
Writing personal notes 1,378.7 765.7 1,106.4 651.4 2,593.8 289.1 6,785.1
Type text messages 885.2 770.9 910.7 708.8 2,293.9 1,215.5 6,785.1
Units: Per cent.
Source: Idescat and Ministry of Language Policy . Survey on Language Uses of the Population.
Population aged 15 and over. By most frequent languages and areas of use Catalonia. 2023
Only Catalan More Catalan than Spanish Both More Spanish than Catalan Only Spanish Other situations Total
Members of the home (1) 26.7 4.9 7.4 8.5 39.3 13.2 100.0
Friends 15.0 14.5 16.8 12.0 31.3 10.4 100.0
Neighbours 17.4 14.2 15.0 10.6 37.0 5.9 100.0
Classmates (2) 22.2 14.2 15.9 10.9 23.0 13.8 100.0
Workmates (3) 16.7 15.3 17.7 11.3 26.2 12.8 100.0
Users or clients of Catalonia (4) 9.8 18.3 22.2 10.9 15.1 23.6 100.0
Small business 19.7 16.9 16.2 9.3 33.4 4.5 100.0
Large business 15.8 14.6 16.2 11.7 36.7 5.0 100.0
Financial entities 27.7 11.2 11.4 6.0 34.8 9.0 100.0
Local administration 37.5 9.9 8.4 4.5 30.6 9.2 100.0
Generalitat de Catalunya Administration 35.9 7.8 6.5 3.5 25.4 20.8 100.0
State administration 19.6 10.5 10.9 8.4 35.9 14.7 100.0
Medical staff 26.2 10.9 12.3 6.6 41.2 2.7 100.0
Writing personal notes 20.3 11.3 16.3 9.6 38.2 4.3 100.0
Type text messages 13.0 11.4 13.4 10.4 33.8 17.9 100.0
Units: Per cent.
Source: Idescat and Ministry of Language Policy . Survey on Language Uses of the Population.

Last update: February 19, 2025.

Methodological note

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