Languages of the European Union
Knowledge

Languages of the European Union

Section Title: Knowledge
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Country European Union(EU28)	Population 15+1	English	French	German	Spanish	Russian	Italian	Polish

European Union(EU28)	408,879,069	51%	26%	32%	15%	6%	16%	9%

Austria	7,009,827	73%	11%	97%	4%	2%	9%	1%

Belgium2	8,939,546	38%	81%	23%	5%	1%	4%	0%

Bulgaria	6,537,510	25%	2%	8%	2%	23%	1%	0%

Croatia	3,856,401	49%	4%	34%	2%	4%	14%	0%

Cyprus	660,400	73%	11%	5%	2%	4%	3%	0%

Czech Republic	9,012,443	27%	1%	15%	1%	13%	1%	2%

Denmark	4,561,264	86%	9%	47%	4%	0%	1%	0%

Estonia	945,733	50%	1%	22%	1%	56%3	0%	0%

Finland	4,440,004	70%	3%	18%	3%	3%	1%	0%

France	47,756,439	39%	97%	8%	13%	1%	5%	1%

Germany	64,409,146	56%	15%	98%	4%	6%	3%	1%

Greece	8,693,566	51%	9%	9%	1%	1%	8%	0%

Hungary	8,320,614	20%	3%	18%	1%	4%	1%	0%

Ireland	3,522,000	99%	17%	7%	4%	1%	1%	3%

Italy	51,862,391	34%	16%	5%	11%	0%	97%	0%

Latvia	1,447,866	46%	1%	14%	1%	67%4	0%	2%

Lithuania	2,829,740	38%	3%	14%	1%	80%	1%	12%

Luxembourg	404,907	56%	96%	71%	5%	0%	6%	0%

Malta	335,476	89%	17%	3%	1%	0%	66%	0%

Netherlands	13,371,980	90%	29%	71%	5%	0%	2%	0%

Poland	32,413,735	33%	4%	19%	1%	26%	2%	99%

Portugal	8,080,915	27%	24%	1%	10%	0%	1%	0%

Romania	18,246,731	31%	23%	7%	5%	3%	7%	0%

Slovakia	4,549,955	26%	2%	22%	1%	17%	1%	5%

Slovenia	1,759,701	59%	3%	48%	3%	5%	12%	0%

Spain	39,127,930	22%	12%	2%	98%	1%	2%	0%

Sweden	7,791,240	86%	11%	30%	5%	0%	2%	1%

United Kingdom	51,848,010	97%	19%	9%	8%	2%	2%	1%

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English is spoken by 51% of EU citizens, followed by German with 32% and French with 26%.

final_sentence: English is spoken by 51% of EU citizens, followed by German with 32% and French with 26%.