Template:Languages of the European Union

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Languages of the European Union
Language (EU Countries) As a mother tongue
(% of EU population)
As a language other
than mother tongue
(% of EU population)
Can speak the language
(% of EU population)
English Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Ireland Flag of Malta 13% 38% 51%
German Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy 18% 14% 32%
French Flag of France Flag of Belgium Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Italy 12% 14% 26%
Italian Flag of Italy Flag of Malta[1] 13% 3% 16%
Spanish Flag of Spain 9% 6% 15%
Polish Flag of Poland 9% 1% 10%
Dutch Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Belgium 5% 1% 6%
Russian Flag of Estonia Flag of Latvia Flag of Lithuania Flag of Finland 1% 6% 7%
Swedish Flag of Sweden Flag of Finland 2% 1% 3%
Greek Flag of Greece Flag of Cyprus 3% 0% 3%
Czech Flag of the Czech Republic 2% 1% 3%
Portuguese Flag of Portugal 2% 0% 2%
Hungarian Flag of Hungary 2% 0% 2%
Slovak Flag of Slovakia 1% 1% 2%
Catalan Flag of Spain Flag of France Flag of Italy 1% 1% 2%

Source: [1], data for EU25, published before 2007 enlargement.