The second most spoken language in any country in Europe

The country is home to almost 750 million people, spread over an area of ​​19.53 million square kilometers. According to Worldometer, the European population is equal to 9.04% of the total world population. More than 200 languages ​​are spoken across the continent. In each country, the second most spoken language, after the official one, varies considerably.

Other popular second languages ​​are French, Russian and Hungarian.

A total of 15 different languages ​​were identified as the second most popular, including official languages ​​such as Catalan, Belarusian and Gaeilge.

1. Albania (official language: Albanian) – English 40%

2. Andorra (official language: Catalan) – Spanish 48%

3. Armenia (official language: Armenian) – Russian 94%

4. Austria (official language: German) – English 73%

5. Azerbaijan (official language: Azerbaijani) – Russian, English

6. Belarus (official languages: Belarusian, Russian) – English

7. Bosnia and Herzegovina (official languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) – no documentation

8. Bulgaria (official language: Bulgarian) – Turkish 9%

9. Croatia (official language: Croatian) – English 49%

10. Cyprus (official languages: Greek, Turkish) – English 79%

11. Czech Republic (official language: Czech) – no documentation

12. Denmark (official language: Danish) – English 86%

13. Estonia (official language: Estonian) – Russian 56%

14. Finland (official languages: Finnish, Swedish) – English 70%

15. France (official language: French) – Arabic 49%

16. Germany (official language: German) – English 56%

17. Greece (official language: Greek) – English 51%

18. Hungary (official language: Hungarian) – English 40%

19. Iceland (official language: Icelandic) – English 98%

20. Ireland (official languages: Irish (Irish), English) – French 20%

21. Italy (official language: Italian) – English 35%

22. Kazakhstan (official languages: Kazakh, Russian) – no documentation

23. Latvia (official language: Latvian) – no documentation

24. Liechtenstein (official language: German) – Italian 2%

25. Lithuania (official language: Lithuanian) – Russian 44%

26. Luxembourg (official language: Luxembourgish) – French 86%

27. Malta (official language: Maltese) – English 88%

28. Moldova (official language: Moldovan) – Romanian 75.8%

29. Monaco (official language: French) – Ligurian 17%

30. Montenegro (official language: Serbian) – Montenegrin 77%

31. Netherlands (official language: Dutch) – English 93%

32. North Macedonia (official language: Macedonian) – Albanian 24%

33. Norway (official languages: Norwegian, Sami) – English 88%

34. Poland (official language: Polish) – English 32%

35. Portugal (official language: Portuguese) – English 27%

36. Romania (official language: Romanian) – Hungarian 6%

37. Russia (official language: Russian) – English 80%

38. San Marino (official language: Italian) – San Marino 83%

39. Serbia (official language: Serbian) – Hungarian 4%

40. Slovakia (official language: Slovak) – Hungarian 9.4%

41. Slovenia (official language: Slovenian) – Croatian 37%

42. Spain (official language: Spanish) – Catalan 22%

43. Sweden (official language: Swedish) – English 89%

44. Switzerland (official language: German) – French 23%

45. Turkey (official language: Turkish) – English 17%

46. ​​​​United Kingdom (official language: English) – French 23%

47. Ukraine (official language: Ukrainian) – Russian 34%

48. Vatican City (official language: Italian) – no documentation

Information from national censuses and surveys.