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Population of the Basque Country aged 2 by age and zone of residence, according to overall level of basque. 01/01/2021

Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Instituto Vasco de Estadística

	Total	Basque national / speakers				Quasibasque nationals / speakers				Spanish speakers
		Total	Alphabetised	Partially literate	Not alphabetised	Total	Alphabetised	Not alphabetised	Passive
Basque Country	2.163.121	936.812	798.564	84.400	53.848	412.996	248.853	85.168	78.975	813.313

Rural area	625.669	348.772	291.888	36.672	20.212	107.425	63.357	24.246	19.822	169.472
Urban area	1.537.452	588.040	506.676	47.728	33.636	305.571	185.496	60.922	59.153	643.841
2-4	52.419	38.934	2.559	5.023	31.352	12.094	5.040	6.495	559	1.391
Rural area	16.150	13.051	852	1.639	10.560	2.832	1.285	1.364	183	267
Urban area	36.269	25.883	1.707	3.384	20.792	9.262	3.755	5.131	376	1.124
5-9	102.449	82.966	56.774	17.561	8.631	18.660	13.600	4.530	530	823
Rural area	32.594	27.784	18.752	5.938	3.094	4.614	3.385	1.090	139	196
Urban area	69.855	55.182	38.022	11.623	5.537	14.046	10.215	3.440	391	627
10-14	109.239	98.837	95.905	2.750	182	9.336	8.787	378	171	1.066
Rural area	35.249	32.919	31.976	875	68	2.016	1.918	74	24	314
Urban area	73.990	65.918	63.929	1.875	114	7.320	6.869	304	147	752
15-19	105.549	92.508	91.748	630	130	9.337	8.447	428	462	3.704
Rural area	33.038	30.034	29.818	187	29	2.016	1.803	99	114	988
Urban area	72.511	62.474	61.930	443	101	7.321	6.644	329	348	2.716
20-24	100.368	75.064	74.273	661	130	11.219	8.666	1.327	1.226	14.085
Rural area	28.658	23.385	23.178	164	43	2.345	1.784	302	259	2.928
Urban area	71.710	51.679	51.095	497	87	8.874	6.882	1.025	967	11.157
25-29	99.150	59.881	58.876	786	219	13.596	9.974	1.964	1.658	25.673
Rural area	26.648	18.459	18.196	199	64	3.002	2.110	515	377	5.187
Urban area	72.502	41.422	40.680	587	155	10.594	7.864	1.449	1.281	20.486
30-34	109.565	54.712	53.610	864	238	20.541	13.454	3.522	3.565	34.312
Rural area	30.385	17.944	17.646	220	78	5.047	3.195	1.010	842	7.394
Urban area	79.180	36.768	35.964	644	160	15.494	10.259	2.512	2.723	26.918
35-39	134.901	60.179	58.526	1.418	235	31.029	20.473	5.046	5.510	43.693
Rural area	38.694	21.348	20.829	449	70	7.792	5.038	1.398	1.356	9.554
Urban area	96.207	38.831	37.697	969	165	23.237	15.435	3.648	4.154	34.139
40-44	172.178	66.080	62.931	2.645	504	50.163	33.637	7.701	8.825	55.935
Rural area	51.983	26.128	25.005	956	167	13.039	8.697	2.189	2.153	12.816
Urban area	120.195	39.952	37.926	1.689	337	37.124	24.940	5.512	6.672	43.119
45-49	180.511	60.470	56.978	3.011	481	56.039	36.415	8.818	10.806	64.002
Rural area	54.862	24.963	23.558	1.237	168	15.055	9.632	2.664	2.759	14.844
Urban area	125.649	35.507	33.420	1.774	313	40.984	26.783	6.154	8.047	49.158
50-54	171.271	49.727	44.453	4.578	696	46.436	26.573	8.756	11.107	75.108
Rural area	51.299	21.199	18.774	2.142	283	12.786	7.197	2.688	2.901	17.314
Urban area	119.972	28.528	25.679	2.436	413	33.650	19.376	6.068	8.206	57.794
55-59	167.029	46.460	40.368	5.207	885	39.997	21.970	8.172	9.855	80.572
Rural area	48.985	19.631	16.861	2.382	388	10.991	5.842	2.493	2.656	18.363
Urban area	118.044	26.829	23.507	2.825	497	29.006	16.128	5.679	7.199	62.209
60-64	154.439	39.295	31.288	6.520	1.487	31.166	15.198	8.310	7.658	83.978
Rural area	44.136	17.401	13.153	3.451	797	8.772	4.289	2.542	1.941	17.963
Urban area	110.303	21.894	18.135	3.069	690	22.394	10.909	5.768	5.717	66.015
65-69	129.744	28.993	21.948	5.828	1.217	23.062	10.584	6.429	6.049	77.689
Rural area	36.139	13.754	10.017	3.114	623	6.669	3.077	2.005	1.587	15.716
Urban area	93.605	15.239	11.931	2.714	594	16.393	7.507	4.424	4.462	61.973
70-74	119.651	26.441	17.697	7.203	1.541	16.840	6.898	5.424	4.518	76.370
Rural area	32.142	12.850	8.223	3.813	814	4.498	1.815	1.650	1.033	14.794
Urban area	87.509	13.591	9.474	3.390	727	12.342	5.083	3.774	3.485	61.576
>=75	254.658	56.265	30.630	19.715	5.920	23.481	9.137	7.868	6.476	174.912
Rural area	64.707	27.922	15.050	9.906	2.966	5.951	2.290	2.163	1.498	30.834
Urban area	189.951	28.343	15.580	9.809	2.954	17.530	6.847	5.705	4.978	144.078

Araba / Álava	325.197	100.874	87.516	6.536	6.822	67.179	42.536	11.267	13.376	157.144

Rural area	68.521	23.326	20.163	1.639	1.524	13.366	8.503	2.355	2.508	31.829
Urban area	256.676	77.548	67.353	4.897	5.298	53.813	34.033	8.912	10.868	125.315
2-4	8.924	5.770	472	691	4.607	2.861	1.256	1.508	97	293
Rural area	1.721	1.234	97	161	976	432	208	199	25	55
Urban area	7.203	4.536	375	530	3.631	2.429	1.048	1.309	72	238
5-9	17.077	12.320	8.518	2.474	1.328	4.605	3.445	1.076	84	152
Rural area	3.672	2.715	1.836	571	308	916	712	193	11	41
Urban area	13.405	9.605	6.682	1.903	1.020	3.689	2.733	883	73	111
10-14	17.131	14.628	14.070	504	54	2.237	2.112	77	48	266
Rural area	3.893	3.370	3.243	111	16	402	379	19	4	121
Urban area	13.238	11.258	10.827	393	38	1.835	1.733	58	44	145
15-19	15.608	12.950	12.850	93	7	1.915	1.736	88	91	743
Rural area	3.428	2.907	2.890	17	0	315	284	20	11	206
Urban area	12.180	10.043	9.960	76	7	1.600	1.452	68	80	537
20-24	14.635	10.079	9.946	101	32	2.006	1.580	213	213	2.550
Rural area	3.063	2.284	2.255	24	5	320	256	33	31	459
Urban area	11.572	7.795	7.691	77	27	1.686	1.324	180	182	2.091
25-29	14.509	7.380	7.172	166	42	2.618	1.982	310	326	4.511
Rural area	2.798	1.577	1.539	32	6	461	356	54	51	760
Urban area	11.711	5.803	5.633	134	36	2.157	1.626	256	275	3.751
30-34	16.808	6.580	6.341	217	22	3.755	2.428	427	900	6.473
Rural area	3.236	1.373	1.325	44	4	721	478	88	155	1.142
Urban area	13.572	5.207	5.016	173	18	3.034	1.950	339	745	5.331
35-39	21.761	6.613	6.382	209	22	5.924	3.665	841	1.418	9.224
Rural area	4.238	1.484	1.433	46	5	1.034	623	199	212	1.720
Urban area	17.523	5.129	4.949	163	17	4.890	3.042	642	1.206	7.504
40-44	27.370	6.691	6.350	265	76	9.073	6.033	1.182	1.858	11.606
Rural area	5.627	1.691	1.608	64	19	1.765	1.220	244	301	2.171
Urban area	21.743	5.000	4.742	201	57	7.308	4.813	938	1.557	9.435
45-49	27.704	5.386	5.034	259	93	9.595	6.414	1.192	1.989	12.723
Rural area	6.003	1.401	1.312	64	25	1.974	1.352	302	320	2.628
Urban area	21.701	3.985	3.722	195	68	7.621	5.062	890	1.669	10.095
50-54	25.838	3.570	3.233	246	91	7.110	4.155	1.183	1.772	15.158
Rural area	5.998	933	824	81	28	1.685	1.021	262	402	3.380
Urban area	19.840	2.637	2.409	165	63	5.425	3.134	921	1.370	11.778
55-59	24.472	3.253	2.944	268	41	5.414	3.064	941	1.409	15.805
Rural area	5.945	850	755	85	10	1.228	678	207	343	3.867
Urban area	18.527	2.403	2.189	183	31	4.186	2.386	734	1.066	11.938
60-64	21.992	2.227	1.901	251	75	3.759	1.885	787	1.087	16.006
Rural area	4.987	533	447	71	15	892	422	218	252	3.562
Urban area	17.005	1.694	1.454	180	60	2.867	1.463	569	835	12.444
65-69	18.895	1.212	1.014	149	49	2.579	1.288	501	790	15.104
Rural area	4.014	331	265	53	13	558	261	131	166	3.125
Urban area	14.881	881	749	96	36	2.021	1.027	370	624	11.979
70-74	17.241	772	570	145	57	1.845	701	501	643	14.624
Rural area	3.259	221	144	57	20	361	124	115	122	2.677
Urban area	13.982	551	426	88	37	1.484	577	386	521	11.947
>=75	35.232	1.443	719	498	226	1.883	792	440	651	31.906
Rural area	6.639	422	190	158	74	302	129	71	102	5.915
Urban area	28.593	1.021	529	340	152	1.581	663	369	549	25.991

Bizkaia	1.129.192	428.360	368.561	35.199	24.600	222.341	138.109	44.111	40.121	478.491

Rural area	296.238	148.814	124.400	15.380	9.034	56.519	34.061	12.177	10.281	90.905
Urban area	832.954	279.546	244.161	19.819	15.566	165.822	104.048	31.934	29.840	387.586
2-4	26.022	18.691	1.258	2.507	14.926	6.597	2.686	3.680	231	734
Rural area	7.563	5.942	397	799	4.746	1.508	675	766	67	113
Urban area	18.459	12.749	861	1.708	10.180	5.089	2.011	2.914	164	621
5-9	51.018	39.907	27.469	8.526	3.912	10.562	7.625	2.665	272	549
Rural area	15.252	12.560	8.443	2.717	1.400	2.578	1.851	665	62	114
Urban area	35.766	27.347	19.026	5.809	2.512	7.984	5.774	2.000	210	435
10-14	54.164	48.248	46.755	1.414	79	5.358	5.005	245	108	558
Rural area	15.951	14.732	14.262	438	32	1.086	1.023	44	19	133
Urban area	38.213	33.516	32.493	976	47	4.272	3.982	201	89	425
15-19	53.518	45.780	45.345	370	65	5.572	5.063	238	271	2.166
Rural area	15.448	13.708	13.582	108	18	1.179	1.060	51	68	561
Urban area	38.070	32.072	31.763	262	47	4.393	4.003	187	203	1.605
20-24	50.832	36.678	36.248	387	43	6.545	5.092	734	719	7.609
Rural area	12.827	10.243	10.152	79	12	1.230	959	129	142	1.354
Urban area	38.005	26.435	26.096	308	31	5.315	4.133	605	577	6.255
25-29	51.419	29.579	29.137	364	78	7.884	5.937	1.033	914	13.956
Rural area	12.199	8.144	8.036	89	19	1.614	1.191	229	194	2.441
Urban area	39.220	21.435	21.101	275	59	6.270	4.746	804	720	11.515
30-34	57.332	26.370	25.839	444	87	11.975	8.265	1.946	1.764	18.987
Rural area	14.376	7.985	7.857	106	22	2.760	1.845	478	437	3.631
Urban area	42.956	18.385	17.982	338	65	9.215	6.420	1.468	1.327	15.356
35-39	70.500	28.172	27.339	741	92	18.249	12.578	2.816	2.855	24.079
Rural area	18.718	9.404	9.145	234	25	4.525	3.103	659	763	4.789
Urban area	51.782	18.768	18.194	507	67	13.724	9.475	2.157	2.092	19.290
40-44	89.761	29.638	28.003	1.350	285	28.438	19.548	4.443	4.447	31.685
Rural area	25.107	10.961	10.393	479	89	7.245	4.865	1.242	1.138	6.901
Urban area	64.654	18.677	17.610	871	196	21.193	14.683	3.201	3.309	24.784
45-49	94.023	25.781	24.246	1.317	218	30.786	20.157	4.902	5.727	37.456
Rural area	26.592	10.019	9.378	572	69	8.144	5.117	1.423	1.604	8.429
Urban area	67.431	15.762	14.868	745	149	22.642	15.040	3.479	4.123	29.027
50-54	90.157	21.340	18.945	2.079	316	24.287	14.111	4.409	5.767	44.530
Rural area	24.632	8.510	7.466	906	138	6.613	3.684	1.379	1.550	9.509
Urban area	65.525	12.830	11.479	1.173	178	17.674	10.427	3.030	4.217	35.021
55-59	89.332	19.632	17.153	2.108	371	20.670	11.722	3.979	4.969	49.030
Rural area	23.546	7.851	6.650	1.010	191	5.506	3.002	1.196	1.308	10.189
Urban area	65.786	11.781	10.503	1.098	180	15.164	8.720	2.783	3.661	38.841
60-64	83.333	16.326	13.433	2.319	574	16.004	7.927	4.222	3.855	51.003
Rural area	21.522	7.175	5.518	1.306	351	4.429	2.210	1.236	983	9.918
Urban area	61.811	9.151	7.915	1.013	223	11.575	5.717	2.986	2.872	41.085
65-69	68.643	11.392	8.885	1.970	537	11.324	5.223	3.216	2.885	45.927
Rural area	17.344	5.472	4.010	1.171	291	3.350	1.578	991	781	8.522
Urban area	51.299	5.920	4.875	799	246	7.974	3.645	2.225	2.104	37.405
70-74	62.518	9.504	6.695	2.267	542	7.655	3.174	2.236	2.245	45.359
Rural area	15.093	4.757	3.121	1.344	292	2.053	893	692	468	8.283
Urban area	47.425	4.747	3.574	923	250	5.602	2.281	1.544	1.777	37.076
>=75	136.620	21.322	11.811	7.036	2.475	10.435	3.996	3.347	3.092	104.863
Rural area	30.068	11.351	5.990	4.022	1.339	2.699	1.005	997	697	16.018
Urban area	106.552	9.971	5.821	3.014	1.136	7.736	2.991	2.350	2.395	88.845

Gipuzkoa	708.732	407.578	342.487	42.665	22.426	123.476	68.208	29.790	25.478	177.678

Rural area	260.910	176.632	147.325	19.653	9.654	37.540	20.793	9.714	7.033	46.738
Urban area	447.822	230.946	195.162	23.012	12.772	85.936	47.415	20.076	18.445	130.940
2-4	17.473	14.473	829	1.825	11.819	2.636	1.098	1.307	231	364
Rural area	6.866	5.875	358	679	4.838	892	402	399	91	99
Urban area	10.607	8.598	471	1.146	6.981	1.744	696	908	140	265
5-9	34.354	30.739	20.787	6.561	3.391	3.493	2.530	789	174	122
Rural area	13.670	12.509	8.473	2.650	1.386	1.120	822	232	66	41
Urban area	20.684	18.230	12.314	3.911	2.005	2.373	1.708	557	108	81
10-14	37.944	35.961	35.080	832	49	1.741	1.670	56	15	242
Rural area	15.405	14.817	14.471	326	20	528	516	11	1	60
Urban area	22.539	21.144	20.609	506	29	1.213	1.154	45	14	182
15-19	36.423	33.778	33.553	167	58	1.850	1.648	102	100	795
Rural area	14.162	13.419	13.346	62	11	522	459	28	35	221
Urban area	22.261	20.359	20.207	105	47	1.328	1.189	74	65	574
20-24	34.901	28.307	28.079	173	55	2.668	1.994	380	294	3.926
Rural area	12.768	10.858	10.771	61	26	795	569	140	86	1.115
Urban area	22.133	17.449	17.308	112	29	1.873	1.425	240	208	2.811
25-29	33.222	22.922	22.567	256	99	3.094	2.055	621	418	7.206
Rural area	11.651	8.738	8.621	78	39	927	563	232	132	1.986
Urban area	21.571	14.184	13.946	178	60	2.167	1.492	389	286	5.220
30-34	35.425	21.762	21.430	203	129	4.811	2.761	1.149	901	8.852
Rural area	12.773	8.586	8.464	70	52	1.566	872	444	250	2.621
Urban area	22.652	13.176	12.966	133	77	3.245	1.889	705	651	6.231
35-39	42.640	25.394	24.805	468	121	6.856	4.230	1.389	1.237	10.390
Rural area	15.738	10.460	10.251	169	40	2.233	1.312	540	381	3.045
Urban area	26.902	14.934	14.554	299	81	4.623	2.918	849	856	7.345
40-44	55.047	29.751	28.578	1.030	143	12.652	8.056	2.076	2.520	12.644
Rural area	21.249	13.476	13.004	413	59	4.029	2.612	703	714	3.744
Urban area	33.798	16.275	15.574	617	84	8.623	5.444	1.373	1.806	8.900
45-49	58.784	29.303	27.698	1.435	170	15.658	9.844	2.724	3.090	13.823
Rural area	22.267	13.543	12.868	601	74	4.937	3.163	939	835	3.787
Urban area	36.517	15.760	14.830	834	96	10.721	6.681	1.785	2.255	10.036
50-54	55.276	24.817	22.275	2.253	289	15.039	8.307	3.164	3.568	15.420
Rural area	20.669	11.756	10.484	1.155	117	4.488	2.492	1.047	949	4.425
Urban area	34.607	13.061	11.791	1.098	172	10.551	5.815	2.117	2.619	10.995
55-59	53.225	23.575	20.271	2.831	473	13.913	7.184	3.252	3.477	15.737
Rural area	19.494	10.930	9.456	1.287	187	4.257	2.162	1.090	1.005	4.307
Urban area	33.731	12.645	10.815	1.544	286	9.656	5.022	2.162	2.472	11.430
60-64	49.114	20.742	15.954	3.950	838	11.403	5.386	3.301	2.716	16.969
Rural area	17.627	9.693	7.188	2.074	431	3.451	1.657	1.088	706	4.483
Urban area	31.487	11.049	8.766	1.876	407	7.952	3.729	2.213	2.010	12.486
65-69	42.206	16.389	12.049	3.709	631	9.159	4.073	2.712	2.374	16.658
Rural area	14.781	7.951	5.742	1.890	319	2.761	1.238	883	640	4.069
Urban area	27.425	8.438	6.307	1.819	312	6.398	2.835	1.829	1.734	12.589
70-74	39.892	16.165	10.432	4.791	942	7.340	3.023	2.687	1.630	16.387
Rural area	13.790	7.872	4.958	2.412	502	2.084	798	843	443	3.834
Urban area	26.102	8.293	5.474	2.379	440	5.256	2.225	1.844	1.187	12.553
>=75	82.806	33.500	18.100	12.181	3.219	11.163	4.349	4.081	2.733	38.143
Rural area	28.000	16.149	8.870	5.726	1.553	2.950	1.156	1.095	699	8.901
Urban area	54.806	17.351	9.230	6.455	1.666	8.213	3.193	2.986	2.034	29.242