Welsh-speaking population
Timeline of speaker population in Wales
Census
Year | Number of speakers | % of population | % change since previous census |
---|---|---|---|
1891 (first recording) | 910,289[2] | 51.2[2] | N/A |
1901 | 930,000[3] | 50[3] | −1.2 |
1911 | 977,366[4] | 43.5[4] | −6.5 |
1921 | 929,183[5] | 37.4[5] | −5.9 |
1931 | 909,261[6] | 36.8[6] | −0.6 |
1941 (no census held) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1951 | 714,686[6] | 28.9[6] | −7.9 (in 20 yrs) |
1961 | 659,022[6] | 26.0[6] | −2.9 |
1971 | 542,425[7] | 20.7[7] | −5.3 |
1981 | 503,532[8] | 19.0[8] | −1.7 |
1991 | 508,000[9] | 18.7[9] | −0.3 |
2001 | 582,400[10] | 20.5[11] | +1.8 |
2011 | 562,000[9] | 19.0[9] | -1.5 |
2021 | awaiting results | awaiting results | awaiting results |
N/A: not applicable
Census figures denote those able to speak Welsh above the age of 3 years old.[12] 2021 census results are expected in the late spring of 2022.[13]
Annual Population Surveys[14]
Year ending December unless otherwise stated |
Number of speakers | % of population | % change since previous year |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | 836,070 | 30.0 | N/A |
2002 | 811,043 | 29.0 | −1.0 |
2003 | 786,072 | 28.0 | −1.0 |
2004 | 767,960 | 27.1 | −0.9 |
2005 | 753,236 | 26.5 | −0.6 |
2006 | 757,423 | 26.5 | 0.0 |
2007 | 725,407 | 25.2 | −1.3 |
2008 | 763,858 | 26.4 | −1.2 |
2009 | 739,679 | 25.5 | −0.9 |
2010 | 742,331 | 25.5 | 0.0 |
2011 | 769,038 | 26.3 | +0.8 |
2012 | 768,734 | 26.2 | −0.1 |
2013 | 794,799 | 27.0 | +0.8 |
2014 | 812,515 | 27.5 | +0.5 |
2015 | 809,008 | 27.3 | −0.2 |
2016 | 842,717 | 28.3 | +1.0 |
2017 | 873,634 | 29.2 | +0.9 |
2018 | 898,375 | 29.9 | +0.7 |
2019 | 858,901 | 28.4 | −1.5 |
2020 | 883,069 | 29.1 | +0.7 |
September 2021[12] | 892,493 | 29.5[12] | +0.4 |
N/A: not applicable
Annual population survey figures indicate the number of people over the age of three years able to speak Welsh.[15] The number of speakers has been estimated based on the percentage of the population that speak Welsh and the general population size provided by the APS.
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