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===First language in daily use (2014 and 2024 censuses)===
According to the 2014 census, 2,720,377 answered to the question on "language usually used for communication". 2,138,964 people or 78.63% of the inhabitants of Moldova (proper) have Moldovan/Romanian as first language, of which 1,486,570 (53%) declared it Moldovan and 652,394 (23.3%) declared it Romanian. 394,133 people or 14.1% have Russian as language of daily use, 73.802 or 2.6% – Ukrainian, 74.167 or 2.6% – Gagauz, 26,577 or 0.9% – Bulgarian, and 12,734 or 0.5% – another language.<ref name="statistica.md"/> By contrast, 46.0% declared their usually spoken language to be Moldovan and 33.2% declared it to be Romanian in 2024.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/ro/rezultatele-preliminare-ale-recensamantului-populatiei-si-locuintelor-2024-10077_61626.html|title=Rezultatele preliminare ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]]|date=30 January 2025|language=ro}}</ref> In the 2024 census, the percentage of speakers of Russian as their usually spoken language was 15.3%, with other minority languages' share being lower: 2.3% for Gagauz, 2% for Ukrainian, 0.8% for Bulgarian, 0.3% for Romani and 0.2% for other languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/ro/rezultatele-preliminare-ale-recensamantului-populatiei-si-locuintelor-2024-10077_61626.html|title=Rezultatele preliminare ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]]|date=30 January 2025|language=ro}}</ref>