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Taken together, in 2006 out of a total population of 2, 589, 600 ( 1, 850, 500 in the Autonomous Community, 230, 200 in the Northern Provinces and 508, 900 in Navarre ), there were 665, 800 who spoke Basque ( aged 16 and above ).

This amounts to 25. 7 % Basque bilinguals overall, 15. 4 % passive speakers and 58. 9 % non-speakers.

Compared to the 1991 figures this represents an overall increase of 137, 000, from 528, 500 ( out of a population of 2, 371, 100 ) fifteen years previously.