Among the 24 languages, Catalan has as many speakers as:
* Portuguese
* Czech
... and close to Swedish, Greek and Hungarian.
Catalan has more speakers than:
* Bulgarian
* Croatian
* Danish
* Finnish
* Norwegian
* Slovak
* Lithuanian
* Slovene
* Irish
* Maltese
Catalan would list as No. 12 in Europe. Considering there are 27 countries in the EU, official status is more than warranted.