Language Stats: compare key data on Bolivia & Venezuela

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Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
Major language(s): Country major languages.
Spanish speakers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	Bolivia	Venezuela
Languages	Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2%	Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
Linguistic diversity index	0.68 Ranked 52nd. 26 times more than Venezuela	0.026 Ranked 183th.
Major language(s)	Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani	Spanish, indigenous languages
Spanish speakers	3.48 million Ranked 13th.	21.48 million Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Bolivia
Spanish speakers per 1000	456.26 Ranked 16th.	972.29 Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Bolivia
Spanish status	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Ethnologue; Ethnologue. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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