Language Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Nicaragua

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	Costa Rica	Nicaragua
Languages	Spanish (official), English	Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8%
Linguistic diversity index	0.05 Ranked 175th.	0.081 Ranked 161st. 62% more than Costa Rica
Major language(s)	Spanish (official), English	Spanish, English, indigenous languages
Spanish speakers	3.3 million Ranked 14th.	4.35 million Ranked 12th. 32% more than Costa Rica
Spanish speakers per 1000	948.77 Ranked 4th. 2% more than Nicaragua	932.94 Ranked 6th.
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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