Language Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Philippines

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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	Costa Rica	Philippines
Languages	Spanish (official), English	Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
Linguistic diversity index	0.05 Ranked 175th.	0.849 Ranked 23th. 17 times more than Costa Rica
Major language(s)	Spanish (official), English	Filipino, English (both official)
Spanish speakers	3.3 million Ranked 14th. 1242 times more than Philippines	2,658 Ranked 2nd.
Spanish speakers per 1000	948.77 Ranked 4th. 22112 times more than Philippines	0.0429 Ranked 2nd.
Spanish status	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.	Formerly the official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Used by a few families as mother tongue. <a href=/encyclopedia/Christianity>Christian</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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