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Language Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Puerto Rico

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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.
  • 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 Puerto Rico HISTORY
Languages Spanish (official), English Spanish, English
Major language(s) Spanish (official), English Spanish, English (both official)
Spanish speakers 3.3 million
Ranked 14th. 		3.44 million
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than Costa Rica
Spanish speakers per 1000 948.77
Ranked 4th. 3% more than Puerto Rico 		922.8
Ranked 2nd.
Spanish status National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979. Some dialects are considered to be <a href=/encyclopedia/archaism>archaic</a>. National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; 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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  • English is the official language in over 20 countries. However, it's spoken in 85.

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