Language Stats: compare key data on Cuba & Mexico

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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	Cuba	Mexico
Languages	Spanish	Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages
Linguistic diversity index	0.001 Ranked 199th.	0.135 Ranked 154th. 135 times more than Cuba
Major language(s)	Spanish	Spanish
Spanish speakers	10 million Ranked 7th.	86.21 million Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Cuba
Spanish speakers per 1000	914.74 Ranked 9th. 1% more than Mexico	903.75 Ranked 10th.
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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