Language Stats: compare key data on Mexico & Morocco

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	Mexico	Morocco
Languages	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	Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
Linguistic diversity index	0.135 Ranked 154th.	0.466 Ranked 95th. 3 times more than Mexico
Major language(s)	Spanish	Arabic and Berber (official), French, Spanish
Spanish speakers	86.21 million Ranked 1st. 4311 times more than Morocco	20,000 Ranked 1st.
Spanish speakers per 1000	903.75 Ranked 10th. 1175 times more than Morocco	0.769 Ranked 2nd.
Spanish status	National <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1553-1979.	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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