Language Stats: compare key data on Morocco & United States

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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	Morocco	United States
Languages	Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy	English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%; <i>note:</i> Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Linguistic diversity index	0.466 Ranked 95th. 32% more than United States	0.353 Ranked 114th.
Major language(s)	Arabic and Berber (official), French, Spanish	English
Spanish speakers	20,000 Ranked 1st.	22.4 million Ranked 1st. 1120 times more than Morocco
Spanish speakers per 1000	0.769 Ranked 2nd.	89.74 Ranked 1st. 117 times more than Morocco
Spanish status	Bible 1553-1979.	<a href=/graph-T/peo_pop>Population</a> has increased 61% or more since 1970. Official <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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