Source: adpated from Philip M. Parker, Linguistic Cultures of the World: A Statistical Reference, Greenwood Press, 1997.
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Linguistic Group	Population Covered (k)	Countries represented, #	Average representation %	Vital Stats: Death rate	: Birth rate	: Fertility	: Female life exp., years	: Male life exp., years	: Infant mortality	: # of major diseases	Demography: Migration	: Population of Country	: Urbanization, %	: Population growth	: Females, % of pop	Male % ages: 0-9 years	: 10-19 years	: 20-29 years	: 30-39 years	: 40-49 years	: 50-59 years	: 60-69 years	: 70+ years	Education: Literacy, adult %	Cities: earliest settled, year	: Largest settled, year	: Largest, % pop	Politics: # of parties	: Largest party %	: Top two parties, %	: Chambers in leg., #	: # of changes 60	: Independence year	Laws: Censorship (1=high)	: Metric system (1=yes)	: Visas needed (3=high)	: Full soc security (1=yes)	: Military service (1=yes)	Crime: Murders/100k pop	: Thefts/100k pop	: Suicide/100k pop	: Prisoners/000 pop	: Death penalty (1=yes)	Unrest: Border disputes, #	: International, #	: # of civil wars	: # of civil riots	Macroecon: GNP/capita	: Saving rate	: Inflation rate	: Convert currency (1=yes)	Communist, former (1=yes)	Labor: Unemployment, %	: Nonemployment, %	: Agriculture, %	: Industry, %	: Services, %	: Unionization, %	Air Trans: # of aircraft	: # aircraft/cap	: # of airports	Runways: Permanent Surf	: Large	: Medium	: Small	Roads: Total km	: Motorways km	: Highways total km	: Paved km	: Gravel km	: Improved earth km	: Unimproved earth km	: Ownership car/1000 cap	Railways km	Telecom: # AM stations	: # of cables systems	: # of TV stations	: # of FM stations	: # of SAT earth stations	: # of daily papers	: Television/1000 cap	: Radios/1000 pop	: Telephones/1000 pop	: Digital % 93	: Main Lines/1000 pop	: Cellular subs/cap	: Pagers/cap	Piped water, % dwellings	Food: Sugar/cap	: Protein 85 grm/day/cap	: Calories/cap/day	: Meat prod/cap 88	Energy: Consumption/cap	: Electricity/cap
Abkhaz	110	1	2	9	17	2	75	72	36	0	1	5490	56	0.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	100	.	.	23	5	8	14	1	1	1990	1	0	2	0	1	.	.	.	.	1	0	0	1	0	4530	.	.	0	1	3	48	25	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	35100	0	33900	29500	0	0	4400	78	1570	.	.	.	.	1	149	.	.	96	11	97	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	2590
Achenese	1950	1	1	8	25	3	64	59	98	6	0	195000	31	2	50	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	44	77	200	500	3	4	57	69	2	2	1950	0.5	0	2	0	0	0.9	41	.	0.2	1	2	0	1	0	680	20	8	1	0	3	66	56	23	21	5	216	1	437	114	1	12	64	214000	0	120000	.	.	.	.	7	6840	618	0	9	38	2	97	55	140	11	77	12	0.4	1	11	109	53	2510	0	311	228
Acholi	770	1	4	14	51	7	55	51	112	6	0	19300	10	3	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	48	1890	1890	2	0	100	100	1	3	1960	0.5	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	0.5	0	0	0	2	0	300	.	23	0	0	.	77	90	.	.	3	6	0.3	35	5	1	3	10	28200	0	26200	1970	5850	.	18400	1	1270	10	0	9	0	1	4	8	22	4	60	2	.	.	.	29	54	2220	0	25	31
Adangme	494	1	3	13	45	6	58	54	105	2	-1	16500	32	2	51	49	49	49	49	49	50	48	50	60	1600	1600	6	4	95	95	1	5	1960	1	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	0	3	0	425	2	18	1	0	0.5	78	55	20	25	13	8	0.5	10	5	0	1	7	28300	0	32300	6080	26200	.	.	4	953	4	0	4	1	1	3	15	185	6	.	3	0.2	.	.	41	38	1730	0	115	322
Afar	324	2	8	16	43	6	51	47	151	5	0	1780	54	9	49	51	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	36	1890	1890	67	1	100	100	1	2	1980	1	0	3	0	0.6	.	.	.	.	0	0.6	0	0	1	638	.	7	0.6	0	40	68	.	.	.	.	1	2	13	2	0	2	5	3070	0	3310	507	1850	402	1800	10	188	2	1	1	1	2	0	32	70	15	100	18	.	.	.	188	.	.	0	445	496
Afrikaans	6550	2	16	8	34	4	67	62	73	1	0	38300	58	2	49	50	50	53	53	52	50	47	40	76	1660	1660	5	7	63	84	2	2	1940	0.5	0	3	0	0	109	.	.	0.3	0	1	0	0	2	2900	.	14	1	0	30	72	25	39	36	17	90	2	875	128	5	10	219	177000	1970	184000	52300	130000	.	47900	94	20300	14	1	65	278	3	19	102	274	143	78	97	0.5	.	90	232	74	2900	0	2640	4020
Aja-Gbe	596	2	7	15	49	7	53	49	135	5	0	4990	31	3	52	51	51	39	44	46	49	50	51	24	1620	1870	10	4	21	37	1	7	1960	0.1	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0.9	0	0	5	0.1	429	1	1	1	0.9	2	63	61	37	.	75	0.2	0.1	6	1	0	0.1	4	7430	0	5140	975	2600	1530	4700	8	601	2	0	2	2	1	0.1	5	87	5	63	4	.	.	.	31	50	2190	0	51	42
Akan	12700	2	43	13	46	7	58	54	110	3	0.7	15100	36	3	50	50	49	49	50	51	50	49	48	57	1730	1730	10	4	94	96	1	3	1960	1	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0.6	0	0	2	0.4	587	8	11	1	0	6	69	68	15	17	16	11	0.7	25	6	0	2	10	39800	67	38400	5010	28700	.	11000	9	822	4	0.9	8	8	1	3	34	161	8	82	5	0.1	.	.	67	45	2080	0	143	265
Albanian	4310	4	17	5	22	3	79	72	52	2	5	4250	39	2	49	51	52	52	51	52	52	50	50	86	1520	1520	7	4	58	85	1	0.1	1930	0.1	0	3	0.1	1	1	475	4	0.5	0.1	2	0	0.1	0	1810	19	35	0.9	1	12	57	47	40	1	15	1	0.1	14	7	0	5	6	20500	156	20200	17200	6800	1110	9110	18	596	15	0.2	12	2	0.2	6	98	175	47	.	40	0.5	3	72	168	84	2770	0	1330	1320
Amer.- Indian	7650	6	2	6	27	3	75	68	60	3	-0.6	98000	74	3	50	51	51	50	50	49	50	46	44	86	1240	1400	9	5	54	73	2	0.7	1830	0.4	0	2	0.2	1	15	1600	2	0.7	0	0.9	0	0.3	0	3910	23	11	0.8	0	3	69	26	30	44	32	187	2	2120	245	3	30	336	537000	3370	473000	71500	315000	62500	54500	66	25600	758	0.8	204	0.5	4	266	157	333	112	56	112	6	3	52	351	79	3040	0	1750	1780
Amharic	16400	1	31	14	45	7	53	50	134	4	2	52900	12	3	50	50	52	46	47	49	53	54	57	71	700	1890	3	1	100	100	1	2	1990	0.5	0	3	0	0	7	37	.	0.3	0	5	1	3	0	130	4	8	0	0	.	66	80	.	.	2	25	0.5	123	9	1	13	38	39500	.	44300	3650	9650	3000	28000	1	835	4	0	1	0	1	3	2	80	3	39	3	.	.	85	25	55	1660	0	24	17
Amharic Off.	56400	2	100	14	45	7	53	50	136	4	2	49900	12	3	50	50	52	46	47	49	53	54	57	68	700	1890	3	1	100	100	1	2	1990	0.5	0	3	0	0	7	37	.	0.3	0	5	1	3	0	129	4	8	0	0	.	66	80	.	.	2	25	0.5	123	9	1	13	38	39500	0	41800	3470	9110	2840	26400	1	802	4	0	1	0	1	3	2	80	3	39	3	.	.	85	25	55	1660	0	24	17
Angaur	6	1	40	7	23	3	73	69	25	.	2	16	.	.	49	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	92	1520	1520	.	3	.	.	2	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	2260	.	.	.	0	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2	0	0	2	.	22	22	.	.	.	.	.	0	1	0	2	1	1	.	49	626	66	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	638	1370
Arabic	200000	32	30	9	36	5	66	63	86	5	0	29300	51	3	49	51	52	51	50	50	50	50	48	53	-1100	752	14	2	77	81	1	1	1940	0.8	0	3	0.2	0.9	2	194	1	1	1	3	2	0.7	0.4	2400	23	35	0.1	0	17	76	36	26	38	16	57	2	125	54	3	29	37	68100	327	68100	28000	12500	19200	15300	45	3730	32	4	46	20	4	13	107	221	64	53	58	2	24	53	227	79	2950	0	1540	1150
Arabic Comm.	284000	27	100	10	39	6	62	59	100	4	0.4	30900	42	3	49	51	52	50	50	50	51	51	50	54	-597	1020	12	2	79	84	1	1	1960	0.7	0	3	0.2	0.6	3	162	1	1	0.8	3	2	1	0.2	1820	14	36	0.1	0	16	73	49	24	37	12	33	2	93	32	2	22	28	41700	65	38000	12900	10400	6690	18700	33	2260	17	3	20	4	3	8	82	178	50	42	44	2	.	64	178	74	2630	0	1200	890
Arabic Off.	255000	26	100	9	37	5	65	62	89	4	0	26200	49	3	49	51	52	51	50	50	50	50	48	51	-848	830	13	2	77	82	1	2	1950	0.8	0	3	0.2	0.8	2	212	1	2	1	3	2	0.9	0.4	2240	20	42	0.1	0	17	76	41	26	37	15	36	2	92	39	3	25	30	46500	58	41700	20200	12000	8260	15100	39	2790	21	3	23	4	3	9	98	204	60	48	53	2	.	55	215	77	2840	0	1410	1040
Armenian	5280	7	4	7	27	3	73	69	48	1	-5	12000	63	1	49	52	52	51	51	52	51	50	49	90	-1110	-40	28	4	50	68	1	1	1980	1	0	2	0	1	2	247	15	1	0.3	3	0.5	0.4	1	4420	25	197	0	0.8	14	60	22	38	40	7	12	0.6	165	57	8	16	42	33400	115	34500	20500	5890	6200	2150	43	2150	55	2	23	3	1	55	117	282	139	24	149	0.4	32	51	192	85	3270	0	1520	2340
Assamese	15600	2	2	11	30	4	60	60	105	6	0	836000	27	2	48	51	52	52	51	52	52	53	50	51	-1320	264	1	5	42	65	2	1	1950	0.5	0	3	0	0	4	46	.	0.3	1	3	0	1	0.9	357	20	9	0.9	0	21	98	66	18	15	5	87	0.1	315	188	2	55	81	1940000	31400	1820000	885000	1010000	3400	.	3	57300	89	2	253	4	3	2110	25	58	9	30	9	0	.	10	93	53	2180	0	288	299
Assyrian	337	2	1	8	45	7	69	67	82	3	0	17400	63	3	49	52	51	52	51	52	50	51	49	62	-2350	-122	18	3	81	82	2	2	1940	1	0	3	0.6	1	2	51	.	.	1	5	4	2	0.8	2300	4	40	0	0	5	80	31	25	44	8	34	2	109	53	5	39	8	27200	291	32000	19300	3000	4480	11700	24	2200	13	4	15	1	3	6	64	194	57	36	44	0	.	45	225	82	3100	0	1030	1180
Austral	11	1	5	5	28	3	73	68	15	1	0	214	62	3	49	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	98	1840	1840	12	4	.	.	2	1	1850	.	0	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	7030	.	3	.	0	15	65	.	.	.	.	6	28	43	23	0	2	12	.	600	600	.	.	.	.	.	0	5	0	6	2	1	.	156	503	229	100	236	.	.	90	.	75	2900	0	1440	1400
Awadhi	992	1	5	14	38	5	53	54	115	5	0	21100	8	2	49	52	52	50	49	51	53	53	53	26	723	723	1	5	54	88	2	2	1770	0	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	1	179	9	9	0	0	5	60	91	.	.	.	5	0.2	37	5	0	1	8	7080	0	7080	2900	1660	.	.	0.8	52	88	0	1	0	1	59	2	25	4	88	5	.	.	66	14	52	2050	0	24	35
Ayizo-Gbe	405	1	8	15	49	7	53	49	136	5	0	5070	31	3	52	51	51	38	44	46	49	50	51	23	1600	1870	10	4	19	33	1	7	1960	0	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	0	5	0	430	0.5	1	1	1	.	63	60	38	.	75	0	0	6	1	0	0	4	7420	0	5050	920	2600	1530	.	8	607	2	0	2	2	1	0	5	78	5	61	4	.	.	.	25	50	2190	0	50	39
Aymara	2570	2	8	8	31	4	65	60	103	3	-0.7	11900	55	3	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	44	83	306	1540	16	6	44	76	2	4	1880	0.6	0	2	0	1	7	351	0.5	0.8	0.3	2	0	4	0	1010	10	23	1	0	38	76	45	18	37	20	53	6	868	16	2	11	118	48700	2460	47200	2950	6700	26200	48900	8	3250	168	0	69	0	1	23	97	465	30	.	28	0.8	1	39	199	57	2140	0	406	385
Azerbaij- ani	16700	3	22	8	38	5	70	68	73	3	-1	43400	55	3	48	52	52	52	52	52	52	50	48	70	-1100	1200	15	2	92	93	1	2	1940	1	0	3	0	1	.	.	.	.	0.6	5	0.6	0.6	1	5330	39	480	0	0.4	33	71	32	27	40	0	31	0.5	214	81	16	16	71	101000	316	103000	38600	30200	31900	2470	34	3770	77	0	28	3	2	63	104	178	78	.	88	0	.	49	139	86	3310	0	1650	1640
Balanta	308	1	30	18	42	6	49	45	146	5	0	1030	26	2	52	50	51	40	44	46	51	57	59	36	1760	1760	12	1	100	100	2	3	1970	1	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	2	0	219	-11	50	0	0	17	58	90	.	.	.	2	2	34	4	0	1	5	3500	0	3220	2700	.	.	520	4	0	2	0	1	3	0	2	0.8	32	7	.	7	.	.	.	32	46	2130	0	91	17
Balinese	3890	1	2	8	25	3	64	59	98	6	0	195000	31	2	50	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	44	77	200	500	3	4	57	69	2	2	1950	0.5	0	2	0	0	0.9	41	.	0.2	1	2	0	1	0	680	20	8	1	0	3	66	56	23	21	5	216	1	437	114	1	12	64	214000	0	120000	.	.	.	.	7	6840	618	0	9	38	2	97	55	140	11	77	12	0.4	1	11	109	53	2510	0	311	228
Baluchi	5730	5	3	12	43	7	61	61	115	6	-0.2	101000	35	3	47	51	54	52	52	52	54	57	56	40	-541	1530	6	4	60	85	2	1	1920	0.3	0.7	3	0	0.3	78	18	.	0.3	0.3	3	0.3	1	0.3	2390	21	12	0.1	0	11	77	49	18	34	7	39	1	132	69	4	25	49	108000	336	101000	36800	27400	34100	7530	21	9510	30	0.1	26	6	3	88	70	132	36	46	40	1	0.2	24	139	66	2530	0	1130	746
Bambara	3850	1	38	21	52	7	48	45	132	5	-5	10100	20	2	51	50	50	49	49	49	47	48	39	32	1100	1880	8	7	66	74	1	3	1960	0	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	0	2	0	285	-4	-6	1	0	.	74	72	12	16	.	0	0	35	8	0	5	10	13300	0	15700	1670	3670	.	10400	3	642	2	0	2	2	2	1	39	16	2	76	2	.	.	.	57	54	2020	0	25	26
Bamun	251	1	2	11	44	6	60	55	115	6	0	12600	41	3	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	47	45	54	1880	1880	10	4	49	87	1	2	1960	0.5	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	0	0	0	1160	20	-2	1	0	25	66	74	11	15	45	5	0.4	56	10	1	5	21	52200	.	65000	2680	32300	.	30000	6	1050	11	0	1	11	2	2	22	89	6	.	6	0	.	30	26	47	2040	0	254	225
Banda	1540	1	47	18	43	6	49	46	133	5	0	3270	42	2	52	50	49	48	48	48	47	45	43	38	1890	1890	20	4	40	55	2	7	1960	1	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	3	0	440	-9	6	1	0