Sunday, July 13, 2014

Language and GNP. The top 20 countries

1.1.1 Twenty Richest
Table 1 Richest countries by GNP per capita*
Rank
Country
GNP per capita ($)
Mass Language(s)
Official Language(s)
1Switzerland
38,380
German/French/ItalianGerman/French/Italian
2Denmark
32,050
DanishDanish
3Japan
32,030
JapaneseJapanese
4United States
31,910
EnglishEnglish
5Sweden
26,750
SwedishSwedish
6Germany
25,620
GermanGerman
7Austria
25,430
GermanGerman
8Netherlands, The
25,140
DutchDutch
9Finland
24,730
FinnishFinnish
10Belgium
24,650
Dutch/FrenchDutch/French
11France
24,170
FrenchFrench
12United Kingdom
23,590
EnglishEnglish
13Australia
20,950
EnglishEnglish
14Italy
20,170
ItalianItalian
15Canada
20,140
English/FrenchEnglish/French
16Israel
16,310
HebrewHebrew
17Spain
14,800
SpanishSpanish
18Greece
12,110
GreekGreek
19Portugal
11,030
PortugesePortugese
20South Korea
8,490
KoreanKorean
*Population greater than 5 million only1 Raw Data Source: Encarta Encyclopedia
ISRAEL did not exist pre 1945 and its language was dead for 2000 years (hebrew) its  founding fathers made it the national language . 

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