After reblogging the T index from I talk you talk languages I decided to do some more research to find out what the index was. It seems that over the years T-Index has created a statistical index that combines the Internet population and its estimated GDP per capita. This in turn assists companies in identifying their target markets and in selecting the right languages to translate their websites. This helps businesses ensure online success and increase localization-derived revenue. as a language learner knowing which are the most sought after languages can improve job prospects globally as well as locally.
For lay people like myself interested in languages. looking at the language needs on a world basis rather than a county, area or country basis opens up a whole new set of questions and also creates a greater awareness of the languages currently most people are using.
The index shows that in 2012 the top 21
2012 Data summary | NEW!
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| Trend* | Countries | T-Index 2012 |
Projection 2016 |
Languages | Internet population | Internet penetration |
GDP p.c. of Int. pop.** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1 |
USA | 22.5% | 15.6% | 1 |
245,203,319 | 78.1% | $58,751 |
 2 |
China (!) | 13.5% | 20.1% | 1 |
538,000,000 | 40.1% | $16,133 |
 3 |
Japan | 6.3% | 4.6% | 1 |
101,228,736 | 79.5% | $39,863 |
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4 |
Germany | 4.6% | 3.9% | 1 |
67,483,860 | 83.0% | $43,476 |
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5 |
UK | 3.4% | 2.6% | 1 |
52,731,209 | 83.6% | $41,654 |
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6 |
France | 3.4% | 3.2% | 1 |
52,228,905 | 79.6% | $41,580 |
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7 |
Brazil | 3.1% | 4.3% | 1 |
88,494,756 | 44.4% | $22,265 |
|
8 |
Russia | 2.9% | 3.6% | 1 |
67,982,547 | 47.7% | $27,362 |
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9 |
South Korea | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1 |
40,329,660 | 82.5% | $37,667 |
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10 |
Italy | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
35,800,000 | 58.4% | $41,797 |
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11 |
Canada | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2 |
28,469,069 | 83.0% | $46,743 |
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12 |
Mexico | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1 |
42,000,000 | 36.5% | $30,078 |
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13 |
Spain | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2 |
31,606,233 | 67.2% | $39,625 |
|
14 |
India | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2 |
137,000,000 | 11.4% | $8,411 |
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15 |
Australia | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1 |
19,554,832 | 88.8% | $45,848 |
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16 |
Turkey | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1 |
36,455,000 | 45.7% | $23,524 |
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17 |
Taiwan | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1 |
17,530,000 | 75.4% | $48,268 |
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18 |
Iran (!) | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1 |
42,000,000 | 53.3% | $18,351 |
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19 |
Netherlands | 1.1% | 0.93% | 1 |
15,549,787 | 92.9% | $45,192 |
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20 |
Argentina | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1 |
28,000,000 | 66.4% | $24,485 |
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21 |
Poland | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1 |
24,940,902 | 64.9% | $26,889 |
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If however we look at 2005 it tells a different story and shows how the world is developing. China for example is lower down the list and the UK is higher consistent with the world trend of Chinese manufacturing being more dominant in today’s world.
T-Index data summary 2005
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| Countries | T-Index | Cumulative T-Index |
Languages | Internet population | Internet penetration | GDP p.c. of Int. pop.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Here is their prediction for 2015.Unsurprisingly China is now greater and the UK has fallen way behind.
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| 1 | USA | 33.9% | 33.891% | 1 |
203,576,811 | 68.8 % | $54,872 |
| 2 | Japan | 8.9% | 42.809% | 1 |
78,050,000 | 61.3 % | $37,663 |
| 3 | Germany | 5.7% | 48.504% | 1 |
47,127,725 | 57.2 % | $39,833 |
| 4 | UK | 4.9% | 53.440% | 1 |
37,800,000 | 62.5 % | $43,041 |
| 5 | France | 3.6% | 57.074% | 1 |
25,614,899 | 42.2 % | $46,759 |
| 6 | Italy | 3.6% | 60.664% | 1 |
28,870,000 | 49.7 % | $40,989 |
| 7 | China (!) | 3.1% | 63.729% | 1 |
103,000,000 | 7.9 % | $9,807 |
| 8 | Canada | 2.9% | 66.582% | 2 |
20,450,000 | 62.3 % | $45,988 |
| 9 | South Korea | 2.8% | 69.381% | 1 |
32,570,000 | 67.0 % | $28,325 |
| 10 | Spain | 2.2% | 71.552% | 2 |
16,129,731 | 40.0 % | $44,370 |
| 11 | Russia (!) | 2.0% | 73.518% | 1 |
22,300,000 | 15.5 % | $29,051 |
| 12 | Mexico | 1.8% | 75.333% | 1 |
16,995,400 | 16.0 % | $35,207 |
| 13 | Australia | 1.8% | 77.146% | 1 |
13,991,612 | 69.6 % | $42,698 |
| 14 | Brazil | 1.7% | 78.838% | 1 |
22,320,000 | 12.0 % | $24,993 |
| 15 | Taiwan | 1.5% | 80.385% | 1 |
13,800,000 | 60.3 % | $36,954 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 1.4% | 81.834% | 1 |
10,806,328 | 65.9 % | $44,186 |
| 17 | Turkey (!) | 0.84% | 82.677% | 1 |
10,220,000 | 14.7 % | $27,181 |
| 18 | Poland | 0.80% | 83.477% | 1 |
10,600,000 | 27.5 % | $24,901 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0.79% | 84.272% | 1 |
6,800,000 | 75.5 % | $38,509 |
| 20 | Belgium | 0.70% | 84.976% | 2 |
5,100,000 | 49.2 % | $45,480 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 0.68% | 85.651% | 3 |
4,836,671 | 64.6 % | $46,05 |
