Newspapers, Radio, Television, Telephones, and Computers, by Country statistics


	Daily newspaper circulation			Radio receivers		Television receivers			Telephone			Cellular
		per 1,000		per 1,000		per 1,000			main lines			phone subscribers			Personal	Internet
Country		population ¹		population ²		population ³		per 1,000 population ⁴				per 1,000 population ⁴			computers	hosts
															per 1,000	per 10,000
															pop, ⁵	pop, ⁶
	1990		1996	1990	1997	1990	1997	1990		1999	1990	1995		1999	1999	1999

Algeria	51		38	233	242	74	105	31.7		52.0	0.0	0.2		2.3	5.8	0.06
Argentina	123		123	670	681	218	223	95.5		201.1	0.4	9.9		121.2	49.2	38.95
Australia	305		296	1,279	1,391	486	554	455.6		521.2	10.8	127.7		343.8	470.6	576.63
Austria	351		296	617	751	474	525	413.8		472.4	9.5	47.6		518.8	256.8	321.19
Bangladesh	6		9	44	50	5	6	0.0	⁷	3.0	0.0	0.0	⁷	0.6	1.0
Belgium	201		161	770	797	447	466	392.4	⁷	500.2	4.5	23.2		314.5	315.2	334.27
Bolivia	61		55	666	675	111	116	24.8		61.7	0.0	1.0		51.6	12.3	1.16
Brazil	43		40	385	434	208	223	62.6		148.7	0.0	8.0		89.5	36.3	26.58
Bulgaria	466		254	453	537	333	394	241.7		342.2	0.0	1.9		42.3	26.6	20.33
Burma	17		10	84	96	3	6	0.0		5.5	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.1
Cambodia	(NA)		2	109	128	8	9	0.0		2.5	0.0	1.5		8.1	1.2	0.14
Canada	209		158	1,024	1,067	612	710	575.0	⁷	635.0	21.9	86.5		229.6	360.8	547.59
Chile	103		98	344	354	206	215	65.3		207.0	1.1	13.8		150.5	66.6	26.76
China ⁸	142		(NA)	323	335	267	321	6.0		85.9	0.0	3.0		34.1	12.2	0.57
Colombia	57		46	160	524	103	115	73.2		160.4	0.1	7.1		75.4	33.7	9.76
Costa Rica	100		88	256	261	138	140	94.1		204.1	0.0	5.5		36.4	44.5	19.00
Cuba	172		118	343	352	167	239	31.7		38.9	0.0	0.2		0.5	7.2	0.15
Cyprus	114		111	301	406	316	325	350.8		544.7	4.5	60.7		190.4	167.0	79.96
Czech Republic	(X)		254	(X)	803	(X)	531	(X)		370.9	(X)	4.7		189.5	107.2	119.13
Denmark	352		311	1,021	1,145	535	594	566.4		682.8	28.8	157.3		498.7	414.0	636.56
Dominican Republic	32		52	170	178	84	95	47.8	⁷	92.8	0.4	4.2	⁷	31.1	(NA)	7.86
Ecuador	80		70	324	348	86	130	46.5		91.0	0.0	4.6		30.9	20.1	1.55
Egypt	43		38	302	317	101	119	32.6	⁷	60.2	0.1	0.1		6.9	11.2	0.35
El Salvador	53		48	416	465	117	677	23.8		76.1	0.0	2.5		62.2	16.2	1.58
Ethiopia	2		2	193	202	4	6	0.0		3.2	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.7	0.01
Finland	558		455	995	1,498	495	622	535.1		552.9	45.3	199.2		667.0	360.1	894.00
France	208		218	888	946	402	595	495.1		579.1	4.1	23.8		364.0	220.8	209.40
Germany	305		311	878	948	554	567	474.2		587.8	4.3	42.8		285.6	296.9	198.97
Ghana	13		14	226	236	16	93	0.0		8.1	0.0	0.4		3.6	2.5	0.06
Greece	122		(NA)	416	475	193	240	390.2		528.1	0.0	26.1		310.6	60.2	70.67
Guatemala	22		33	69	79	54	61	20.7		54.6	0.0	2.8		31.7	9.9	1.60
Honduras	41		55	406	410	76	95	17.2		44.2	0.0	0.0		12.4	9.5	0.19
Hong Kong	745		786	666	684	272	283	422.4		562.0	24.1	129.0		577.1	290.5	166.89
Hungary	237		186	605	690	418	435	96.1		402.4	0.3	25.9		159.5	73.5	117.18
Iceland	510		535	785	950	326	358	509.8		677.9	39.1	115.2		619.8	359.0	1,072.53
India	(NA)		(NA)	79	120	32	65	6.1	⁷	22.0	0.0	0.2	⁷	1.2	3.3	0.23
Indonesia	28		23	145	155	57	68	5.9		29.1	0.1	1.1		10.6	9.1	1.01
Iran	27		26	238	263	64	71	39.0		125.3	0.0	0.1		7.3	52.4	0.08
Iraq	36		20	215	229	72	83	35.7	⁷	31.0	0.0	0.0	⁷	0.0	(NA)	(NA)
Ireland	169		149	619	697	293	402	280.9		477.7	7.1	44.1		377.9	323.9	172.50
Israel	258		288	468	524	267	288	349.0		458.9	3.3	53.5		458.9	245.9	245.02
Italy	105		104	798	880	424	528	387.7		462.2	4.6	67.4		528.3	191.8	52.58
Jamaica	65		63	426	483	131	183	43.9		199.1	0.0	17.9		56.4	43.0	1.43
Japan	587		578	899	956	611	686	441.3		494.0	7.0	81.5		449.4	286.9	208.41
Kenya	14		9	85	108	10	26	7.5	⁷	9.9	0.0	0.1		0.5	4.2	0.20
Korea, South	280		(NA)	1,011	1,039	210	348	309.7		441.4	3.0	36.6		504.4	182.9	60.99
Kuwait	250		377	513	678	383	505	154.8		240.2	9.7	70.7		158.2	121.3	21.45
Lebanon	125		141	882	907	344	375	111.1	⁷	194.3	0.0	30.0		195.6	46.4	14.61
Luxembourg	376		328	630	683	370	391	482.2		724.4	2.2	65.8		487.0	396.1	224.00
Madagascar	4		5	206	209	21	22	0.0		3.2	0.0	0.0	⁷	0.8	1.9	0.22
Malaysia	112		163	430	434	148	172	88.8		203.1	3.1	43.4		101.1	68.7	27.03
Mexico	135		97	258	329	148	272	62.1		112.2	0.4	7.0		78.3	44.2	41.58
Morocco	13		27	219	247	77	115	16.0		66.1	0.0	1.1		4.2	10.8	0.73
Netherlands	301		306	906	980	482	519	464.4		606.4	5.3	33.2		435.4	359.7	605.21
New Zealand	297		216	931	997	446	512	438.5		490.3	16.1	108.0		230.1	326.5	707.86
Nicaragua	47		30	250	265	63	68	12.2		29.7	0.0	1.1		14.0	8.1	2.08
Nigeria	20		27	215	226	40	66	0.0	⁷	3.8	0.0	0.1	⁷	0.2	6.4	0.01
Norway	610		590	795	917	422	462	502.7		712.0	46.4	224.5		617.5	449.9	987.47
Pakistan	15		(NA)	89	94	17	22	7.5		22.2	0.0	0.3		2.0	4.3	0.35
Panama	98		62	225	299	167	187	89.3		164.5	0.0	0.0		86.1	32.0	4.39
Paraguay	39		43	173	182	71	101	26.1		55.4	0.0	3.2		81.3	11.2	3.10
Peru	79		84	251	273	96	126	26.1		66.9	0.1	3.1		39.2	19.8	3.66
Philippines	56		82	142	161	44	52	9.9	⁷	34.4	0.2	7.3	⁷	23.8	16.9	1.66
Poland	128		113	433	522	305	337	86.4		259.9	0.0	1.9		102.1	62.0	44.20
Portugal	45		75	227	306	299	336	241.1		423.9	0.7	34.3		468.1	93.2	77.92
Puerto Rico	129		127	694	714	264	270	283.9	⁷	326.9	5.8	47.6	⁷	150.3	(NA)	3.37
Romania	271		(NA)	286	319	194	233	101.9		167.1	0.0	0.4		62.5	26.8	16.20
Russia	(X)		105	371	417	364	410	139.6	⁷	197.1	0.0	0.6		9.2	37.4	6.21
Saudi Arabia	36		59	290	321	246	262	83.0	⁷	142.6	1.0	0.9	⁷	31.1	57.4	1.35
Singapore	253		324	590	744	338	388	386.7		577.0	19.0	97.7		475.0	527.2	459.72
South Africa	39		34	337	355	109	134	92.3		137.7	0.2	12.9		132.1	60.1	42.01
Spain	88		99	305	331	394	409	323.4		418.1	1.4	24.1		312.0	121.8	119.12
Sri Lanka	32		29	199	211	44	84	7.1	⁷	28.4	0.1	2.8	⁷	9.4	5.6	0.65
Sudan	25		27	261	272	75	86	0.0		8.7	0.0	0.0		0.5	2.4
Sweden	526		445	876	932	467	519	682.8		664.6	53.8	229.4		578.3	451.4	590.07
Switzerland	448		331	831	979	399	457	587.6		698.7	18.8	63.5		419.9	461.9	377.64
Syria	17		20	254	278	60	70	41.0		101.7	0.0	0.0		0.3	14.6
Taiwan ⁸ ⁹	(NA)	⁷	156	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	309.6		544.2	4.1	36.2		521.4	180.7	269.75
Thailand	81		64	171	234	106	254	23.6	⁷	83.5	1.2	18.5	⁷	32.5	22.7	6.60
Trinidad and Tobago	78		123	494	533	318	333	134.1		213.8	0.0	4.3		30.0	54.3	37.65
Tunisia	42		31	190	224	77	100	37.1		89.9	0.1	0.4		5.8	15.3	0.03
Turkey	71		110	160	178	232	330	122.9		264.7	0.6	7.0		117.3	32.3	11.57
United Kingdom	388		331	1,390	1,443	433	521	441.9	⁷	556.9	19.4	98.0		407.6	306.4	296.04
United States	254		212	2,084	2,116	799	806	545.5	⁷	661.0	21.1	128.4		311.5	510.5	1,925.14
Uruguay	232		293	601	603	229	239	134.0		270.7	0.0	12.6		95.4	99.6	76.62
Venezuela	144		206	441	472	159	180	77.4		109.1	0.4	18.0		143.4	42.2	6.02
Zimbabwe	21		19	84	102	26	33	12.6	⁷	18.9	0.2	0.0	⁷	4.8	13.0	1.80

NA Not available. X Not applicable. Z Less than 1 per 100 people.
1 Publications containing general news and appearing at least 4 times a week; may range in size from a single sheet to 50 or more pages. Circulation data refer to average circulation per issue or number of printed copies per issue and include copies sold outside the country.
2 Data cover estimated number of receivers in use and apply to all types of receivers for radio broadcasts to the public, including receivers connected to a radio "redistribution system" but excluding television sets.
3 Estimated number of sets in use.
4 As of December 31.
5 In many countries mainframe computers are used extensively, and thousands of users can be connected to a single mainframe computer; thus the number of PCs understates the total use of computers.
6 Internet hosts are number of computers with active Internet Protocal (IP) addresses connected directly to the Internet; many users can access the Internet through a single host. Hosts are assigned to countries on the basis of the hosts's country code, though this does not necessarily indicate that the host is physically located in that country. All hosts lacking a country code identification are assigned to the United States. Data are from Network Wizards.
7 1998 data.
8 With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the U.S. government recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.
9 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Data from Republic of China publications.

Source: Except as noted, Newspapers, radio, and television--United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris, France, Statistical Yearbook, (copyright); telephones, cellular phones, and personal computers-- International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland, World Telecommunication Indicators, (copyright).

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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