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Media Stats: compare key data on British Virgin Islands & Japan

Definitions

  • Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
  • Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
  • Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
STAT British Virgin Islands Japan HISTORY
Broadcast media 1 a mixture of public and commercial broadcast TV and radio stations; 6 national terrestrial TV networks including 1 public broadcaster; the large number of radio and TV stations available provide a wide range of choices; satellite and cable services provide access to international channels
Cinema > Number of cinemas 1
Ranked 61st.
3,062
Ranked 3rd. 3062 times more than British Virgin Islands

Internet > IP addresses per capita 460.25
Ranked 67th.
1,587.39
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than British Virgin Islands
Internet > ISP 16
Ranked 42nd.
73
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than British Virgin Islands
Internet > Internet Service Providers 16
Ranked 60th.
73
Ranked 14th. 5 times more than British Virgin Islands
Internet > Users 4,000
Ranked 168th.
88.11 million
Ranked 2nd. 22028 times more than British Virgin Islands

Internet users 4,000
Ranked 1st.
99.18 million
Ranked 3rd. 24796 times more than British Virgin Islands
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21
Radios 9,000
Ranked 208th.
120.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 13389 times more than British Virgin Islands
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 12,268
Ranked 190th.
64.27 million
Ranked 3rd. 5239 times more than British Virgin Islands

Telephone system > General assessment good overall telephone service excellent domestic and international service
Telephone system > International country code - 1-284; connected via submarine cable to Bermuda; the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable provides connectivity to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean country code - 81; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 7 Intelsat (Pacific and Indian Oceans), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions), and 8 SkyPerfect JSAT
Telephones > Main lines in use 26,800
Ranked 179th.
64.67 million
Ranked 3rd. 2413 times more than British Virgin Islands

Telephones > Mobile cellular 46,800
Ranked 194th.
132.76 million
Ranked 7th. 2837 times more than British Virgin Islands

Televisions 4,000
Ranked 195th.
86.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 21625 times more than British Virgin Islands
Internet > Hosts 465
Ranked 160th.
39.91 million
Ranked 2nd. 85826 times more than British Virgin Islands

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 0.0
Ranked 170th.
70.45 million
Ranked 3rd.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1
Ranked 146th.
108
Ranked 15th. 108 times more than British Virgin Islands

Telephone system > Domestic fixed line connections exceed 80 per 100 persons and mobile cellular subscribership is roughly 150 per 100 persons high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind
Internet country code .vg .jp
Internet hosts None None
Internet > IP addresses 14,336
Ranked 180th.
202.18 million
Ranked 3rd. 14103 times more than British Virgin Islands
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 393.86
Ranked 42nd.
503.86
Ranked 19th. 28% more than British Virgin Islands

Internet > TLD .vg .jp
Internet > Livejournal users 150
Ranked 98th.
5,559
Ranked 8th. 37 times more than British Virgin Islands
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies 0.0
Ranked 40th.
97.78%
Ranked 16th.

Cinema > Number of distribution companies 0.0
Ranked 48th.
270
Ranked 1st.

Website defacements 3
Ranked 95th.
169
Ranked 9th. 56 times more than British Virgin Islands
Internet > Linux web servers 8
Ranked 54th.
2,390
Ranked 2nd. 299 times more than British Virgin Islands
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 112th.
4.7
Ranked 3rd.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 16.48 per 1,000 people
Ranked 83th.
313.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 19 times more than British Virgin Islands

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 8
Ranked 76th. 33% more than Japan
6
Ranked 40th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; http://www.iana.org/numbers; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; http://www.iana.org/numbers; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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.; LiveJournal; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; attrition.org; Netcraft Linux server survey; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables

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