DVD region
1
2
SOURCE:
Amazon.com
Ranked 171st.
Ranked 166th. 100% more than Canada
Fax machines
24.49 per 1,000 people
20.87 per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
The Information for Development Program
Ranked 16th. 17% more than Greenland
Ranked 20th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
1,036.09 per 1,000 people
799.54 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 33rd in 2002. 30% more than Greenland
Ranked 43rd in 2002.
Mobile phone subscribers
14,984,400
32,200
DEFINITION:
Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 21st in 2004. 464 times more than Greenland
Ranked 182nd in 2004.
Personal computers
6,400,000
6,000
DEFINITION:
Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 6th in 1995. 1066 times more than Greenland
Ranked 98th in 1995.
Personal computers (per capita)
218.0
per 1,000 people
107.5
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 9th in 1995. 103% more than Greenland
Ranked 24th in 1995.
Phone subscribers
1,037.65
765.97
DEFINITION:
Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Ranked 29th. 35% more than Greenland
Ranked 40th.
Radios
32,300,000
30,000
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 13th. 1076 times more than Greenland
Ranked 198th.
Radio broadcast stations
AM 535, FM 53, shortwave 6
AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0
DEFINITION:
The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions
21,500,000
30,000
DEFINITION:
The total number of televisions
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 12th. 716 times more than Greenland
Ranked 168th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes
1.2 $
3.22 $
DEFINITION:
Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 134th in 1998.
Ranked 99th in 1998. 168% more than Canada
Television broadcast stations
80
1
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 8th in 1997. 79 times more than Greenland
Ranked 85th in 1997.
Television broadcast stations (per capita)
2.7 per 1 million people
17.9 per 1 million people
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 37th in 1997.
Ranked 12th in 1997. 6 times more than Canada
Telephone mainlines
20,622,000
25,330
DEFINITION:
Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 12th in 2002. 813 times more than Greenland
Ranked 167th in 2002.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
2.3 % GDP
6.9 % GDP
DEFINITION:
Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 77th in 1996.
Ranked 12th in 1996. 199% more than Canada
Television standard > VHF
NTSC M
NTSC/PAL B
SOURCE:
Tenlab May 2002
Telephone subscribers (per capita)
1,036.1
per 1,000 people
799.5
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 33rd in 2002. 30% more than Greenland
Ranked 43rd in 2002.
Telephone subscribers per employee
384.01
103.56
DEFINITION:
Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 43rd in 2002. 3 times more than Greenland
Ranked 112nd in 2002.
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