DVD region
2
2
SOURCE:
Amazon.com
Ranked 125th.
Ranked 116th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
57.32 per 1,000 people
1,391.81 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 149th in 2004.
Ranked 20th in 2004. 23 times more than Iraq
Mobile phone subscribers
574,000
14,800,000
DEFINITION:
Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 111st in 2004.
Ranked 22nd in 2004. 25 times more than Iraq
Number of PCs
200
11,110
DEFINITION:
The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE:
ITU
Ranked 93rd.
Ranked 15th. 55 times more than Iraq
Personal computers
200,000
7,557,000
DEFINITION:
Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 77th in 2002.
Ranked 14th in 2002. 37 times more than Iraq
Personal computers (per capita)
per 1,000 people
360.6
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 th in 1970.
Ranked 11th in 1999.
Radios
4,850,000
15,300,000
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 59th.
Ranked 26th. 2 times more than Iraq
Radio broadcast stations
after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations (types NA) on the air inside Iraq
AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3
DEFINITION:
The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radio receivers
4,850,000
15,300,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 56th in 1997.
Ranked 24th in 1997. 2 times more than Iraq
Radio receivers (per capita)
0.2 per capita
1.0 per capita
DEFINITION:
Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 119th in 1997.
Ranked 13th in 1997. 4 times more than Iraq
Televisions
1,750,000
8,100,000
DEFINITION:
The total number of televisions
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 66th.
Ranked 23rd. 4 times more than Iraq
Telephone mainlines
1,034,240
7,861,000
DEFINITION:
Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 67th in 2004.
Ranked 24th in 2004. 7 times more than Iraq
Television receivers
1,750,000
8,100,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 63rd in 1997.
Ranked 21st in 1997. 4 times more than Iraq
Television receivers (per capita)
76.0 per 1,000 people
519.0 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 109th in 1997.
Ranked 19th in 1997. 6 times more than Iraq
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
0.1 % GDP
2.9 % 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 100th in 1983.
Ranked 11th in 1983. 48 times more than Iraq
Television standard > VHF
SECAM B
PAL B
SOURCE:
Tenlab May 2002
Telephone subscribers (per capita)
63.4
per 1,000 people
1,391.8
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 146th in 2004.
Ranked 20th in 2004. 21 times more than Iraq
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