Media > Radio Stats: compare key data on Australia & Iceland

List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
Percentage of private radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are private.
Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions: Number of private radio institutions to government radio institutions. For instance, for every one government radio institution Turkey has 1,265 that are private.
Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.

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STAT	Australia	Iceland
List of radio stations	<p>ABC - public, operates speech-cultural network Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, youth network Triple J, ABC Classic FM and local services</p> </p>Radio Australia - ABC's external service, targeted at Asia-Pacific</p> </p>SBS Radio - public, multilingual</p>	<p>Icelandic National Broadcasting Service - public radio, operates two national networks and four regional stations</p> </p>Bylgjan - main private station</p>
Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	0.76% Ranked 62nd.	10% Ranked 27th. 13 times more than Australia
Percentage of private radio institutions	99.24% Ranked 8th. 10% more than Iceland	90% Ranked 43th.
Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions	130.5 Ranked 5th. 15 times more than Iceland	9 Ranked 40th.
Total number of channels	70 Ranked 15th. 12 times more than Iceland	6 Ranked 52nd.
Total number of channels per million people	3.43 Ranked 25th.	20.22 Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Australia

SOURCES: British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 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.

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