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Households with television: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Users per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > 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.
Internet > Users > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Televisions: The total number of televisions
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
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.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
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.
Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
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 > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: 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.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
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
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
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.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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 > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems.

Values

“per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.

“sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.

“sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.

“sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.

“ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking.

“nd”, no data.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinemas per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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)
Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telecommunications > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: 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. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone: What the receiver of a call usually says when taking the call.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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STAT	Finland	Iran
Broadcast media	a mix of publicly operated TV stations and privately owned TV stations; the 2 publicly owned TV stations recently expanded services and the largest private TV station has introduced several special-interest pay-TV channels; cable and satellite multi-channel subscription services are available; all TV signals have been broadcast digitally since September 2007; analog broadcasts via cable networks were terminated in February 2008; public broadcasting maintains a network of 13 national and 25 regional radio stations; a large number of private radio broadcasters	state-run broadcast media with no private, independent broadcasters; Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the state-run TV broadcaster, operates 5 nationwide channels, a news channel, about 30 provincial channels, and several international channels; about 20 foreign Persian-language TV stations broadcasting on satellite TV are capable of being seen in Iran; satellite dishes are illegal and, while their use had been tolerated, authorities began confiscating satellite dishes following the unrest stemming from the 2009 presidential election; IRIB operates 8 nationwide radio networks, a number of provincial stations, and an external service; most major international broadcasters transmit to Iran
Households with television	94.1% Ranked 11th. 23% more than Iran	76.58% Ranked 75th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	303.83 Ranked 21st. 8 times more than Iran	40.25 Ranked 101st.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	91 Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Iran	26 Ranked 124th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	909.45 Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Iran	256.77 Ranked 130th.
Internet > Users per 1000	680.69 Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Iran	320.29 Ranked 56th.
Internet users	4.48 million Ranked 21st.	8.21 million Ranked 35th. 83% more than Finland
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Finnish News Agency - Suomen Tietotoimisto (STT) - in Finnish, Swedish and English</p>	<p>Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) - state-run</p> </p>Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) - English-language pages</p> </p>Fars News Agency - affiliated to Revolutionary Guards, English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14542234">Full Article</a>
Personal computers > Per capita	481.05 per 1,000 people Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Iran	109.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 61st.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>Yleisradio Oy (YLE) - public</p> </p>The Voice - private</p> </p>Radio Nova - national, private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17290044">Full Article</a>	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates eight national networks, provincial services and an external service</p>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	172.51 Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Iran	76.92 Ranked 140th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,160.65 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Iran	455.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 93th.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Yleisradio Oy (YLE) - public, web pages in English</p> </p>MTV3 - private</p> </p>Nelonen (Channel 4) - private</p>	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates provincial, national and international services</p> </p>Press TV - IRIB's English-language satellite channel</p> </p>Al-Alam - IRIB network in Arabic</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	622.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Iran	75.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 109th.
Televisions per 1000	613.85 Ranked 11th. 9 times more than Iran	67.26 Ranked 127th.
Personal computers per 1000	481.05 Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Iran	105.95 Ranked 60th.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1	AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,401.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Iran	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	687.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 13th. 95% more than Iran	351.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 56th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	164.38 Ranked 100th.	376.3 Ranked 41st. 2 times more than Finland
Televisions	3.2 million Ranked 46th.	4.61 million Ranked 33th. 44% more than Finland
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	332.16 per 1,000 people Ranked 34th.	364.46 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd. 10% more than Finland
Internet > Internet users	4.79 million Ranked 61st.	20.5 million Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Finland
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	22,617 Mbps Ranked 21st. 23 times more than Iran	1,000 Mbps Ranked 46th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	4,326.01 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 16th. 287 times more than Iran	15.06 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 86th.
Personal computers	2.52 million Ranked 35th.	7.35 million Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Finland
Television broadcast stations	120 Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Iran	28 Ranked 17th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	922.9 million min. Ranked 37th. 81% more than Iran	510.9 million min. Ranked 41st.
Radios per 1000	1,477.07 Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Iran	248.02 Ranked 117th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,442.25 Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Iran	714.62 Ranked 112th.
Internet > Percent using internet	91% Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Iran	26% Ranked 125th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	8.39 million Ranked 77th.	56.04 million Ranked 21st. 7 times more than Finland
Radio receivers > Per capita	1.5 per capita Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Iran	0.279 per capita Ranked 100th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	267.85 Ranked 58th.	350.87 Ranked 43th. 31% more than Finland
Telephone mainlines per 1000	404.11 Ranked 30th. 49% more than Iran	270.63 Ranked 46th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki daily</p> </p>Ilta-Sanomat - Helsinki, evening daily</p> </p>Hufvudstadsbladet - Helsinki, Swedish-language daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17290044">Full Article</a>	<p>Tehran Times - state-run English-language daily</p> </p>Iran Daily - English-language, published by state news agency IRNA</p> </p>Sharq (The East) - reformist daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14542234">Full Article</a>
Cinema attendance	7 million Ranked 42nd.	26 million Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Finland
Telephone system > General assessment	modern system with excellent service	currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently connected
Cinema attendance per capita	1.34 Ranked 25th. 4 times more than Iran	0.379 Ranked 54th.
Television receivers per 1000	622.59 Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Iran	73.71 Ranked 107th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	42 Ranked 33th.	76 Ranked 19th. 81% more than Finland
Internet > IP addresses per capita	2,575.34 Ranked 8th. 39 times more than Iran	66.7 Ranked 137th.
Internet > Users	3.6 million Ranked 44th.	23 million Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Finland
Internet > Internet penetration	91% Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Iran	26% Ranked 132nd.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	997.12 Ranked 19th. 10 times more than Iran	102.95 Ranked 125th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,721.37 Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Iran	760.98 Ranked 142nd.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	890,000 Ranked 78th.	28.76 million Ranked 12th. 32 times more than Finland
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	9.32 million Ranked 82nd.	58.16 million Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Finland
Internet > Internet Service Providers	3 Ranked 138th.	100 Ranked 11th. 33 times more than Finland
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	1.65 million Ranked 46th.	3.08 million Ranked 27th. 87% more than Finland
Cinemas > Per capita	0.045 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 9 times more than Iran	0.005 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	1.08 million Ranked 73th.	27.77 million Ranked 12th. 26 times more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	16.45 Ranked 100th.	37.63 Ranked 39th. 2 times more than Finland
Active military personnel	22,600 Ranked 68th.	523,000 Ranked 1st. 23 times more than Finland
Radio receivers per 1000	1,498.1 Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Iran	271.82 Ranked 103th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	997.12 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 9 times more than Iran	105.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 125th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	729.66 Ranked 4th. 18538 times more than Iran	0.0394 Ranked 169th.
Number of PCs per million	481.05 Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Iran	105.95 Ranked 63th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	9.32 million Ranked 82nd.	58.16 million Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Finland
Radio receivers	7.7 million Ranked 40th.	17 million Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Finland
Television receivers	3.2 million Ranked 46th.	4.61 million Ranked 32nd. 44% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	318 Ranked 14th.	4,504 Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Finland
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	23.23 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 51 times more than Iran	0.46 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	1.8$ Ranked 50th. 3 times more than Iran	0.55$ Ranked 103th.
Mobile phone subscribers	5.23 million Ranked 53th.	7.22 million Ranked 46th. 38% more than Finland
Telephone system > International	country code - 358; submarine cables provide links to Estonia and Sweden; satellite earth stations - access to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)(Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)	country code - 98; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations - 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat)
Internet > ISP	3 Ranked 11th.	100 Ranked 3rd. 33 times more than Finland
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	223.82 Ranked 8th. 867 times more than Iran	0.258 Ranked 84th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	890,000 Ranked 77th.	28.76 million Ranked 12th. 32 times more than Finland
Radios	7.7 million Ranked 41st.	17 million Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Finland
Internet > Hosts	3.88 million Ranked 15th. 1356 times more than Iran	2,860 Ranked 131st.
Cinemas > Annual attendance	7 million Ranked 28th.	26 million Ranked 17th. 4 times more than Finland
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	1.36 Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Iran	0.43 Ranked 45th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	4,325.99 Mbps Ranked 16th. 297 times more than Iran	14.59 Mbps Ranked 86th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	53 Ranked 29th.	172 Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Finland
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	2.25 million Ranked 25th. 37% more than Iran	1.65 million Ranked 38th.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	35.71% Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Iran	15.38% Ranked 35th.
Internet > Top level domain	.fi	.ir
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.069$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Iran	0.025$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 69th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	7.79 Ranked 9th. 8 times more than Iran	1.01 Ranked 57th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1,169 Ranked 6th.	1,844 Ranked 2nd. 58% more than Finland
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	431.32 Ranked 6th. 16 times more than Iran	26.87 Ranked 102nd.
Telephone system > Domestic	digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive mobile-cellular network provide domestic needs	the addition of new fiber cables and modern switching and exchange systems installed by Iran's state-owned telecom company have improved and expanded the fixed-line network greatly; fixed-line availability has more than doubled to more than 27 million lines since 2000; additionally, mobile-cellular service has increased dramatically serving roughly 56 million subscribers in 2011; combined fixed and mobile-cellular subscribership now exceeds 100 per 100 persons
Internet country code	.fi	.ir
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	121.66 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 21st. 16 times more than Iran	7.38 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 101st.
Telephone mainlines	2.12 million Ranked 47th.	18.99 million Ranked 11th. 9 times more than Finland
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	178.3 min. Ranked 27th. 24 times more than Iran	7.45 min. Ranked 92nd.
Cinemas	232 Ranked 29th.	287 Ranked 26th. 24% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	2.55 per 1,000 people Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than Iran	0.236 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	223.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 838 times more than Iran	0.267 per 1,000 people Ranked 84th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	Pervasive filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	22.25$/month Ranked 88th. 10 times more than Iran	2.26$/month Ranked 174th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	178.3 min. per capita Ranked 26th. 23 times more than Iran	7.7 min. per capita Ranked 93th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	64.29% Ranked 40th.	84.62% Ranked 18th. 32% more than Finland
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,694.8$ per capita Ranked 8th. 35 times more than Iran	76.81$ per capita Ranked 61st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	364 Ranked 10th.	1,486 Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	2,144 Ranked 11th. 9 times more than Iran	247 Ranked 28th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	1.17 million Ranked 27th. 66 times more than Iran	17,700 Ranked 54th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.575 Ranked 129th.	1.46 Ranked 101st. 3 times more than Finland
Cinemas > Seats per 1000	10.83 Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Iran	2.86 Ranked 33th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	3,252 Ranked 6th. 34% more than Iran	2,426 Ranked 9th.
Cinemas per million	45.02 Ranked 20th. 9 times more than Iran	4.75 Ranked 47th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	55 Ranked 25th.	112 Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Finland
Internet > IP addresses	13.55 million Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Iran	5.26 million Ranked 50th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	774000000	10354800000000
Number of PCs	2,515 Ranked 37th.	7,347 Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	164.38 Ranked 105th.	376.3 Ranked 46th. 2 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	13,173 Ranked 9th.	14,783 Ranked 7th. 12% more than Finland
Television broadcast stations per million	23.23 Ranked 1st. 52 times more than Iran	0.448 Ranked 63th.
Cinemas > Seats	55,800 Ranked 19th.	173,000 Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	2,550.2 Ranked 4th. 11 times more than Iran	227.93 Ranked 27th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	760 Ranked 9th. 4% more than Iran	733 Ranked 10th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	149 Ranked 23th.	906 Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Finland
Internet > TLD	.fi; note - Aland Islands assigned .ax	.ir
Internet > Livejournal users	2,617 Ranked 17th. 30 times more than Iran	88 Ranked 125th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	2,001 Ranked 17th. 71 times more than Iran	28 Ranked 92nd.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	61.54% Ranked 32nd.	100% Ranked 8th. 63% more than Finland
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.41 Ranked 11th. 94% more than Iran	1.25 Ranked 29th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	13 Ranked 25th.	94 Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Finland
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	1.35 per capita Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Iran	0.441 per capita Ranked 44th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	358	98
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,401.23 Ranked 22nd. 4 times more than Iran	373.59 Ranked 89th.
E-Government rating	48.8 Ranked 28th. 11% more than Iran	44 Ranked 66th.
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 22nd. 10% more than Iran	90% Ranked 74th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	226.31 Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Iran	28.43 Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	415.07 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 105 times more than Iran	3.94 per 1 million people Ranked 36th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	10.63 Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Iran	1.7 Ranked 49th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	380.78 per 1 million people Ranked 25th. 940 times more than Iran	0.405 per 1 million people Ranked 147th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	1.65 million Ranked 63th.	27.77 million Ranked 12th. 17 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	56.92 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Iran	9.76 per 1 million people Ranked 27th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	415.06 Ranked 7th. 109 times more than Iran	3.81 Ranked 38th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	1,566 Ranked 6th. 73% more than Iran	906 Ranked 11th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	28.79 per 1 million people Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Iran	14.23 per 1 million people Ranked 28th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	28.79 Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Iran	13.75 Ranked 28th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million	500.56 Ranked 32nd. 394 times more than Iran	1.27 Ranked 189th.
Website defacements per million	2.51 Ranked 58th. 6 times more than Iran	0.419 Ranked 97th.
Website defacements	13 Ranked 62nd.	28 Ranked 48th. 2 times more than Finland
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	16.75% Ranked 83th.	73.68% Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Finland
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	3.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Iran	0.695 per 1,000 people Ranked 77th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	404.11 per 1,000 people Ranked 30th. 45% more than Iran	278.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 44th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	629.56 Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Iran	37.4 Ranked 26th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	4442700000	14053700000000
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,721.37 Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Iran	760.98 Ranked 141st.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	10.14 Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Iran	2.48 Ranked 67th.
Royalties and fees	$219.90 Ranked 2nd.	0.0 Ranked 75th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	30.45 Ranked 21st. 7 times more than Iran	4.07 Ranked 101st.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,612.58 Ranked 15th. 1197 times more than Iran	1.35 Ranked 167th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	629.57 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Iran	38.67 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	303.17 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 21 times more than Iran	14.44 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	46.08 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Iran	11.25 per 1 million people Ranked 21st.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.3 Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Iran	0.1 Ranked 46th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	294 Ranked 14th.	612 Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Finland
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	71.8% Ranked 4th. 24 times more than Iran	2.95% Ranked 146th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	51.31% Ranked 15th. 48 times more than Iran	1.08% Ranked 149th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	593.95 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Iran	21.02 per 1 million people Ranked 34th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	739.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 17191 times more than Iran	0.043 per 1,000 people Ranked 188th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	226.31 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Iran	29.39 per 1 million people Ranked 17th.
Internet > ISP per million	0.577 Ranked 14th.	1.48 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Finland
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	8.4 per 100 mainlines Ranked 102nd. 3 times more than Iran	2.56 per 100 mainlines Ranked 117th.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita	10.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Iran	2.93 per 1,000 people Ranked 33th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	16.47 Ranked 100th.	38.03 Ranked 38th. 2 times more than Finland
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	28.71$/month Ranked 16th. 12 times more than Iran	2.43$/month Ranked 140th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	147.13 Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Iran	11.3 Ranked 24th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	70.47 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Iran	22.91 Ranked 13th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	9.68$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 81st. 3 times more than Iran	3.37$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 93th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.344$ per 1 million people Ranked 42nd. 43 times more than Iran	0.008$ per 1 million people Ranked 105th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+358	+98
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	238 Ranked 11th.	706 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Finland
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	39.02 Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Iran	13.75 Ranked 47th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	3,068 Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Iran	1,319 Ranked 13th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	10.63 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Iran	1.76 per 1 million people Ranked 48th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.166 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 37th. 17% more than Iran	0.142 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 50th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,401.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Iran	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	SECAM B
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	70.47 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Iran	23.69 per 1 million people Ranked 12th.
Telephone subscribers	7.35 million Ranked 48th.	26.21 million Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Finland
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	6.8$/month Ranked 134th. 3 times more than Iran	2.64$/month Ranked 174th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	419.59 Ranked 47th. 3% more than Iran	407.04 Ranked 54th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	61.56 per 1 million people Ranked 6th.	71.79 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 17% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	46.08 Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Iran	10.89 Ranked 21st.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.97% GDP Ranked 88th. 2 times more than Iran	1.27% GDP Ranked 129th.
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	SECAM G
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	61.56 Ranked 7th.	69.44 Ranked 6th. 13% more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone	Using first and/or family name. When the ID of the caller is known, they may be greeted directly. "Haloo?" is sometimes used as a neutral confirmation.	Alo. Baleh?
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	379.97 Ranked 24th. 963 times more than Iran	0.394 Ranked 145th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	204 Ranked 30th.	906 Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Finland
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.577 per 1 million people Ranked 14th.	1.53 per 1 million people Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	593.94 Ranked 3rd. 29 times more than Iran	20.34 Ranked 36th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	56.92 Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Iran	9.44 Ranked 29th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	303.17 Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Iran	13.97 Ranked 28th.

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