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Media > Newspapers Stats: compare key data on North Korea & South Korea

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STAT North Korea South Korea HISTORY
Daily newspapers > Number of titles 15
Ranked 53th.
139
Ranked 13th. 9 times more than North Korea

Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.635
Ranked 119th.
2.89
Ranked 60th. 5 times more than North Korea

Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 4.5 million
Ranked 20th.
17.5 million
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than North Korea
Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 204.39
Ranked 33th.
384.4
Ranked 11th. 88% more than North Korea
List of newspapers <p>Rodong Sinmun (Labour Daily) - organ of Korean Workers&#039; Party; web pages in English</p> </p>Joson Inmingun (Korean People&#039;s Army Daily)</p> </p>Minju Choson (Democratic Korea) - government organ</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15259016">Full Article</a> <p>Chosun Ilbo - English-language pages</p> </p>Dong-a Ilbo - English-language pages</p> </p>Korea Times - English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15291415">Full Article</a>
Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 7
Ranked 77th.
2,310
Ranked 7th. 330 times more than North Korea

Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.296
Ranked 106th.
48.09
Ranked 19th. 162 times more than North Korea

SOURCES: 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.; 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.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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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