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Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
Cable TV subscribers: Cable TV subscribers per 1000 population .
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
Films produced per million: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
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.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: 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."
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
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.
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.
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 > 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.
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.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
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.
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.
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 > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
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 > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
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 > 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.
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.
Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
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.
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.
Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
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.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . 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.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
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.
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 > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
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.
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.
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 > 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 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.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
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.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Television viewing: Mean hours of television watched by each person per week.
Television viewing per million: Mean hours of television watched by each person per week. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Televisions: The total number of televisions
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
Average cost of local call	0.11	2001	26th out of 104
Broadcast media	the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australia Network, a TV service that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available	2008
Cable TV subscribers	68	2005	14th out of 18
Cinema > Number of cinemas	494	2006	15th out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	43	2011	32nd out of 82
Cinema attendance	80 million	2003	14th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita	4.02	2003	6th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance	88 million	1999	9th out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	4.65	1999	4th out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita	0.092 per 1,000 people	1999	4th out of 41
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	155.07	2004	26th out of 77
Films produced	16	2003	37th out of 50
Films produced per million	0.804	2003	34th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,469.82 per 1,000 people	2005	18th out of 140
Households with television	96.28%	2003	15th out of 52
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Series Premiere	June 29 2006	2006
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$44.59 billion	2009	15th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	4.15 billion min.	2001	10th out of 129
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	103.1	2005	31st out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.74 million	2012	18th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	253.18	2012	30th out of 188
Internet > Hosts	11.13 million	2008	6th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000	520.66	2008	9th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita	2,160.89	2014	14th out of 233
Internet > ISP	571	2002	2nd out of 27
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	120,000 Mbps	2005	3rd out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	5,902.9 Mbps per 1 million peop	2005	4th out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	5,883.85 Mbps	2005	3rd out of 87
Internet > Internet Service Providers	571	2003	3rd out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration	82.3%	2013	25th out of 209
Internet > Internet users	18.13 million	2013	28th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	82.35	2012	24th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	814.36	2013	26th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet	82.35%	2012	22nd out of 200
Internet > Users	11.24 million	2007	24th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita	550.06 per 1,000 people	2007	28th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000	534.83	2007	29th out of 149
Internet users	15.81 million	2009	25th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people	70.78	2008	19th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers	18.42 million	2005	23th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	906.1 per 1,000 people	2005	30th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	903.17	2005	28th out of 167
Mobile phones	63.97 per 100 people	2002	25th out of 43
News Agencies > List of news agencies	AAP - Australian Associated Press ABC News - public broadcaster's news site	2012
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	49	2004	30th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	3.11 million	2004	19th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers	The Sydney Morning Herald - daily Herald Sun - Melbourne-based daily The Australian - national daily Full Article	2012
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	160.97 per 1,000 people	2000	22nd out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	160.97	2000	22nd out of 57
Number of PCs per million	681.66	2004	6th out of 162
Personal computers	13.72 million	2004	12th out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita	682.86 per 1,000 people	2004	7th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000	681.66	2004	8th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations	ABC - public, operates speech-cultural network Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, youth network Triple J, ABC Classic FM and local services Radio Australia - ABC's external service, targeted at Asia-Pacific SBS Radio - public, multilingual	2012
Radio broadcast stations	AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1	1998
Radio receivers	25.5 million	1997	16th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita	1.38 per capita	1997	5th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000	1,377.11	1997	5th out of 179
Radios	25.5 million	2003	16th out of 221
Radios per 1000	1,281.7	2003	6th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	10.47 million	2012	19th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	45.43	2012	22nd out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	30.2 million	2014	34th out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	24.34 million	2012	42nd out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	24.34 million	2012	42nd out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	106.19	2012	95th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,072.93	2012	92nd out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines	10.47 million	2012	19th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	461.61	2012	22nd out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.68$	2002	105th out of 120
Telephone mainlines per 1000	561.91	2005	9th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment	excellent domestic and international service	2013
Telephone system > International	country code - 61; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Southern Cross fiber optic submarine cable provides links to New Zealand and the United States; satellite earth stations - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other)	2007
Telephones > Main lines in use	10.57 million	2011	20th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	477.63 per 1,000 people	2007	16th out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	414.16	2009	29th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular	24.49 million	2011	40th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,040.41 per 1,000 people	2007	36th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,112.09	2009	50th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations	ABC - national, public ABC News 24 - ABC's news TV Australia Network - international channel operated by ABC Full Article	2012
Television broadcast stations	104	1997	7th out of 89
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	5.62 per 1 million people	1997	24th out of 67
Television receivers	10.15 million	1997	20th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita	548.14 per 1,000 people	1997	12th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000	548.14	1997	13th out of 176
Television viewing	22 hours per person per wee	2002	7th out of 13
Television viewing per million	1.12 hours per person per wee	2002	8th out of 13
Televisions	10.15 million	2003	21st out of 214
Televisions per 1000	510.17	2003	23th out of 191

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; OECD Communications Outlook 2005; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003. 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.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 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.; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; Internet Movie Database 2003; Internet Movie Database 2003. 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.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: How I Met Your Mother; World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy, and Global Insight, Inc.; World Development Indicators database. 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.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. 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.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. 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.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). 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.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; International Telecommunication Union; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; ITU. 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.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. 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.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. 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.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. 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.; Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996); Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996). 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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Wow, I never would have thought that Australians watched that much television... 22 hours per person per week? That's slightly excessive in my opinion.

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