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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	3,513		[10th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	6,543		[3rd of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	4,164		[11th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	1,605		[9th of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Cinema attendance	54,722,000		[15th of 78]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
DVD region	3		[113rd of 171]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Films produced	82		[12th of 50]
DEFINITION: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,285.61 per 1,000 people		[31st of 193]
DEFINITION: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.		View time series
SOURCE: Internet Movie Database 2003
Households with television > %	98.01 %		[8th of 160]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	38,342,320		[15th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phones	67.95 per 100 people		[22nd of 43]
DEFINITION: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	116		[11th of 106]
SOURCE: International Telecommunication Union		View time series
Number of PCs	26,201		[6th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Radio broadcast stations AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Radio receivers	47,500,000		[11th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	47,500,000		[11th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television broadcast stations	43		[3rd of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television receivers	15,900,000		[16th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	15,900,000		[16th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	288		[7th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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