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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	116		[49th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	52		[45th of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	133		[54th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	203		[32nd of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
DVD region	5		[17th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	150.61 per 1,000 people		[110th 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: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	25.6 %		[107th 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	18,587,000		[22nd 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
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	2,760,000		[18th of 90]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	25		[39th of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	867		[55th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	8.9		[170th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (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.
SOURCE: ITU
Radio broadcast stations AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	23,500,000		[18th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	23,500,000		[18th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Regulation	1992
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television broadcast stations	3		[7th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television receivers	6,900,000		[24th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	6,900,000		[26th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002

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