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Average cost of local call	0.12		[25th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	2,379		[10th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	1,101		[6th of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Cable TV subscribers	358		[3rd of 18]
DEFINITION: Cable TV subscribers per 1000 population .
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Cinema attendance	15,428,000		[28th of 78]
SOURCE: OECD Communications Outlook 2005
Fax machines	24.64 per 1,000 people		[15th of 103]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Films produced	44		[20th of 50]
DEFINITION: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
SOURCE: The Information for Development Program
Households with television > %	99.83 %		[2nd 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: Internet Movie Database 2003
Mobile phones	78.75 per 100 people		[17th of 43]
DEFINITION: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspaper circulation	2,676,000		[12th of 51]
DEFINITION: A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day.Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader.
SOURCE: International Telecommunication Union
Newspapers	81		[13th of 67]
DEFINITION: Daily newspapers
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	2,666,000		[18th of 90]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	104		[16th of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	6,105		[21st of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	1,476.29		[5th 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 receivers	7,100,000		[44th of 188]
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Radios	7,100,000		[44th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television broadcast stations	115		[11th 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	3,310,000		[45th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	3,310,000		[43rd of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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