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Middle East > Kuwait > Media

KUWAITI MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 9 Time series [42nd of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 5 Time series [42nd of 72]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 19 Time series [40th of 77]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 31 Time series [32nd of 73]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
DVD region 2 [137th of 171]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fax machines 20.55 per 1,000 people [21st of 103]
Source: Amazon.com
Households with television > % 95.44 % Time series [27th of 160]
Source: The Information for Development Program
Mobile phone subscribers 2,379,811 Time series [74th of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs 450 [69th of 169]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Phone subscribers 685.1 [45th of 178]
Source: ITU
Radio broadcast stations AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 Time series
Radio receivers 1,175,000 Time series [103rd of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios 1,175,000 [105th of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > International
country code - 965; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat)
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephones > Main lines in use 517,000 Time series [82nd of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Mobile cellular 2,774,000 Time series [85th of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations 13 Time series [29th of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers 875,000 Time series [82nd of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions 875,000 [84th of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements 8 [72nd of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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SOURCES: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Amazon.com; The Information for Development Program; World Development Indicators database; ITU; ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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