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Media Stats: compare key data on Australia & Holy See (Vatican City)

Definitions

  • 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 > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • 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 country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • 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.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic 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 -
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Radio > Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Radio > Radio only broadcast journalist gender ratio: Sex ratio (F/M) of radio only broadcast journalists (headcounts).
  • Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Australia Holy See (Vatican City) HISTORY
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 the Vatican Television Center (CTV) transmits live broadcasts of the Pope's Sunday and Wednesday audiences, as well as the Pope's public celebrations; CTV also produces documentaries; Vatican Radio is the Holy See's official broadcasting service broadcasting via shortwave, AM and FM frequencies, and via satellite and Internet connections
Internet > Hosts 11.13 million
Ranked 6th. 202436 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
55
Ranked 193th.

Internet > IP addresses per capita 2,160.89
Ranked 14th.
21,435.41
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Australia
Internet > Users 11.24 million
Ranked 24th. 120860 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
93
Ranked 33th.
Internet country code .au .va
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 49
Ranked 30th. 49 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
1
Ranked 185th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 3.11 million
Ranked 19th. 44 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
70,000
Ranked 103th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 2
Telephone system > Domestic domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones connected via fiber optic cable to Telecom Italia network
Telephone system > General assessment excellent domestic and international service automatic digital exchange
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) country code - 39; uses Italian system
Telephones > Main lines in use 10.57 million
Ranked 20th. 2064 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
Ranked 1st.

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 477.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th.
5,559.18 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Australia
Television broadcast stations 104
Ranked 7th. 104 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
1
Ranked 8th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 5.62 per 1 million people
Ranked 24th.
1,085.78 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 193 times more than Australia
Internet hosts None None
Internet > IP addresses 47.57 million
Ranked 11th. 2655 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
17,920
Ranked 175th.
Radio > Total number of channels 70
Ranked 15th. 35 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
2
Ranked 67th.
Internet > TLD .au .va
E-Government rating 58.3
Ranked 6th. 12% more than Holy See (Vatican City)
52
Ranked 20th.
Internet > IP addresses (share) 1.1
Ranked 11th.
0.0
Ranked 229th.
Radio > Radio only broadcast journalist gender ratio 0.0
Ranked 40th.
0.428
Ranked 27th.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage 7.14%
Ranked 40th.
0.0
Ranked 60th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 530.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 10th. 8 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
66.75 per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; http://www.iana.org/numbers; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; http://www.iana.org/numbers; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables

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