Media > Radio Stats: compare key data on Australia & Nigeria

List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
Percentage of private radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are private.
Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions: Number of private radio institutions to government radio institutions. For instance, for every one government radio institution Turkey has 1,265 that are private.
Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.

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STAT	Australia	Nigeria
List of radio stations	<p>ABC - public, operates speech-cultural network Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, youth network Triple J, ABC Classic FM and local services</p> </p>Radio Australia - ABC's external service, targeted at Asia-Pacific</p> </p>SBS Radio - public, multilingual</p>	<p>Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) - state-run, operates 37 stations broadcasting in 15 languages</p> </p>Voice of Nigeria - FRCN's external service, via shortwave</p> </p>Ray Power - private, owned by DAAR Communications, runs music-based and speech-based FM stations</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>
Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	0.76% Ranked 62nd.	76.53% Ranked 6th. 101 times more than Australia
Percentage of private radio institutions	99.24% Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Nigeria	23.47% Ranked 63th.
Percentage of public channels with national coverage	7.14% Ranked 40th. 4 times more than Nigeria	1.98% Ranked 51st.
Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions	130.5 Ranked 5th. 426 times more than Nigeria	0.307 Ranked 60th.
Total number of channels	70 Ranked 15th.	101 Ranked 11th. 44% more than Australia
Total number of channels per million people	3.43 Ranked 25th. 5 times more than Nigeria	0.724 Ranked 50th.

SOURCES: British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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