Media Stats: compare key data on Colombia & United States

Definitions

Households with television: 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.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Users per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > 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.
Internet > Users > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Televisions: The total number of televisions
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
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 > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
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
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
Films produced per million: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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 -
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).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems.

Values

“per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.

“sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.

“sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.

“sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.

“ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking.

“nd”, no data.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cinemas per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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).
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telecommunications > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Time to port: Time to port days.
Dominican Republic had range specified: 3-10

No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
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.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: 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. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone system > Regulation: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Phone subscribers: 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.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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STAT	Colombia	United States
Broadcast media	combination of state-owned and privately-owned broadcast media provide service; more than 500 radio stations and large number of national, regional, and local TV stations	4
Households with television	92.02% Ranked 43th.	97.84% Ranked 14th. 6% more than Colombia
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	83.33 Ranked 81st.	281.99 Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Colombia
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	48.98 Ranked 83th.	81.03 Ranked 26th. 65% more than Colombia
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	484.42 Ranked 87th.	803.03 Ranked 28th. 66% more than Colombia
Internet > Users per 1000	271.92 Ranked 62nd.	697.1 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Colombia
Internet users	22.54 million Ranked 18th.	245 million Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Colombia
Personal computers > Per capita	42.09 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd.	762.15 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Colombia
Personal computers per 1000	43.8 Ranked 31st.	764.36 Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Colombia
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>Hundreds of stations are registered with the Ministry of Communications. Among the main networks are:</p> </p>Radio Nacional de Colombia - state-run</p> </p>Cadena Super - including Radio Super and Super Stereo FM</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19390073">Full Article</a>	<p>NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations; news, information and cultural programmes</p> </p>Clear Channel - America's largest commercial radio operator, owns more than 1,200 stations</p> </p>CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major markets</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	103.19 Ranked 102nd. 5% more than United States	98.17 Ranked 111th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	764.79 per 1,000 people Ranked 71st.	846.78 per 1,000 people Ranked 59th. 11% more than Colombia
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Senal Colombia - state-run</p> </p>Telecaribe - private</p> </p>RCN TV - operated by Radio Cadena Nacional</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19390073">Full Article</a>	<p>ABC - major commercial network</p> </p>CBS - major commercial network</p> </p>NBC - major commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	115.81 per 1,000 people Ranked 95th.	803.21 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Colombia
Televisions per 1000	109.62 Ranked 108th.	754.89 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Colombia
Radio broadcast stations	AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27	AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	22.65 Ranked 60th.	193.19 Ranked 18th. 9 times more than Colombia
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	647.56 per 1,000 people Ranked 65th.	1,227.11 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 89% more than Colombia
Internet > Users > Per capita	272.65 per 1,000 people Ranked 62nd.	695.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Colombia
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	131.87 Ranked 111th.	442.8 Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Colombia
Televisions	4.59 million Ranked 35th.	219 million Ranked 2nd. 48 times more than Colombia
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	178.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 64th.	541.94 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Colombia
Internet users > Per 100 people	38.5 Ranked 56th.	75.77 Ranked 11th. 97% more than Colombia
Internet > Internet users	22.16 million Ranked 23th.	254.3 million Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Colombia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	26.66 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.	198.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 7 times more than Colombia
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	22,273 Mbps Ranked 7th.	970,953.5 Mbps Ranked 1st. 44 times more than Colombia
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	495.55 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 23th.	3,306.44 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Colombia
Personal computers	1.89 million Ranked 16th.	223.81 million Ranked 1st. 118 times more than Colombia
Television broadcast stations	60 Ranked 11th.	2,218 Ranked 1st. 37 times more than Colombia
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	2.34 billion min. Ranked 8th.	82.06 billion min. Ranked 1st. 35 times more than Colombia
Radios per 1000	501.53 Ranked 70th.	1,982.02 Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Colombia
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	920.47 Ranked 81st.	932.29 Ranked 78th. 1% more than Colombia
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$10.46 billion Ranked 39th.	$991.69 billion Ranked 1st. 95 times more than Colombia
Internet > Percent using internet	48.98% Ranked 82nd.	81.03% Ranked 24th. 65% more than Colombia
Telephones > Mobile cellular	46.2 million Ranked 28th.	290.3 million Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Colombia
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.53 per capita Ranked 58th.	2.11 per capita Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Colombia
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	163.75 Ranked 95th.	459.63 Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Colombia
Telephone mainlines per 1000	177.82 Ranked 66th.	607.73 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>El Tiempo - Liberal Party daily, national circulation</p> </p>El Espacio - evening daily</p> </p>El Nuevo Siglo - Conservative Party daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19390073">Full Article</a>	<p>USA Today - national daily</p> </p>Wall Street Journal - business daily</p> </p>Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Films produced	7 Ranked 49th.	611 Ranked 2nd. 87 times more than Colombia
Telephone system > General assessment	modern system in many respects with a nationwide microwave radio relay system, a domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations, and a fiber-optic network linking 50 cities; telecommunications sector liberalized during the 1990s; multiple providers of both fixed-line and mobile-cellular services	a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Television receivers per 1000	121.1 Ranked 92nd.	803.21 Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Colombia
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	18 Ranked 47th.	819 Ranked 3rd. 46 times more than Colombia
Internet > IP addresses per capita	195.29 Ranked 103th.	4,911.96 Ranked 2nd. 25 times more than Colombia
Average cost of local call	0.03 Ranked 79th.	0.09 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Colombia
Internet > Users	12.1 million Ranked 22nd.	208 million Ranked 2nd. 17 times more than Colombia
Internet > Internet penetration	49% Ranked 87th.	81% Ranked 29th. 65% more than Colombia
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	505.97 Ranked 66th.	682.36 Ranked 50th. 35% more than Colombia
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,028.55 Ranked 103th. 4% more than United States	987.53 Ranked 110th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	6.29 million Ranked 26th.	139 million Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Colombia
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	49.07 million Ranked 29th.	310 million Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Colombia
Internet > Internet Service Providers	18 Ranked 55th.	7,000 Ranked 1st. 389 times more than Colombia
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	3.98 million Ranked 22nd.	88.52 million Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Colombia
Cinemas > Per capita	0.007 per 1,000 people Ranked 35th.	0.116 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 17 times more than Colombia
Telephones > Main lines in use	7.13 million Ranked 26th.	146 million Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	13.01 Ranked 111th.	44.41 Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Colombia
Active military personnel	444,518 Ranked 6th.	1.43 million Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Colombia
Radio receivers per 1000	554.07 Ranked 53th.	2,108.88 Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Colombia
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	486.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 66th.	680.31 per 1,000 people Ranked 49th. 40% more than Colombia
Internet > Hosts per 1000	34.42 Ranked 62nd.	1,039.15 Ranked 2nd. 30 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	49.07 million Ranked 29th.	303.05 million Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Colombia
Radio receivers	21 million Ranked 19th.	575 million Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	49.07 million Ranked 27th.	327.58 million Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Colombia
Television receivers	4.59 million Ranked 34th.	219 million Ranked 2nd. 48 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	236 Ranked 24th.	3,803 Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than Colombia
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	1.51 per 1 million people Ranked 45th.	7.42 per 1 million people Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Colombia
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards	3 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States	1 Ranked 7th.
Mobile phone subscribers	21.85 million Ranked 20th.	201.65 million Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Colombia
Telephone system > International	country code - 57; multiple submarine cable systems provide links to the US, parts of the Caribbean, and Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 10 (6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 3 fully digitalized international switching centers)	country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Internet > ISP	18 Ranked 37th.	7,000 Ranked 1st. 389 times more than Colombia
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	7.38 Ranked 65th.	167.13 Ranked 15th. 23 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	6.29 million Ranked 26th.	139 million Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Colombia
Radios	21 million Ranked 19th.	575 million Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Colombia
Films produced per million	0.167 Ranked 44th.	2.11 Ranked 18th. 13 times more than Colombia
Internet > Hosts	1.55 million Ranked 32nd.	316 million Ranked 1st. 203 times more than Colombia
Cinemas > Annual attendance	18.4 million Ranked 20th.	1.47 billion Ranked 1st. 80 times more than Colombia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	27.86 Ranked 47th.	198.27 Ranked 16th. 7 times more than Colombia
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	0.477 Ranked 44th.	5.25 Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Colombia
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	515.77 Mbps Ranked 22nd.	3,316.04 Mbps Ranked 19th. 6 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	23 Ranked 44th.	1,486 Ranked 2nd. 65 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	1 million Ranked 34th.	57.35 million Ranked 4th. 57 times more than Colombia
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	33.33% Ranked 21st. 3 times more than United States	11.6% Ranked 44th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1.09 million Ranked 31st.	55.95 million Ranked 3rd. 51 times more than Colombia
Internet > Top level domain	.co	.us
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.085$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 9th.	0.088$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 8th. 4% more than Colombia
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	0.382 Ranked 73th.	2.63 Ranked 38th. 7 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	230 Ranked 27th.	3,725 Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	23.61 Ranked 62nd.	195.85 Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Colombia
Telephone system > Domestic	fixed-line connections stand at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile cellular telephone subscribership is about 100 per 100 persons; competition among cellular service providers is resulting in falling local and international calling rates and contributing to the steep decline in the market share of fixed line services	a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Internet country code	.co	.us
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	182.1 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 7th. 2 times more than United States	83.14 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 29th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	55.1 min. Ranked 37th.	280.26 min. Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Colombia
Telephone mainlines	7.68 million Ranked 21st.	177.95 million Ranked 2nd. 23 times more than Colombia
Cinemas	277 Ranked 22nd.	31,640 Ranked 1st. 114 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.134 per 1,000 people Ranked 38th.	0.253 per 1,000 people Ranked 37th. 89% more than Colombia
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	7.09 per 1,000 people Ranked 66th.	166.63 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 24 times more than Colombia
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	7.78$/month Ranked 161st.	14.95$/month Ranked 120th. 92% more than Colombia
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	52.88 min. per capita Ranked 38th.	279.45 min. per capita Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Colombia
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	66.67% Ranked 36th.	88.4% Ranked 16th. 33% more than Colombia
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	239.27$ per capita Ranked 46th.	3,851.5$ per capita Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than Colombia
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$229.06 Ranked 49th.	$3,230.18 Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	132 Ranked 27th.	898 Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	884 Ranked 27th.	13,221 Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Colombia
Mobile cellular subscriptions	41.36 million Ranked 26th.	270.5 million Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Colombia
Internet > Broadband subscribers	318,683 Ranked 39th.	49.39 million Ranked 1st. 155 times more than Colombia
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.43 Ranked 145th.	24.13 Ranked 23th. 56 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	717 Ranked 24th.	10,762 Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Colombia
Cinemas per million	7.06 Ranked 34th.	116.04 Ranked 5th. 16 times more than Colombia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	24 Ranked 42nd.	1,476 Ranked 1st. 62 times more than Colombia
Internet > IP addresses	8.83 million Ranked 34th.	1.54 billion Ranked 1st. 174 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	6.8 Ranked 48th.	367.37 Ranked 13th. 54 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	3519000000000	26836000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	4.23 Ranked 76th.	24.02 Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	131.87 Ranked 116th.	442.8 Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	5,302 Ranked 23th.	68,175 Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	2.24 million Ranked 62nd.	234.41 million Ranked 1st. 105 times more than Colombia
Television broadcast stations per million	1.58 Ranked 49th.	7.43 Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	139.89 Ranked 39th.	253.07 Ranked 36th. 81% more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	212 Ranked 24th.	4,245 Ranked 6th. 20 times more than Colombia
30 Rock > International broadcasters > Series Premiere	November 15<br />2006	October 11 2006
Internet > TLD	.co	.us
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	91.9 Ranked 76th. 3% more than United States	88.87 Ranked 80th.
Internet > Livejournal users	227 Ranked 76th.	1.29 million Ranked 1st. 5695 times more than Colombia
Internet > Secure Internet servers	270 Ranked 43th.	259,881 Ranked 1st. 963 times more than Colombia
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	0.212 Ranked 43th.	0.355 Ranked 43th. 67% more than Colombia
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	10 Ranked 28th.	109 Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Colombia
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	0.456 per capita Ranked 45th.	5.25 per capita Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2011.07.29	2003.11.24
Telecommunications > Country calling code	57	1
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price	free	free
Telephone subscribers per 1000	683.79 Ranked 62nd.	1,230.67 Ranked 35th. 80% more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	4.9% Ranked 111th.	74.7% Ranked 9th. 15 times more than Colombia
E-Government rating	48 Ranked 35th.	60.1 Ranked 4th. 25% more than Colombia
Population covered by mobile telephony	80% Ranked 89th.	99% Ranked 28th. 24% more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	22.3 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.	49.08 per 1 million people Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	6.07 Ranked 36th.	13.83 Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Colombia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	0.612 Ranked 67th.	5.23 Ranked 20th. 9 times more than Colombia
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	5.93 per 1 million people Ranked 99th.	869.2 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 147 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	7.22 million Ranked 26th.	114 million Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	15.54 per 1 million people Ranked 22nd. 38% more than United States	11.24 per 1 million people Ranked 32nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	23.32 Ranked 37th.	49.08 Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	184 Ranked 27th.	6,583 Ranked 3rd. 36 times more than Colombia
Internet > Livejournal users per million	5.34 Ranked 161st.	4,415.29 Ranked 3rd. 827 times more than Colombia
Internet > Linux web servers	9 Ranked 53th.	11,108 Ranked 1st. 1234 times more than Colombia
Website defacements	50 Ranked 29th.	429 Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Colombia
Website defacements per million	1.23 Ranked 76th.	1.51 Ranked 69th. 22% more than Colombia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	289,000 Ranked 33th.	107.57 million Ranked 2nd. 372 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Time to port	3 days Ranked 5th.	0.0 Ranked 7th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.432 per 1 million people Ranked 92nd.	24.27 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 56 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code	57 Ranked 24th. 57 times more than United States	1 Ranked 32nd.
Phone system > International dialling code	+57	+1
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	48.92 Ranked 109th.	740.25 Ranked 9th. 15 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	261 Ranked 16th.	2,333 Ranked 3rd. 9 times more than Colombia
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	28.45 Ranked 101st.	1,474.08 Ranked 19th. 52 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	46.17 per 1 million people Ranked 33th.	52.8 per 1 million people Ranked 39th. 14% more than Colombia
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	8.36 Ranked 80th.	28.03 Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Colombia
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	34.52 per 1,000 people Ranked 74th.	1,040.07 per 1,000 people Ranked 3rd. 30 times more than Colombia
Royalties and fees	$0.10 Ranked 61st.	$134.30 Ranked 5th. 1343 times more than Colombia
Telephone lines	8.05 million Ranked 22nd.	154.65 million Ranked 3rd. 19 times more than Colombia
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	1.9 million Ranked 25th.	73.12 million Ranked 2nd. 38 times more than Colombia
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	11.23% Ranked 19th.	12.49% Ranked 15th. 11% more than Colombia
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	0.2% Ranked 95th.	12.78% Ranked 16th. 64 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	5.8 per 1 million people Ranked 35th.	13.83 per 1 million people Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.541 Ranked 122nd.	5.08 Ranked 42nd. 9 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	48.28 Ranked 33th.	52.8 Ranked 38th. 9% more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	4.85 Ranked 41st.	24.44 Ranked 27th. 5 times more than Colombia
Telephone system > Regulation	1994	1934
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	656.99 per 1,000 people Ranked 63th.	1,227.11 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 87% more than Colombia
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	30.56 per 100 mainlines Ranked 15th. 2 times more than United States	13.24 per 100 mainlines Ranked 26th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	3.33 per 1 million people Ranked 35th.	3.33 per 1 million people Ranked 47th. The same as Colombia
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	17.89 Ranked 88th.	50.81 Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Colombia
Broadcasters of Medium > Broadcasters > Première	November 2005	January 3, 2005
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	10.2$/month Ranked 99th. 96% more than United States	5.21$/month Ranked 153th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	5.96 per 1 million people Ranked 40th.	14.12 per 1 million people Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	6.89 Ranked 33th.	8.66 Ranked 33th. 26% more than Colombia
Telephone subscribers	29.53 million Ranked 20th.	360.35 million Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	5.59 Ranked 35th.	15.76 Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Colombia
Telephone subscribers per employee	330.37 Ranked 51st.	345.72 Ranked 61st. 5% more than Colombia
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.18% GDP Ranked 19th. 94% more than United States	2.67% GDP Ranked 96th.
Television standard > UHF	NTSC M	NTSC M
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	16.25 Ranked 23th. 45% more than United States	11.24 Ranked 31st.
Television standard > VHF	NTSC M	NTSC M
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	44.13% Ranked 16th. 5 times more than United States	9.22% Ranked 87th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.76 per 1,000 people Ranked 106th.	3.55 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Colombia
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	170.85 per 1,000 people Ranked 69th.	605.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	3.48 Ranked 34th. 4% more than United States	3.33 Ranked 47th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	18.92 Ranked 37th.	39.95 Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Colombia
Internet servers using encryption	552 Ranked 39th.	378,887 Ranked 1st. 686 times more than Colombia
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	12.09 Ranked 88th.	1,234.13 Ranked 6th. 102 times more than Colombia
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	14699700000000	291122000000
Latin Grammy Awards > Awards	7 Ranked 4th. 2 times more than United States	3 Ranked 6th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,028.55 Ranked 101st. 7% more than United States	965.4 Ranked 113th.
Phone subscribers	246.83 Ranked 80th.	1,117.9 Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Colombia
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	6.16 Ranked 94th.	870.97 Ranked 7th. 141 times more than Colombia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	5 Ranked 84th.	7,607 Ranked 1st. 1521 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	18.09 per 1 million people Ranked 35th.	39.95 per 1 million people Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	4.64 per 1 million people Ranked 40th.	24.44 per 1 million people Ranked 28th. 5 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	6.58 per 1 million people Ranked 33th.	8.66 per 1 million people Ranked 35th. 32% more than Colombia
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.2 Ranked 40th.	35.9 Ranked 1st. 179 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	616 Ranked 8th.	3,027 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Colombia
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	18.38% Ranked 74th.	22.13% Ranked 60th. 20% more than Colombia
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	21.69% Ranked 68th.	43.14% Ranked 26th. 99% more than Colombia
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	21.97% Ranked 85th.	30.02% Ranked 58th. 37% more than Colombia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.118 Ranked 107th.	25.98 Ranked 42nd. 221 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	1,830 Ranked 18th.	14,225 Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Colombia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	0.585 per 1 million people Ranked 66th.	5.23 per 1 million people Ranked 19th. 9 times more than Colombia
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$308.76 million Ranked 44th.	$22.44 billion Ranked 3rd. 73 times more than Colombia
Internet > ISP per million	0.451 Ranked 97th.	24.34 Ranked 3rd. 54 times more than Colombia
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	13.23 Ranked 110th.	44.02 Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Colombia
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	8.03$/month Ranked 100th.	25.02$/month Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Colombia
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	6.23 Ranked 42nd.	14.12 Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Colombia
Internet > Linux web servers per million	0.222 Ranked 85th.	38.98 Ranked 5th. 176 times more than Colombia

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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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.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. 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.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. 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.; World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy, and Global Insight, Inc.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Internet Movie Database 2003; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; http://www.iana.org/numbers; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. 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.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: MTV Video Music Awards Latin America; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Internet Movie Database 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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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.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; OpenNet Initiative (ONI), ONI Data, https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20130920.zip; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; http://www.iana.org/numbers; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. 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.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: 30 Rock; LiveJournal; 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); 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); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; LiveJournal. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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