Media Stats: compare key data on Iran & Japan

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.
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
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.
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.
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 broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
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 > Internet users: Internet users.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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.
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.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million 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.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
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.
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.
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 > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people 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).
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 > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
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 > 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.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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 > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 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.
Website defacements 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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
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 > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
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.
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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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 > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied 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.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: 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 > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone: What the receiver of a call usually says when taking the call.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Radio > International broadcast station: List of international radio broadcasts (excludes national broadcasters) with regular programs in Italian language outside of Italy.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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 > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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STAT	Iran	Japan
Broadcast media	state-run broadcast media with no private, independent broadcasters; Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the state-run TV broadcaster, operates 5 nationwide channels, a news channel, about 30 provincial channels, and several international channels; about 20 foreign Persian-language TV stations broadcasting on satellite TV are capable of being seen in Iran; satellite dishes are illegal and, while their use had been tolerated, authorities began confiscating satellite dishes following the unrest stemming from the 2009 presidential election; IRIB operates 8 nationwide radio networks, a number of provincial stations, and an external service; most major international broadcasters transmit to Iran	a mixture of public and commercial broadcast TV and radio stations; 6 national terrestrial TV networks including 1 public broadcaster; the large number of radio and TV stations available provide a wide range of choices; satellite and cable services provide access to international channels
Households with television	76.58% Ranked 75th.	99% Ranked 5th. 29% more than Iran
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	40.25 Ranked 101st.	276.69 Ranked 24th. 7 times more than Iran
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	26 Ranked 124th.	79.05 Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Iran
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	256.77 Ranked 130th.	791.21 Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Iran
Internet > Users per 1000	320.29 Ranked 56th.	689.59 Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Iran
Internet users	8.21 million Ranked 35th.	99.18 million Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Iran
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) - state-run</p> </p>Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) - English-language pages</p> </p>Fars News Agency - affiliated to Revolutionary Guards, English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14542234">Full Article</a>	<p>Kyodo - English-language pages</p> </p>Japan Today - online news, in English</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	109.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 61st.	541.63 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Iran
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates eight national networks, provincial services and an external service</p>	<p>NHK - public, operates news/speech-based Radio 1, cultural/educational network Radio 2, classical music-based network FM Radio, external service Radio Japan</p> </p>Inter FM - Tokyo commercial music station</p> </p>J-Wave - Tokyo commercial music station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	76.92 Ranked 140th.	109.43 Ranked 86th. 42% more than Iran
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	455.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 93th.	842.31 per 1,000 people Ranked 60th. 85% more than Iran
Television > List of TV stations	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates provincial, national and international services</p> </p>Press TV - IRIB's English-language satellite channel</p> </p>Al-Alam - IRIB network in Arabic</p>	<p>NHK - public, operates the General TV, Educational TV channels. NHK also runs HD satellite channels BS1 and BS Premium. NHK World is the organisation's international English-language channel.</p> </p>TV Asahi - national commercial network</p> </p>Fuji TV - national commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	75.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 109th.	686.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Iran
Televisions per 1000	67.26 Ranked 127th.	677.27 Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Iran
Personal computers per 1000	105.95 Ranked 60th.	541.64 Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Iran
Radio broadcast stations	AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5	AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.	1,201.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 3 times more than Iran
Internet > Users > Per capita	351.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 56th.	691.42 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 97% more than Iran
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	376.3 Ranked 41st.	503.86 Ranked 16th. 34% more than Iran
Televisions	4.61 million Ranked 33th.	86.5 million Ranked 3rd. 19 times more than Iran
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	364.46 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd.	402.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th. 10% more than Iran
Internet > Internet users	20.5 million Ranked 24th.	100.68 million Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Iran
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	1,000 Mbps Ranked 46th.	132,608 Mbps Ranked 9th. 133 times more than Iran
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	15.06 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 86th.	1,037.92 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 30th. 69 times more than Iran
Personal computers	7.35 million Ranked 19th.	69.2 million Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Iran
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	510.9 million min. Ranked 41st.	5.55 billion min. Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Iran
Radios per 1000	248.02 Ranked 117th.	943.48 Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Iran
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	714.62 Ranked 112th.	900.9 Ranked 83th. 26% more than Iran
Internet > Percent using internet	26% Ranked 125th.	79.05% Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Iran
Telephones > Mobile cellular	56.04 million Ranked 21st.	132.76 million Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Iran
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.279 per capita Ranked 100th.	0.956 per capita Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Iran
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	350.87 Ranked 43th. 1% more than Japan	347.79 Ranked 45th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	270.63 Ranked 46th.	460.03 Ranked 19th. 70% more than Iran
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Tehran Times - state-run English-language daily</p> </p>Iran Daily - English-language, published by state news agency IRNA</p> </p>Sharq (The East) - reformist daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14542234">Full Article</a>	<p>Asahi Shimbun - daily, English-language pages</p> </p>Yomiuri Shimbun - daily, English-language pages</p> </p>Mainichi Daily News - English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>
Cinema attendance	26 million Ranked 19th.	145 million Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Iran
Telephone system > General assessment	currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently connected	excellent domestic and international service
Cinema attendance per capita	0.379 Ranked 54th.	1.14 Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Iran
Television receivers per 1000	73.71 Ranked 107th.	686.01 Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Iran
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	76 Ranked 19th.	441 Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Iran
Internet > IP addresses per capita	66.7 Ranked 137th.	1,587.39 Ranked 21st. 24 times more than Iran
Internet > Users	23 million Ranked 11th.	88.11 million Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Iran
Internet > Internet penetration	26% Ranked 132nd.	79.1% Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Iran
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	102.95 Ranked 125th.	741.51 Ranked 46th. 7 times more than Iran
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	760.98 Ranked 142nd.	1,084.68 Ranked 89th. 43% more than Iran
Telecoms > Telephone lines	28.76 million Ranked 12th.	64.27 million Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Iran
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	58.16 million Ranked 24th.	138.36 million Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Iran
Internet > Internet Service Providers	100 Ranked 11th. 37% more than Japan	73 Ranked 14th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	3.08 million Ranked 27th.	35.3 million Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than Iran
Cinemas > Per capita	0.005 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.	0.018 per 1,000 people Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Iran
Telephones > Main lines in use	27.77 million Ranked 12th.	64.67 million Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	37.63 Ranked 39th.	50.47 Ranked 16th. 34% more than Iran
Active military personnel	523,000 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Japan	230,300 Ranked 13th.
Radio receivers per 1000	271.82 Ranked 103th.	955.66 Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Iran
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	105.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 125th.	741.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th. 7 times more than Iran
Internet > Hosts per 1000	0.0394 Ranked 169th.	312.51 Ranked 17th. 7940 times more than Iran
Number of PCs per million	105.95 Ranked 63th.	541.64 Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	58.16 million Ranked 24th.	141.13 million Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Iran
Radio receivers	17 million Ranked 23th.	120.5 million Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	96.17 million Ranked 13th.	121.25 million Ranked 8th. 26% more than Iran
Television receivers	4.61 million Ranked 32nd.	86.5 million Ranked 3rd. 19 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	4,504 Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan	1,078 Ranked 11th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.55$ Ranked 103th.	1.63$ Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Iran
Mobile phone subscribers	7.22 million Ranked 46th.	94.75 million Ranked 4th. 13 times more than Iran
Telephone system > International	country code - 98; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations - 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat)	country code - 81; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 7 Intelsat (Pacific and Indian Oceans), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions), and 8 SkyPerfect JSAT
Internet > ISP	100 Ranked 3rd. 37% more than Japan	73 Ranked 5th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	0.258 Ranked 84th.	175.04 Ranked 14th. 678 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	28.76 million Ranked 12th.	64.27 million Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Iran
Radios	17 million Ranked 23th.	120.5 million Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Iran
Internet > Hosts	2,860 Ranked 131st.	39.91 million Ranked 2nd. 13954 times more than Iran
Cinemas > Annual attendance	26 million Ranked 17th.	145 million Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Iran
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	0.43 Ranked 45th.	1.14 Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Iran
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	14.59 Mbps Ranked 86th.	1,037.94 Mbps Ranked 30th. 71 times more than Iran
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	1.65 million Ranked 38th.	70.45 million Ranked 3rd. 43 times more than Iran
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	172 Ranked 10th. 59% more than Japan	108 Ranked 15th.
Internet > Top level domain	.ir	.jp
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.025$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 69th.	0.075$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Iran
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	1.01 Ranked 57th.	3.45 Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1,844 Ranked 2nd. 35% more than Japan	1,363 Ranked 8th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	26.87 Ranked 102nd.	551.39 Ranked 2nd. 21 times more than Iran
Telephone system > Domestic	the addition of new fiber cables and modern switching and exchange systems installed by Iran's state-owned telecom company have improved and expanded the fixed-line network greatly; fixed-line availability has more than doubled to more than 27 million lines since 2000; additionally, mobile-cellular service has increased dramatically serving roughly 56 million subscribers in 2011; combined fixed and mobile-cellular subscribership now exceeds 100 per 100 persons	high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind
Internet country code	.ir	.jp
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	7.38 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 101st.	28.92 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 60th. 4 times more than Iran
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	7.45 min. Ranked 92nd.	43.41 min. Ranked 46th. 6 times more than Iran
Telephone mainlines	18.99 million Ranked 11th.	58.78 million Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Iran
Cinemas	287 Ranked 26th.	2,221 Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.236 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.	0.447 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th. 89% more than Iran
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	0.267 per 1,000 people Ranked 84th.	175.04 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th. 656 times more than Iran
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	Pervasive filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	2.26$/month Ranked 174th.	13.79$/month Ranked 125th. 6 times more than Iran
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	7.7 min. per capita Ranked 93th.	43.41 min. per capita Ranked 46th. 6 times more than Iran
Internet hosts	None	None
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	76.81$ per capita Ranked 61st.	2,691.9$ per capita Ranked 9th. 35 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	247 Ranked 28th.	11,924 Ranked 5th. 48 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	1,486 Ranked 2nd. 6% more than Japan	1,402 Ranked 3rd.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	17,700 Ranked 54th.	22.37 million Ranked 3rd. 1264 times more than Iran
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	1.46 Ranked 101st. 3 times more than Japan	0.572 Ranked 130th.
Cinemas per million	4.75 Ranked 47th.	17.54 Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	2,426 Ranked 9th.	12,155 Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Iran
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	112 Ranked 12th. 2% more than Japan	110 Ranked 13th.
Internet > IP addresses	5.26 million Ranked 50th.	202.18 million Ranked 3rd. 38 times more than Iran
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	10354800000000	2694800000000
Number of PCs	7,347 Ranked 19th.	69,200 Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	376.3 Ranked 46th.	503.86 Ranked 19th. 34% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	14,783 Ranked 7th.	56,221 Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	227.93 Ranked 27th.	447.05 Ranked 26th. 96% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	733 Ranked 10th.	10,046 Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Iran
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	906 Ranked 6th. 151 times more than Japan	6 Ranked 54th.
Internet > TLD	.ir	.jp
Internet > Livejournal users	88 Ranked 125th.	5,559 Ranked 8th. 63 times more than Iran
Internet > Secure Internet servers	28 Ranked 92nd.	42,338 Ranked 2nd. 1512 times more than Iran
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	100% Ranked 8th. 2% more than Japan	97.78% Ranked 16th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	1.25 Ranked 29th.	2.11 Ranked 15th. 70% more than Iran
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	94 Ranked 5th.	270 Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Iran
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	0.441 per capita Ranked 44th.	1.15 per capita Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Country calling code	98	81
Telephone subscribers per 1000	373.59 Ranked 89th.	1,201.54 Ranked 35th. 3 times more than Iran
E-Government rating	44 Ranked 66th.	52 Ranked 13th. 18% more than Iran
Population covered by mobile telephony	90% Ranked 74th.	99% Ranked 26th. 10% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	3.94 per 1 million people Ranked 36th.	94.81 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 24 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	28.43 Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Japan	10.84 Ranked 36th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	1.7 Ranked 49th. 96% more than Japan	0.867 Ranked 62nd.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	0.405 per 1 million people Ranked 147th.	331.89 per 1 million people Ranked 28th. 819 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	27.77 million Ranked 12th.	47.58 million Ranked 4th. 71% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	906 Ranked 11th.	2,543 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	3.81 Ranked 38th.	94.81 Ranked 26th. 25 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	9.76 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 7% more than Japan	9.14 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	14.23 per 1 million people Ranked 28th. 296 times more than Japan	0.048 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	13.75 Ranked 28th. 289 times more than Japan	0.0476 Ranked 59th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million	1.27 Ranked 189th.	43.51 Ranked 88th. 34 times more than Iran
Website defacements per million	0.419 Ranked 97th.	1.33 Ranked 74th. 3 times more than Iran
Website defacements	28 Ranked 48th.	169 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	1,319 Ranked 13th.	12,770 Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Iran
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	73.68% Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Japan	12.83% Ranked 53th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.695 per 1,000 people Ranked 77th.	0.896 per 1,000 people Ranked 69th. 29% more than Iran
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	278.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 44th.	460.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 21st. 65% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	22.91 Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Japan	11.15 Ranked 31st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	760.98 Ranked 141st.	1,106.36 Ranked 84th. 45% more than Iran
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.48 Ranked 67th. 3 times more than Japan	0.845 Ranked 110th.
Royalties and fees	0.0 Ranked 75th.	$80.50 Ranked 9th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	4.07 Ranked 101st.	27.92 Ranked 23th. 7 times more than Iran
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1.35 Ranked 167th.	750.05 Ranked 28th. 557 times more than Iran
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	0.394 Ranked 145th.	331.4 Ranked 27th. 840 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code	98 Ranked 36th. 21% more than Japan	81 Ranked 46th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+98	+81
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	612 Ranked 5th.	1,149 Ranked 7th. 88% more than Iran
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	1.76 per 1 million people Ranked 48th. 2 times more than Japan	0.867 per 1 million people Ranked 61st.
Internet > ISP per million	1.48 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Japan	0.575 Ranked 89th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	2.56 per 100 mainlines Ranked 117th. 51% more than Japan	1.7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 131st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	69.44 Ranked 6th. 8 times more than Japan	8.57 Ranked 42nd.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	13.75 Ranked 47th. 289 times more than Japan	0.0476 Ranked 43th.
Television standard > UHF	SECAM G	NTSC M
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	1.27% GDP Ranked 129th.	3.94% GDP Ranked 58th. 3 times more than Iran
Telephone subscribers per employee	407.04 Ranked 54th.	1,283.41 Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Iran
Telephone subscribers	26.21 million Ranked 21st.	153.53 million Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Iran
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.	1,201.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 3 times more than Iran
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.008$ per 1 million people Ranked 105th.	0.013$ per 1 million people Ranked 10th. 63% more than Iran
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	3.37$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 93th. 9 times more than Japan	0.36$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 10th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	37.4 Ranked 26th.	96.65 Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	13.97 Ranked 28th.	20.22 Ranked 31st. 45% more than Iran
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	14053700000000	19567300000000
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	20.34 Ranked 36th.	101.54 Ranked 29th. 5 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone	Alo. Baleh?	Moshi moshi / もしもし Hai / はい
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	906 Ranked 10th. 151 times more than Japan	6 Ranked 40th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	1.53 per 1 million people Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Japan	0.575 per 1 million people Ranked 83th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	38.67 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.	96.65 per 1 million people Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	14.44 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.	20.22 per 1 million people Ranked 31st. 40% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	11.25 per 1 million people Ranked 21st.	14.24 per 1 million people Ranked 24th. 27% more than Iran
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.1 Ranked 46th.	4.7 Ranked 3rd. 47 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	9.44 Ranked 29th. 3% more than Japan	9.14 Ranked 37th.
Radio > International broadcast station	Radio Italia	Radio Giappone
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	706 Ranked 4th.	1,791 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Iran
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	2.95% Ranked 146th.	49.85% Ranked 15th. 17 times more than Iran
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	1.08% Ranked 149th.	37.77% Ranked 36th. 35 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	21.02 per 1 million people Ranked 34th.	101.54 per 1 million people Ranked 30th. 5 times more than Iran
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	0.043 per 1,000 people Ranked 188th.	313.53 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 7291 times more than Iran
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.142 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 50th.	0.185 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 27th. 30% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	29.39 per 1 million people Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Japan	10.84 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.
Television standard > VHF	SECAM B	NTSC M
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	23.69 per 1 million people Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Japan	11.15 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	2.64$/month Ranked 174th.	20.51$/month Ranked 21st. 8 times more than Iran
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	38.03 Ranked 38th.	50.84 Ranked 17th. 34% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	71.79 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Japan	8.57 per 1 million people Ranked 43th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	2.43$/month Ranked 140th.	26.15$/month Ranked 22nd. 11 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	10.89 Ranked 21st.	14.24 Ranked 24th. 31% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	11.3 Ranked 24th.	79.88 Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Iran

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