Media Stats: compare key data on Iran & Jordan

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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.
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.
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.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
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.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 > 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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
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.
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.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. 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.
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 subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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 > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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.
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.
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 > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million 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 > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people 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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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 > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > 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.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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STAT	Iran	Jordan
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	radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel; first independent TV broadcaster aired in 2007; international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available; roughly 30 radio stations operational with JRTV operating the main government-owned station; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available
Households with television	76.58% Ranked 75th.	96.3% Ranked 23th. 26% more than Iran
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	40.25 Ranked 101st. 31% more than Jordan	30.64 Ranked 107th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	26 Ranked 124th.	41 Ranked 103th. 58% more than Iran
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	256.77 Ranked 130th.	411.7 Ranked 104th. 60% more than Iran
Internet > Users per 1000	320.29 Ranked 56th. 61% more than Jordan	199.08 Ranked 82nd.
Internet users	8.21 million Ranked 35th. 5 times more than Jordan	1.64 million Ranked 77th.
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>Petra - state-run, operated by Information Ministry</p> </p>Ammon News - private agency, English-language pages</p> </p>Ain News - private, news website</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	109.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 61st. 92% more than Jordan	56.71 per 1,000 people Ranked 81st.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates eight national networks, provincial services and an external service</p>	<p>Jordan Radio and Television - state-run; services in Arabic, English and French</p> </p>Radio Fann - FM entertainment station run by armed forces</p> </p>Rotana FM - private, entertainment-based</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14636310">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	76.92 Ranked 140th.	139.13 Ranked 36th. 81% more than Iran
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	455.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 93th.	788.18 per 1,000 people Ranked 68th. 73% 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>Jordan Radio and Television - state-run, operates main network Channel One, sports network Channel Two, film network Channel Three and Jordan Satellite Channel</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	75.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 109th.	112.13 per 1,000 people Ranked 99th. 48% more than Iran
Televisions per 1000	67.26 Ranked 127th.	96.82 Ranked 114th. 44% more than Iran
Personal computers per 1000	105.95 Ranked 60th. 87% more than Jordan	56.71 Ranked 81st.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5	FM 31
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.	422.79 per 1,000 people Ranked 91st. 10% more than Iran
Internet > Users > Per capita	351.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 56th. 89% more than Jordan	186.18 per 1,000 people Ranked 84th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	376.3 Ranked 41st. 5 times more than Jordan	68.76 Ranked 136th.
Televisions	4.61 million Ranked 33th. 9 times more than Jordan	500,000 Ranked 103th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	364.46 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Jordan	96.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 82nd.
Internet > Internet users	20.5 million Ranked 24th. 8 times more than Jordan	2.67 million Ranked 81st.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	1,000 Mbps Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Jordan	310 Mbps Ranked 75th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	15.06 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 86th.	58.6 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 69th. 4 times more than Iran
Personal computers	7.35 million Ranked 19th. 24 times more than Jordan	300,000 Ranked 78th.
Television broadcast stations	28 Ranked 17th. 27% more than Jordan	22 Ranked 4th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	510.9 million min. Ranked 41st.	685 million min. Ranked 28th. 34% more than Iran
Radios per 1000	248.02 Ranked 117th.	321.46 Ranked 100th. 30% more than Iran
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	714.62 Ranked 112th.	1,016.74 Ranked 65th. 42% more than Iran
Internet > Percent using internet	26% Ranked 125th.	41% Ranked 103th. 58% more than Iran
Telephones > Mobile cellular	56.04 million Ranked 21st. 7 times more than Jordan	7.48 million Ranked 89th.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.279 per capita Ranked 100th.	0.372 per capita Ranked 77th. 33% more than Iran
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	350.87 Ranked 43th. 4 times more than Jordan	84.73 Ranked 124th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	270.63 Ranked 46th. 2 times more than Jordan	120.57 Ranked 98th.
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>Ad Dustour ("The Constitution") ("The Constitution") - Arabic-language, privately-owned daily</p> </p>Al Ra'y - Arabic-language, privately-owned daily</p> </p>Al Ghadd - Arabic-language, privately-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14636310">Full Article</a>
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	service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment; microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban and rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services
Television receivers per 1000	73.71 Ranked 107th.	112.13 Ranked 97th. 52% more than Iran
Internet > IP addresses per capita	66.7 Ranked 137th.	102 Ranked 125th. 53% more than Iran
Internet > Users	23 million Ranked 11th. 20 times more than Jordan	1.13 million Ranked 72nd.
Internet > Internet penetration	26% Ranked 132nd.	41% Ranked 108th. 58% more than Iran
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	102.95 Ranked 125th.	307.02 Ranked 90th. 3 times more than Iran
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	760.98 Ranked 142nd.	1,422.01 Ranked 33th. 87% more than Iran
Telecoms > Telephone lines	28.76 million Ranked 12th. 66 times more than Jordan	434,437 Ranked 99th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	58.16 million Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Jordan	8.98 million Ranked 86th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	100 Ranked 11th. 20 times more than Jordan	5 Ranked 120th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	3.08 million Ranked 27th. 16 times more than Jordan	193,596 Ranked 84th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	27.77 million Ranked 12th. 60 times more than Jordan	465,400 Ranked 102nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	37.63 Ranked 39th. 6 times more than Jordan	6.2 Ranked 139th.
Active military personnel	523,000 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Jordan	100,500 Ranked 29th.
Radio receivers per 1000	271.82 Ranked 103th.	372.28 Ranked 75th. 37% more than Iran
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	105.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 125th.	307.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 94th. 3 times more than Iran
Internet > Hosts per 1000	0.0394 Ranked 169th.	3.66 Ranked 97th. 93 times more than Iran
Number of PCs per million	105.95 Ranked 63th. 87% more than Jordan	56.71 Ranked 84th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	58.16 million Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Jordan	8.98 million Ranked 86th.
Radio receivers	17 million Ranked 23th. 10 times more than Jordan	1.66 million Ranked 93th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	96.17 million Ranked 13th. 16 times more than Jordan	6.01 million Ranked 59th.
Television receivers	4.61 million Ranked 32nd. 9 times more than Jordan	500,000 Ranked 97th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	4,504 Ranked 1st. 75 times more than Jordan	60 Ranked 46th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	0.46 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.	3.63 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Iran
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.55$ Ranked 103th.	1.44$ Ranked 59th. 3 times more than Iran
Mobile phone subscribers	7.22 million Ranked 46th. 4 times more than Jordan	1.62 million Ranked 82nd.
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 - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) FEA and FLAG Falcon submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel
Internet > ISP	100 Ranked 3rd. 20 times more than Jordan	5 Ranked 85th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	0.258 Ranked 84th.	1.97 Ranked 77th. 8 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	28.76 million Ranked 12th. 66 times more than Jordan	434,437 Ranked 98th.
Radios	17 million Ranked 23th. 10 times more than Jordan	1.66 million Ranked 93th.
Internet > Hosts	2,860 Ranked 131st.	21,150 Ranked 90th. 7 times more than Iran
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	14.59 Mbps Ranked 86th.	58.6 Mbps Ranked 69th. 4 times more than Iran
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	172 Ranked 10th. 43 times more than Jordan	4 Ranked 104th.
Internet > Top level domain	.ir	.jo
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.025$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 69th.	0.084$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Iran
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	1.84$ per $1,000 of GDP Ranked 72nd.	11.09$ per $1,000 of GDP Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1,844 Ranked 2nd. 47 times more than Jordan	39 Ranked 52nd.
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	1995
Internet country code	.ir	.jo
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	7.38 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 101st.	27.2 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 62nd. 4 times more than Iran
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	7.45 min. Ranked 92nd.	129.49 min. Ranked 20th. 17 times more than Iran
Telephone mainlines	18.99 million Ranked 11th. 30 times more than Jordan	637,811 Ranked 84th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$	$242.40 million Ranked 33th. 90% more than Jordan	$127.30 million Ranked 43th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.236 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th. Twice as much as Jordan	0.118 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	0.267 per 1,000 people Ranked 84th.	1.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 78th. 7 times more than Iran
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	Pervasive filtering	Selective filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	2.26$/month Ranked 174th.	11.14$/month Ranked 143th. 5 times more than Iran
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	7.7 min. per capita Ranked 93th.	129.49 min. per capita Ranked 20th. 17 times more than Iran
Internet hosts	None	None
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	76.81$ per capita Ranked 61st.	201.92$ per capita Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	1,486 Ranked 2nd. 93 times more than Jordan	16 Ranked 54th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	247 Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Jordan	116 Ranked 57th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	17,700 Ranked 54th. 70% more than Jordan	10,424 Ranked 70th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	1.46 Ranked 101st. 51% more than Jordan	0.968 Ranked 114th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	2,426 Ranked 9th. 54 times more than Jordan	45 Ranked 57th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	112 Ranked 12th. 22 times more than Jordan	5 Ranked 58th.
Internet > IP addresses	5.26 million Ranked 50th. 8 times more than Jordan	663,936 Ranked 86th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	10354800000000	111400000
Number of PCs	7,347 Ranked 19th. 24 times more than Jordan	300 Ranked 80th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	376.3 Ranked 46th. 5 times more than Jordan	68.76 Ranked 142nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	14,783 Ranked 7th. 29 times more than Jordan	511 Ranked 60th.
Television broadcast stations per million	0.448 Ranked 63th.	3.89 Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	227.93 Ranked 27th. 93% more than Jordan	118.15 Ranked 47th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	733 Ranked 10th. 35 times more than Jordan	21 Ranked 54th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	906 Ranked 6th. 45 times more than Jordan	20 Ranked 46th.
Internet > TLD	.ir	.jo
Internet > Livejournal users	88 Ranked 125th. 49% more than Jordan	59 Ranked 144th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	28 Ranked 92nd. 22% more than Jordan	23 Ranked 96th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	98	962
Telephone subscribers per 1000	373.59 Ranked 89th.	427.58 Ranked 90th. 14% more than Iran
E-Government rating	44 Ranked 66th.	46.3 Ranked 50th. 5% more than Iran
Population covered by mobile telephony	90% Ranked 74th.	99% Ranked 18th. 10% more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	3.94 per 1 million people Ranked 36th.	26.82 per 1 million people Ranked 46th. 7 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	28.43 Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Jordan	9.02 Ranked 39th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	1.7 Ranked 49th. 63% more than Jordan	1.04 Ranked 60th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	0.405 per 1 million people Ranked 147th.	4.12 per 1 million people Ranked 112th. 10 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	27.77 million Ranked 12th. 55 times more than Jordan	503,000 Ranked 96th.
Information and Communication Technology Index > 2009	5.65 Ranked 6th. 14% more than Jordan	4.95 Ranked 8th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	906 Ranked 11th. 15 times more than Jordan	59 Ranked 50th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	9.76 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 69% more than Jordan	5.78 per 1 million people Ranked 44th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	3.81 Ranked 38th.	26.82 Ranked 45th. 7 times more than Iran
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	13.75 Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Jordan	4.17 Ranked 40th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	14.23 per 1 million people Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Jordan	4.17 per 1 million people Ranked 40th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million	1.27 Ranked 189th.	11.15 Ranked 134th. 9 times more than Iran
Website defacements per million	0.419 Ranked 97th.	1.22 Ranked 77th. 3 times more than Iran
Website defacements	28 Ranked 48th. 5 times more than Jordan	6 Ranked 80th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	2.95% Ranked 146th.	12.69% Ranked 101st. 4 times more than Iran
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	1.08% Ranked 149th.	13.33% Ranked 115th. 12 times more than Iran
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	13.75 Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Jordan	4.17 Ranked 65th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	21.02 per 1 million people Ranked 34th.	28.21 per 1 million people Ranked 49th. 34% more than Iran
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	0.043 per 1,000 people Ranked 188th.	3.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 117th. 79 times more than Iran
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.	427.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 90th. 11% more than Iran
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.142 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 50th. 20% more than Jordan	0.118 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 63th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	29.39 per 1 million people Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Jordan	9.02 per 1 million people Ranked 40th.
Television standard > VHF	SECAM B	PAL B
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	2.56 per 100 mainlines Ranked 117th.	9.99 per 100 mainlines Ranked 29th. 4 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	23.69 per 1 million people Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Jordan	3.7 per 1 million people Ranked 43th.
Telephone subscribers	26.21 million Ranked 21st. 12 times more than Jordan	2.26 million Ranked 80th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP	0.1% Ranked 91st.	0.407% Ranked 39th. 4 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	71.79 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Jordan	13.87 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	407.04 Ranked 54th.	444.04 Ranked 44th. 9% more than Iran
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	1.27% GDP Ranked 129th.	8.27% GDP Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	11.3 Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Jordan	4.86 Ranked 44th.
Television standard > UHF	SECAM G	PAL G
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	69.44 Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Jordan	13.87 Ranked 37th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.48 Ranked 67th. 3 times more than Jordan	0.756 Ranked 114th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	4.07 Ranked 101st. 36% more than Jordan	3 Ranked 108th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1.35 Ranked 167th.	29.28 Ranked 99th. 22 times more than Iran
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	14053700000000	668000000
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	13.97 Ranked 28th. 2% more than Jordan	13.64 Ranked 37th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	0.394 Ranked 145th.	4.15 Ranked 111th. 11 times more than Iran
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	906 Ranked 10th. 45 times more than Jordan	20 Ranked 64th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	1.53 per 1 million people Ranked 10th. 46% more than Jordan	1.04 per 1 million people Ranked 73th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	22.91 Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Jordan	3.7 Ranked 43th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	9.44 Ranked 29th. 63% more than Jordan	5.78 Ranked 43th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	3.37$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 93th.	126.34$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 48th. 37 times more than Iran
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.008$ per 1 million people Ranked 105th.	0.272$ per 1 million people Ranked 49th. 34 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code	98 Ranked 36th.	962 Ranked 21st. 10 times more than Iran
Press Freedom Index > 2010	175 Ranked 1st. 46% more than Jordan	120 Ranked 13th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+98	+962
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	2.64$/month Ranked 174th.	6.71$/month Ranked 135th. 3 times more than Iran
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	760.98 Ranked 141st.	1,422.01 Ranked 32nd. 87% more than Iran
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	38.03 Ranked 38th. 6 times more than Jordan	6.73 Ranked 138th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	20.34 Ranked 36th.	28.21 Ranked 48th. 39% more than Iran
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	2.43$/month Ranked 140th.	9.95$/month Ranked 74th. 4 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	10.89 Ranked 21st. 6 times more than Jordan	1.85 Ranked 49th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	37.4 Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Jordan	10.4 Ranked 49th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	278.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 44th. 2 times more than Jordan	120.57 per 1,000 people Ranked 100th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.695 per 1,000 people Ranked 77th.	0.963 per 1,000 people Ranked 53th. 39% more than Iran
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	73.68% Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Jordan	16.68% Ranked 38th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita	$3.17 Ranked 76th.	$20.15 Ranked 17th. 6 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	612 Ranked 5th. 24 times more than Jordan	25 Ranked 51st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	706 Ranked 4th. 88 times more than Jordan	8 Ranked 58th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	1,319 Ranked 13th. 11 times more than Jordan	122 Ranked 58th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	1.76 per 1 million people Ranked 48th. 69% more than Jordan	1.04 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.1 Ranked 46th.	0.0 Ranked 166th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita	5.13$ per capita Ranked 60th.	26.06$ per capita Ranked 25th. 5 times more than Iran
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	11.25 per 1 million people Ranked 21st. 6 times more than Jordan	1.85 per 1 million people Ranked 50th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	14.44 per 1 million people Ranked 25th. 6% more than Jordan	13.64 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.
Internet > ISP per million	1.48 Ranked 12th. 42% more than Jordan	1.04 Ranked 78th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	38.67 per 1 million people Ranked 25th. 4 times more than Jordan	10.4 per 1 million people Ranked 50th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$	350 million$ Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Jordan	141 million$ Ranked 41st.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita	4.99$ Ranked 62nd.	26.06$ Ranked 25th. 5 times more than Iran

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