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STAT Israel North Korea HISTORY
Broadcast media state broadcasting network, operated by the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), broadcasts on 2 channels, one in Hebrew and the other in Arabic; 5 commercial channels including a channel broadcasting in Russian, a channel broadcasting Knesset proceedings, and a music channel supervised by a public body; multi-channel satellite and cable TV packages provide access to foreign channels; IBA broadcasts on 8 radio networks with multiple repeaters and Israel Defense Forces Radio broadcasts over multiple stations; about 15 privately-owned radio stations; overall more than 100 stations and repeater stations operating no independent media; radios and TVs are pre-tuned to government stations; 4 government-owned TV stations; the Korean Workers' Party owns and operates the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and the state-run Voice of Korea operates an external broadcast service; the government prohibits listening to and jams foreign broadcasts
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,544.47 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 37 times more than North Korea
41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 148th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 2.01 billion min.
Ranked 15th. 324 times more than North Korea
6.2 million min.
Ranked 137th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 216.37
Ranked 41st.
0.0
Ranked 194th.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 73.37
Ranked 40th.
0.0
Ranked 199th.

Radio broadcast stations AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14
Radios per 1000 458.91
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than North Korea
143.29
Ranked 152nd.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 119.89
Ranked 62nd. 17 times more than North Korea
6.92
Ranked 198th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 454.48
Ranked 23th. 10 times more than North Korea
47.65
Ranked 144th.

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 434.9 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than North Korea
50.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st.

Television > List of TV stations <p>Israel Broadcasting Authority - public TV, operates Channel 1</p> </p>Channel 2 - national, commercial</p> </p>Israel 10 - national, commercial</p> <p>Korean Central Broadcasting Station - radio station of Korean Workers&#039; Party</p> </p>Korean Central TV - TV station of Korean Workers&#039; Party</p> </p>Mansudae TV - cultural station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15259016">Full Article</a>
Television broadcast stations 17
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than North Korea
4
Ranked 6th.

Television receivers > Per capita 289.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 51st. 5 times more than North Korea
56.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th.

Televisions 1.69 million
Ranked 68th. 41% more than North Korea
1.2 million
Ranked 76th.
Televisions per 1000 252.63
Ranked 66th. 5 times more than North Korea
51.17
Ranked 135th.
Internet > Percent using internet 73.37%
Ranked 37th.
0.0
Ranked 200th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 9.2 million
Ranked 78th. 9 times more than North Korea
1,000,000
Ranked 148th.

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.526 per capita
Ranked 59th. 3 times more than North Korea
0.157 per capita
Ranked 136th.

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 434.17
Ranked 24th. 9 times more than North Korea
48.67
Ranked 1st.

Telephone mainlines per 1000 423.7
Ranked 25th. 10 times more than North Korea
41.79
Ranked 127th.

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Yediot Aharonot - Tel Aviv-based, widely-read daily</p> </p>Israel Hayom - Tel Aviv-based, free-of-charge, large-circulation daily</p> </p>Ha&#039;aretz - Tel Aviv-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14629611">Full Article</a> <p>Rodong Sinmun (Labour Daily) - organ of Korean Workers&#039; Party; web pages in English</p> </p>Joson Inmingun (Korean People&#039;s Army Daily)</p> </p>Minju Choson (Democratic Korea) - government organ</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15259016">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment most highly developed system in the Middle East adequate system; nationwide fiber-optic network; mobile-cellular service expanding beyond Pyongyang
Television receivers per 1000 289.58
Ranked 49th. 5 times more than North Korea
53.95
Ranked 118th.

Internet > IP addresses per capita 997.77
Ranked 37th. 24944 times more than North Korea
0.04
Ranked 223th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,166.55
Ranked 70th. 17 times more than North Korea
68.65
Ranked 198th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines 3.59 million
Ranked 43th. 3 times more than North Korea
1.18 million
Ranked 69th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.22 million
Ranked 83th. 5 times more than North Korea
1.7 million
Ranked 145th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 21
Ranked 48th. 21 times more than North Korea
1
Ranked 175th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 1.71 million
Ranked 45th.
0.0
Ranked 194th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 3.5 million
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than North Korea
1.18 million
Ranked 71st.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 47.02
Ranked 20th. 10 times more than North Korea
4.77
Ranked 144th.

Active military personnel 176,500
Ranked 1st.
1.11 million
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Israel
Radio receivers per 1000 526.05
Ranked 58th. 3 times more than North Korea
151.07
Ranked 135th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 9.22 million
Ranked 83th. 5 times more than North Korea
1.7 million
Ranked 145th.

Radio receivers 3.07 million
Ranked 72nd.
3.36 million
Ranked 67th. 9% more than Israel

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 9.32 million
Ranked 54th. 5 times more than North Korea
2 million
Ranked 63th.
Television receivers 1.69 million
Ranked 66th. 41% more than North Korea
1.2 million
Ranked 75th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 3.07 per 1 million people
Ranked 20th. 17 times more than North Korea
0.18 per 1 million people
Ranked 11th.

Telephone system > International country code - 972; submarine cables provide links to Europe, Cyprus, and parts of the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing
Internet > ISP 21
Ranked 31st. 21 times more than North Korea
1
Ranked 126th.
Radios 3.07 million
Ranked 74th.
3.36 million
Ranked 68th. 9% more than Israel
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 1.65 million
Ranked 40th.
4.5 million
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Israel
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 34
Ranked 40th. 2 times more than North Korea
15
Ranked 53th.

Internet > Top level domain .il .kp
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 289.88
Ranked 23th. 42% more than North Korea
204.39
Ranked 33th.
Telephone system > Domestic good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital; four privately owned mobile-cellular service providers with countrywide coverage fiber-optic links installed down to the county level; telephone directories unavailable; GSM mobile-cellular service initiated in 2002 but suspended in 2004; Orascom Telecom Holding, an Egyptian company, launched W-CDMA mobile service on 15 December 2008 for the Pyongyang area, has expanded service to several large cities and now has a 1-million-person subscriber base
Internet country code .il .kp
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 305.6 min.
Ranked 18th. 1043 times more than North Korea
0.293 min.
Ranked 148th.
Telephone mainlines 2.94 million
Ranked 41st. 3 times more than North Korea
980,000
Ranked 68th.

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering nd
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 305.6 min. per capita
Ranked 16th. 1009 times more than North Korea
0.303 min. per capita
Ranked 145th.
Internet hosts None None
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 3.14
Ranked 67th. 74 times more than North Korea
0.0426
Ranked 191st.
Internet > IP addresses 7.57 million
Ranked 39th. 7396 times more than North Korea
1,024
Ranked 224th.
Television broadcast stations per million 3.07
Ranked 22nd. 18 times more than North Korea
0.171
Ranked 10th.

Internet > TLD .il .kp
Internet > Livejournal users 3,158
Ranked 12th. 75 times more than North Korea
42
Ranked 172nd.
Telecommunications > Country calling code 972 850
Telephone subscribers per 1000 1,543.02
Ranked 9th. 39 times more than North Korea
39.4
Ranked 151st.

E-Government rating 50.9
Ranked 23th. 41% more than North Korea
36
Ranked 127th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 3.1 million
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than North Korea
1.18 million
Ranked 71st.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 463.8
Ranked 34th. 261 times more than North Korea
1.78
Ranked 182nd.
Television standard > VHF PAL B PAL
Internet > ISP per million 3.34
Ranked 46th. 76 times more than North Korea
0.0438
Ranked 129th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 12 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 109th.
50 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 61st. 4 times more than Israel
Telephone subscribers 10.69 million
Ranked 41st. 12 times more than North Korea
916,000
Ranked 93th.

Telephone subscribers per employee 692.16
Ranked 18th. 21 times more than North Korea
33.33
Ranked 119th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 5.97
Ranked 39th. 9 times more than North Korea
0.635
Ranked 119th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,166.55
Ranked 68th. 17 times more than North Korea
68.65
Ranked 196th.

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 22.24
Ranked 39th.
0.0
Ranked 194th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 396.44
Ranked 39th. 9662 times more than North Korea
0.041
Ranked 187th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 972
Ranked 12th. 14% more than North Korea
850
Ranked 30th.
Phone system > International dialling code +972 +850
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 1,544.47 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 37 times more than North Korea
41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 147th.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 2.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than North Korea
0.734 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th.

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 424.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th. 10 times more than North Korea
44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th.

Internet > ISP > Per capita 3.34 per 1 million people
Ranked 39th. 73 times more than North Korea
0.046 per 1 million people
Ranked 123th.
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.2
Ranked 39th.
0.0
Ranked 70th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 46.71
Ranked 20th. 10 times more than North Korea
4.81
Ranked 144th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; OpenNet Initiative (ONI), ONI Data, https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20130920.zip; http://www.iana.org/numbers; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; LiveJournal; Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; LiveJournal. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Tenlab May 2002; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.com/) and World Bank population estimates.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes)

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