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Media Stats: compare key data on Netherlands & Qatar

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STAT Netherlands Qatar HISTORY
Broadcast media more than 90% of households are connected to cable or satellite TV systems that provide a wide range of domestic and foreign channels; public service broadcast system includes multiple broadcasters, 3 with a national reach and the remainder operating in regional and local markets; 2 major nationwide commercial television companies, each with 3 or more stations, and many commercial TV stations in regional and local markets; nearly 600 radio stations with a mix of public and private stations providing national or regional coverage TV and radio broadcast licensing and access to local media markets are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari government, but has evolved to independent corporate status; Al-Jazeera claims editorial independence in broadcasting; local radio transmissions include state, private, and international broadcasters on FM frequencies in Doha
Households with television 99.42%
Ranked 5th. 11% more than Qatar
89.95%
Ranked 53th.

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 393.14
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Qatar
77.54
Ranked 84th.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 93
Ranked 5th. 6% more than Qatar
88.1
Ranked 11th.

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 925.88
Ranked 5th. 10% more than Qatar
841.85
Ranked 18th.
Internet > Users per 1000 915.66
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Qatar
304.57
Ranked 57th.

Internet users 14.87 million
Ranked 9th. 26 times more than Qatar
563,800
Ranked 115th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) - news agency</p> </p>DutchNews.nl - news in English</p> <p>Qatar News Agency - state-run, English-language pages</p> </p>Doha News - news website, in English</p>
Personal computers > Per capita 682.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Qatar
171.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th.

Radio > List of radio stations <p>NOS - public radio, operates news and information station Radio 1, music network Radio 2, pop station 3FM, cultural station Radio 4</p> </p>Radio Netherlands - international broadcaster, language services include English</p> </p>Sky Radio - popular commercial FM station, continuous music</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17741366">Full Article</a> <p>Qatar Broadcasting Service (QBS) - state-run, programmes in Arabic, English, French, Urdu</p>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 117.52
Ranked 67th.
134.11
Ranked 42nd. 14% more than Netherlands

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,056.72 per 1,000 people
Ranked 25th.
1,393.25 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th. 32% more than Netherlands

Television > List of TV stations <p>NOS - public broadcaster</p> </p>BVN TV - public, for Dutch-speakers abroad</p> </p>RTL - commercial, operates RTL4, RTL5, RTL7 and RTL8</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17741366">Full Article</a> <p>Al-Jazeera - influential pan-Arab satellite broadcaster, financed by the Qatar government</p> </p>Qatar TV - state-run; operates main Arabic service, Koran channel, English channel, satellite channel</p>
Television receivers > Per capita 519 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 23% more than Qatar
420.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 31st.

Televisions per 1000 499.22
Ranked 24th. 43% more than Qatar
348.36
Ranked 46th.
Personal computers per 1000 682.36
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Qatar
184.62
Ranked 42nd.

Radio broadcast stations AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3 AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,435.92 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 27% more than Qatar
1,134.48 per 1,000 people
Ranked 39th.

Internet > Users > Per capita 905.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Qatar
386.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 51st.

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 422.6
Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Qatar
159.47
Ranked 101st.

Televisions 8.1 million
Ranked 23th. 35 times more than Qatar
230,000
Ranked 119th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 442.59 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 69% more than Qatar
261.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 47th.

Internet users > Per 100 people 86.98
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Qatar
34.04
Ranked 64th.

Internet > Internet users 15.56 million
Ranked 32nd. 9 times more than Qatar
1.72 million
Ranked 98th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 334,578 Mbps
Ranked 4th. 432 times more than Qatar
775 Mbps
Ranked 31st.

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 20,549.29 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Qatar
953.45 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 17th.

Personal computers 11.11 million
Ranked 15th. 84 times more than Qatar
133,000
Ranked 100th.

Television broadcast stations 21
Ranked 25th. 21 times more than Qatar
1
Ranked 35th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 4.95 billion min.
Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Qatar
801.4 million min.
Ranked 22nd.

Radios per 1000 942.97
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Qatar
387.74
Ranked 86th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,281.4
Ranked 33th.
1,580.48
Ranked 6th. 23% more than Netherlands

Internet > Percent using internet 93%
Ranked 5th. 6% more than Qatar
88.1%
Ranked 11th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 19.84 million
Ranked 45th. 9 times more than Qatar
2.3 million
Ranked 129th.

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.98 per capita
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Qatar
0.468 per capita
Ranked 63th.

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 442.82
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Qatar
182.41
Ranked 88th.

Telephone mainlines per 1000 465.69
Ranked 17th. 86% more than Qatar
250.12
Ranked 50th.

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Algemeen Dagblad - national, daily</p> </p>NRC Handelsblad - national, daily</p> </p>De Telegraaf - national, daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17741366">Full Article</a> <p>Al-Watan (The Homeland) - privately-owned, pro-government daily</p> </p>Al-Rayah (The Banner) - privately-owned, pro-government daily</p> </p>Al-Sharq (The East) - privately-owned, pro-government daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14702519">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment highly developed and well maintained modern system centered in Doha
Television receivers per 1000 518.88
Ranked 20th. 19% more than Qatar
434.38
Ranked 29th.

Internet > IP addresses per capita 2,772.15
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Qatar
414.51
Ranked 73th.
Internet > Users 15 million
Ranked 18th. 43 times more than Qatar
351,000
Ranked 96th.

Internet > Internet penetration 93%
Ranked 6th. 6% more than Qatar
88.1%
Ranked 12th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 970.23
Ranked 21st. 11% more than Qatar
872.87
Ranked 31st.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,171.48
Ranked 68th.
1,267.97
Ranked 50th. 8% more than Netherlands

Telecoms > Telephone lines 7.09 million
Ranked 24th. 22 times more than Qatar
327,000
Ranked 108th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 19.64 million
Ranked 50th. 8 times more than Qatar
2.6 million
Ranked 133th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 52
Ranked 19th. 52 times more than Qatar
1
Ranked 210th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 6.59 million
Ranked 16th. 41 times more than Qatar
159,000
Ranked 90th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 7.13 million
Ranked 25th. 23 times more than Qatar
306,700
Ranked 112th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 42.97
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Qatar
19.23
Ranked 86th.

Active military personnel 61,302
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Qatar
11,800
Ranked 91st.
Radio receivers per 1000 980.1
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Qatar
483.48
Ranked 60th.

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 970.23 per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd. 10% more than Qatar
881.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 33th.

Internet > Hosts per 1000 667.84
Ranked 5th. 1612 times more than Qatar
0.414
Ranked 134th.

Number of PCs per million 682.36
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Qatar
184.62
Ranked 43th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 19.72 million
Ranked 49th. 8 times more than Qatar
2.6 million
Ranked 133th.

Radio receivers 15.3 million
Ranked 24th. 60 times more than Qatar
256,000
Ranked 150th.

Television receivers 8.1 million
Ranked 21st. 35 times more than Qatar
230,000
Ranked 117th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 1.36 per 1 million people
Ranked 26th.
1.56 per 1 million people
Ranked 12th. 15% more than Netherlands
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.32$
Ranked 108th.
1.95$
Ranked 44th. 6 times more than Netherlands

Mobile phone subscribers 15.83 million
Ranked 26th. 22 times more than Qatar
716,763
Ranked 110th.

Telephone system > International country code - 31; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 5 (3 Intelsat - 1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Internet > ISP 52
Ranked 9th. 52 times more than Qatar
1
Ranked 150th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 251.23
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Qatar
30.65
Ranked 46th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 7.09 million
Ranked 24th. 22 times more than Qatar
327,000
Ranked 108th.

Radios 15.3 million
Ranked 26th. 60 times more than Qatar
256,000
Ranked 150th.
Internet > Hosts 10.98 million
Ranked 7th. 19508 times more than Qatar
563
Ranked 158th.

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 20,549.23 Mbps
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Qatar
943.79 Mbps
Ranked 18th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 5 million
Ranked 16th. 56 times more than Qatar
90,000
Ranked 96th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 37
Ranked 34th. 7 times more than Qatar
5
Ranked 95th.

Internet > Top level domain .nl .qa
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 307.15
Ranked 12th. 75% more than Qatar
175.62
Ranked 40th.
Telephone system > Domestic extensive fixed-line fiber-optic network; large cellular telephone system with 5 major operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology; one in five households now use Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) services combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 130 telephones per 100 persons
Internet country code .nl .qa
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 551.47 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 2nd. 30 times more than Qatar
18.25 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 47th.

Telephone mainlines 7.6 million
Ranked 22nd. 37 times more than Qatar
205,386
Ranked 95th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 310.82 min.
Ranked 17th.
1,112.47 min.
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Netherlands

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 251.23 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Qatar
30.96 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th.

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering Selective filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 12.37$/month
Ranked 133th.
16.48$/month
Ranked 114th. 33% more than Netherlands

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 310.82 min. per capita
Ranked 16th.
1,031.49 min. per capita
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Netherlands

Internet hosts None None
Mobile cellular subscriptions 20.63 million
Ranked 36th. 12 times more than Qatar
1.68 million
Ranked 121st.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 4.1 million
Ranked 11th. 163 times more than Qatar
25,168
Ranked 67th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 3.2
Ranked 66th. 2 times more than Qatar
1.51
Ranked 98th.
Internet > IP addresses 46.38 million
Ranked 12th. 57 times more than Qatar
808,960
Ranked 83th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 1,118.12
Ranked 3rd. 82 times more than Qatar
13.66
Ranked 54th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 2949000000 515000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 35.31
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Qatar
8.07
Ranked 56th.

Number of PCs 11,110
Ranked 15th. 84 times more than Qatar
133
Ranked 104th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 422.6
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than Qatar
159.47
Ranked 106th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 10.2 million
Ranked 25th. 7 times more than Qatar
1.41 million
Ranked 66th.
Television broadcast stations per million 1.36
Ranked 27th.
1.63
Ranked 12th. 20% more than Netherlands
Radio > Total number of channels 294
Ranked 5th. 25 times more than Qatar
12
Ranked 39th.
Internet > TLD .nl .qa
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 125.43
Ranked 25th.
131.39
Ranked 19th. 5% more than Netherlands

Internet > Livejournal users 5,528
Ranked 9th. 68 times more than Qatar
81
Ranked 130th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 6,744
Ranked 7th. 293 times more than Qatar
23
Ranked 97th.

Telecommunications > Country calling code 31 974
Telephone subscribers per 1000 1,435.92
Ranked 20th. 28% more than Qatar
1,122.98
Ranked 39th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 61%
Ranked 20th.
72.1%
Ranked 13th. 18% more than Netherlands
E-Government rating 44
Ranked 73th.
52
Ranked 16th. 18% more than Netherlands
Population covered by mobile telephony 99.9%
Ranked 6th. 5% more than Qatar
95%
Ranked 63th.

Newspapers > Newspaper journalists 3,983
Ranked 10th. 29 times more than Qatar
136
Ranked 27th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 411.94 per 1 million people
Ranked 22nd. 15 times more than Qatar
27.79 per 1 million people
Ranked 70th.

Radio > Total number of channels per million people 18.01
Ranked 14th. 23% more than Qatar
14.61
Ranked 15th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 339.52
Ranked 42nd. 3 times more than Qatar
112.44
Ranked 64th.
Website defacements per million 4.74
Ranked 38th.
9.81
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Netherlands
Website defacements 76
Ranked 22nd. 13 times more than Qatar
6
Ranked 81st.
Internet > Linux web servers 161
Ranked 14th. 161 times more than Qatar
1
Ranked 99th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 2,803.72
Ranked 3rd. 20 times more than Qatar
140.94
Ranked 61st.

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 39.44
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Qatar
8.2
Ranked 83th.

Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people 244.06
Ranked 12th. 47% more than Qatar
165.62
Ranked 16th.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage 2.38%
Ranked 50th.
66.67%
Ranked 12th. 28 times more than Netherlands
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 18.2 million
Ranked 7th. 2601 times more than Qatar
7,000
Ranked 59th.
Phone system > International dialling code +31 +974
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 607.08
Ranked 20th.
689
Ranked 15th. 13% more than Netherlands
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 2.27
Ranked 75th.
6.94
Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Netherlands

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,175.89
Ranked 66th.
1,268.56
Ranked 49th. 8% more than Netherlands

Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.231 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Qatar
0.068 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 100th.
Telephone lines 7.32 million
Ranked 23th. 28 times more than Qatar
263,363
Ranked 106th.

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 5.81 million
Ranked 13th. 56 times more than Qatar
103,367
Ranked 77th.

ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 12.59%
Ranked 14th. 54% more than Qatar
8.19%
Ranked 39th.

ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 11.78%
Ranked 17th. 295 times more than Qatar
0.04%
Ranked 108th.

Television standard > VHF PAL B PAL B
Internet > ISP per million 3.27
Ranked 48th. 94% more than Qatar
1.68
Ranked 65th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 465.69 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 84% more than Qatar
252.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 3.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th. 66% more than Qatar
2.21 per 1,000 people
Ranked 28th.

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 0.527$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 103th.
61.45$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 59th. 117 times more than Netherlands

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.02$ per 1 million people
Ranked 90th.
2.51$ per 1 million people
Ranked 13th. 125 times more than Netherlands

Telephone systems > Privatisation 1994 1998
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 1,435.92 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 27% more than Qatar
1,134.47 per 1,000 people
Ranked 39th.

Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 0.5 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 101st.
15.81 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 21st. 32 times more than Netherlands

Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 42.4
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Qatar
16.87
Ranked 98th.

Telephone subscribers 23.43 million
Ranked 25th. 25 times more than Qatar
922,149
Ranked 100th.

Telephone subscribers per employee 352.89
Ranked 33th.
396.74
Ranked 53th. 12% more than Netherlands

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 3.29% GDP
Ranked 78th. 79% more than Qatar
1.84% GDP
Ranked 70th.

Internet > Linux web servers per million 10.03
Ranked 32nd. 6 times more than Qatar
1.63
Ranked 57th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 412.58
Ranked 21st. 17 times more than Qatar
23.77
Ranked 71st.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 558
Ranked 16th. 558 times more than Qatar
1
Ranked 101st.
Phone subscribers 1,388.05
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Qatar
567.6
Ranked 50th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 659.83 per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 966 times more than Qatar
0.683 per 1,000 people
Ranked 147th.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 34.27
Ranked 29th. 18 times more than Qatar
1.95
Ranked 76th.
Internet > IP addresses (share) 1.1
Ranked 12th.
0.0
Ranked 174th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita 3.27 per 1 million people
Ranked 41st. 98% more than Qatar
1.65 per 1 million people
Ranked 58th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 44.49
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Qatar
20.56
Ranked 82nd.

Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 23.38$/month
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Qatar
8.9$/month
Ranked 114th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 14715000000 2844573000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 1,414.05
Ranked 5th. 22 times more than Qatar
63.86
Ranked 61st.

Internet servers using encryption 23,376
Ranked 7th. 260 times more than Qatar
90
Ranked 75th.

Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 20.04%
Ranked 92nd.
21.95%
Ranked 28th. 10% more than Netherlands

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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