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Media > Newspapers Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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STAT Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
Daily newspapers > Number of titles 38
Ranked 33th. 2 times more than South Africa
18
Ranked 50th.

Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.279
Ranked 133th.
0.386
Ranked 128th. 38% more than Nigeria

Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 2.76 million
Ranked 14th. 96% more than South Africa
1.41 million
Ranked 32nd.

Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 23.62
Ranked 44th.
30.17
Ranked 59th. 28% more than Nigeria

List of newspapers <p>The Guardian - influential, Lagos-based privately-owned national daily</p> </p>The Champion - Lagos-based daily</p> </p>The Punch - privately-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a> <p>The Star - Johannesburg-based daily, city&#039;s oldest newspaper</p> </p>The Sowetan - Johannesburg-based tabloid</p> </p>Beeld - largest Afrikaans daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094861">Full Article</a>
Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 90
Ranked 43th.
314
Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Nigeria

Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.662
Ranked 101st.
6.73
Ranked 66th. 10 times more than Nigeria

Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people 1.66
Ranked 72nd.
11.84
Ranked 46th. 7 times more than Nigeria

SOURCES: 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.; 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.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables

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