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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.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
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 users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: 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."
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.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
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.
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > 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.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Television > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of television channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Arabsat -
Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems.

Values

“per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.

“sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.

“sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.

“sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.

“ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking.

“nd”, no data.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people: Number of cinemas. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
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.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: 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."
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 > 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.
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."
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
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).
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."
Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port: Time to port days.
Belarus had range specified: 0-3

No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
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Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
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 > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists: Number of newspaper journalists by country.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
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.
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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million 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.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone system > Regulation: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people 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.
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 > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet servers using encryption > 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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (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 > 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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles per 1,000,000 literate inhabitants.
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 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.
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."
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
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.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.

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STAT	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Broadcast media	nearly 70 federal-government-controlled national and regional TV stations; all 36 states operate TV stations; several private TV stations operational; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; network of federal-government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations; roughly 40 state-government-owned radio stations typically carry their own programs except for news broadcasts; about 20 private radio stations also operate; transmissions of international broadcasters are available	public service broadcaster BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world; BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service; a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along with satellite and cable systems provide access to hundreds of TV stations throughout the world; BBC operates multiple national, regional, and local radio networks with multiple transmission sites; a large number of commercial radio stations as well as satellite radio services are available
Households with television	25.6% Ranked 107th.	97.5% Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	0.0846 Ranked 176th.	337.99 Ranked 12th. 3996 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	32.88 Ranked 120th.	87.02 Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	320.5 Ranked 124th.	865.38 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Users per 1000	67.94 Ranked 113th.	659.16 Ranked 15th. 10 times more than Nigeria
Internet users	43.99 million Ranked 9th.	51.44 million Ranked 7th. 17% more than Nigeria
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) - government-owned</p>	<p>The Press Association</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	6.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 135th.	599.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 95 times more than Nigeria
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) - state-run, operates 37 stations broadcasting in 15 languages</p> </p>Voice of Nigeria - FRCN's external service, via shortwave</p> </p>Ray Power - private, owned by DAAR Communications, runs music-based and speech-based FM stations</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>	<p>BBC Radio - national services include new-music station Radio 1, adult music station Radio 2, cultural network Radio 3, flagship speech station Radio 4 and news and sport station Five Live</p> </p>BBC Radio Scotland</p> </p>BBC Radio nan Gaidheal - Gaelic-language station for Scotland</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18027956">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	67.68 Ranked 153th.	130.75 Ranked 47th. 93% more than Nigeria
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	299.15 per 1,000 people Ranked 120th.	1,184.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) - state-run, operates scores of national and regional stations; national services broadcast in English</p> </p>AIT - private, owned by DAAR Communications, broadcasting in Lagos, Abuja and internationally via satellite</p> </p>Minaj TV - private, eastern Nigeria and via cable/satellite</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>	<p>BBC TV - operates BBC1, BBC2 and digital services including BBC News channel</p> </p>BBC World News - commercially-funded international news channel</p> </p>ITV - major commercial network, organised around regional franchises</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18027956">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	59.9 per 1,000 people Ranked 117th.	521.64 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Televisions per 1000	52.06 Ranked 134th.	512.03 Ranked 22nd. 10 times more than Nigeria
Personal computers per 1000	6.38 Ranked 134th.	599.49 Ranked 12th. 94 times more than Nigeria
Radio broadcast stations	AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11	AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	25.41 Ranked 54th.	289.75 Ranked 12th. 11 times more than Nigeria
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	150.61 per 1,000 people Ranked 109th.	1,615.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Users > Per capita	74.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 113th.	661.44 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	2.48 Ranked 195th.	522.08 Ranked 13th. 211 times more than Nigeria
Televisions	6.9 million Ranked 26th.	30.5 million Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	11.7 per 1,000 people Ranked 109th.	554.2 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 47 times more than Nigeria
Internet users > Per 100 people	15.86 Ranked 103th.	76.02 Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Internet users	55.93 million Ranked 8th. 2% more than United Kingdom	54.86 million Ranked 9th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	23.32 per 1,000 people Ranked 59th.	320.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 14 times more than Nigeria
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	130 Mbps Ranked 54th.	781,554 Mbps Ranked 2nd. 6012 times more than Nigeria
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	0.92 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 84th.	13,061.97 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 4th. 14198 times more than Nigeria
Personal computers	867,000 Ranked 54th.	35.89 million Ranked 5th. 41 times more than Nigeria
Television broadcast stations	3 Ranked 7th.	228 Ranked 7th. 76 times more than Nigeria
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	298.74 million min. Ranked 61st.	15.6 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 52 times more than Nigeria
Radios per 1000	177.29 Ranked 142nd.	1,418.59 Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Nigeria
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	470.45 Ranked 138th.	1,300.33 Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$6.43 billion Ranked 47th.	$153.19 billion Ranked 5th. 24 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Percent using internet	32.88% Ranked 121st.	87.02% Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Telephones > Mobile cellular	95.17 million Ranked 12th. 17% more than United Kingdom	81.61 million Ranked 1st.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.204 per capita Ranked 122nd.	1.45 per capita Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Nigeria
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	9.13 Ranked 171st.	519.6 Ranked 15th. 57 times more than Nigeria
Telephone mainlines per 1000	8.76 Ranked 126th.	527.96 Ranked 11th. 60 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers > 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 Daily Telegraph - broadsheet</p> </p>Financial Times - daily, business</p> </p>The Guardian - daily, former broadsheet</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18027956">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment	further expansion and modernization of the fixed-line telephone network is needed; network quality remains a problem	technologically advanced domestic and international system
Television receivers per 1000	60.54 Ranked 115th.	523 Ranked 18th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	997 Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom	299 Ranked 6th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	5.91 Ranked 193th. 3 times more than United Kingdom	1.95 Ranked 1st.
Internet > Users	10 million Ranked 26th.	40.2 million Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Internet penetration	32.9% Ranked 127th.	87% Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	133.16 Ranked 114th.	1,087.6 Ranked 9th. 8 times more than Nigeria
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	667.98 Ranked 154th.	1,298.63 Ranked 46th. 94% more than Nigeria
Telecoms > Telephone lines	418,166 Ranked 101st.	33.01 million Ranked 9th. 79 times more than Nigeria
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	112.78 million Ranked 10th. 37% more than United Kingdom	82.11 million Ranked 18th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	11 Ranked 83th.	400 Ranked 4th. 36 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	14,279 Ranked 141st.	21.37 million Ranked 6th. 1497 times more than Nigeria
Telephones > Main lines in use	719,400 Ranked 89th.	33.23 million Ranked 9th. 46 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	0.248 Ranked 194th.	52.88 Ranked 12th. 213 times more than Nigeria
Active military personnel	80,000 Ranked 31st.	205,850 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Radio receivers per 1000	206.18 Ranked 121st.	1,448.98 Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Nigeria
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	131.49 per 1,000 people Ranked 116th.	1,087.56 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Hosts per 1000	0.00693 Ranked 184th.	134.69 Ranked 38th. 19433 times more than Nigeria
Number of PCs per million	6.38 Ranked 140th.	599.49 Ranked 11th. 94 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	112.78 million Ranked 10th. 33% more than United Kingdom	84.94 million Ranked 18th.
Radio receivers	23.5 million Ranked 18th.	84.5 million Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Number of cinemas	4,871 Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than United Kingdom	697 Ranked 11th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	114 million Ranked 9th. 50% more than United Kingdom	75.75 million Ranked 17th.
Television receivers	6.9 million Ranked 24th.	30.5 million Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	203 Ranked 32nd.	5,199 Ranked 1st. 26 times more than Nigeria
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	0.023 per 1 million people Ranked 21st.	3.91 per 1 million people Ranked 18th. 170 times more than Nigeria
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	1.49$ Ranked 56th. 94% more than United Kingdom	0.77$ Ranked 89th.
Mobile phone subscribers	18.59 million Ranked 22nd.	65.5 million Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Telephone system > International	country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)	country code - 44; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	0.00358 Ranked 113th.	163.79 Ranked 16th. 45725 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	418,166 Ranked 100th.	33.01 million Ranked 9th. 79 times more than Nigeria
Radios	23.5 million Ranked 18th.	84.5 million Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Hosts	1,048 Ranked 151st.	8.27 million Ranked 10th. 7890 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	23.62 Ranked 58th.	325.32 Ranked 6th. 14 times more than Nigeria
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	0.931 Mbps Ranked 84th.	13,054.65 Mbps Ranked 4th. 14017 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	38 Ranked 33th.	109 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	2.76 million Ranked 14th.	17.38 million Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	0.101% Ranked 42nd.	25.75% Ranked 28th. 254 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	2.76 million Ranked 18th.	19.16 million Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Top level domain	.ng	.uk
Television > Total number of channels	137 Ranked 8th. 4 times more than United Kingdom	31 Ranked 2nd.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.035$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 63th.	0.073$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	6.07 Ranked 17th. 27% more than United Kingdom	4.76 Ranked 19th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	80 Ranked 40th.	8,902 Ranked 1st. 111 times more than Nigeria
Television > Total number of channels per million people	0.981 Ranked 31st. 92% more than United Kingdom	0.512 Ranked 17th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	23.62 Ranked 44th.	290.22 Ranked 13th. 12 times more than Nigeria
Telephone system > Domestic	the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in faster growth but subscribership remains only about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services growing rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple cellular providers operate nationally with subscribership base approaching 60 per 100 persons	equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems
Internet country code	.ng	.uk
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	1.31 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 76th.	366.57 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 5th. 279 times more than Nigeria
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	2.37 min. Ranked 122nd.	263.92 min. Ranked 17th. 111 times more than Nigeria
Telephone mainlines	1.22 million Ranked 59th.	31.8 million Ranked 7th. 26 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.012 per 1,000 people Ranked 64th.	1.89 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 158 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	0.004 per 1,000 people Ranked 114th.	163.78 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 40946 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	50.42$/month Ranked 28th. 85% more than United Kingdom	27.25$/month Ranked 67th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	2.33 min. per capita Ranked 121st.	262.18 min. per capita Ranked 17th. 112 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	33.99 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than United Kingdom	11.5 Ranked 32nd.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	99.9% Ranked 17th. 35% more than United Kingdom	74.25% Ranked 30th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	27.22$ per capita Ranked 70th.	2,729.11$ per capita Ranked 7th. 100 times more than Nigeria
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$41.53 Ranked 69th.	$2,477.32 Ranked 13th. 60 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	133 Ranked 53th.	22,104 Ranked 1st. 166 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	91 Ranked 35th.	4,274 Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Nigeria
Mobile cellular subscriptions	62.99 million Ranked 17th.	77.36 million Ranked 12th. 23% more than Nigeria
Internet > Broadband subscribers	500 Ranked 101st.	9.86 million Ranked 6th. 19728 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.083 Ranked 178th.	6.72 Ranked 46th. 81 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	116 Ranked 49th.	17,106 Ranked 1st. 147 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	25 Ranked 39th.	108 Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Internet > IP addresses	1.01 million Ranked 77th.	123.5 million Ranked 4th. 123 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	50000000000	8999999000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	0.04 Ranked 147th.	28.13 Ranked 14th. 703 times more than Nigeria
Number of PCs	867 Ranked 55th.	35,890 Ranked 4th. 41 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	2.48 Ranked 198th.	522.08 Ranked 16th. 211 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	1,314 Ranked 42nd.	110,965 Ranked 1st. 84 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	17.34 million Ranked 18th.	45.42 million Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Television broadcast stations per million	0.0232 Ranked 19th.	3.93 Ranked 19th. 169 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	52 Ranked 44th.	10,520 Ranked 1st. 202 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	12.12 Ranked 63th.	1,897.25 Ranked 6th. 157 times more than Nigeria
Internet > TLD	.ng	.uk
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	41.66 Ranked 134th.	125.98 Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Livejournal users	41 Ranked 174th.	71,742 Ranked 3rd. 1750 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Secure Internet servers	36 Ranked 87th.	33,892 Ranked 3rd. 941 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	0.731 Ranked 31st.	1.72 Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Nigeria
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	96.67% Ranked 17th. 55% more than United Kingdom	62.37% Ranked 28th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	120 Ranked 2nd. 11% more than United Kingdom	108 Ranked 3rd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port	2 days Ranked 1st. Twice as much as United Kingdom	1 days Ranked 29th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2013.04.22	1999.01.??
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price	Free	Free
Telecommunications > Country calling code	234	44
Telephone subscribers per 1000	141.92 Ranked 110th.	1,615.56 Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	10.2% Ranked 91st.	72% Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Nigeria
E-Government rating	32 Ranked 165th.	54.8 Ranked 9th. 71% more than Nigeria
Population covered by mobile telephony	58% Ranked 62nd.	99% Ranked 14th. 71% more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	0.738 Ranked 57th.	152.2 Ranked 7th. 206 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	1.22 per 1 million people Ranked 64th.	377.23 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 309 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	0.214 Ranked 94th.	1.83 Ranked 48th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists	6,148 Ranked 11th.	13,437 Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Nigeria
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	0.73% Ranked 54th.	80.65% Ranked 13th. 110 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	0.249 per 1 million people Ranked 152nd.	561.49 per 1 million people Ranked 15th. 2255 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	1.31 million Ranked 69th.	33.21 million Ranked 8th. 25 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	1.23 Ranked 63th.	377.93 Ranked 7th. 308 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	55 Ranked 52nd.	12,433 Ranked 1st. 226 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	0.165 per 1 million people Ranked 61st.	36.57 per 1 million people Ranked 10th. 222 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Livejournal users per million	0.301 Ranked 197th.	1,198.34 Ranked 18th. 3975 times more than Nigeria
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.117 per 1,000 people Ranked 113th.	3.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 34 times more than Nigeria
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	20.68$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 69th. 57 times more than United Kingdom	0.361$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 107th.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	4.39% Ranked 122nd.	39.11% Ranked 23th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	81.83% Ranked 3rd. 80% more than United Kingdom	45.41% Ranked 23th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	64.2% Ranked 7th. 2 times more than United Kingdom	31.51% Ranked 53th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.662 Ranked 101st.	16.87 Ranked 52nd. 25 times more than Nigeria
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.011$ per 1 million people Ranked 104th.	0.013$ per 1 million people Ranked 101st. 18% more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	530 Ranked 39th.	24,714 Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	0.211 per 1 million people Ranked 93th.	1.81 per 1 million people Ranked 47th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.069 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 99th.	0.201 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Nigeria
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$36.59 million Ranked 64th.	$19.68 billion Ranked 4th. 538 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	0.734 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.	151.92 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 207 times more than Nigeria
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	140.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 111th.	1,615.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 12 times more than Nigeria
Telephone system > Regulation	1992	1984
Telephone subscribers	19.81 million Ranked 26th.	97.3 million Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Nigeria
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	0.86 Ranked 168th.	54.08 Ranked 14th. 63 times more than Nigeria
Telephone subscribers per employee	255.7 Ranked 76th.	353.44 Ranked 51st. 38% more than Nigeria
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.47% GDP Ranked 45th. 10% more than United Kingdom	3.15% GDP Ranked 81st.
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL I
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	0.00857 Ranked 176th.	34.03 Ranked 12th. 3971 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1.74 Ranked 159th.	1,478.28 Ranked 17th. 849 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.279 Ranked 133th.	1.82 Ranked 84th. 7 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	0.166 Ranked 60th.	36.64 Ranked 12th. 221 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	667.98 Ranked 153th.	1,343.35 Ranked 40th. 2 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	4.89 Ranked 58th.	422.55 Ranked 8th. 86 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	0.507 Ranked 60th.	212.58 Ranked 4th. 419 times more than Nigeria
Phone system > International dialling code	+234	+44
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	99.36 Ranked 93th.	716.45 Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Nigeria
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	8.65 per 1,000 people Ranked 126th.	527.94 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th. 61 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	0.839 Ranked 55th.	73.08 Ranked 5th. 87 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	1.07 Ranked 61st.	292.47 Ranked 7th. 273 times more than Nigeria
Internet servers using encryption	125 Ranked 67th.	55,564 Ranked 4th. 445 times more than Nigeria
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	0.81 Ranked 140th.	904.85 Ranked 16th. 1117 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	450309000000	36631000000
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people	45.21 Ranked 35th.	223.12 Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Nigeria
Phone subscribers	8.9 Ranked 150th.	1,358.44 Ranked 8th. 153 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	0.251 Ranked 150th.	559.31 Ranked 15th. 2227 times more than Nigeria
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	90 Ranked 43th.	1,010 Ranked 9th. 11 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	1.06 per 1 million people Ranked 62nd.	291.93 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 274 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	0.505 per 1 million people Ranked 61st.	212.18 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 420 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	0.33 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.	60.93 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 185 times more than Nigeria
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.0 Ranked 193th.	2.9 Ranked 4th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people	1.66 Ranked 72nd.	20.62 Ranked 34th. 12 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	18 Ranked 53th.	2,143 Ranked 1st. 119 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	36 Ranked 40th.	3,570 Ranked 1st. 99 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	4.86 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.	421.77 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 87 times more than Nigeria
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	0.007 per 1,000 people Ranked 204th.	135.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th. 19383 times more than Nigeria
Telephone lines	1.31 million Ranked 65th.	33.21 million Ranked 10th. 25 times more than Nigeria
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	67,776 Ranked 85th.	17.28 million Ranked 6th. 255 times more than Nigeria
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	10.19% Ranked 22nd. 1% more than United Kingdom	10.08% Ranked 23th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	0.0 Ranked 115th.	7.74% Ranked 19th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	20.6 per 100 mainlines Ranked 37th. 87% more than United Kingdom	11 per 100 mainlines Ranked 54th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	0.835 per 1 million people Ranked 55th.	72.94 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 87 times more than Nigeria
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	10.6$/month Ranked 95th.	14.02$/month Ranked 57th. 32% more than Nigeria
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	0.251 Ranked 196th.	52.57 Ranked 13th. 209 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	1.86 per 1 million people Ranked 54th.	88.73 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 48 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	0.332 Ranked 57th.	61.04 Ranked 6th. 184 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	0.48 Ranked 58th.	179.87 Ranked 5th. 375 times more than Nigeria
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	1.87 Ranked 53th.	88.89 Ranked 5th. 47 times more than Nigeria
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	18.06% Ranked 76th.	27.48% Ranked 47th. 52% more than Nigeria

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.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). 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.; 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.; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; 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.; World Development Indicators database. 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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 Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); 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. 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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; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; 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. 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