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  • 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.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
  • 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.
  • News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone 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
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • 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).
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • 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.
     
     
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Telecommunications > Country calling code:

    The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.

  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • 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.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
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STAT North Korea Russia HISTORY
Broadcast media no independent media; radios and TVs are pre-tuned to government stations; 4 government-owned TV stations; the Korean Workers' Party owns and operates the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and the state-run Voice of Korea operates an external broadcast service; the government prohibits listening to and jams foreign broadcasts 6 m
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 148th. 		1,118.69 per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd. 27 times more than North Korea
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 6.2 million min.
Ranked 137th. 		2.22 billion min.
Ranked 12th. 359 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 0.0
Ranked 194th. 		143.93
Ranked 54th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 0.0
Ranked 199th. 		53.27
Ranked 77th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) - state-run; web pages in several languages</p> </p>Uriminzokkiri (On Our Own) - website carrying official news; pages in several languages</p> <p>Itar-Tass - state-owned news agency, pages in English</p> </p>RIA-Novosti - state-owned news agency, pages in English</p> </p>Interfax - private news agency, pages in English</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17840134">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14 AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 6.92
Ranked 198th. 		183.52
Ranked 8th. 27 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 47.65
Ranked 144th. 		298.9
Ranked 54th. 6 times more than North Korea
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 50.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 		308.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st. 6 times more than North Korea
Television > List of TV stations <p>Korean Central Broadcasting Station - radio station of Korean Workers&#039; Party</p> </p>Korean Central TV - TV station of Korean Workers&#039; Party</p> </p>Mansudae TV - cultural station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15259016">Full Article</a> <p>Russia One - national network, run by state-owned Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK)</p> </p>Channel One - national network, 51% owned by state, 49% by private shareholders</p> </p>NTV - national network, owned by state-run Gazprom</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17840134">Full Article</a>
Television broadcast stations 4
Ranked 6th. 		7,306
Ranked 1st. 1827 times more than North Korea
Television receivers > Per capita 56.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th. 		410.71 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd. 7 times more than North Korea
Televisions 1.2 million
Ranked 76th. 		60.5 million
Ranked 5th. 50 times more than North Korea
Televisions per 1000 51.17
Ranked 135th. 		418.4
Ranked 36th. 8 times more than North Korea
Radios per 1000 143.29
Ranked 152nd. 		425.31
Ranked 80th. 3 times more than North Korea
Internet > Percent using internet 0.0
Ranked 200th. 		53.27%
Ranked 76th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular 1,000,000
Ranked 148th. 		236.7 million
Ranked 6th. 237 times more than North Korea
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.157 per capita
Ranked 136th. 		0.418 per capita
Ranked 72nd. 3 times more than North Korea
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 48.67
Ranked 1st. 		315.71
Ranked 48th. 6 times more than North Korea
Telephone mainlines per 1000 41.79
Ranked 127th. 		280.13
Ranked 45th. 7 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Rodong Sinmun (Labour Daily) - organ of Korean Workers&#039; Party; web pages in English</p> </p>Joson Inmingun (Korean People&#039;s Army Daily)</p> </p>Minju Choson (Democratic Korea) - government organ</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15259016">Full Article</a> <p>Komsomolskaya Pravda - mass circulation, left-leaning daily, controlled by energy group YeSN</p> </p>Kommersant - daily, business-orientated, controlled by steel tycoon Alisher Usmanov</p> </p>Moskovsky Komsomolets - popular privately-owned Moscow daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17840134">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment adequate system; nationwide fiber-optic network; mobile-cellular service expanding beyond Pyongyang the telephone system is experiencing significant changes; there are more than 1,000 companies licensed to offer communication services; access to digital lines has improved, particularly in urban centers; Internet and e-mail services are improving; Russia has made progress toward building the telecommunications infrastructure necessary for a market economy; the estimated number of mobile subscribers jumped from fewer than 1 million in 1998 to more than 235 million in 2011; fixed line service has improved but a large demand remains
Television receivers per 1000 53.95
Ranked 118th. 		410.72
Ranked 32nd. 8 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses per capita 0.04
Ranked 223th. 		309.69
Ranked 83th. 7742 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 68.65
Ranked 198th. 		1,824.57
Ranked 6th. 27 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Telephone lines 1.18 million
Ranked 69th. 		42.9 million
Ranked 6th. 36 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.7 million
Ranked 145th. 		261.89 million
Ranked 5th. 154 times more than North Korea
Internet > Internet Service Providers 1
Ranked 175th. 		300
Ranked 5th. 300 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 0.0
Ranked 194th. 		20.66 million
Ranked 7th.
Telephones > Main lines in use 1.18 million
Ranked 71st. 		44.15 million
Ranked 5th. 37 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 4.77
Ranked 144th. 		30.14
Ranked 52nd. 6 times more than North Korea
Active military personnel 1.11 million
Ranked 2nd. 44% more than Russia 		766,000
Ranked 1st.
Radio receivers per 1000 151.07
Ranked 135th. 		417.5
Ranked 69th. 3 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 1.7 million
Ranked 145th. 		261.89 million
Ranked 5th. 154 times more than North Korea
Radio receivers 3.36 million
Ranked 67th. 		61.5 million
Ranked 8th. 18 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 2 million
Ranked 63th. 		256.12 million
Ranked 5th. 128 times more than North Korea
Television receivers 1.2 million
Ranked 75th. 		60.5 million
Ranked 5th. 50 times more than North Korea
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.18 per 1 million people
Ranked 11th. 		49.73 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 276 times more than North Korea
Telephone system > International country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing country code - 7; Russia is connected internationally by undersea fiber optic cables; satellite earth stations provide access to Intelsat, Intersputnik, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Orbita systems
Internet > ISP 1
Ranked 126th. 		300
Ranked 2nd. 300 times more than North Korea
Radios 3.36 million
Ranked 68th. 		61.5 million
Ranked 8th. 18 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 4.5 million
Ranked 20th. 		13.28 million
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 15
Ranked 53th. 		250
Ranked 8th. 17 times more than North Korea
Internet > Top level domain .kp .ru
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 204.39
Ranked 33th. 2 times more than Russia 		92.32
Ranked 37th.
Telephone system > Domestic fiber-optic links installed down to the county level; telephone directories unavailable; GSM mobile-cellular service initiated in 2002 but suspended in 2004; Orascom Telecom Holding, an Egyptian company, launched W-CDMA mobile service on 15 December 2008 for the Pyongyang area, has expanded service to several large cities and now has a 1-million-person subscriber base cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Khabarovsk, and from Moscow to Novorossiysk; the telephone systems in 60 regional capitals have modern digital infrastructures; cellular services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas; in rural areas, the telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low density
Internet country code .kp .ru
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 0.293 min.
Ranked 148th. 		15.31 min.
Ranked 90th. 52 times more than North Korea
Telephone mainlines 980,000
Ranked 68th. 		40.1 million
Ranked 5th. 41 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ $47.00 million
Ranked 76th. 		$6.12 billion
Ranked 2nd. 130 times more than North Korea
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering nd Selective filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 0.303 min. per capita
Ranked 145th. 		15.31 min. per capita
Ranked 89th. 51 times more than North Korea
Internet hosts None None
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.0426
Ranked 191st. 		2.07
Ranked 84th. 49 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses 1,024
Ranked 224th. 		42.76 million
Ranked 13th. 41761 times more than North Korea
Television broadcast stations per million 0.171
Ranked 10th. 		49.73
Ranked 2nd. 292 times more than North Korea
Internet > TLD .kp .ru; note - Russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain ".su" that was allocated to the Soviet Union and is being phased out
Internet > Livejournal users 42
Ranked 172nd. 		37,870
Ranked 4th. 902 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Country calling code 850 7
Telephone subscribers per 1000 39.4
Ranked 151st. 		1,118.41
Ranked 40th. 28 times more than North Korea
E-Government rating 36
Ranked 127th. 		36.8
Ranked 124th. 2% more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 1.18 million
Ranked 71st. 		44.96 million
Ranked 5th. 38 times more than North Korea
Internet > Livejournal users per million 1.78
Ranked 182nd. 		263.26
Ranked 44th. 148 times more than North Korea
Telephone subscribers per employee 33.33
Ranked 119th. 		333.97
Ranked 64th. 10 times more than North Korea
Telephone subscribers 916,000
Ranked 93th. 		160.1 million
Ranked 2nd. 175 times more than North Korea
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 147th. 		1,118.69 per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd. 27 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 68.65
Ranked 196th. 		1,824.58
Ranked 4th. 27 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.635
Ranked 119th. 		1.74
Ranked 86th. 3 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 850
Ranked 30th. 121 times more than Russia 		7
Ranked 54th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita $1.92
Ranked 95th. 		$42.67
Ranked 4th. 22 times more than North Korea
Phone system > International dialling code +850 +7
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.296
Ranked 106th. 		50.52
Ranked 18th. 171 times more than North Korea
Television standard > VHF PAL SECAM D
Internet > ISP per million 0.0438
Ranked 129th. 		2.05
Ranked 58th. 47 times more than North Korea
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 50 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 61st. 42% more than Russia 		35.21 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 48th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 4.81
Ranked 144th. 		30.06
Ranked 54th. 6 times more than North Korea
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 0.041
Ranked 187th. 		38.95
Ranked 92nd. 949 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.0
Ranked 194th. 		14.48
Ranked 55th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th. 		280.2 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 6 times more than North Korea
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.734 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th. 		2.34 per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 70th. 		1
Ranked 13th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.046 per 1 million people
Ranked 123th. 		2.05 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st. 45 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 7
Ranked 77th. 		7,267
Ranked 2nd. 1038 times more than North Korea

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.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. 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