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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 > 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.
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).
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
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.
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.

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“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 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.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
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.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.

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STAT	North Korea	South Korea
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	multiple national TV networks with 2 of the 3 largest networks publicly operated; the largest privately owned network, Seoul Broadcasting Service (SBS), has ties with other commercial TV networks; cable and satellite TV subscription services available; publicly operated radio broadcast networks and many privately owned radio broadcasting networks, each with multiple affiliates, and independent local stations
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	41.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 148th.	1,285.61 per 1,000 people Ranked 31st. 31 times more than North Korea
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	6.2 million min. Ranked 137th.	3.87 billion min. Ranked 9th. 624 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	0.0 Ranked 194th.	365.01 Ranked 6th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	0.0 Ranked 199th.	84.1 Ranked 20th.
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>Yonhap News Agency - English-language pages</p>
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 61, FM 150, shortwave 2
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	6.92 Ranked 198th.	110.36 Ranked 83th. 16 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	47.65 Ranked 144th.	601.94 Ranked 6th. 13 times more than North Korea
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	50.26 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st.	487.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 10 times more than North Korea
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Korean Central Broadcasting Station - radio station of Korean Workers' Party</p> </p>Korean Central TV - TV station of Korean Workers' 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>Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) - public, operates two networks; web pages in English</p> </p>Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) - public</p> </p>Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15291415">Full Article</a>
Television broadcast stations	4 Ranked 6th.	43 Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than North Korea
Television receivers > Per capita	56.24 per 1,000 people Ranked 119th.	346 per 1,000 people Ranked 43th. 6 times more than North Korea
Televisions	1.2 million Ranked 76th.	15.9 million Ranked 16th. 13 times more than North Korea
Televisions per 1000	51.17 Ranked 135th.	332.23 Ranked 50th. 6 times more than North Korea
Radios per 1000	143.29 Ranked 152nd.	992.5 Ranked 10th. 7 times more than North Korea
Internet > Percent using internet	0.0 Ranked 200th.	84.1% Ranked 19th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	1,000,000 Ranked 148th.	52.51 million Ranked 26th. 53 times more than North Korea
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.157 per capita Ranked 136th.	1.03 per capita Ranked 10th. 7 times more than North Korea
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	48.67 Ranked 1st.	392.2 Ranked 33th. 8 times more than North Korea
Telephone mainlines per 1000	41.79 Ranked 127th.	493.27 Ranked 14th. 12 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Rodong Sinmun (Labour Daily) - organ of Korean Workers' Party; web pages in English</p> </p>Joson Inmingun (Korean People'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>Chosun Ilbo - English-language pages</p> </p>Dong-a Ilbo - English-language pages</p> </p>Korea Times - English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15291415">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment	adequate system; nationwide fiber-optic network; mobile-cellular service expanding beyond Pyongyang	excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies
Television receivers per 1000	53.95 Ranked 118th.	346 Ranked 43th. 6 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses per capita	0.04 Ranked 223th.	2,297.13 Ranked 11th. 57428 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	68.65 Ranked 198th.	1,072.4 Ranked 93th. 16 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Telephone lines	1.18 million Ranked 69th.	30.1 million Ranked 11th. 26 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	1.7 million Ranked 145th.	53.62 million Ranked 25th. 32 times more than North Korea
Internet > Internet Service Providers	1 Ranked 175th.	11 Ranked 84th. 11 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	0.0 Ranked 194th.	18.25 million Ranked 8th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	1.18 million Ranked 71st.	29.47 million Ranked 11th. 25 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	4.77 Ranked 144th.	61.42 Ranked 5th. 13 times more than North Korea
Active military personnel	1.11 million Ranked 2nd. 61% more than South Korea	687,000 Ranked 3rd.
Radio receivers per 1000	151.07 Ranked 135th.	1,033.64 Ranked 9th. 7 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	1.7 million Ranked 145th.	53.62 million Ranked 26th. 32 times more than North Korea
Radio receivers	3.36 million Ranked 67th.	47.5 million Ranked 11th. 14 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	2 million Ranked 63th.	52.51 million Ranked 26th. 26 times more than North Korea
Television receivers	1.2 million Ranked 75th.	15.9 million Ranked 16th. 13 times more than North Korea
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	0.18 per 1 million people Ranked 11th.	0.89 per 1 million people Ranked 10th. 5 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 - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 66
Internet > ISP	1 Ranked 126th.	11 Ranked 62nd. 11 times more than North Korea
Radios	3.36 million Ranked 68th.	47.5 million Ranked 11th. 14 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	15 Ranked 53th.	139 Ranked 13th. 9 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	4.5 million Ranked 20th.	17.5 million Ranked 7th. 4 times more than North Korea
Internet > Top level domain	.kp	.kr
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	204.39 Ranked 33th.	384.4 Ranked 11th. 88% more than North Korea
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	fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available with a combined telephone subscribership of roughly 170 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce
Internet country code	.kp	.kr
Telephone mainlines	980,000 Ranked 68th.	23.75 million Ranked 9th. 24 times more than North Korea
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	0.293 min. Ranked 148th.	80.84 min. Ranked 44th. 276 times more than North Korea
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	nd	No evidence of filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	0.303 min. per capita Ranked 145th.	80.86 min. per capita Ranked 44th. 267 times more than North Korea
Internet hosts	None	None
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.0426 Ranked 191st.	0.23 Ranked 163th. 5 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses	1,024 Ranked 224th.	112.24 million Ranked 6th. 109609 times more than North Korea
Television broadcast stations per million	0.171 Ranked 10th.	0.893 Ranked 8th. 5 times more than North Korea
Internet > TLD	.kp	.kr
Internet > Livejournal users	42 Ranked 172nd.	607 Ranked 39th. 14 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Country calling code	850	82
Telephone subscribers per 1000	39.4 Ranked 151st.	1,289.78 Ranked 28th. 33 times more than North Korea
E-Government rating	36 Ranked 127th.	64 Ranked 2nd. 78% more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	1.18 million Ranked 71st.	29.47 million Ranked 11th. 25 times more than North Korea
Internet > Livejournal users per million	1.78 Ranked 182nd.	12.64 Ranked 125th. 7 times more than North Korea
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	44 per 1,000 people Ranked 129th.	491.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 11 times more than North Korea
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.734 per 1,000 people Ranked 119th.	2.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 33th. 3 times more than North Korea
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	41.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 147th.	1,285.61 per 1,000 people Ranked 31st. 31 times more than North Korea
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	50 per 100 mainlines Ranked 61st. 50 times more than South Korea	1 per 100 mainlines Ranked 74th.
Telephone subscribers	916,000 Ranked 93th.	62.09 million Ranked 11th. 68 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	4.81 Ranked 144th.	61.95 Ranked 4th. 13 times more than North Korea
Telephone subscribers per employee	33.33 Ranked 119th.	566.93 Ranked 28th. 17 times more than North Korea
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	0.041 Ranked 187th.	2,751.56 Ranked 4th. 67061 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	0.0 Ranked 194th.	37.56 Ranked 7th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	7 Ranked 77th.	2,310 Ranked 7th. 330 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.0 Ranked 70th.	2.6 Ranked 6th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.635 Ranked 119th.	2.89 Ranked 60th. 5 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code	850 Ranked 30th. 10 times more than South Korea	82 Ranked 45th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	68.65 Ranked 196th.	1,072.4 Ranked 91st. 16 times more than North Korea
Phone system > International dialling code	+850	+82
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.046 per 1 million people Ranked 123th.	0.234 per 1 million people Ranked 106th. 5 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.296 Ranked 106th.	48.09 Ranked 19th. 162 times more than North Korea
Television standard > VHF	PAL	NTSC M
Internet > ISP per million	0.0438 Ranked 129th.	0.234 Ranked 111th. 5 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. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; OpenNet Initiative (ONI), ONI Data, https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20130920.zip; http://www.iana.org/numbers; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; LiveJournal; Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; LiveJournal. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.com/) and World Bank population estimates.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Tenlab May 2002

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