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STAT North Korea United Kingdom 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 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
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 148th.
1,615.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 39 times more than North Korea

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 6.2 million min.
Ranked 137th.
15.6 billion min.
Ranked 2nd. 2517 times more than North Korea

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 0.0
Ranked 194th.
337.99
Ranked 12th.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 0.0
Ranked 199th.
87.02
Ranked 13th.

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>The Press Association</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 219, FM 431, shortwave 3
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 6.92
Ranked 198th.
130.75
Ranked 47th. 19 times more than North Korea

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 47.65
Ranked 144th.
522.08
Ranked 13th. 11 times more than North Korea

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 50.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st.
554.2 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 11 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>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 broadcast stations 4
Ranked 6th.
228
Ranked 7th. 57 times more than North Korea
Television receivers > Per capita 56.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th.
521.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 17th. 9 times more than North Korea

Televisions 1.2 million
Ranked 76th.
30.5 million
Ranked 9th. 25 times more than North Korea
Televisions per 1000 51.17
Ranked 135th.
512.03
Ranked 22nd. 10 times more than North Korea
Radios per 1000 143.29
Ranked 152nd.
1,418.59
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than North Korea
Internet > Percent using internet 0.0
Ranked 200th.
87.02%
Ranked 13th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 1,000,000
Ranked 148th.
81.61 million
Ranked 1st. 82 times more than North Korea

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.157 per capita
Ranked 136th.
1.45 per capita
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than North Korea

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 48.67
Ranked 1st.
519.6
Ranked 15th. 11 times more than North Korea

Telephone mainlines per 1000 41.79
Ranked 127th.
527.96
Ranked 11th. 13 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>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 adequate system; nationwide fiber-optic network; mobile-cellular service expanding beyond Pyongyang technologically advanced domestic and international system
Television receivers per 1000 53.95
Ranked 118th.
523
Ranked 18th. 10 times more than North Korea

Internet > IP addresses per capita 0.04
Ranked 223th.
1.95
Ranked 1st. 49 times more than North Korea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 68.65
Ranked 198th.
1,298.63
Ranked 46th. 19 times more than North Korea

Telecoms > Telephone lines 1.18 million
Ranked 69th.
33.01 million
Ranked 9th. 28 times more than North Korea

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.7 million
Ranked 145th.
82.11 million
Ranked 18th. 48 times more than North Korea

Internet > Internet Service Providers 1
Ranked 175th.
400
Ranked 4th. 400 times more than North Korea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 0.0
Ranked 194th.
21.37 million
Ranked 6th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 1.18 million
Ranked 71st.
33.23 million
Ranked 9th. 28 times more than North Korea

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 4.77
Ranked 144th.
52.88
Ranked 12th. 11 times more than North Korea

Active military personnel 1.11 million
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United Kingdom
205,850
Ranked 16th.
Radio receivers per 1000 151.07
Ranked 135th.
1,448.98
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than North Korea

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 1.7 million
Ranked 145th.
84.94 million
Ranked 18th. 50 times more than North Korea

Radio receivers 3.36 million
Ranked 67th.
84.5 million
Ranked 5th. 25 times more than North Korea

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 2 million
Ranked 63th.
75.75 million
Ranked 17th. 38 times more than North Korea
Television receivers 1.2 million
Ranked 75th.
30.5 million
Ranked 9th. 25 times more than North Korea

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.18 per 1 million people
Ranked 11th.
3.91 per 1 million people
Ranked 18th. 22 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 - 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
Radios 3.36 million
Ranked 68th.
84.5 million
Ranked 5th. 25 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 15
Ranked 53th.
109
Ranked 14th. 7 times more than North Korea

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 4.5 million
Ranked 20th.
17.38 million
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than North Korea

Internet > Top level domain .kp .uk
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 204.39
Ranked 33th.
290.22
Ranked 13th. 42% 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 equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems
Internet country code .kp .uk
Telephone mainlines 980,000
Ranked 68th.
31.8 million
Ranked 7th. 32 times more than North Korea

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 0.293 min.
Ranked 148th.
263.92 min.
Ranked 17th. 901 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.
262.18 min. per capita
Ranked 17th. 865 times more than North Korea

Internet hosts None None
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.0426
Ranked 191st.
6.72
Ranked 46th. 157 times more than North Korea
Internet > IP addresses 1,024
Ranked 224th.
123.5 million
Ranked 4th. 120606 times more than North Korea
Television broadcast stations per million 0.171
Ranked 10th.
3.93
Ranked 19th. 23 times more than North Korea
Internet > TLD .kp .uk
Internet > Livejournal users 42
Ranked 172nd.
71,742
Ranked 3rd. 1708 times more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Country calling code 850 44
Telephone subscribers per 1000 39.4
Ranked 151st.
1,615.56
Ranked 7th. 41 times more than North Korea

E-Government rating 36
Ranked 127th.
54.8
Ranked 9th. 52% more than North Korea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 1.18 million
Ranked 71st.
33.21 million
Ranked 8th. 28 times more than North Korea
Internet > Livejournal users per million 1.78
Ranked 182nd.
1,198.34
Ranked 18th. 674 times more than North Korea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.635
Ranked 119th.
1.82
Ranked 84th. 3 times more than North Korea

Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 4.81
Ranked 144th.
52.57
Ranked 13th. 11 times more than North Korea

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 68.65
Ranked 196th.
1,343.35
Ranked 40th. 20 times more than North Korea

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.296
Ranked 106th.
16.87
Ranked 52nd. 57 times more than North Korea

Telephone subscribers > Per capita 41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 147th.
1,615.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 39 times more than North Korea

Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 50 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 61st. 5 times more than United Kingdom
11 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 54th.

Telephone subscribers 916,000
Ranked 93th.
97.3 million
Ranked 6th. 106 times more than North Korea

Telephone subscribers per employee 33.33
Ranked 119th.
353.44
Ranked 51st. 11 times more than North Korea

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.0
Ranked 194th.
34.03
Ranked 12th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 0.041
Ranked 187th.
1,478.28
Ranked 17th. 36028 times more than North Korea

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 7
Ranked 77th.
1,010
Ranked 9th. 144 times more than North Korea

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th.
527.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 14th. 12 times more than North Korea

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 70th.
2.9
Ranked 4th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.734 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th.
3.98 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than North Korea

Phone system > International dialling code +850 +44

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.; 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.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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

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