Media Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & Sweden

Definitions

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$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
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.
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 > 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.
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.
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.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > 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.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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 > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > 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.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
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.
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
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.
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.
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 > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
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.
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.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 > 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.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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 > 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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 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.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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.
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$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Price basket for mobile > US$ 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.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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STAT	Sri Lanka	Sweden
Broadcast media	government operates 8 TV channels and a radio network; multi-channel satellite and cable TV subscription services available; 35 private TV stations and about 50 radio stations	publicly owned TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial networks plus regional stations; multiple privately owned TV broadcasters operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 50 local TV stations; widespread access to pan-Nordic and international broadcasters through multi-channel cable and satellite TV; publicly owned radio broadcaster operates 3 national stations and a network of 25 regional channels; roughly 100 privately owned local radio stations with some consolidating into near national networks; an estimated 900 community and neighborhood radio stations broadcast intermittently
Households with television	31.64% Ranked 99th.	93.91% Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	20.82 Ranked 119th.	321.12 Ranked 16th. 15 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	18.29 Ranked 137th.	94 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	181.21 Ranked 141st.	938.39 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Users per 1000	38.51 Ranked 125th.	765.19 Ranked 6th. 20 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet users	1.78 million Ranked 76th.	8.4 million Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Lankapuvath - state-owned</p> </p>TamilNet - US-based Tamil news site, widely described as pro-Tamil Tiger</p>	<p>TT - owned by several media groups</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	27.21 per 1,000 people Ranked 106th.	763.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 3rd. 28 times more than Sri Lanka
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) - state-owned, operates domestic services in Sinhala, Tamil and English, including widely-listened-to Commercial Service</p> </p>TNL Radio - private, English-language</p> </p>Sun FM - private, English-language</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12000330">Full Article</a>	<p>Sveriges Radio - public, operates news and public affairs station P1, classical music station P2, youth station P3 and regionally-based news and music station P4</p> </p>Rix FM - commercial, national pop music network</p> </p>NRJ - commercial, national pop music network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17961251">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	95.76 Ranked 117th.	122.62 Ranked 58th. 28% more than Sri Lanka
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	767.72 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd.	1,148.37 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th. 50% more than Sri Lanka
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC)- state-owned, operates Rupavahini in Sinhala, Channel Eye in English and Nethra in Tamil</p> </p>Independent Television Network (ITN) - state-run, Sri Lanka's first TV station</p> </p>Sirasa TV - private, Sinhala</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12000330">Full Article</a>	<p>Sveriges Television (SVT) - public, operates terrestrial networks SVT 1 and SVT 2, news channel SVT24, European satellite channel SVT Europa</p> </p>TV4 - commercial, terrestrial</p> </p>TV3 - commercial, via satellite and cable</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17961251">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	82.4 per 1,000 people Ranked 106th.	519.81 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Televisions per 1000	79.8 Ranked 123th.	513.49 Ranked 21st. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Personal computers per 1000	27.25 Ranked 105th.	762.88 Ranked 4th. 28 times more than Sri Lanka
Radio broadcast stations	AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4	AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	26.1 Ranked 54th.	480.57 Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Sri Lanka
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	234.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 102nd.	1,804.05 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Users > Per capita	36.88 per 1,000 people Ranked 127th.	775.1 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 21 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	169.69 Ranked 96th.	454.08 Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Televisions	1.53 million Ranked 70th.	4.6 million Ranked 34th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	170.45 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st.	609.67 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet users > Per 100 people	5.77 Ranked 139th.	87.7 Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Internet users	3.93 million Ranked 71st.	8.56 million Ranked 44th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	27.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.	408.95 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 15 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	499 Mbps Ranked 35th.	157,636 Mbps Ranked 8th. 316 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	25.43 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 55th.	17,530.71 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 3rd. 689 times more than Sri Lanka
Personal computers	529,650 Ranked 64th.	6.86 million Ranked 20th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka
Television broadcast stations	14 Ranked 18th.	169 Ranked 10th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	374.44 million min. Ranked 51st.	1.86 billion min. Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Radios per 1000	200.8 Ranked 134th.	920.94 Ranked 20th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	768.31 Ranked 3rd.	1,228.8 Ranked 37th. 60% more than Sri Lanka
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$1.86 billion Ranked 59th.	$25.27 billion Ranked 20th. 14 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Percent using internet	18.29% Ranked 136th.	94% Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephones > Mobile cellular	18.32 million Ranked 46th. 64% more than Sweden	11.19 million Ranked 66th.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.207 per capita Ranked 120th.	0.932 per capita Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	170.58 Ranked 2nd.	553.42 Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone mainlines per 1000	63.33 Ranked 97th.	716.85 Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Daily News - state-owned, English-language daily</p> </p>The Island - private, English-language daily</p> </p>Daily Mirror - private, English-language daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12000330">Full Article</a>	<p>Aftonbladet - Stockholm-based daily</p> </p>Dagens Nyheter - Stockholm-based daily</p> </p>Expressen - Stockholm-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17961251">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment	telephone services have improved significantly and are available in most parts of the country	highly developed telecommunications infrastructure; ranked among leading countries for fixed-line, mobile-cellular, Internet and broadband penetration
Television receivers per 1000	82.4 Ranked 105th.	520.01 Ranked 19th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > IP addresses per capita	24.87 Ranked 165th.	3,336.36 Ranked 3rd. 134 times more than Sri Lanka
Average cost of local call	0.04 Ranked 66th.	0.11 Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Users	771,700 Ranked 82nd.	7 million Ranked 31st. 9 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Internet penetration	18.3% Ranked 144th.	94% Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	171.13 Ranked 108th.	934.32 Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	999.81 Ranked 107th.	1,223.46 Ranked 59th. 22% more than Sri Lanka
Telecoms > Telephone lines	3.45 million Ranked 44th.	4.32 million Ranked 40th. 25% more than Sri Lanka
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	20.32 million Ranked 47th. 75% more than Sweden	11.64 million Ranked 70th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	5 Ranked 111th.	29 Ranked 39th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	423,194 Ranked 72nd.	3.06 million Ranked 28th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephones > Main lines in use	3.61 million Ranked 44th.	4.6 million Ranked 35th. 27% more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	16.35 Ranked 101st.	43.83 Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Active military personnel	223,100 Ranked 14th. 14 times more than Sweden	15,400 Ranked 80th.
Radio receivers per 1000	207.35 Ranked 120th.	932.62 Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	171.3 per 1,000 people Ranked 108th.	934.89 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Hosts per 1000	0.244 Ranked 141st.	388.19 Ranked 13th. 1589 times more than Sri Lanka
Number of PCs per million	27.27 Ranked 108th.	762.88 Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	19.33 million Ranked 50th. 63% more than Sweden	11.85 million Ranked 70th.
Radio receivers	3.85 million Ranked 65th.	8.25 million Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	17.36 million Ranked 45th. 55% more than Sweden	11.19 million Ranked 52nd.
Television receivers	1.53 million Ranked 69th.	4.6 million Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	533 Ranked 10th. 43% more than Sweden	373 Ranked 17th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	0.708 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.	19.14 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	2.11$ Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Sweden	0.41$ Ranked 106th.
Mobile phone subscribers	3.36 million Ranked 66th.	8.44 million Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone system > International	country code - 94; the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cables provide connectivity to Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe, US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)	country code - 46; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)(Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway)
Internet > ISP	5 Ranked 82nd.	29 Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	0.716 Ranked 92nd.	213.85 Ranked 10th. 299 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	3.45 million Ranked 44th.	4.32 million Ranked 40th. 25% more than Sri Lanka
Radios	3.85 million Ranked 66th.	8.25 million Ranked 38th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Hosts	4,940 Ranked 121st.	3.58 million Ranked 19th. 724 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	28.06 Ranked 48th.	408.81 Ranked 4th. 15 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	25.4 Mbps Ranked 56th.	17,527.71 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 690 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	493,000 Ranked 38th.	4.32 million Ranked 18th. 9 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	12 Ranked 62nd.	93 Ranked 20th. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	536,000 Ranked 39th.	3.63 million Ranked 16th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Top level domain	.lk	.se
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.055$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 44th.	0.074$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 21st. 35% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	68 Ranked 26th.	826 Ranked 12th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	26.06 Ranked 54th.	480.79 Ranked 5th. 18 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone system > Domestic	national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay; fiber-optic links now in use in Colombo area and fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition is strong in mobile cellular systems and mobile cellular subscribership is increasing	coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some additional telephone channels
Internet country code	.lk	.se
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	21.25 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 44th.	450.2 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 3rd. 21 times more than Sri Lanka
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	19.79 min. Ranked 85th.	210.04 min. Ranked 27th. 11 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone mainlines	1.24 million Ranked 57th.	6.45 million Ranked 27th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.244 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.	1.42 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	0.717 per 1,000 people Ranked 93th.	213.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th. 298 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	4.57$/month Ranked 172nd.	19.23$/month Ranked 104th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	19.7 min. per capita Ranked 83th.	209.96 min. per capita Ranked 23th. 11 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet hosts	None	4396000
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$91.47 Ranked 60th.	$2,717.02 Ranked 9th. 30 times more than Sri Lanka
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	73.14$ per capita Ranked 62nd.	3,065.09$ per capita Ranked 4th. 42 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	169 Ranked 15th.	400 Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	1,110 Ranked 15th.	2,974 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile cellular subscriptions	11.08 million Ranked 52nd. 2% more than Sweden	10.89 million Ranked 53th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	14,072 Ranked 71st.	1.93 million Ranked 16th. 137 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.261 Ranked 158th.	3.24 Ranked 65th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	347 Ranked 23th.	2,986 Ranked 9th. 9 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	12 Ranked 48th.	90 Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > IP addresses	534,272 Ranked 92nd.	30.37 million Ranked 16th. 57 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	145.34 Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Sweden	41.82 Ranked 16th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	8668000000	15306000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	0.51 Ranked 111th.	41.12 Ranked 4th. 81 times more than Sri Lanka
Number of PCs	530 Ranked 64th.	6,861 Ranked 20th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	169.69 Ranked 101st.	454.08 Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	4,655 Ranked 18th.	12,547 Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	953,986 Ranked 73th.	9.22 million Ranked 26th. 10 times more than Sri Lanka
Television broadcast stations per million	0.705 Ranked 29th.	19.15 Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	103 Ranked 22nd.	821 Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	244.28 Ranked 26th.	1,417.58 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	36 Ranked 36th.	71 Ranked 29th. 97% more than Sri Lanka
Internet > TLD	.lk	.se
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	54.98 Ranked 116th.	118.14 Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Livejournal users	103 Ranked 113th.	2,961 Ranked 13th. 29 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Secure Internet servers	39 Ranked 83th.	3,676 Ranked 11th. 94 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000	69.21 Ranked 23th. 61% more than Sweden	43.06 Ranked 25th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	94	46
Telephone subscribers per 1000	234.46 Ranked 102nd.	1,803.74 Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	4.4% Ranked 114th.	101.3% Ranked 5th. 23 times more than Sri Lanka
E-Government rating	38.7 Ranked 112th.	49.1 Ranked 27th. 27% more than Sri Lanka
Population covered by mobile telephony	85% Ranked 49th.	99% Ranked 27th. 16% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	58.29 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.	335.98 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	3.57 Ranked 33th.	93.32 Ranked 11th. 26 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	0.628 Ranked 66th.	10.14 Ranked 9th. 16 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists	1,600 Ranked 15th.	5,392 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	1.97 per 1 million people Ranked 123th.	406.38 per 1 million people Ranked 23th. 206 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	3.45 million Ranked 45th.	5.32 million Ranked 30th. 54% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	58.25 Ranked 26th.	336.01 Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	22.37 per 1 million people Ranked 18th.	36.49 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 63% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	147 Ranked 23th.	1,000 Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	1.88 Ranked 47th.	8 Ranked 33th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	1.86 per 1 million people Ranked 47th.	8.01 per 1 million people Ranked 33th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Livejournal users per million	5.3 Ranked 162nd.	329.24 Ranked 43th. 62 times more than Sri Lanka
Website defacements	5 Ranked 82nd.	48 Ranked 33th. 10 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Linux web servers	1 Ranked 87th.	162 Ranked 13th. 162 times more than Sri Lanka
Website defacements per million	0.266 Ranked 104th.	5.4 Ranked 31st. 20 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Linux web servers per million	0.0532 Ranked 95th.	18.21 Ranked 22nd. 342 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.23% GDP Ranked 110th.	2.8% GDP Ranked 58th. 26% more than Sri Lanka
Telephone subscribers per employee	312.57 Ranked 65th.	857.67 Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone subscribers	4.61 million Ranked 61st.	16.22 million Ranked 29th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	234.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 102nd.	1,804.05 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1997	2000
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.108$ per 1 million people Ranked 63th. 2 times more than Sweden	0.046$ per 1 million people Ranked 81st.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	105.21$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 50th. 90 times more than Sweden	1.17$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 98th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	8.87 Ranked 21st.	45.19 Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	7.71 Ranked 33th.	112.98 Ranked 9th. 15 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	45263900000	74809000000
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.617 Ranked 120th.	10.34 Ranked 17th. 17 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people	81.45 Ranked 23th.	597.15 Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	1.99 Ranked 119th.	32.18 Ranked 16th. 16 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	7.67 Ranked 131st.	1,511.88 Ranked 16th. 197 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	1.96 Ranked 122nd.	404.82 Ranked 22nd. 206 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.258 per 1 million people Ranked 102nd.	3.27 per 1 million people Ranked 40th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	18.22 per 1 million people Ranked 28th.	337.33 per 1 million people Ranked 5th. 19 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	7.72 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.	112.97 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 15 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	19.32 per 1 million people Ranked 15th.	41.12 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.0 Ranked 65th.	0.7 Ranked 16th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	22.36 Ranked 20th.	36.49 Ranked 13th. 63% more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	2.67 million Ranked 9th. 7 times more than Sweden	370,400 Ranked 16th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+94	+46
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	44.01 Ranked 114th.	1,010.99 Ranked 5th. 23 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	368 Ranked 10th. 1% more than Sweden	364 Ranked 17th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	72.68 per 1 million people Ranked 23th.	280.17 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	0.234 per 1,000 people Ranked 162nd.	395.67 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th. 1691 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone lines	3.45 million Ranked 41st.	5.32 million Ranked 27th. 54% more than Sri Lanka
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	101,922 Ranked 78th.	3.79 million Ranked 18th. 37 times more than Sri Lanka
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	4.59% Ranked 87th.	10.06% Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	1.85% Ranked 57th.	9.45% Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL B
Telephone system > Regulation	1991	1992
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	8.1 per 100 mainlines Ranked 34th.	8.4 per 100 mainlines Ranked 116th. 4% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	8.88 per 1 million people Ranked 20th.	45.19 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	17.1 Ranked 92nd.	57.74 Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	16.25 Ranked 101st.	45.51 Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	27.99 per 1 million people Ranked 19th.	42.14 per 1 million people Ranked 17th. 51% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	5.41 Ranked 30th.	92.76 Ranked 13th. 17 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	27.97 Ranked 20th.	42.14 Ranked 18th. 51% more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	426 Ranked 9th. 32% more than Sweden	323 Ranked 14th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.527 per 1,000 people Ranked 69th.	2.1 per 1,000 people Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	63.39 per 1,000 people Ranked 97th.	716.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	18.21 Ranked 30th.	337.36 Ranked 5th. 19 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet servers using encryption	72 Ranked 80th.	7,969 Ranked 11th. 111 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	3.55 Ranked 117th.	856.69 Ranked 16th. 241 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	72.63 Ranked 25th.	280.2 Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	951.05 Ranked 114th.	1,245.03 Ranked 53th. 31% more than Sri Lanka
Phone subscribers	79.91 Ranked 111th.	1,529.41 Ranked 3rd. 19 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	54 Ranked 49th.	70 Ranked 29th. 30% more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita	68.29 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th. 59% more than Sweden	43.07 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	19.15% Ranked 33th.	19.98% Ranked 93th. 4% more than Sri Lanka
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	24.62% Ranked 52nd.	46.63% Ranked 11th. 89% more than Sri Lanka
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	22.61% Ranked 66th.	56.93% Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	16.89% Ranked 106th.	49.61% Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.78 Ranked 83th.	7.9 Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	1,384 Ranked 12th.	2,480 Ranked 15th. 79% more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	0.62 per 1 million people Ranked 65th.	10.15 per 1 million people Ranked 9th. 16 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	1.32 million Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Sweden	382,000 Ranked 24th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.066 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 102nd.	0.269 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$324.70 million Ranked 42nd.	$8.67 billion Ranked 7th. 27 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	3.57 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.	93.31 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 26 times more than Sri Lanka
Internet > ISP per million	0.262 Ranked 107th.	3.27 Ranked 47th. 12 times more than Sri Lanka
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	1.17$/month Ranked 183th.	6.18$/month Ranked 142nd. 5 times more than Sri Lanka
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	8.17$/month Ranked 89th.	26.72$/month Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	19.31 Ranked 16th.	41.13 Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka

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. 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