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Media > Newspapers Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & United States

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STAT Sri Lanka United States HISTORY
Daily newspapers > Number of titles 12
Ranked 62nd.
1,486
Ranked 2nd. 124 times more than Sri Lanka

Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.617
Ranked 120th.
5.08
Ranked 42nd. 8 times more than Sri Lanka

Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 493,000
Ranked 38th.
57.35 million
Ranked 4th. 116 times more than Sri Lanka

Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 26.06
Ranked 54th.
195.85
Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Sri Lanka

Female newspaper journalists 600
Ranked 3rd.
20,320
Ranked 1st. 34 times more than Sri Lanka
Female newspaper journalists per million people 30.54
Ranked 8th.
68.76
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
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>USA Today - national daily</p> </p>Wall Street Journal - business daily</p> </p>Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Male newspaper journalists per million people 50.91
Ranked 11th.
114.42
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspaper journalists 1,600
Ranked 15th.
54,134
Ranked 3rd. 34 times more than Sri Lanka

Newspaper journalists per million people 81.45
Ranked 23th.
183.18
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka

Newspaper journalists, female 600
Ranked 3rd.
20,320
Ranked 1st. 34 times more than Sri Lanka
Newspaper journalists, female per million people 30.54
Ranked 8th.
68.76
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 2.78
Ranked 83th.
25.98
Ranked 42nd. 9 times more than Sri Lanka

Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 2.67 million
Ranked 9th.
107.57 million
Ranked 2nd. 40 times more than Sri Lanka

Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 145.34
Ranked 24th.
367.37
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka

Newspaper journalist gender ratio 60
Ranked 5th.
60.09
Ranked 4th. About the same as Sri Lanka
Male newspaper journalists 1,000
Ranked 4th.
33,814
Ranked 1st. 34 times more than Sri Lanka
Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 54
Ranked 49th.
7,607
Ranked 1st. 141 times more than Sri Lanka

SOURCES: 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.; 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.; 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.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics Source data; UNESCO Institute for Statistics Source data. 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.; 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables

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