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Palau

Palau Media Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media no TV stations; a cable TV network covers the major islands and provides access to rebroadcasts, on a delayed basis, of a number of US stations as well as access to a number of real-time satellite TV channels; about a half dozen radio stations with 1 government-owned 2009
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 0.0 2009 101st out of 101
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 613 2012 176th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 29.54 2012 108th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 1 2007 222nd out of 223
Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.0497 2007 165th out of 196
Internet > IP addresses per capita 194.75 2014 104th out of 233
Internet > ISP 1 2002 24th out of 27
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 3 Mbps 2002 138th out of 166
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 153.26 Mbps 2002 46th out of 164
Internet > Internet Service Providers 1 2003 213th out of 229
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 26.97 2004 53th out of 194
Internet > Percent using internet 26.97% 2004 55th out of 196
Internet users > Per 100 people 27.25 2004 51st out of 185
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Tia Belau - English-language weekly

Palau Horizon - English-language weekly

Roureur Belau - Palauan weekly

2012
Radio > List of radio stations

WWFM - private FM station, music and speech

KRFM - private FM station, music and speech

T8AA Eco Paradise - government station, news and speech

2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 2002
Radios 12,000 2003 206th out of 221
Radios per 1000 609.14 2003 51st out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 7,280 2012 198th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 35.29 2012 45th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 17,151 2012 196th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 17,151 2012 198th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 82.62 2012 135th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 826.39 2012 136th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 7,280 2012 196th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 350.78 2012 46th out of 203
Telephone system > General assessment NA 2008
Telephone system > International country code - 680; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 6,900 2011 182nd out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 349 2009 44th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 15,400 2011 188th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 648.84 2009 118th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

There are no terrestrial over-the-air TV stations based in Palau, but most households have cable TV, which carries US and international channels.

2012
Television broadcast stations 1 2005 10th out of 13
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 49.75 per 1 million people 2005 3rd out of 12
Televisions 11,000 2003 184th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 558.38 2003 16th out of 191

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and 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.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; World Development Indicators 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.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; 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, 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.; 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.

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Palau Media Profiles (Subcategories)

Cinema 4 Telecoms 6
Internet 27 Telephones 4
Newspapers 14 Telephone system 3
Telecommunications 6

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