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Senegal

Senegal Media Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 13,620 2014 85th out of 147
Average cost of local call 0.11 2000 6th out of 31
Broadcast media - 2007
Cinema > Number of cinemas 22 2002 2nd out of 3
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 5 2011 72nd out of 82
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 8.72 2004 65th out of 77
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 171.27 per 1,000 people 2005 107th out of 140
Households with television 28.52% 2002 102nd out of 142
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $1.39 billion 2009 62nd out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 624 million min. 2004 31st out of 73
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 1.63 2005 84th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 95,561 2012 101st out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 6.96 2012 137th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 217 2008 172nd out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.0177 2008 174th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 22.61 2014 166th out of 233
Internet > ISP 1 2002 16th out of 27
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 775 Mbps 2005 30th out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 66.48 Mbps per 1 million peop 2005 44th out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 68.76 Mbps 2005 44th out of 87
Internet > Internet Service Providers 1 2003 208th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 19.2% 2013 143th out of 209
Internet > Internet users 2.49 million 2013 84th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 19.2 2012 136th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 187.26 2013 139th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 19.2% 2012 135th out of 200
Internet > Users 820,000 2007 80th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 65.49 per 1,000 people 2007 117th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 68.88 2007 112th out of 149
Internet users 1.82 million 2009 75th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 8.35 2008 127th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 1.73 million 2005 83th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 148.4 per 1,000 people 2005 112th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 153.5 2005 112th out of 167
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Agence de Presse Senegalaise - state-run

PANA - Dakar-based pan-African news agency

2012
Newspapers 5 2003 49th out of 67
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 13 2004 59th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 100,000 2004 54th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Le Soleil - state-owned daily

Sud Quotidien - private daily

Le Quotidien - private daily


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2012
Newspapers per million 0.468 2003 59th out of 66
Number of PCs per million 22.07 2004 111th out of 162
Personal computers 250,000 2005 34th out of 58
Personal computers > Per capita 21.44 per 1,000 people 2005 44th out of 58
Personal computers per 1000 22.18 2005 44th out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations

Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) - state-run, operates Chaine Nationale and Senegal Internationale, Dakar FM, regional services

Sud FM - private, in Dakar and other cities

Nostalgie - private, Dakar


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2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 2001
Radio receivers 1.24 million 1997 100th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.129 per capita 1997 145th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 135.31 1997 143th out of 179
Radios 1.24 million 2003 101st out of 221
Radios per 1000 116.18 2003 162nd out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 338,167 2012 107th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 2.48 2012 157th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 11.47 million 2012 72nd out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.47 million 2012 72nd out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 87.51 2012 131st out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 835.69 2012 132nd out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 338,167 2012 107th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 24.64 2012 158th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.02$ 2004 76th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 23.66 2005 113th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment good system with microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 346,400 2011 110th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 21.49 per 1,000 people 2007 102nd out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 22.15 2009 149th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 9.35 million 2011 76th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 329.26 per 1,000 people 2007 117th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 548.35 2009 130th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) - state-run, operates RTS1 and RTS2

TFM - private

RDV - private


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2012
Television broadcast stations 4 2007 11th out of 16
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.319 per 1 million people 2007 13th out of 16
Television receivers 361,000 1997 104th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 37.61 per 1,000 people 1997 126th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 39.39 1997 124th out of 176
Televisions 361,000 2003 109th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 33.82 2003 143th out of 191

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; World Development Indicators database; World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy, and Global Insight, Inc.; 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.; 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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); 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); 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. 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; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 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.; ITU. 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; 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.; 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.

Citation

  • Senegal ranked third for internet > fixed broadband internet subscribers amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012.
  • Senegal ranked 21 places from the bottom for telecoms > mobile cellular subscriptions > per 100 people amongst Muslim countries in 2012.

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