Media Stats: compare key data on Germany & Iran

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.
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 > Internet users: Internet users.
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.
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.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
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.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita 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 > 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.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
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.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
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.
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.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinemas per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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.
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 > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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 > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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 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.
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.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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 > 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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone: What the receiver of a call usually says when taking the call.
Price basket for mobile > US$ 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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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 > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. 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.
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.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.

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STAT	Germany	Iran
Broadcast media	a mixture of publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations; national and regional public broadcasters compete with nearly 400 privately owned national and regional TV stations; more than 90% of households have cable or satellite TV; hundreds of radio stations including multiple national radio networks, regional radio networks, and a large number of local radio stations	state-run broadcast media with no private, independent broadcasters; Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the state-run TV broadcaster, operates 5 nationwide channels, a news channel, about 30 provincial channels, and several international channels; about 20 foreign Persian-language TV stations broadcasting on satellite TV are capable of being seen in Iran; satellite dishes are illegal and, while their use had been tolerated, authorities began confiscating satellite dishes following the unrest stemming from the 2009 presidential election; IRIB operates 8 nationwide radio networks, a number of provincial stations, and an external service; most major international broadcasters transmit to Iran
Households with television	95% Ranked 19th. 24% more than Iran	76.58% Ranked 75th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	340.79 Ranked 11th. 8 times more than Iran	40.25 Ranked 101st.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	84 Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Iran	26 Ranked 124th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	841.64 Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Iran	256.77 Ranked 130th.
Internet > Users per 1000	516.61 Ranked 33th. 61% more than Iran	320.29 Ranked 56th.
Internet users	65.12 million Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Iran	8.21 million Ranked 35th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)</p>	<p>Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) - state-run</p> </p>Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) - English-language pages</p> </p>Fars News Agency - affiliated to Revolutionary Guards, English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14542234">Full Article</a>
Personal computers > Per capita	545.35 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Iran	109.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 61st.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>ARD - umbrella organisation of public radio services, including those of individual regions</p> </p>Deutschlandradio - operates national public stations Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Kultur, both offering current affairs and cultural programmes</p> </p>Deutsche Welle - international radio,, services in many languages</p>	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates eight national networks, provincial services and an external service</p>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	131.3 Ranked 46th. 71% more than Iran	76.92 Ranked 140th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,283.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Iran	455.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 93th.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>ARD - organisation of regional public broadcasters; operates Das Erste, the main national public TV channel</p> </p>ZDF - operates second national public TV channel</p> </p>n-tv - commercial, rolling-news</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301193">Full Article</a>	<p>IRIB - state-run, operates provincial, national and international services</p> </p>Press TV - IRIB's English-language satellite channel</p> </p>Al-Alam - IRIB network in Arabic</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	566.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 7 times more than Iran	75.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 109th.
Televisions per 1000	622.77 Ranked 10th. 9 times more than Iran	67.26 Ranked 127th.
Personal computers per 1000	545.35 Ranked 16th. 5 times more than Iran	105.95 Ranked 60th.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4	AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Iran	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	515.77 per 1,000 people Ranked 35th. 47% more than Iran	351.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 56th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	619.12 Ranked 4th. 65% more than Iran	376.3 Ranked 41st.
Televisions	51.4 million Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Iran	4.61 million Ranked 33th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	595.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 63% more than Iran	364.46 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd.
Internet > Internet users	68.3 million Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Iran	20.5 million Ranked 24th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	566,056 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 566 times more than Iran	1,000 Mbps Ranked 46th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	6,859.93 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 8th. 455 times more than Iran	15.06 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 86th.
Personal computers	45 million Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Iran	7.35 million Ranked 19th.
Television broadcast stations	373 Ranked 4th. 13 times more than Iran	28 Ranked 17th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	15.68 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 31 times more than Iran	510.9 million min. Ranked 41st.
Radios per 1000	942.64 Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Iran	248.02 Ranked 117th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,282.02 Ranked 32nd. 79% more than Iran	714.62 Ranked 112th.
Internet > Percent using internet	84% Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Iran	26% Ranked 125th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	108.7 million Ranked 10th. 94% more than Iran	56.04 million Ranked 21st.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.948 per capita Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Iran	0.279 per capita Ranked 100th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	594.61 Ranked 8th. 69% more than Iran	350.87 Ranked 43th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	667.47 Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Iran	270.63 Ranked 46th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - prestigious daily</p> </p>Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Munich-based daily</p> </p>Die Welt - Berlin-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301193">Full Article</a>	<p>Tehran Times - state-run English-language daily</p> </p>Iran Daily - English-language, published by state news agency IRNA</p> </p>Sharq (The East) - reformist daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14542234">Full Article</a>
Cinema attendance	149 million Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Iran	26 million Ranked 19th.
Telephone system > General assessment	Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part	currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently connected
Cinema attendance per capita	1.81 Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Iran	0.379 Ranked 54th.
Television receivers per 1000	566.83 Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Iran	73.71 Ranked 107th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	212 Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Iran	76 Ranked 19th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	1,452.93 Ranked 24th. 22 times more than Iran	66.7 Ranked 137th.
Internet > Users	42.5 million Ranked 5th. 85% more than Iran	23 million Ranked 11th.
Internet > Internet penetration	84% Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Iran	26% Ranked 132nd.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	960.36 Ranked 22nd. 9 times more than Iran	102.95 Ranked 125th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,314.67 Ranked 43th. 73% more than Iran	760.98 Ranked 142nd.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 76% more than Iran	28.76 million Ranked 12th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	107.66 million Ranked 11th. 85% more than Iran	58.16 million Ranked 24th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	200 Ranked 8th. Twice as much as Iran	100 Ranked 11th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	27.91 million Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Iran	3.08 million Ranked 27th.
Cinemas > Per capita	0.057 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 11 times more than Iran	0.005 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	51.8 million Ranked 4th. 87% more than Iran	27.77 million Ranked 12th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	60.51 Ranked 7th. 61% more than Iran	37.63 Ranked 39th.
Active military personnel	182,927 Ranked 1st.	523,000 Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Germany
Radio receivers per 1000	948.38 Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Iran	271.82 Ranked 103th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	960.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th. 9 times more than Iran	105.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 125th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	275.31 Ranked 21st. 6995 times more than Iran	0.0394 Ranked 169th.
Number of PCs per million	484.75 Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Iran	105.95 Ranked 63th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	92.4 million Ranked 16th. 59% more than Iran	58.16 million Ranked 24th.
Radio receivers	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Iran	17 million Ranked 23th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	107 million Ranked 11th. 11% more than Iran	96.17 million Ranked 13th.
Television receivers	46.5 million Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Iran	4.61 million Ranked 32nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	3,718 Ranked 3rd.	4,504 Ranked 1st. 21% more than Germany
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	4.57 per 1 million people Ranked 16th. 10 times more than Iran	0.46 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.43$ Ranked 105th.	0.55$ Ranked 103th. 28% more than Germany
Mobile phone subscribers	79.2 million Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Iran	7.22 million Ranked 46th.
Telephone system > International	country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems	country code - 98; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations - 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat)
Internet > ISP	200 Ranked 2nd. Twice as much as Iran	100 Ranked 3rd.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	129.75 Ranked 23th. 502 times more than Iran	0.258 Ranked 84th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 76% more than Iran	28.76 million Ranked 12th.
Radios	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Iran	17 million Ranked 23th.
Internet > Hosts	22.61 million Ranked 3rd. 7904 times more than Iran	2,860 Ranked 131st.
Cinemas > Annual attendance	149 million Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Iran	26 million Ranked 17th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	1.81 Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Iran	0.43 Ranked 45th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	6,859.93 Mbps Ranked 8th. 470 times more than Iran	14.59 Mbps Ranked 86th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	347 Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Iran	172 Ranked 10th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	22.1 million Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Iran	1.65 million Ranked 38th.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	37.74% Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Iran	15.38% Ranked 35th.
Internet > Top level domain	.de	.ir
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.061$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Iran	0.025$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 69th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	2.59 Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Iran	1.01 Ranked 57th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	2,756 Ranked 5th. 49% more than Iran	1,844 Ranked 2nd.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	267.83 Ranked 14th. 10 times more than Iran	26.87 Ranked 102nd.
Telephone system > Domestic	Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to many foreign countries	the addition of new fiber cables and modern switching and exchange systems installed by Iran's state-owned telecom company have improved and expanded the fixed-line network greatly; fixed-line availability has more than doubled to more than 27 million lines since 2000; additionally, mobile-cellular service has increased dramatically serving roughly 56 million subscribers in 2011; combined fixed and mobile-cellular subscribership now exceeds 100 per 100 persons
Internet country code	.de	.ir
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	205.76 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 12th. 28 times more than Iran	7.38 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 101st.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	190.76 min. Ranked 25th. 26 times more than Iran	7.45 min. Ranked 92nd.
Telephone mainlines	55.05 million Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Iran	18.99 million Ranked 11th.
Cinemas	4,712 Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Iran	287 Ranked 26th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.951 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Iran	0.236 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	129.75 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 486 times more than Iran	0.267 per 1,000 people Ranked 84th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	Pervasive filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	7.4$/month Ranked 164th. 3 times more than Iran	2.26$/month Ranked 174th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	190.77 min. per capita Ranked 24th. 25 times more than Iran	7.7 min. per capita Ranked 93th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	62.26% Ranked 42nd.	84.62% Ranked 18th. 36% more than Germany
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,173.49$ per capita Ranked 18th. 28 times more than Iran	76.81$ per capita Ranked 61st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	12,798 Ranked 4th. 52 times more than Iran	247 Ranked 28th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	10.7 million Ranked 5th. 605 times more than Iran	17,700 Ranked 54th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	2.42 Ranked 76th. 66% more than Iran	1.46 Ranked 101st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	10,550 Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Iran	2,426 Ranked 9th.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000	10.17 Ranked 17th. 4 times more than Iran	2.86 Ranked 33th.
Cinemas per million	57.39 Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Iran	4.75 Ranked 47th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	382 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Iran	112 Ranked 12th.
Internet > IP addresses	118.13 million Ranked 5th. 22 times more than Iran	5.26 million Ranked 50th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	5700000000	10354800000000
Number of PCs	40,000 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Iran	7,347 Ranked 19th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	619.12 Ranked 6th. 65% more than Iran	376.3 Ranked 46th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	78,042 Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Iran	14,783 Ranked 7th.
Television broadcast stations per million	4.57 Ranked 18th. 10 times more than Iran	0.448 Ranked 63th.
Cinemas > Seats	835,000 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Iran	173,000 Ranked 9th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	5,921 Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Iran	733 Ranked 10th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	951.18 Ranked 17th. 4 times more than Iran	227.93 Ranked 27th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	25 Ranked 43th.	906 Ranked 6th. 36 times more than Germany
Internet > TLD	.de	.ir
Internet > Livejournal users	9,346 Ranked 6th. 106 times more than Iran	88 Ranked 125th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	28,730 Ranked 4th. 1026 times more than Iran	28 Ranked 92nd.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	1.26 Ranked 28th. 1% more than Iran	1.25 Ranked 29th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	93.2% Ranked 19th.	100% Ranked 8th. 7% more than Germany
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	103 Ranked 4th. 10% more than Iran	94 Ranked 5th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	1.81 per capita Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Iran	0.441 per capita Ranked 44th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	49	98
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,627.83 Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Iran	373.59 Ranked 89th.
E-Government rating	52.6 Ranked 11th. 20% more than Iran	44 Ranked 66th.
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 20th. 10% more than Iran	90% Ranked 74th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	33.64 Ranked 21st. 18% more than Iran	28.43 Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	156.24 per 1 million people Ranked 18th. 40 times more than Iran	3.94 per 1 million people Ranked 36th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	4.65 Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Iran	1.7 Ranked 49th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	348.62 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 861 times more than Iran	0.405 per 1 million people Ranked 147th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	48.7 million Ranked 3rd. 75% more than Iran	27.77 million Ranked 12th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	76.75 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Iran	9.76 per 1 million people Ranked 27th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	156.24 Ranked 18th. 41 times more than Iran	3.81 Ranked 38th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	9,695 Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Iran	906 Ranked 11th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	0.304 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.	14.23 per 1 million people Ranked 28th. 47 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	0.304 Ranked 58th.	13.75 Ranked 28th. 45 times more than Germany
Internet > Livejournal users per million	113.26 Ranked 63th. 89 times more than Iran	1.27 Ranked 189th.
Website defacements per million	1.97 Ranked 63th. 5 times more than Iran	0.419 Ranked 97th.
Website defacements	162 Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Iran	28 Ranked 48th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	49.15% Ranked 16th. 17 times more than Iran	2.95% Ranked 146th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	37.74% Ranked 37th. 35 times more than Iran	1.08% Ranked 149th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	118.35 Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Iran	13.97 Ranked 28th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	197.9 per 1 million people Ranked 14th. 9 times more than Iran	21.02 per 1 million people Ranked 34th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	274.45 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd. 6382 times more than Iran	0.043 per 1,000 people Ranked 188th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	0.156$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 108th.	3.37$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 93th. 22 times more than Germany
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.005$ per 1 million people Ranked 108th.	0.008$ per 1 million people Ranked 105th. 60% more than Germany
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	SECAM B
Internet > ISP per million	2.43 Ranked 13th. 64% more than Iran	1.48 Ranked 12th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Iran	384 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	8.7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 115th. 3 times more than Iran	2.56 per 100 mainlines Ranked 117th.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita	10.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Iran	2.93 per 1,000 people Ranked 33th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	61.84 Ranked 6th. 63% more than Iran	38.03 Ranked 38th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	45.39 per 1 million people Ranked 15th.	71.79 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 58% more than Germany
Telephone subscribers	134.25 million Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Iran	26.21 million Ranked 21st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	43.7 Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Iran	10.89 Ranked 21st.
Telephone subscribers per employee	559.19 Ranked 32nd. 37% more than Iran	407.04 Ranked 54th.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.04% GDP Ranked 51st. 2 times more than Iran	1.27% GDP Ranked 129th.
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	SECAM G
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	45.39 Ranked 15th.	69.44 Ranked 6th. 53% more than Germany
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,090.92 Ranked 24th. 809 times more than Iran	1.35 Ranked 167th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	348.76 Ranked 26th. 884 times more than Iran	0.394 Ranked 145th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	34.04 Ranked 11th. 8 times more than Iran	4.07 Ranked 101st.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	34 Ranked 55th.	906 Ranked 10th. 27 times more than Germany
Royalties and fees	$34.40 Ranked 14th.	0.0 Ranked 75th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	4.21 Ranked 48th. 70% more than Iran	2.48 Ranked 67th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	3,580 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Iran	706 Ranked 4th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	33.65 per 1 million people Ranked 22nd. 14% more than Iran	29.39 per 1 million people Ranked 17th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	76.75 Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Iran	9.44 Ranked 29th.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	2.8 Ranked 5th. 28 times more than Iran	0.1 Ranked 46th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	43.7 per 1 million people Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Iran	11.25 per 1 million people Ranked 21st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	118.36 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Iran	14.44 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	128.8 per 1 million people Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Iran	38.67 per 1 million people Ranked 25th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	2.43 per 1 million people Ranked 13th. 59% more than Iran	1.53 per 1 million people Ranked 10th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone	using family name, often with first name	Alo. Baleh?
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	17.34$/month Ranked 32nd. 7 times more than Iran	2.64$/month Ranked 174th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,128.35 Ranked 77th. 48% more than Iran	760.98 Ranked 141st.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	26.47$/month Ranked 21st. 11 times more than Iran	2.43$/month Ranked 140th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	197.89 Ranked 14th. 10 times more than Iran	20.34 Ranked 36th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	72.28 Ranked 16th. 6 times more than Iran	11.3 Ranked 24th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	68300000000	14053700000000
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	128.79 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Iran	37.4 Ranked 26th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	667.47 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Iran	278.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 44th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Iran	0.695 per 1,000 people Ranked 77th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	8.53% Ranked 69th.	73.68% Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.412 Ranked 103th.	13.75 Ranked 47th. 33 times more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	6,287 Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Iran	612 Ranked 5th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	16,210 Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Iran	1,319 Ranked 13th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	4.65 per 1 million people Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Iran	1.76 per 1 million people Ranked 48th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+49	+98
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.169 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 34th. 19% more than Iran	0.142 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 50th.

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