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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.
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$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ 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.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Cable TV subscribers: Cable TV subscribers per 1000 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.
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
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.
Films produced per million: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
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 > 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.
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.
Music > Share of all albums sold: Share of album sales in domestic music industries during 1990-2000.
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.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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 > Number of cinemas per million people: Number of cinemas. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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.
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."
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.
Music > Singles sales > Share of global physical sales > 2005: Percentage of single records sold physically, i.e. in CDs, cassettes, DVDs, etc.
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.
Pay TV subscribers: Percentage of households subscribing to pay TV service (Data is for 1999).
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 revenue: Telecommunications revenue as % of GDP.
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.
Internet > Broadband access: DSL lines, cable modems etc. total in major countries (Top 30)
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access: For the OECD member countries and China, total communication access paths are the total of fixed lines (standard analogue access lines and ISDN lines) plus the number of DSL, cable modem subscribers and mobile telephone subscribers. For Brazil, India, Russian Federation and South Africa, total communication access paths are the sum of main telephone lines in operation, ISDN lines, DSL and cable modem subscribers and cellular mobile telephone subscribers.
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.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based 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.
Internet > Communication technology patents: Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population.
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
Internet > Internet charges: Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.
Internet > Secure servers: Number of secure servers per 100000 population (2002).
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.
Television reception through satellite: Media - Television reception by satellite.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Web sites: Websites per 1000 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.
Television reception through cable: Media - Television reception by cable.
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.
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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.
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.
Television reception by terrestrial means: Percentage of households receiving television through terrestrial means only.
Internet > Specific websites > Chinese Wikipedia edits: Location of editors of the Standard Chinese language edition of Wikipedia.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Public funding of broadcasters revenue per capita: Public funding of broadcasters' revenue, 1999, US$ per capita.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
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.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
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 > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications employment: Telecommunications employment as a share (%) of national employment (Data is for 2001).
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 > Geography > History 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.
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 > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Public share of broadcasting revenue: Public share as a % of total broadcasting revenue (Data is for 1999).
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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.
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 > 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.
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.
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.
Commercial share of broadcasting revenue: Commercial share as a % of total broadcasting revenue (Data is for 1999).
Total broadcasters revenue per capita: Total broadcasters' revenue, 1999, US$ per capita.
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 > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
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 > 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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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 > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP 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.

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Broadcast media	a mixture of public and commercial broadcast TV and radio stations; 6 national terrestrial TV networks including 1 public broadcaster; the large number of radio and TV stations available provide a wide range of choices; satellite and cable services provide access to international channels	the publicly owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 7 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 2 in Italian, and 2 in French; private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally; TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services; SRG/SSR operates 18 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage
Households with television	99% Ranked 5th.	99.83% Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Japan
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	276.69 Ranked 24th.	404.77 Ranked 3rd. 46% more than Japan
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	79.05 Ranked 31st.	85.2 Ranked 18th. 8% more than Japan
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	791.21 Ranked 31st.	844.49 Ranked 17th. 7% more than Japan
Internet > Users per 1000	689.59 Ranked 12th. 13% more than Switzerland	610.51 Ranked 21st.
Internet users	99.18 million Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Switzerland	5.74 million Ranked 16th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Kyodo - English-language pages</p> </p>Japan Today - online news, in English</p>	<p>swissinfo - news portal operated by public broadcaster, pages in English</p> </p>SDA - Swiss News Agency (SDA/ATS)</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	541.63 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th.	864.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 60% more than Japan
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>NHK - public, operates news/speech-based Radio 1, cultural/educational network Radio 2, classical music-based network FM Radio, external service Radio Japan</p> </p>Inter FM - Tokyo commercial music station</p> </p>J-Wave - Tokyo commercial music station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>	<p>SR-DRS - German-language public broadcaster, operates five stations</p> </p>RSR - French-language public broadcaster, operates four stations</p> </p>RSI - Italian-language public broadcaster, operates three stations</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17982246">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	109.43 Ranked 86th.	135.25 Ranked 40th. 24% more than Japan
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	842.31 per 1,000 people Ranked 60th.	1,071.66 per 1,000 people Ranked 34th. 27% more than Japan
Television > List of TV stations	<p>NHK - public, operates the General TV, Educational TV channels. NHK also runs HD satellite channels BS1 and BS Premium. NHK World is the organisation's international English-language channel.</p> </p>TV Asahi - national commercial network</p> </p>Fuji TV - national commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>	<p>SF-DRS - German-language public broadcaster, operates three channels</p> </p>RTSI - Italian-language public broadcaster, operates two channels</p> </p>TSR - French-language public broadcaster, operates two channels</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	686.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 47% more than Switzerland	466.99 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.
Televisions per 1000	677.27 Ranked 6th. 50% more than Switzerland	451.02 Ranked 30th.
Personal computers per 1000	541.64 Ranked 17th.	864.58 Ranked 1st. 60% more than Japan
Radio broadcast stations	AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21	AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 2
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	551.23 Ranked 2nd. 31% more than Switzerland	420.04 Ranked 6th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,201.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th.	1,609.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 34% more than Japan
Internet > Users > Per capita	691.42 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 13% more than Switzerland	610.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	503.86 Ranked 16th.	547.95 Ranked 11th. 9% more than Japan
Televisions	86.5 million Ranked 3rd. 26 times more than Switzerland	3.31 million Ranked 43th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	402.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th.	661.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 65% more than Japan
Internet users > Per 100 people	75.16 Ranked 14th.	75.93 Ranked 10th. 1% more than Japan
Internet > Internet users	100.68 million Ranked 4th. 15 times more than Switzerland	6.75 million Ranked 49th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	566.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 53% more than Switzerland	371.09 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	132,608 Mbps Ranked 9th. 86% more than Switzerland	71,464 Mbps Ranked 13th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	1,037.92 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 30th.	9,670.91 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Japan
Personal computers	69.2 million Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Switzerland	6.43 million Ranked 7th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	5.55 billion min. Ranked 6th. 16% more than Switzerland	4.78 billion min. Ranked 12th.
Radios per 1000	943.48 Ranked 14th.	967.43 Ranked 12th. 3% more than Japan
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	900.9 Ranked 83th.	1,195.14 Ranked 43th. 33% more than Japan
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$349.16 billion Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Switzerland	$33.71 billion Ranked 16th.
Internet > Percent using internet	79.05% Ranked 29th.	85.2% Ranked 17th. 8% more than Japan
Telephones > Mobile cellular	132.76 million Ranked 7th. 13 times more than Switzerland	10.12 million Ranked 72nd.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.956 per capita Ranked 15th.	1 per capita Ranked 11th. 5% more than Japan
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	347.79 Ranked 45th.	600.48 Ranked 7th. 73% more than Japan
Telephone mainlines per 1000	460.03 Ranked 19th.	688.84 Ranked 1st. 50% more than Japan
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Asahi Shimbun - daily, English-language pages</p> </p>Yomiuri Shimbun - daily, English-language pages</p> </p>Mainichi Daily News - English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>	<p>Neue ZÃ¼rcher Zeitung - Zurich-based daily</p> </p>Tages-Anzeiger - Zurich-based daily</p> </p>Le Temps - Geneva-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17982246">Full Article</a>
Films produced	310 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland	44 Ranked 20th.
Cinema attendance	145 million Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Switzerland	15.43 million Ranked 27th.
Telephone system > General assessment	excellent domestic and international service	highly developed telecommunications infrastructure with excellent domestic and international services
Cinema attendance per capita	1.14 Ranked 31st.	2.1 Ranked 18th. 85% more than Japan
Television receivers per 1000	686.01 Ranked 6th. 47% more than Switzerland	466.93 Ranked 25th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	441 Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Switzerland	84 Ranked 17th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	1,587.39 Ranked 21st.	2,726.45 Ranked 6th. 72% more than Japan
Average cost of local call	0.07 Ranked 48th.	0.12 Ranked 5th. 71% more than Japan
Internet > Users	88.11 million Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than Switzerland	4.61 million Ranked 38th.
Internet > Internet penetration	79.1% Ranked 33th.	85.2% Ranked 19th. 8% more than Japan
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	741.51 Ranked 46th.	920.65 Ranked 26th. 24% more than Japan
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,084.68 Ranked 89th.	1,307.97 Ranked 44th. 21% more than Japan
Telecoms > Telephone lines	64.27 million Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Switzerland	4.38 million Ranked 37th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	138.36 million Ranked 7th. 13 times more than Switzerland	10.46 million Ranked 76th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	73 Ranked 14th. 66% more than Switzerland	44 Ranked 25th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	35.3 million Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than Switzerland	3.24 million Ranked 26th.
Cinemas > Per capita	0.018 per 1,000 people Ranked 28th.	0.054 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Japan
Cable TV subscribers	147 Ranked 12th.	358 Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Japan
Telephones > Main lines in use	64.67 million Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Switzerland	4.61 million Ranked 34th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	50.47 Ranked 16th.	56.48 Ranked 9th. 12% more than Japan
Active military personnel	230,300 Ranked 13th. 10 times more than Switzerland	22,059 Ranked 69th.
Radio receivers per 1000	955.66 Ranked 14th.	1,001.56 Ranked 10th. 5% more than Japan
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	741.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th.	920.65 per 1,000 people Ranked 29th. 24% more than Japan
Internet > Hosts per 1000	312.51 Ranked 17th.	449.42 Ranked 11th. 44% more than Japan
Number of PCs per million	541.64 Ranked 15th.	826.16 Ranked 1st. 53% more than Japan
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	141.13 million Ranked 7th. 14 times more than Switzerland	10.41 million Ranked 76th.
Radio receivers	120.5 million Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Switzerland	7.1 million Ranked 43th.
Cinema > Number of cinemas	3,062 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland	414 Ranked 17th.
Television receivers	86.5 million Ranked 3rd. 26 times more than Switzerland	3.31 million Ranked 43th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	1,078 Ranked 11th.	1,101 Ranked 6th. 2% more than Japan
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	1.63$ Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Switzerland	0.32$ Ranked 12th.
Mobile phone subscribers	94.75 million Ranked 4th. 14 times more than Switzerland	6.85 million Ranked 47th.
Telephone system > International	country code - 81; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 7 Intelsat (Pacific and Indian Oceans), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions), and 8 SkyPerfect JSAT	country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)
Internet > ISP	73 Ranked 5th. 66% more than Switzerland	44 Ranked 14th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	175.04 Ranked 14th.	232 Ranked 7th. 33% more than Japan
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	64.27 million Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Switzerland	4.38 million Ranked 37th.
Films produced per million	2.43 Ranked 13th.	6 Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Japan
Radios	120.5 million Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Switzerland	7.1 million Ranked 44th.
Internet > Hosts	39.91 million Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Switzerland	3.44 million Ranked 20th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance	145 million Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Switzerland	15.4 million Ranked 18th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	566.69 Ranked 2nd. 53% more than Switzerland	371.09 Ranked 5th.
Mobile phones	62.11 per 100 people Ranked 26th.	78.75 per 100 people Ranked 17th. 27% more than Japan
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	1.14 Ranked 27th.	2.16 Ranked 13th. 88% more than Japan
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	1,037.94 Mbps Ranked 30th.	9,670.86 Mbps Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Japan
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	70.45 million Ranked 3rd. 23 times more than Switzerland	3.1 million Ranked 20th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	108 Ranked 15th. 13% more than Switzerland	96 Ranked 18th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	71.9 million Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Switzerland	2.67 million Ranked 18th.
Internet > Top level domain	.jp	.ch
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.075$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 20th. The same as Switzerland	0.075$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 19th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	3.45 Ranked 29th.	10.62 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Japan
Music > Share of all albums sold	12/9/2011	0.75-0.9
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1,363 Ranked 8th.	1,761 Ranked 3rd. 29% more than Japan
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	551.39 Ranked 2nd. 31% more than Switzerland	420.18 Ranked 7th.
Telephone system > Domestic	high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind	ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 125 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
Internet country code	.jp	.ch
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	28.92 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 60th.	199.28 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Japan
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000	$0.88 Million US dollars Ranked 14th. 10% more than Switzerland	$0.80 Million US dollars Ranked 15th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	43.41 min. Ranked 46th.	664.79 min. Ranked 5th. 15 times more than Japan
Telephone mainlines	58.78 million Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Switzerland	5.12 million Ranked 26th.
Cinemas	2,221 Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Switzerland	384 Ranked 17th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.447 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th.	2.56 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Japan
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	175.04 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th.	232 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 33% more than Japan
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	13.79$/month Ranked 125th. 73% more than Switzerland	7.95$/month Ranked 160th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	43.41 min. per capita Ranked 46th.	664.79 min. per capita Ranked 4th. 15 times more than Japan
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	23.97 Ranked 17th.	55.32 Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Japan
Internet hosts	None	None
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,691.9$ per capita Ranked 9th.	3,939.96$ per capita Ranked 1st. 46% more than Japan
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$2,737.23 Ranked 7th.	$4,360.91 Ranked 1st. 59% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	1,402 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Switzerland	306 Ranked 14th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	11,924 Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Switzerland	2,379 Ranked 10th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	110.39 million Ranked 8th. 12 times more than Switzerland	8.9 million Ranked 60th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	22.37 million Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Switzerland	1.73 million Ranked 17th.
Music > Singles sales > Share of global physical sales > 2005	4/25/2011	0.5-0.92
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.572 Ranked 130th.	6 Ranked 49th. 10 times more than Japan
Pay TV subscribers	65% Ranked 8th.	97% Ranked 3rd. 49% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	12,155 Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Switzerland	3,862 Ranked 2nd.
Cinemas per million	17.54 Ranked 28th.	53.75 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Japan
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	110 Ranked 13th. 6% more than Switzerland	104 Ranked 17th.
Internet > IP addresses	202.18 million Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Switzerland	20.87 million Ranked 19th.
Telecommunications revenue	3.43 % of GDP Ranked 7th. 8% more than Switzerland	3.19 % of GDP Ranked 9th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	2694800000000	2155000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	23.58 Ranked 21st.	33.68 Ranked 7th. 43% more than Japan
Number of PCs	69,200 Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Switzerland	6,105 Ranked 21st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	503.86 Ranked 19th.	547.95 Ranked 14th. 9% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	56,221 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Switzerland	18,273 Ranked 6th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	144.08 million Ranked 3rd. 44 times more than Switzerland	3.28 million Ranked 49th.
Internet > Broadband access	20.91 million Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Switzerland	1.55 million Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	10,046 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Switzerland	1,881 Ranked 3rd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	447.05 Ranked 26th.	2,557.81 Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Japan
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	6 Ranked 54th.	120 Ranked 31st. 20 times more than Japan
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access	137.1 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 28th.	181.07 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 9th. 32% more than Japan
Internet > TLD	.jp	.ch
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	86.45 Ranked 82nd.	116.33 Ranked 38th. 35% more than Japan
Internet > Livejournal users	5,559 Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Switzerland	846 Ranked 35th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	42,338 Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Switzerland	4,318 Ranked 10th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.11 Ranked 15th.	6.95 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Japan
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	270 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Switzerland	55 Ranked 7th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	97.78% Ranked 16th.	100% Ranked 4th. 2% more than Japan
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	1.15 per capita Ranked 28th.	2.16 per capita Ranked 13th. 88% more than Japan
Telecommunications > Country calling code	81	41
Internet > Communication technology patents	23.2 per 1000000 people Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Switzerland	9.2 per 1000000 people Ranked 6th.
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,201.54 Ranked 35th.	1,609.5 Ranked 8th. 34% more than Japan
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	113.1% Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Switzerland	41.4% Ranked 39th.
E-Government rating	52 Ranked 13th.	55.4 Ranked 8th. 7% more than Japan
Internet > Internet charges	$49.00 Ranked 5th. 7% more than Switzerland	$46.00 Ranked 7th.
Internet > Secure servers	5.6 per 100,000 people Ranked 15th.	21.5 per 100,000 people Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Japan
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 26th.	100% Ranked 4th. 1% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	94.81 per 1 million people Ranked 27th.	333.19 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	10.84 Ranked 36th.	246.5 Ranked 2nd. 23 times more than Japan
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	0.867 Ranked 62nd.	14.48 Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Japan
Television reception through satellite	41% Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Switzerland	10% Ranked 12th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	331.89 per 1 million people Ranked 28th.	580.26 per 1 million people Ranked 14th. 75% more than Japan
Internet > Web sites	2.9 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th.	20.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Japan
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	47.58 million Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Switzerland	4.82 million Ranked 32nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	2,543 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Switzerland	937 Ranked 10th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	9.14 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.	47.06 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	94.81 Ranked 26th.	333.01 Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Japan
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	0.048 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.	16.81 per 1 million people Ranked 26th. 350 times more than Japan
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	0.0476 Ranked 59th.	16.8 Ranked 26th. 353 times more than Japan
Internet > Livejournal users per million	43.51 Ranked 88th.	114.48 Ranked 62nd. 3 times more than Japan
Television reception through cable	26% Ranked 13th.	87% Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Japan
Internet > Linux web servers	2,390 Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Switzerland	196 Ranked 11th.
Website defacements	169 Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Switzerland	80 Ranked 21st.
Website defacements per million	1.33 Ranked 74th.	11.07 Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Japan
1995 Shanghai International Film Festival > In competition > Director	Nobuhiko Obayashi	Wolfgang Panzer
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1985	1998
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,201.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th.	1,609.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 34% more than Japan
Phone system > International dialling code	+81	+41
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	1,132.21 Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Switzerland	410.38 Ranked 40th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	1,149 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Switzerland	336 Ranked 11th.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	20.71% Ranked 66th.	34.57% Ranked 31st. 67% more than Japan
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	49.85% Ranked 15th. 48% more than Switzerland	33.77% Ranked 42nd.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	37.77% Ranked 36th. 1% more than Switzerland	37.4% Ranked 40th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	101.54 per 1 million people Ranked 30th.	684.17 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Japan
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	313.53 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th.	453.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 45% more than Japan
Television standard > VHF	NTSC M	PAL B
Television reception by terrestrial means	34% Ranked 8th. 11 times more than Switzerland	3% Ranked 16th.
Internet > Specific websites > Chinese Wikipedia edits	0.7% Ranked 9th. The same as Switzerland	0.7% Ranked 10th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	1.7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 131st.	18.47 per 100 mainlines Ranked 71st. 11 times more than Japan
Public funding of broadcasters revenue per capita	$44.00 Ranked 9th.	$56.00 Ranked 5th. 27% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	11.15 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.	42.86 per 1 million people Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Japan
Telephone subscribers	153.53 million Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Switzerland	11.97 million Ranked 39th.
Pure Shores > Charts > Date	April 16, 2000	March 12, 2000
Telephone subscribers per employee	1,283.41 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Switzerland	525.29 Ranked 35th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	50.84 Ranked 17th.	56.66 Ranked 10th. 11% more than Japan
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.94% GDP Ranked 58th. 11% more than Switzerland	3.55% GDP Ranked 43th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	26.15$/month Ranked 22nd.	29.51$/month Ranked 11th. 13% more than Japan
Television standard > UHF	NTSC M	PAL G
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	79.88 Ranked 14th.	263.3 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	96.65 Ranked 19th.	540.59 Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	11.15 Ranked 31st.	42.83 Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Japan
Telecommunications employment	0.3% Ranked 18th.	0.62% Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Japan
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	460.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 21st.	688.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 50% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	20.22 Ranked 31st.	131.16 Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Japan
Internet servers using encryption	66,279 Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Switzerland	8,656 Ranked 10th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	519.59 Ranked 24th.	1,119.62 Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Japan
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	19567300000000	16222000000
Music sales > Singles > Millions	48.3 Ranked 1st. 121 times more than Switzerland	0.4 Ranked 11th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	101.54 Ranked 29th.	683.79 Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Japan
Public share of broadcasting revenue	100% Ranked 1st. 49% more than Switzerland	67% Ranked 9th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.896 per 1,000 people Ranked 69th.	2.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Japan
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.845 Ranked 110th.	12.99 Ranked 13th. 15 times more than Japan
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	12.83% Ranked 53th.	13.54% Ranked 51st. 6% more than Japan
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	December 1 2003	Began 2001
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	0.36$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 10th.	0.872$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Japan
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.013$ per 1 million people Ranked 10th.	0.043$ per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Japan
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	27.92 Ranked 23th.	41.86 Ranked 3rd. 50% more than Japan
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	750.05 Ranked 28th.	2,282.19 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Japan
Phone subscribers	1,184.84 Ranked 19th.	1,476.29 Ranked 5th. 25% more than Japan
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.575 per 1 million people Ranked 83th.	6.12 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 11 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	96.65 per 1 million people Ranked 19th.	540.9 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	20.22 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.	131.23 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	14.24 per 1 million people Ranked 24th.	115.55 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Japan
World music market > Digital Singles Sales Share in 2005	1.7%	< 0.2%
Commercial share of broadcasting revenue	0.0 Ranked 15th.	30% Ranked 8th.
Total broadcasters revenue per capita	$44.00 Ranked 13th.	$83.00 Ranked 4th. 89% more than Japan
Internet > Linux web servers per million	18.8 Ranked 19th.	27.11 Ranked 12th. 44% more than Japan
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,106.36 Ranked 84th.	1,302.23 Ranked 43th. 18% more than Japan
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off	Planned 24 July 2011	October 2009
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	331.4 Ranked 27th.	576.97 Ranked 13th. 74% more than Japan
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	6 Ranked 40th.	117 Ranked 38th. 20 times more than Japan
Internet > IP addresses (share)	4.7 Ranked 3rd. 9 times more than Switzerland	0.5 Ranked 20th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	9.14 Ranked 37th.	47.03 Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	1,791 Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Switzerland	825 Ranked 3rd.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.0476 Ranked 43th.	15.83 Ranked 53th. 333 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	12,770 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Switzerland	4,885 Ranked 5th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	0.867 per 1 million people Ranked 61st.	14.48 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Japan
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.185 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 27th.	0.242 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 12th. 31% more than Japan
Telephone lines	48.43 million Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Switzerland	4.83 million Ranked 29th.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	30.11 million Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Switzerland	2.58 million Ranked 21st.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	10.31% Ranked 21st. 57% more than Switzerland	6.55% Ranked 54th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	14.31% Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Switzerland	3.48% Ranked 45th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	10.84 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.	246.64 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 23 times more than Japan
Internet > ISP per million	0.575 Ranked 89th.	6.12 Ranked 35th. 11 times more than Japan
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	37.92 Ranked 41st.	63.22 Ranked 5th. 67% more than Japan
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	20.51$/month Ranked 21st.	28.41$/month Ranked 6th. 39% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	8.57 per 1 million people Ranked 43th.	154.2 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	14.24 Ranked 24th.	115.48 Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Japan
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment	$112,198.68 Million US dollars Ranked 2nd. 18 times more than Switzerland	$6,194.06 Million US dollars Ranked 22nd.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP	2.23e-06% Ranked 14th. 83% more than Switzerland	1.22e-06% Ranked 21st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	8.57 Ranked 42nd.	154.12 Ranked 2nd. 18 times more than Japan

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