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Germany

Germany Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 182,927 2012 1st out of 1
Average cost of local call 0.09 2001 33th out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 3,718 1996 3rd out of 72
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 broadcasting including multiple national radio networks, regional radio networks, and a large number of local radio stations 2008
Cable TV subscribers 247 2005 7th out of 18
Cinema > Number of cinemas 1,823 2006 7th out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 212 2011 9th out of 82
Cinema attendance 149 million 2003 5th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 1.81 2003 22nd out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 149 million 1999 3rd out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 1.81 1999 18th out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita 0.057 per 1,000 people 1999 11th out of 41
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 267.47 2004 13th out of 77
Films produced 121 2003 9th out of 50
Films produced per million 1.47 2003 27th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,627.83 per 1,000 people 2005 6th out of 140
Households with television 95% 2004 19th out of 37
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $181.18 billion 2009 4th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 15.68 billion min. 2000 2nd out of 143
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 129.75 2005 23th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 27.91 million 2012 4th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 340.79 2012 11th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 22.61 million 2008 3rd out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 275.31 2008 21st out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 1,452.93 2014 24th out of 233
Internet > ISP 200 2001 2nd out of 31
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 566,056 Mbps 2004 3rd out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 6,859.93 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 8th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 6,859.93 Mbps 2004 8th out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 200 2003 8th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 84% 2013 22nd out of 209
Internet > Internet users 68.3 million 2013 7th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 84 2012 21st out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 841.64 2013 19th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 84% 2012 20th out of 200
Internet > Users 42.5 million 2007 5th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 515.77 per 1,000 people 2007 35th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 516.61 2007 33th out of 149
Internet penetration 79.1 2010 9th out of 45
Internet users 65.12 million 2010 1st out of 45
Internet users > Per 100 people 75.48 2008 12th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 79.2 million 2005 7th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 960.36 per 1,000 people 2005 23th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 960.36 2005 22nd out of 167
Mobile phones 71.67 per 100 people 2002 21st out of 43
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

2012
Newspaper circulation 25 million 2003 2nd out of 51
Newspaper circulation per 1000 302.9 2003 9th out of 50
Newspapers 398 2003 3rd out of 67
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 347 2004 6th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 22.1 million 2004 5th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - prestigious daily

Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Munich-based daily

Die Welt - Berlin-based daily


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2012
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 291.28 per 1,000 people 2000 9th out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 291.27 2000 9th out of 57
Newspapers per million 4.82 2003 23th out of 66
Number of PCs per million 484.75 2004 18th out of 162
Personal computers 45 million 2004 4th out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 545.35 per 1,000 people 2004 15th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 545.35 2004 16th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

ARD - umbrella organisation of public radio services, including those of individual regions

Deutschlandradio - operates national public stations Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Kultur, both offering current affairs and cultural programmes

Deutsche Welle - international radio,, services in many languages

2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 1998
Radio receivers 77.8 million 1997 6th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.948 per capita 1997 17th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 948.38 1997 15th out of 179
Radios 77.8 million 2003 6th out of 221
Radios per 1000 942.64 2003 16th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 50.7 million 2012 4th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 60.51 2012 7th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 107 million 2014 11th out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 92.4 million 2012 16th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 107.66 million 2012 11th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 131.3 2012 46th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,314.67 2012 43th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 50.7 million 2012 4th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 619.12 2012 4th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.43$ 2004 105th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 667.47 2005 2nd out of 141
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 2013
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 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 51.8 million 2011 4th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 595.34 per 1,000 people 2009 4th out of 11
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 594.61 2009 8th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 108.7 million 2011 10th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,283.59 per 1,000 people 2009 1st out of 8
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,282.02 2009 32nd out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

ARD - organisation of regional public broadcasters; operates Das Erste, the main national public TV channel

ZDF - operates second national public TV channel

n-tv - commercial, rolling-news


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2012
Television broadcast stations 373 1995 4th out of 30
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 4.57 per 1 million people 1995 16th out of 28
Television receivers 46.5 million 1997 6th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 566.58 per 1,000 people 1997 11th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 566.83 1997 12th out of 176
Television viewing 23 hours per person per wee 2002 6th out of 13
Television viewing per million 0.279 hours per person per wee 2002 12th out of 13
Televisions 51.4 million 2003 6th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 622.77 2003 10th out of 191

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; OECD Communications Outlook 2005; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; Internet Movie Database 2003; Internet Movie Database 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database; World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy, and Global Insight, Inc.; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; International Telecommunication Union; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; ITU. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996); Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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