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Greece

Greece Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 177,600 2012 1st out of 1
Average cost of local call 0.08 2001 44th out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 208 1997 27th out of 51
Broadcast media broadcast media dominated by the private sector; roughly 150 private TV channels, about a dozen of the private channels broadcast at the national or regional level; 3 publicly owned terrestrial TV channels with national coverage, 1 publicly owned satellite channel, and 3 stations designed for digital terrestrial transmissions; multi-channel satellite and cable TV services available; upwards of 1,500 radio stations, nearly all of them privately owned; state-run broadcaster has 7 national stations, 2 international stations, and 19 regional stations 2007
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 43 2011 30th out of 82
Cinema attendance 13 million 2003 33th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 1.18 2003 28th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 13 million 1999 22nd out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 1.19 1999 23th out of 51
Films produced 22 2003 31st out of 50
Films produced per million 2 2003 21st out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,472.09 per 1,000 people 2005 17th out of 140
Households with television 99.5% 2004 3rd out of 37
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $15.38 billion 2009 29th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 1.79 billion min. 2002 18th out of 120
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 14.42 2005 59th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 2.69 million 2012 30th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 238.06 2012 34th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 1.63 million 2008 31st out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 144.7 2008 36th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 515.38 2014 62nd out of 233
Internet > ISP 27 2000 25th out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 6,513 Mbps 2004 34th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 588.79 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 37th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 588.79 Mbps 2004 38th out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 27 2003 40th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 56% 2013 71st out of 209
Internet > Internet users 6.03 million 2013 52nd out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 56 2012 67th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 559.73 2013 70th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 56% 2012 66th out of 200
Internet > Users 2.54 million 2007 52nd out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 237.24 per 1,000 people 2007 73th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 226.93 2007 74th out of 149
Internet penetration 46.2 2010 32nd out of 45
Internet users 4.97 million 2010 19th out of 45
Internet users > Per 100 people 43.11 2008 49th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 10.04 million 2005 37th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 904.42 per 1,000 people 2005 31st out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 904.42 2005 27th out of 167
Mobile phones 83.86 per 100 people 2002 11th out of 43
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Athens News Agency - national agency, English-language pages

NewsIt - news portal

Nooz.gr - news portal

2014
Newspapers 207 2003 7th out of 67
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 156 1996 10th out of 204
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 1.65 million 1996 39th out of 183
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Eleftherotypia - daily

Ta Nea - daily

Ethnos - daily


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Newspapers per million 18.78 2003 4th out of 66
Number of PCs per million 89.14 2004 70th out of 162
Personal computers 986,000 2004 52nd out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 89.14 per 1,000 people 2004 67th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 89.14 2004 68th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

Greek Public Radio (ERA) - state broadcaster, shut down in June 2013

Easy 972 - commercial

Athena 984 - municipal Athens station, one of the first non-state radios


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Radio broadcast stations AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 1998
Radio receivers 5.02 million 1997 55th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.466 per capita 1997 64th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 465.83 1997 64th out of 179
Radios 5.02 million 2003 56th out of 221
Radios per 1000 455.39 2003 75th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 5.46 million 2012 29th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 49.09 2012 18th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 13.35 million 2012 63th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 13.35 million 2012 62nd out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 116.94 2012 68th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,183.82 2012 66th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 5.46 million 2012 29th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 484.14 2012 20th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.09$ 2004 71st out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 567.67 2005 6th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment adequate, modern networks reach all areas; good mobile telephone and international service 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 30; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Europe, Middle East, and Asia; a number of smaller submarine cables provide connectivity to various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Cyprus; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat - Indian Ocean region) 2013
Telephones > Main lines in use 5.75 million 2011 29th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 581.62 per 1,000 people 2007 6th out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 525.58 2009 14th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 12.13 million 2011 62nd out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,120.56 per 1,000 people 2007 28th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,178.35 2009 45th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Public TV (DT) - temporary replacement for state broadcaster ERT, which was shut down in June 2013

Mega TV - major private station

ANT1 - major private station


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Television receivers 2.54 million 1997 57th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 235.69 per 1,000 people 1997 68th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 235.7 1997 66th out of 176
Televisions 2.54 million 2003 57th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 230.42 2003 75th 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; 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.; 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; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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