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Kenya

Kenya Media Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 24,120 2014 66th out of 147
Average cost of local call 0.04 2001 67th out of 104
Broadcast media about a half-dozen privately owned TV stations and a state-owned TV broadcaster that operates 2 channels; satellite and cable TV subscription services available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; a large number of private radio stations, including provincial stations broadcasting in local languages; transmissions of several international broadcasters available 2007
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 0.0 1999 48th out of 48
Cinema attendance 850,000 2003 65th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 0.0251 2003 74th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 900,000 1999 44th out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 0.0295 1999 48th out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita 0.001 per 1,000 people 1999 41st out of 41
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 8.34 1999 52nd out of 57
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 142.86 per 1,000 people 2005 111th out of 140
Households with television 17.08% 2002 114th out of 142
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $1.76 billion 2009 60th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 176.58 million min. 2004 50th out of 73
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 42,913 2012 115th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 0.994 2012 158th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 27,376 2008 83th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.706 2008 127th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 38.48 2014 155th out of 233
Internet > ISP 65 2001 5th out of 31
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 105 Mbps 2004 85th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 3.14 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 113th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 3.01 Mbps 2004 113th out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 65 2003 15th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 32.1% 2013 128th out of 209
Internet > Internet users 13.81 million 2013 35th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 32.1 2012 121st out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 313.49 2013 125th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 32.1% 2012 122nd out of 200
Internet > Users 3 million 2007 51st out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 81.27 per 1,000 people 2007 110th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 79.47 2007 108th out of 149
Internet users 4 million 2009 58th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 8.67 2008 124th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 4.61 million 2005 56th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 134.63 per 1,000 people 2005 115th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 128.88 2005 117th out of 167
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Kenya News Agency - state-owned, English-language

2012
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 5 2004 93th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 250,000 1999 37th out of 50
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Daily Nation - market-leading daily published by the Nation Media Group

The Standard - privately-owned daily, Kenya's oldest newspaper

The Star - privately-owned daily


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2012
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 8.33 per 1,000 people 1999 54th out of 58
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 8.2 1999 54th out of 58
Number of PCs per million 12.66 2004 127th out of 162
Personal computers 300,000 2003 72nd out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 9.16 per 1,000 people 2003 126th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 8.85 2003 124th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) - state-owned, networks in English, and Swahili and other indigenous languages

Capital FM - private, music

East FM - private, for Nairobi's Asian listeners


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2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 24, FM 18, shortwave 6 2001
Radio receivers 3.07 million 1997 71st out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.107 per capita 1997 154th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 106.07 1997 152nd out of 179
Radios 3.07 million 2003 73th out of 221
Radios per 1000 90.55 2003 168th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 251,567 2012 121st out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 0.583 2012 186th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 28.08 million 2014 36th out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 30.73 million 2012 33th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 30.73 million 2012 33th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 71.89 2012 149th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 711.74 2012 147th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 251,567 2012 121st out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 5.83 2012 186th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 3$ 2004 19th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 7.87 2005 130th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment inadequate; fixed-line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 254; landing point for the EASSy, TEAMS and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 283,500 2011 118th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 17.2 per 1,000 people 2009 10th out of 11
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 16.68 2009 155th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 28.08 million 2011 34th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 501.55 per 1,000 people 2009 5th out of 8
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 486.26 2009 137th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) - state-owned

Kenya Television Network (KTN) - private, operated by Standard Group

NTV - private, operated by Nation Media Group


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2012
Television broadcast stations 8 2002 4th out of 24
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.25 per 1 million people 2002 16th out of 22
Television receivers 730,000 1997 88th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 25.49 per 1,000 people 1997 137th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 25.22 1997 134th out of 176
Televisions 730,000 2003 91st out of 214
Televisions per 1000 21.53 2003 153th out of 191

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy, and Global Insight, Inc.; 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; 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.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 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.

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