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Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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).
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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.
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."
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
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.
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 > 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.
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.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
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.
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.
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 > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
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 > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
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 > 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.
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.
Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
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.
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.
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . 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.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
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.
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 > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.
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Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
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.
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.
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 > 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 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.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Televisions: The total number of televisions
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
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 Full Article	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 Full Article	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 Full Article	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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