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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.
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.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
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.
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.
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.
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-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 > Households with TV: Total number of households with a TV set.
Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people: Households in housing units by type of housing unit, availability of communication technology devices/access to Internet by urban/rural location. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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	12,000	2014	89th out of 147
Average cost of local call	0.08	1999	3rd out of 7
Broadcast media	multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; of more than 100 radio stations, nearly all are privately owned; Radio Nicaragua is government-owned and Radio Sandino is controlled by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)	2007
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	1	2009	95th out of 101
Cinema attendance	1.2 million	2003	61st out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita	0.226	2003	59th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance	1.2 million	1999	42nd out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	0.239	1999	41st out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita	0.002 per 1,000 people	1999	39th out of 41
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	260.28 per 1,000 people	2005	98th out of 140
Households with television	59.1%	2001	89th out of 153
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	332.93 million min.	2004	41st out of 73
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	1.93	2005	82nd out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	98,800	2012	100th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	16.49	2012	122nd out of 188
Internet > Hosts	58,157	2008	71st out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000	10.26	2008	77th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita	64.49	2014	139th out of 233
Internet > ISP	3	2000	90th out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	6 Mbps	2003	113th out of 134
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	1.18 Mbps per 1 million peop	2003	116th out of 134
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	1.13 Mbps	2003	116th out of 133
Internet > Internet Service Providers	3	2003	129th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration	13.5%	2013	158th out of 209
Internet > Internet users	773,240	2013	121st out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	13.5	2012	150th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	133.58	2013	154th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet	13.5%	2012	149th out of 200
Internet > Users	155,000	2006	113th out of 155
Internet > Users > Per capita	29.53 per 1,000 people	2006	121st out of 154
Internet > Users per 1000	28.05	2006	120th out of 152
Internet users	199,800	2009	136th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people	3.26	2008	153th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers	1.12 million	2005	94th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	217.38 per 1,000 people	2005	101st out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	205.19	2005	102nd out of 167
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	6	2004	84th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	135,000	1996	86th out of 183
Newspapers > List of newspapers	La Prensa - daily El Nuevo Diario - daily Confidencial - weekly	2013
Number of PCs per million	37.13	2004	98th out of 162
Personal computers	220,000	2005	36th out of 58
Personal computers > Per capita	42.72 per 1,000 people	2005	31st out of 58
Personal computers per 1000	40.33	2005	33th out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations	Radio Corporacion - commercial Radio Mundial - commercial Radio Nicaragua - government-owned Full Article	2013
Radio broadcast stations	AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1	1998
Radio receivers	1.24 million	1997	99th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.266 per capita	1997	108th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000	255.71	1997	108th out of 179
Radios	1.24 million	2003	100th out of 221
Radios per 1000	233.18	2003	125th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	320,000	2012	109th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	4.99	2012	142nd out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	5.16 million	2012	106th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	5.35 million	2012	107th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	89.77	2012	126th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	892.23	2012	125th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines	320,000	2012	109th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	53.41	2012	142nd out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	3.15$	2003	32nd out of 115
Telephone mainlines per 1000	40.49	2005	104th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment	system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company	2013
Telephone system > International	country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)	2012
Telephones > Main lines in use	287,600	2011	115th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	47.22 per 1,000 people	2006	107th out of 147
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	44.4	2009	136th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular	4.82 million	2011	102nd out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	374.07 per 1,000 people	2007	108th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	557.86	2009	129th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations	Nicavision Canal 12 - commercial Canal 10 - commercial Telenica Canal 8 - commercial Full Article	2013
Television broadcast stations	3	1997	46th out of 89
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	0.643 per 1 million people	1997	53th out of 67
Television receivers	320,000	1997	106th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita	68.63 per 1,000 people	1997	111th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000	65.99	1997	110th out of 176
Televisions	320,000	2003	112th out of 214
Televisions > Households with TV	631,881	2005	2nd out of 3
Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people	115.83	2005	3rd out of 3
Televisions per 1000	60.17	2003	132nd 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.; World Development Indicators database; 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; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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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Cinema 4	Telecommunications 22
Cinemas 6	Telecoms 9
International voice traffic 3	Telephone average cost of call to US 3
Internet 51	Telephones 6
Investment in telecoms with private participation 4	Telephone system 4
Newspapers 5	Television 7
Radio 7	Televisions 6

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Cost of living	Government	People
Crime	Health	Religion
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Disasters	Industry	Terrorism
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Education	Language	Travel

In response to <i>Anthony</i>: - Nicaragua is a republic. The head of state is President Enrique BOLANOS Geyer and the Vice President is Jose RIZO Castellon. Both the president and the vice-president are elected for a five year term by the people. For more government information including <a href=/graph/gov_adm_div>administrative divisions</a>, <a href=/graph/gov_pol_par_and_lea>political parties</a> and <a href=/graph/gov_con>constitution</a> see the <a href=/country/nu/Government>government</a> page of the Nicaragua profile.

Posted on 28 Mar 2005

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