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Sweden

Sweden Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 15,400 2014 80th out of 147
Average cost of local call 0.11 2001 21st out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 373 1998 17th out of 56
Broadcast media publicly owned TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial networks plus regional stations; multiple privately owned TV broadcasters operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 50 local TV stations; widespread access to pan-Nordic and international broadcasters through multi-channel cable and satellite TV; publicly owned radio broadcaster operates 3 national stations and a network of 25 regional channels; roughly 100 privately owned local radio stations with some consolidating into near national networks; an estimated 900 community and neighborhood radio stations broadcast intermittently 2008
Cable TV subscribers 199 2005 8th out of 18
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 43 2011 31st out of 82
Cinema attendance 15.8 million 2003 26th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 1.76 2003 23th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 15.8 million 1999 17th out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 1.78 1999 19th out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita 0.132 per 1,000 people 1999 3rd out of 41
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 480.57 2004 4th out of 77
Films produced 40 2003 21st out of 50
Films produced per million 4.47 2003 6th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,804.05 per 1,000 people 2004 2nd out of 176
Households with television 93.91% 2002 33th out of 142
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $25.27 billion 2009 20th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 1.86 billion min. 1997 19th out of 163
Internet > Average Download Speed 40.59 Mbit/s 2013 6th out of 10
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 213.85 2005 10th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 3.06 million 2012 28th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 321.12 2012 16th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 3.58 million 2008 19th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 388.19 2008 13th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 3,336.36 2014 3rd out of 233
Internet > ISP 29 2000 24th out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 157,636 Mbps 2004 8th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 17,530.71 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 3rd out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 17,527.71 Mbps 2004 3rd out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 29 2003 39th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 94% 2013 4th out of 209
Internet > Internet users 8.56 million 2013 44th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 94 2012 3rd out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 938.39 2013 3rd out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 94% 2012 3rd out of 200
Internet > Users 7 million 2007 31st out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 775.1 per 1,000 people 2007 8th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 765.19 2007 6th out of 149
Internet penetration 92.5 2010 3rd out of 45
Internet users 8.4 million 2010 10th out of 45
Internet users > Per 100 people 87.7 2008 2nd out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 8.44 million 2005 43th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 934.89 per 1,000 people 2005 27th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 934.32 2005 24th out of 167
Mobile phones 88.5 per 100 people 2002 6th out of 43
News Agencies > List of news agencies

TT - owned by several media groups

2012
Newspaper circulation 3.63 million 2003 11th out of 51
Newspaper circulation per 1000 404.89 2003 4th out of 50
Newspapers 90 2003 11th out of 67
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 93 2004 20th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 4.32 million 2004 18th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Aftonbladet - Stockholm-based daily

Dagens Nyheter - Stockholm-based daily

Expressen - Stockholm-based daily


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2012
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 408.95 per 1,000 people 2000 4th out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 408.81 2000 4th out of 57
Newspapers per million 10.05 2003 13th out of 66
Number of PCs per million 762.88 2004 2nd out of 162
Personal computers 6.86 million 2004 20th out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 763.01 per 1,000 people 2004 3rd out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 762.88 2004 4th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

Sveriges Radio - public, operates news and public affairs station P1, classical music station P2, youth station P3 and regionally-based news and music station P4

Rix FM - commercial, national pop music network

NRJ - commercial, national pop music network


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2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 1998
Radio receivers 8.25 million 1997 37th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.932 per capita 1997 18th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 932.62 1997 16th out of 179
Radios 8.25 million 2003 38th out of 221
Radios per 1000 920.94 2003 20th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 4.32 million 2012 40th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 43.83 2012 25th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 11.19 million 2014 52nd out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 11.85 million 2012 70th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.64 million 2012 70th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 122.62 2012 58th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,223.46 2012 59th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 4.32 million 2012 40th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 454.08 2012 24th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.41$ 2004 106th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 716.85 2004 1st out of 173
Telephone system > General assessment highly developed telecommunications infrastructure; ranked among leading countries for fixed-line, mobile-cellular, Internet and broadband penetration 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 46; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)(Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway) 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 4.6 million 2011 35th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 609.67 per 1,000 people 2007 5th out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 553.42 2009 10th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 11.19 million 2011 66th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,148.37 per 1,000 people 2007 25th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,228.8 2009 37th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Sveriges Television (SVT) - public, operates terrestrial networks SVT 1 and SVT 2, news channel SVT24, European satellite channel SVT Europa

TV4 - commercial, terrestrial

TV3 - commercial, via satellite and cable


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2012
Television broadcast stations 169 1995 10th out of 30
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 19.14 per 1 million people 1995 2nd out of 28
Television receivers 4.6 million 1997 33th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 519.81 per 1,000 people 1997 18th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 520.01 1997 19th out of 176
Television viewing 18 hours per person per wee 2002 11th out of 13
Television viewing per million 2.02 hours per person per wee 2002 5th out of 13
Televisions 4.6 million 2003 34th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 513.49 2003 21st 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, 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.; Wikipedia: Speedtest.net (Top 10 Countries: Download Speed) ("Net Index by Ookla - Household Download Index - All Countries" . Netindex.com. August 19, 2013 . Retrieved August 20, 2013 .); 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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  • Sweden ranked third for internet > internet users > per 100 people amongst Christian countries in 2012.
  • Sweden ranked first for internet users > per 100 people amongst European Union in 2008.

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