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United Kingdom

United Kingdom Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 205,850 2014 16th out of 147
Average cost of local call 0.17 2001 6th out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 5,199 1998 1st out of 56
Broadcast media public service broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world; BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service; a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along with satellite and cable systems provide access to hundreds of TV stations throughout the world; BBC operates multiple national, regional, and local radio networks with multiple transmission sites; a large number of commercial radio stations as well as satellite radio services are available 2008
Cable TV subscribers 57 2005 15th out of 18
Cinema > Number of cinemas 697 2006 11th out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 299 2011 6th out of 82
Cinema attendance 139.5 million 2003 8th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 2.34 2003 16th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 139.5 million 1999 5th out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 2.38 1999 12th out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita 0.035 per 1,000 people 1995 26th out of 49
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 289.75 2004 12th out of 77
Films produced 132 2003 8th out of 50
Films produced per million 2.22 2003 16th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,615.5 per 1,000 people 2005 7th out of 140
Households with television 97.5% 2001 15th out of 153
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Series Premiere 7 May - 5 Aug, 2006 2006
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $153.19 billion 2009 5th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 15.6 billion min. 2001 2nd out of 129
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 163.79 2005 16th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 21.37 million 2012 6th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 337.99 2012 12th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 8.27 million 2008 10th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 134.69 2008 38th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 1.95 2014 1st out of 1
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 781,554 Mbps 2004 2nd out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 13,061.97 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 4th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 13,054.65 Mbps 2004 4th out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 400 2003 4th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 87% 2013 14th out of 209
Internet > Internet users 54.86 million 2013 9th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 87.02 2012 13th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 865.38 2013 12th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 87.02% 2012 13th out of 200
Internet > Users 40.2 million 2007 6th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 661.44 per 1,000 people 2007 16th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 659.16 2007 15th out of 149
Internet users 51.44 million 2009 7th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 76.02 2008 9th out of 186
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards 2 2006 5th out of 7
Mobile phone subscribers 65.5 million 2005 9th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 1,087.56 per 1,000 people 2005 8th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 1,087.6 2005 9th out of 167
Mobile phones 84.49 per 100 people 2002 9th out of 43
News Agencies > List of news agencies

The Press Association

2012
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 109 2004 14th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 17.38 million 2004 6th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

The Daily Telegraph - broadsheet

Financial Times - daily, business

The Guardian - daily, former broadsheet


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Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 320.69 per 1,000 people 2000 7th out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 325.32 2000 6th out of 57
Number of PCs per million 599.49 2004 11th out of 162
Personal computers 35.89 million 2004 5th out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 599.82 per 1,000 people 2004 12th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 599.49 2004 12th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

BBC Radio - national services include new-music station Radio 1, adult music station Radio 2, cultural network Radio 3, flagship speech station Radio 4 and news and sport station Five Live

BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio nan Gaidheal - Gaelic-language station for Scotland


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Radio broadcast stations AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 1998
Radio receivers 84.5 million 1997 5th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 1.45 per capita 1997 4th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 1,448.98 1997 4th out of 179
Radios 84.5 million 2003 5th out of 221
Radios per 1000 1,418.59 2003 3rd out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 33.01 million 2012 9th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 52.88 2012 12th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 75.75 million 2014 17th out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 84.94 million 2012 18th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 82.11 million 2012 18th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 130.75 2012 47th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,298.63 2012 46th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 33.01 million 2012 9th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 522.08 2012 13th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.77$ 2004 89th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 527.96 2005 11th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment technologically advanced domestic and international system 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 44; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 33.23 million 2011 9th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 554.2 per 1,000 people 2007 8th out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 519.6 2009 15th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 81.61 million 2012 1st out of 3
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,184.54 per 1,000 people 2007 20th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,300.33 2009 29th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

BBC TV - operates BBC1, BBC2 and digital services including BBC News channel

BBC World News - commercially-funded international news channel

ITV - major commercial network, organised around regional franchises


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Television broadcast stations 228 1995 7th out of 30
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 3.91 per 1 million people 1995 18th out of 28
Television receivers 30.5 million 1997 9th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 521.64 per 1,000 people 1997 17th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 523 1997 18th out of 176
Television viewing 28 hours per person per wee 2002 2nd out of 13
Television viewing per million 0.472 hours per person per wee 2002 10th out of 13
Televisions 30.5 million 2003 9th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 512.03 2003 22nd 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. 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; Wikipedia: How I Met Your Mother; 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; Wikipedia: MTV Video Music Awards Latin America; 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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