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Newspaper, Radio and TVs per 1,000 people.
Newspaper circulation per person has increased in less developed countries (LDCs) but decreased in more developed countries (MDCs). Newspaper circulation is still four times as high in more developed countries as it is in less developed countries.Number of radio receivers per person has increased in both less developed and more developed countries. The rate of increase has been higher among less developed countries than it was among more developed countries. For LDCs , number of radio receivers was almost 3 times as high in 1997 as in 1970, while number of radio receivers had less than doubled in more developed countries over that time period. In 1997, number of radio receivers per person in MDCs was a little over 4 times as high as it was in LDCs.
Number of TV receivers per person increased in both less developed and more developed countries. The largest increase was in East Asia and Oceania, where TV receivers per 1,000 people grew from 3 in 1970 to 253 in 1997.
Internet Users.Table 1.
Newspaper, Radios and TVs per 1,000 inhabitant
Daily Newspaper, Circulation per 1000 inhabitant World Less Developed More Developed 1970 107 29 292 1980 111 37 363 1990 107 42 340 1997 96 60 226
Number of radio receivers, per 1000 inhabitant World Less Developed More Developed 1970 245 90 643 1980 312 120 880 1990 394 220 987 1997 418 245 1061
Number of television receivers, per 1000 inhabitant World Less Developed More Developed 1970 81 10 263 1980 127 27 424 1990 208 124 492 1997 240 157 548 Tables reproduced by permission from http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx
There has been a very strong increase in internet use from 1996 to 2002. Internet use increased by about 6 times in North America, by about 20 times in Europe and by about 30 times in Asia/Pacific. As a result of the very high growth in Europe and Asia/Pacific, internet use has become a world wide phenomena.Return to top
Table 2
Estimated internet users on line
(millions)
1996 1997 1998 2002 World. 45 100 120-160 605.6 Internet users by location North America 30 64 80 183 Europe 9 20 30 191 Asia/Pacific 6 14 24 187 Derived from How many on line surveys WERE FROM
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi
(no longer available)
Newspaper circulation per person has increased in less developed countries (LDCs) but decreased in more developed countries (MDCs). The decline in circulation per 1,000 person in MDCs was matched by a decline in the number of dailies and most recently by a decline in total circulation. Newspaper circulation is still three times as high in more developed countries as it is in less developed countries.Number of radio receivers per person has increased in both less developed and more developed countries. The rate of increase has been higher among less developed countries than it was among more developed countries. For LDCs , number of radio receivers was almost 3 times as high in 1997 as in 1970, while number of radio receivers less than doubled in MDCs.
Also, in 1997, the number of radio receivers per person in MDCs was a little over four times as high as it was in LDCs. In contrast, in 1970, the number of radio receivers per person in MDCs was a over six times as high as it was in LDCs.
Number of TV receivers per person increased in both less developed and more developed countries. The largest increase was in East Asia and Oceana, where TV receivers per 1,000 grew from 3 in 1970 to 253 in 1997. In 1997, there were more TVs in less developed countries, but because the population was much higher, there were fewer TVs per 1,000 persons.
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Strong growth: There has been a very strong increase in internet use from 1996 to 2004. From 1996 to 2002, internet use increased by about 6 times in North America, by about 20 times in Europe and by about 30 times in Asia/Pacific, and nearly by 30 times in Latin America.
Growth has been somewhat slower over the 2000-2004 period. In most of the world, the number of people using the internet has somewhat more than doubled. Growth continued to be strong in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East.
The internet has become a worldwide phenomena. In 1996, the internet was mainly used in the west (e.g., North America and Europe). However, as a result of the very high growth in Europe and Asia/Pacific, internet use has become a world wide phenomena.
Some areas still have low penetration. Although the internet is now used all over the world, there are also regions where the majority of the population still does not use the internet. While, as mentioned above, growth is strong in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East, fewer than 10% of the population in these areas, overall, use the internet. Even in many countries with very high growth in internet use, penetration remains low.
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Region |
Population (millions) 2004 |
Internet use (millions) 2000 |
Internet Use (millions) 2004 |
Growth 2000-2004 |
Penetration 2004 |
World |
6,453 |
359 |
786 |
119% |
12% |
Africa |
906 |
5 |
12 |
171% |
1% |
Asia |
3,655 |
114 |
244 |
113% |
7% |
Europe |
729 |
101 |
218 |
116% |
30% |
Middle East |
260 |
5 |
17 |
219% |
7% |
North America |
327 |
108 |
228 |
111% |
70% |
Latin America Caribbea |
546 |
18 |
51 |
183% |
9% |
Oceana |
32 |
7 |
16 |
110% |
50% |
Countries in Africa with highest penetration
rates in 2004
10-20% Mauritius, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Saychelles 3-7% Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Namibia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zimbabwe |
Countries in Africa with highest growth in
internet use, 2000-2004
Growth 10 times or more Algeria, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Sudan, Zimbabwe These countries with high growth in internet use had fewer than 4% of their population using the internet in 2004 and several (Chad, the two Congos, Sudan) had fewer than 1% of their population on the internet. |
Main phone lines
(thousands)
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Phone lines
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1996 |
2003 |
perent
change
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1996 |
2003 |
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Africa |
13,411 |
24,712 |
84.3% |
1.9 |
3.0 |
Africa excluding Egypt |
10,387 |
15,976 |
53.8% |
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Americas |
229,962 |
290,147 |
26.2% |
29.6 |
34.1 |
Asia |
207,090 |
493,050 |
138.1% |
6.2 |
13.6 |
Asia excluding India and China |
137,601 |
181,133 | 31.6% |
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Europe |
274,524 |
326,546 |
18.9% |
34.7 |
41.0 |
Oceana |
11,141 |
12,889 |
15.7% |
39.0 |
40.8 |
World |
736,129 |
1,147,344 |
55.9% |
13.0 |
18.8 |
AFRICA
Countries in Africa with highest growth in number of phone lines Egypt (5.7 million)
500 to 900 thousand Tunesia, South Africa, Sudan, Algeria Countries in Africa that had declines in number
of phone lines.
Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic Countries in Africa with highest number of phone lines per 100 people in 2003 10 to 30 per 100 people South Africa, Tunisia, Libya, Cape Verde, Saychelles, Mauritius |
ASIA
Countries in Asia with highest growth in number
of phone lines
China (200 million) India (34 million) Japan, Iran (7 to 9 million) Countries in Asia that had declines in number of
phone lines.
Armenia, Tajikistan Countries in Asia with highest number of phone
lines per 100 people in 2003
About 40 or more per 100 people Macao, Israel, Singapore, Korea (Republic), Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan |
III Appendix
A. Data
Newspapers, and radios and television receivers
summary tables at:
Unesco Institute for Statistics, http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx
click on Culture and Communication,
then click on the 1999 Statistical Yearbook, as shown in
To view any of the Regional or Country
tables from the 1999 Statistical Yearbook, click here.
Then, Summary tables by region.
Daily newspapers: number and circulation
used to be at
http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_S_1.html
Radio and television receivers
used to be at
http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/html/CultAndCom/Table_IV_S_3.html
Definitions from the glossary:
The statistics shown relate to all types of receivers for radio and television broadcasts to the general public, including those connected to a cable distribution system. Private sets installed in public places are also included as well as communal receivers.
Newspapers are periodic publications intended for the general public and mainly designed to be a primary source of written information on current events connected with public affairs, international questions, politics, etc. A newspaper thus defined and issued at least four times a week is considered to be a daily newspaper; those appearing three times a week or less frequently are considered as non-daily newspapers.
Despite the fact that, according to the 1985 Recommendation, the
distinguishing feature between newspapers and periodicals is the
content and not the periodicity, a few countries, including some
demographically important ones, group any periodic publication
under either dailies or non-dailies, simply according to the
frequency of appearance.
Internet Use
We use data from two sources on internet use: NAU and Internet
World Stat.
Most of the internet data was from NAU, but the data are no
longer available. The sites where the data HAD BEEN is listed
below. I'll look for other data.
NAU How Many On
Line surveys, http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi
including data from the following tables or pages.
How Many on line
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/index.html
Internet users as of September 2002
(retrieved May 7, 2003)
Internet Users by Location - 1998
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/graphs_charts/1998graphs/location.html
(percent of users by location)
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/world.html
(estimate of total for 1998)
1997 Internet Review
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/yearinreview/archives/1997_yearly_review.html
1996 Internet Review
http://www.nua.com/surveys/analysis/yearinreview/archives/1996_yearly_review.html
Internet Users by Geographic Location (showing 1995 data)
http://www.nua.com/surveys/analysis/graphs_charts/1995graphs/location.html
Phone line availability
International
Telecommunications Union, from their free data available
at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/
Main telephone lines, and subscribers per 100 people
Prepared by gene shackman, ya-lin liu and Xun Wang
First Copyright July 2004. May be used provided proper
citation is given.
Cite as
Shackman, Gene, Ya-Lin Liu and Xun Wang. 2004. Brief review of
world trends in technology, part 1. communication.
Available at
http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/tech1sum.html
This report was prepared using Netscape. These tables were prepared using lotus 123. At one time we also used Star Office, the Sun Microsystems office package. StarOffice isn't offered by Sun anymore, but we got a copy from Twocows. We also used OpenOffice , the successor to StarOffice.
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