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- Communications Technologies in Selected Countries
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- (per 1,000 population)
- Country Telephone Line 1994 Cellular Phone Subscribers1992 Daily Newspaper Circulation1992 Televisions 1993 Radios 1993
- Algeria 40 0.2 38 79 236
- Argentina 140 1.4 143 220 672
- Australia 500 25.1 265 480 1,290
- Austria 470 21.8 398 479 618
- Belgium 450 6.2 310 453 771
- Brazil 70 0.2 55 209 390
- Bulgaria 340 0 164 260 450
- Canada 580 37.3 204 618 992
- Chile 110 4.7 147 211 345
- China 20 0.2 43 38 184
- Colombia 90 0.3 63 118 177
- Costa Rica 130 0 101 142 258
- Cuba 30 0 122 170 346
- Cyprus 450 13.5 107 152 296
- Czech Republic 210 NR 583 476 631
- Denmark 600 39.9 332 538 1,035
- Dominican Republic 80 0.9 36 90 172
- Ecuador 50 0 64 88 326
- Egypt 40 0.1 41 113 307
- Finland 550 70.3 512 504 996
- France 550 5.7 205 412 890
- Germany 480 9.6 323 559 890
- Ghana 0 0.1 18 16 269
- Greece 480 0 135 202 416
- Guatemala 20 NR 18 53 68
- Honduras 20 0 31 78 408
- Hungary 170 2.3 282 427 617
- Iceland 560 58.7 519 335 791
- India 10 0 31 40 80
- Indonesia 10 0.2 24 62 148
- Iran 70 0 20 63 230
- Iraq 30 0 35 75 217
- Ireland 330 12.4 186 301 636
- Israel 370 7.0 246 272 478
- Italy 430 13.6 106 429 802
- Jamaica 100 3.2 67 141 433
- Japan 480 12.6 577 618 911
- Kuwait 230 25.9 248 346 408
- Lebanon 90 1.3 185 346 887
- Luxembourg 540 2.9 372 261 633
- Malaysia 150 4.4 117 151 430
- Mexico 90 3.0 116 150 255
- Morocco 40 0.1 13 79 219
- Netherlands 510 11.0 275 333 907
- New Zealand 470 29.4 305 451 935
- Norway 550 65.3 607 427 798
- Pakistan 10 0.1 6 18 88
- Panama 110 0 90 169 227
- Paraguay 30 0.3 37 83 170
- Peru 40 1.2 71 99 253
- Philippines 20 0.2 50 47 143
- Poland 130 0.1 159 298 439
- Portugal 350 3.8 47 190 232
- Puerto Rico 330 14.3 141 267 712
- Romania 102 0 324 200 202
- Russia 160 0 387 372 338
- Saudi Arabia 100 1.0 43 255 293
- Singapore 470 42.7 336 381 644
- South Africa 90 0.3 32 101 314
- South Korea 400 6.2 412 215 1,013
- Spain 370 4.6 104 400 311
- Sweden 680 75.6 511 470 879
- Switzerland 600 32.3 377 400 832
- Syria 50 0 22 62 257
- Taiwan 400 18.5 174 NR NR
- Thailand 40 4.3 85 113 189
- Trinidad and Tobago 160 1.0 138 317 489
- Tunisia 50 .2 49 81 198
- Turkey 200 1.0 NR 176 162
- United Kingdom 407 26.0 383 435 1,146
- United States 590 43.3 236 816 2,120
- Uruguay 170 0.6 240 232 604
- Venezuela 110 1.0 205 163 443
- NR = information was not reportedSource: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1996
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