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Costa Rica

Costa Rica Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 0.0 2014 144th out of 147
Average cost of local call 0.03 2001 80th out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 49 1998 37th out of 56
Broadcast media multiple privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network 2007
Cinema > Number of cinemas 20 2006 48th out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 3 2011 77th out of 82
Cinema attendance 1.7 million 2003 55th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 0.408 2003 52nd out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 1.7 million 1995 46th out of 57
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 0.489 1995 44th out of 56
Cinemas > Per capita 0.011 per 1,000 people 1995 43th out of 49
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 64.71 2004 46th out of 77
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 575.32 per 1,000 people 2005 70th out of 140
Households with television 92.8% 2005 12th out of 14
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $1.93 billion 2009 58th out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 348 million min. 2004 40th out of 73
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 6.58 2004 62nd out of 116
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 481,325 2012 69th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 100.17 2012 75th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 16,440 2008 96th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 3.63 2008 98th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 419.47 2014 71st out of 233
Internet > ISP 3 2000 97th out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 1,044 Mbps 2005 27th out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 241.26 Mbps per 1 million peop 2005 32nd out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 241.66 Mbps 2005 32nd out of 87
Internet > Internet Service Providers 3 2003 137th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 47.5% 2013 91st out of 209
Internet > Internet users 2.2 million 2013 88th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 47.5 2012 87th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 468.98 2013 91st out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 47.5% 2012 86th out of 200
Internet > Users 1.5 million 2007 64th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 362.86 per 1,000 people 2007 53th out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 336.08 2007 52nd out of 149
Internet users 1.49 million 2009 80th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 32.31 2008 68th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 1.1 million 2005 95th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 254.44 per 1,000 people 2005 95th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 254.86 2005 95th out of 167
Newspapers 8 2003 40th out of 67
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 7 2004 82nd out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 275,200 2004 46th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Al Dia - daily

Diario Extra - daily

La Nacion - daily


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Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 70 per 1,000 people 2000 39th out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 69.98 2000 39th out of 57
Newspapers per million 1.92 2003 45th out of 66
Number of PCs per million 219.01 2004 35th out of 162
Personal computers 930,000 2004 53th out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 218.67 per 1,000 people 2004 34th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 219.01 2004 35th out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

Reloj - popular national radio

Radio Columbia - news and talk

Radio Monumental - news and talk


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Radio broadcast stations AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 2002
Radio receivers 980,000 1997 109th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.268 per capita 1997 106th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 267.9 1997 106th out of 179
Radios 980,000 2003 111th out of 221
Radios per 1000 234.95 2003 124th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 1.02 million 2012 73th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 20.71 2012 76th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 5.38 million 2012 104th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.15 million 2012 99th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 128.32 2012 49th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,280.11 2012 49th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 1.02 million 2012 74th out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 211.76 2012 77th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.93$ 2000 98th out of 132
Telephone mainlines per 1000 321.4 2005 36th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; under the terms of CAFTA-DR, the state-run telecommunications monopoly is scheduled to be opened to competition from domestic and international firms, but has been slow to open to competition 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 506; landing points for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), MAYA-1, and the Pan American Crossing submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) 2011
Telephones > Main lines in use 1.23 million 2011 68th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 347.62 per 1,000 people 2007 33th out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 324.46 2009 46th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 4.36 million 2011 110th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 363.58 per 1,000 people 2007 109th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 423.78 2009 144th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Teletica (channel 7) - private

Repretel (channels 4, 6, 11) - private

Canal 13 - public

2013
Television broadcast stations 20 2002 2nd out of 24
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 4.88 per 1 million people 2002 8th out of 22
Television receivers 525,000 1997 94th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 143.64 per 1,000 people 1997 87th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 143.52 1997 85th out of 176
Televisions 525,000 2003 99th out of 214
Televisions > Households with TV 1.15 million 2011 2nd out of 5
Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people 243.67 2011 4th out of 5
Televisions per 1000 125.86 2003 103th 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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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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