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Lebanon

Lebanon Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 59,100 2014 43th out of 147
Average cost of local call 0.07 2001 53th out of 104
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 256 1997 23th out of 51
Broadcast media 7 m 2007
Cinema > Number of cinemas 150 2006 28th out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 14 2011 54th out of 82
Cinema attendance 10.87 million 2003 38th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 2.95 2003 10th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 10.9 million 1999 25th out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 3.45 1999 6th out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita 0.007 per 1,000 people 1997 46th out of 59
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 54.23 2004 48th out of 77
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 553.56 per 1,000 people 2005 74th out of 140
Households with television 92.9% 2002 38th out of 142
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 400.5 million min. 1999 54th out of 147
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 32.61 2005 43th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 500,000 2012 68th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 113 2012 68th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 36,681 2008 79th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 8.76 2008 82nd out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 110.55 2014 121st out of 233
Internet > ISP 22 2000 28th out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 290 Mbps 2005 42nd out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 72.31 Mbps per 1 million peop 2005 43th out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 72.74 Mbps 2005 43th out of 87
Internet > Internet Service Providers 22 2003 45th out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 61.2% 2013 62nd out of 209
Internet > Internet users 2.54 million 2013 82nd out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 61.25 2012 59th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 613.79 2013 59th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 61.25% 2012 57th out of 200
Internet > Users 950,000 2006 70th out of 155
Internet > Users > Per capita 234.28 per 1,000 people 2006 59th out of 154
Internet > Users per 1000 232.85 2006 59th out of 152
Internet users 1,000,000 2009 98th out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 22.53 2008 93th out of 186
Mobile phone subscribers 990,000 2005 99th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 246.84 per 1,000 people 2005 96th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 248.32 2005 96th out of 167
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Lebanese National News Agency - state-run, pages in English

Naharnet - privately-owned news portal, pages in English

2013
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 15 2004 54th out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 215,000 2004 49th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

An-Nahar - private daily

Al-Safir - private daily

Al-Anwar - private daily


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Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 58.32 per 1,000 people 2000 41st out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 68 2000 40th out of 57
Number of PCs per million 103.8 2004 65th out of 162
Personal computers 409,400 2005 27th out of 58
Personal computers > Per capita 102.08 per 1,000 people 2005 21st out of 58
Personal computers per 1000 102.69 2005 22nd out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations

Voice of Lebanon - established commercial station

Radio Liban - state-run

Sawt al-Ghad (Voice of Tomorrow) - commercial


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2013
Radio broadcast stations AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 1998
Radio receivers 2.85 million 1997 77th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.785 per capita 1997 25th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 921.52 1997 18th out of 179
Radios 2.85 million 2003 79th out of 221
Radios per 1000 772.33 2003 29th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 878,105 2012 80th out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 18.66 2012 90th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 2.72 million 2014 62nd out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 3.76 million 2012 120th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 4 million 2012 121st out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 93.2 2012 119th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 903.98 2012 123th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 878,105 2012 81st out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 198.45 2012 83th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 2.19$ 2004 35th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 248.32 2005 53th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 961; submarine cable links to Cyprus, Egypt, and Syria; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean); coaxial cable to Syria 2012
Telephones > Main lines in use 900,000 2011 82nd out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 168.04 per 1,000 people 2006 75th out of 147
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 176.6 2009 90th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 3.35 million 2011 117th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 320.98 per 1,000 people 2007 118th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 359.32 2009 152nd out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) - commercial, market leader and pan-regional broadcaster; channels comprise LBC Sat, LBC Europe, LBC Sat America, LBC Sat Australia and LBC Nagham

Future TV - commercial; channels comprise Future International, Future News and Future TV USA; owned by Hariri family

Tele-Liban - state-run


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2013
Television broadcast stations 15 1995 28th out of 30
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 4.3 per 1 million people 1995 17th out of 28
Television receivers 1.18 million 1997 76th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 324.97 per 1,000 people 1997 49th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 381.54 1997 37th out of 176
Televisions 1.18 million 2003 77th out of 214
Televisions per 1000 319.77 2003 54th 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 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; 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.

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