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Egypt

Egypt Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 468,500 2014 4th out of 147
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 200 1998 26th out of 56
Broadcast media mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks as well as a few satellite channels; about 20 private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 70 stations belonging to 8 networks; 2 privately owned radio stations operational 2008
Cinema > Number of cinemas 232 2007 2nd out of 3
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 28 2011 40th out of 82
Cinema attendance 10.61 million 2003 39th out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 0.153 2003 63th out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 10.6 million 1996 35th out of 64
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 0.171 1996 51st out of 63
Cinemas > Per capita 0.002 per 1,000 people 1996 55th out of 58
Films produced 25 2003 25th out of 50
Films produced per million 0.36 2003 43th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 324.53 per 1,000 people 2005 91st out of 140
Households with television 88.6% 2002 61st out of 142
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 1.69 billion min. 2004 12th out of 73
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 1.58 2005 85th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 2.29 million 2012 34th out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 28.33 2012 111th out of 188
Internet > Hosts 175,342 2008 60th out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 2.32 2008 109th out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 101.02 2014 126th out of 233
Internet > ISP 50 2000 11th out of 161
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 3,657 Mbps 2005 21st out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 49.4 Mbps per 1 million peop 2005 47th out of 87
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 50.95 Mbps 2005 47th out of 87
Internet > Internet Service Providers 50 2003 21st out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 44.1% 2013 99th out of 209
Internet > Internet users 36.88 million 2013 15th out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 44.07 2012 95th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 432.4 2013 100th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 44.07% 2012 94th out of 200
Internet > Users 8.62 million 2007 28th out of 154
Internet > Users > Per capita 107.3 per 1,000 people 2007 102nd out of 152
Internet > Users per 1000 116.13 2007 95th out of 149
Internet users 20.14 million 2009 21st out of 206
Mobile phone subscribers 13.63 million 2005 28th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 184.1 per 1,000 people 2005 105th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 189.89 2005 104th out of 167
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Middle East News Agency (MENA) - state-run

Masrawy - news portal

2013
Newspaper circulation 2.08 million 2003 15th out of 51
Newspaper circulation per 1000 29.96 2003 33th out of 50
Newspapers 16 2003 33th out of 67
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 16 1999 43th out of 76
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 2.08 million 1999 19th out of 50
Newspapers > List of newspapers

Al-Ahram - state-owned daily, the oldest newspaper in the Arab world

Al-Ahram Weekly - English-language

Al-Jumhuriyah - state-owned daily


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2013
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 31.51 per 1,000 people 1999 46th out of 58
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 31.95 1999 46th out of 58
Newspapers per million 0.23 2003 61st out of 66
Number of PCs per million 32.58 2004 102nd out of 162
Personal computers 2.8 million 2005 12th out of 58
Personal computers > Per capita 37.82 per 1,000 people 2005 37th out of 58
Personal computers per 1000 39.01 2005 34th out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations

Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates national, regional and external services including flagship General Programme Network

Nile FM - private, Western pop

Nogoum FM - private, Arabic pop

2013
Radio broadcast stations AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 1999
Radio receivers 20.5 million 1997 20th out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.323 per capita 1997 88th out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 324.91 1997 88th out of 179
Radios 20.5 million 2003 20th out of 221
Radios per 1000 295.25 2003 106th out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 8.56 million 2012 22nd out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 10.6 2012 117th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 92.64 million 2014 15th out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 96.8 million 2012 15th out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 96.8 million 2012 16th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 115.29 2012 72nd out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,199.16 2012 64th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 8.56 million 2012 22nd out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 106.01 2012 117th out of 203
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.45$ 2004 58th out of 111
Telephone mainlines per 1000 144.84 2005 74th out of 141
Telephone system > General assessment underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s; principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 20; landing point for Aletar, the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks, Link Around the Globe (FLAG) Falcon and FLAG FEA; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat); tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel 2011
Telephones > Main lines in use 8.71 million 2011 23th out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 139.78 per 1,000 people 2007 71st out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 134.33 2009 107th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 83.42 million 2011 16th out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 374.25 per 1,000 people 2007 107th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 720.96 2009 108th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU) - state-run, operates domestic and satellite networks, including Nile News, Nile TV International and Nile TV thematic channels

Dream TV - private satellite network, operates Dream 1 targeting young viewers and Dream 2, an entertainment channel

Al-Mihwar - private, via satellite


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2013
Television broadcast stations 98 1995 12th out of 30
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 1.6 per 1 million people 1995 25th out of 28
Television receivers 7.7 million 1997 23th out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 121.14 per 1,000 people 1997 93th out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 122.04 1997 90th out of 176
Televisions 7.7 million 2003 25th out of 214
Televisions > Households with TV 16.58 million 2006 1st out of 5
Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people 227.16 2006 1st out of 4
Televisions per 1000 110.9 2003 106th 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.; 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; 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.; 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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