NA Not available.X Not applicable. Z Less than 1 per 100 people.
1 Publications containing general news and appearing at least 4 times aweek; may range in size from a single sheet to 50 or more pages.Circulation data refer to average circulation per issue or number ofprinted copies per issue and include copies sold outside the country.
2 Data cover estimated number of receivers in use and apply to alltypes of receivers for radio broadcasts to the public, includingreceivers connected to a radio "redistribution system" but excludingtelevision sets.
3 Estimated number of sets in use.
4 As of December 31.
5 In many countries mainframe computers are used extensively, and thousands of userscan be connected to a single mainframe computer; thus the number of PCs understatesthe total use of computers.
6 Internet hosts are number of computers with active Internet Protocal (IP) addresses connecteddirectly to the Internet; many users can access the Internet through a single host. Hosts areassigned to countries on the basis of the hosts's country code, though this does not necessarilyindicate that the host is physically located in that country. All hosts lacking a country codeidentification are assigned to the United States. Data are from Network Wizards.
7 1998 data.
8 With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the U.S. governmentrecognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and acknowledgedthe Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.
9 Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Data from Republic ofChina publications.

Source: Except as noted, Newspapers, radio, and television--United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris, France, Statistical Yearbook, (copyright); telephones, cellular phones, and personal computers--International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland,World Telecommunication Indicators, (copyright).

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