The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 Communications

Radios In 7 editions of 36.

Radios was published in 7 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1996 to 2002. The 1999 edition carries it in 238 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1999 edition
238
the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2002

Published as “Radios” (1996 to 2002).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Radios, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Radios in each edition

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

NA

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

3.5 million (1998 est.)

Angola

NA

Benin

400,000 (1998 est.)

Botswana

NA

Burkina Faso

NA

Burundi

NA

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

NA

Cameroon

6 million (1998 est.)

Central African Republic

NA

Chad

NA

Comoros

81,000 (1994)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

3.87 million (1992 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

NA

Cote d'Ivoire

NA

Djibouti

35,000

Egypt

16.45 million (1998 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

NA

Eritrea

NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

200,000 (1998 est.)

Ethiopia

9 million (1998 est.)

Gabon

250,000 (1993 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

180,000 (1993 est.)

Ghana

12.5 million (1997 est.)

Guinea

257,000 (1992 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

40,000 (1994 est.)

Kenya

5 million

Lesotho

66,000

Liberia

675,000 (1995 est.); note--10,000 windup radios were distributed in the country prior to the 1997 election

Libya

1 million (1998 est.)

Madagascar

2.74 million (1994 est.)

Malawi

1.011 million (1995)

Mali

430,000 (1992 est.)

Mauritania

1 million (1998 est.)

Mauritius

399,000 (1993 est.)

Mayotte

30,000 (1994 est.)

Morocco

5.1 million (1998 est.)

Mozambique

700,000 (1992 est.)

Namibia

195,000 (1992 est.)

Niger

620,000 (1995 est.)

Nigeria

17.2 million (1998 est.)

Reunion

158,000 (1994)

Rwanda

630,000 (1993 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

2,500 (1993 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

33,000 (1992 est.)

Senegal

850,000 (1993 est.)

Seychelles

50,000 (1996 est.)

Sierra Leone

980,000 (1992 est.)

Somalia

300,000

South Africa

7.5 million (1999 est.)

Sudan

5.75 million (1998 est.)

Tanzania

740,000 (1994 est.)

Togo

795,000 (1992 est.)

Tunisia

1.7 million (1998 est.)

Uganda

2.13 million (1993 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

1,889,140

Zimbabwe

890,000 (1992 est.)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

23,000 (1991 est.)

Iceland

91,500 licensed (1993 est.)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

1.67 million (1998 est.)

Armenia

NA

Azerbaijan

NA

Bangladesh

NA

Bhutan

23,000 (1989 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

216.5 million (1992 est.)

Georgia

NA

India

111 million (1998 est.)

Japan

97 million (1993 est.)

Kazakhstan

4.088 million (with multiple speakers for program diffusion 6.082 million)

Korea, North now North Korea

4.7 million

Korea, South now South Korea

42 million (1993 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

825,000 (radio receiver systems with multiple speakers for program diffusion 748,000)

Maldives

28,284 (1992 est.)

Mongolia

220,000

Nepal

690,000 (1992 est.)

Pakistan

10.2 million (1998 est.)

Russia

50 million (1993 est.) (74.3 million radio receivers with multiple speaker systems for program diffusion)

Sri Lanka

3.6 million (1996 est.)

Tajikistan

NA

Turkmenistan

NA

Uzbekistan

29,016,870

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

2,000 (1992 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA

Aruba

NA

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

200,000 (1993 est.)

Barbados

NA

Belize

NA

British Virgin Islands

9,000 (1992 est.)

Cayman Islands

28,200 (1992 est.)

Costa Rica

NA

Cuba

2.14 million (1993 est.)

Dominica

45,000 (1993 est.)

Dominican Republic

NA

El Salvador

1.5 million (1997 est.)

Grenada

80,000 (1993 est.)

Guadeloupe

100,000 (1993 est.)

Guatemala

400,000 (1993 est.)

Haiti

320,000 (1992 est.)

Honduras

2.115 million (1992 est.)

Jamaica

1.973 million (1997)

Martinique

74,000 (1992 est.)

Montserrat

6,000 (1992 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

205,000 (1992 est.)

Nicaragua

1.037 million (1992 est.)

Panama

564,000 (1992 est.)

Puerto Rico

2.6 million (1994 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

25,000 (1993 est.)

Saint Lucia

104,000 (1992 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

76,000 (1992 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

700,000 (1993 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

7,000 (1992 est.)

Virgin Islands

105,000 (1994 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

577,000 (1991 est.)

Andorra

10,000 (1993 est.)

Austria

70% of all households had radiosaccoding to the 1993 census

Belarus

3.17 million (1991 est.)

Belgium

100,000 (1992 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

840,000

Bulgaria

NA

Croatia

1.1 million

Czech Republic now Czechia

NA

Denmark

NA

Estonia

1.12 million (1997 est.)

Faroe Islands

11,800 (1996 est.)

Finland

4.98 million (1991 est.)

France

49 million (1993 est.)

Germany

47.1 million (1998 est.)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

NA

Guernsey

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

6 million (1993 est.)

Ireland

2.2 million (1991 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

NA

Italy

45.7 million (1996 est.)

Jersey

NA

Latvia

1.4 million (1993 est.)

Liechtenstein

12,134 (1996)

Lithuania

1.42 million (1993 est.)

Luxembourg

230,000 (1993 est.)

Malta

189,000 (1992 est.)

Moldova

NA

Monaco

33,000 (1994 est.)

Netherlands

14 million (1994 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

350,000 (1992 est.)

Norway

3.3 million (1993 est.)

Poland

9.9 million registered (1996)

Portugal

2.2 million (1993 est.)

Romania

4.64 million (1992 est.)

San Marino

15,000 (1994 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

2.015 million

Slovakia

915,000 (1995 est.)

Slovenia

596,100 (1993 est.)

Spain

12 million (1992 est.)

Sweden

7.272 million (1993 est.)

Switzerland

2.8 million (1996)

Ukraine

15 million (1990)

United Kingdom

70 million

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

320,000 (1993 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
500,000 (1996 est.); Turkish Cypriot
area:
130,000 (1996 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • NA; note--95% of Palestinian households have radios (1992 est.)

Iran

13 million (1999 est.)

Iraq

3.7 million (1998 est.)

Israel

2.25 million (1993 est.)

Jordan

1.1 million (1992 est.)

Kuwait

720,000 (1992 est.)

Lebanon

2.37 million (1992 est.)

Oman

1.043 million (1992 est.)

Qatar

201,000 (1992 est.)

Saudi Arabia

5 million (1993 est.)

Syria

3.392 million (1992 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

9.4 million (1992 est.)

United Arab Emirates

545,000 (1992 est.)

West Bank

  • NA; note--82% of Palestinian households have radios (1992 est.)

Yemen

325,000 (1993 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

78,000 (1992 est.)

Canada

NA

Mexico

22.5 million (1992 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

3,000 (1992 est.)

United States

540.5 million (1992 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

NA

Australia

NA

Cook Islands

13,000 (1994 est.)

Fiji

NA

French Polynesia

116,000 (1992 est.)

Guam

206,000 (1994)

Kiribati

15,000 (1992 est.)

Marshall Islands

NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

17,000 (1993 est.)

Nauru

4,000 (1993 est.)

New Caledonia

97,000 (1992 est.)

New Zealand

3.215 million (1992 est.)

Niue

1,000

Norfolk Island

2,000 (1993 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

15,460 (1995 est.)

Palau

9,000 (1993 est.)

Papua New Guinea

298,000 (1992 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

76,000 (1992 est.)

Solomon Islands

38,000 (1993 est.)

Tokelau

1,000 (1993 est.)

Tonga

66,000 (1993 est.)

Tuvalu

4,000 (1993 est.)

Vanuatu

49,000 (1994 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

22.3 million (1991 est.)

Bolivia

NA

Brazil

60 million (1993 est.)

Chile

NA

Colombia

NA

Ecuador

NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

1,000 (1992 est.)

French Guiana

79,000 (1992 est.)

Guyana

398,000 (1992 est.)

Paraguay

775,000 (1992 est.)

Peru

5.7 million (1992 est.)

Suriname

290,256 (1993 est.)

Uruguay

1.89 million (1992 est.)

Venezuela

9.04 million (1992 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

284,000 (1995 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

NA

Cambodia

NA

Christmas Island

500 (1992)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

300 (1992 est.)

Hong Kong

3 million (1992 est.)

Indonesia

28.1 million (1992 est.)

Laos

580,000 (1995)

Macau

135,000 (1992 est.)

Malaysia

8.08 million (1992 est.)

Philippines

9.03 million (1992 est.)

Singapore

NA

Taiwan

8.62 million

Thailand

10.75 million (1992 est.)

Vietnam

7.215 million (1992 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Radios”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/radios/1999.

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