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devices
This page offers statistics about ICT devices, supplementing
the Communications Revolution profile
and the Metrics & Statistics guide.
It covers -
introduction
[under development]
landline phones
[under development]
The UNDP reports that in 1990 and 2002 the number of landlines
per 1000 population was -
365
- 516 - OECD
120
- 226 - Eastern Europe
89
- 166 - Latin America
18
- 142 - Eastern Asia
5 - 15 - SubSaharan Africa
mobile
phones
mobile phones per 100 population (% of total telephone
subscribers)
| |
UNESCO
1995 |
ITU
1999 |
ITU
2001 |
| Australia |
9.17 |
33.35
(39%) |
57.75(52%) |
| New
Zealand |
9.17 |
36.61
(43%) |
62.13
(56%) |
| Canada |
|
22.66
(25%) |
32.8
(32%) |
| USA |
9.17 |
31.55
(32%) |
44.4
(40%) |
| Haiti |
|
0.31
(26%) |
1.1
(53%) |
| Africa |
|
1.01
(29%) |
2.95
(53%) |
| Burundi |
|
0.01
(4%) |
0.29
(50%) |
| Indonesia |
|
1.06
(26%) |
2.47
(40%) |
| China |
|
3.42
(28%) |
11.17
(44%) |
| Japan |
|
44.88
(44%) |
58.76
(49%) |
| France |
9.17 |
36.56
(38%) |
60.53
(51%) |
| Germany |
91.7 |
28.54
(32%) |
68.29
(52%) |
fax machines
The OECD reports that in 1995 the number of fax machines
per 1000 population was -
23.2
- US, Australia and EU
1.20
- Eastern Europe
4.20
- Latin America
0.50
- Eastern Asia
televisions
and radios
UNESCO reports that in 1996 the number of televisions
per 1000 population was -
524
- US, Australia, EU
317
- Eastern Europe
223
- Latin America
248
- Eastern Asia
The
US Census Bureau reports that the percentage of US households
with at least one television receiver was -
1950
- 9
1951 - 23
1952 - 34
1953 - 44
1954 - 55
1955 - 64
1956 - 71
1957 - 78
1958 - 83
1959 - 86
1960 - 87
1965 - 92
1970 - 95
1975 - 97
The
percentage of US households with cable television was
-
1965
- 2
1970 - 7
1975 - 12
1980 - 20
1985 - 42
1990 - 56
1995 - 63
2000 - 68
personal
computers
UNESCO reports that in 1996 the number of personal computers
per 1000 population was -
156
- US, Australia and EU
18.2
- Eastern Europe
17.5
- Latin America
6.50
- Eastern Asia
and
figures from the ITU -
| |
|
1999 |
2001
(per 100 inhab.) |
| |
Malawi |
10,000 |
14,000
(0.11) |
| |
Africa |
5.95m |
7.5m
(1.06) |
| |
Canada |
11m |
12.0m
(39.2) |
| |
USA |
141m |
178.0m
(62.25) |
| |
Brazil |
6.1m |
10.8m
(6.29) |
| |
Indonesia |
1.9m |
2.3m
(1.07) |
| |
India |
3.3m |
6.0m
(0.58) |
| |
Malaysia |
1.5m |
3.0m
(12.61) |
| |
Singapore |
1.7m |
2.1m
(50.83) |
| |
China |
15.5m |
25.0m
(1.93) |
| |
Australia |
8.0m |
10m
(51.71) |
| |
New
Zealand |
1.2m |
1.5m
(38.56) |
| |
UK |
18.0m |
22.0m
(36.62) |
| |
France |
15.6m |
20.0m
(33.70) |
| |
Germany |
24.4m |
27.6m
(33.60) |
| |
Sweden |
4.0m |
5.0m
(56.12) |
| |
Russia |
5.5m |
7.3m
(4.97) |
| |
Spain |
4.8m |
6.8m
(16.82) |
servers
The size & shape page
of our metrics guide points to various internet statistics,
from which we've extracted:
number of hosts (January 00) - 88 million
number of secure servers (May 00) - 74 thousand, 100%
growth pa
other devices
A perspective is provided by Australian and overseas uptake
of non-ICT devices.
ABS and BIS Shrapnel figures suggest that penetration
of microwave ovens in Australian households for example
was
1980
- 3.5%
1983 - 10.0%
1986 - 29.9%
1997 - 78.9%
1999 - 82.9%
2000 - 89%
2002 - 92%
Per
capita penetration of sewing machines was -
1884
- 2%
1890 - 4%
1914 - 12%
Edwin
Ripin suggests that global production of pianos (in thousands)
was around
1850
- 50
1860 - 72
1870 - 85
1880 - 126
1890 - 232
1920 - 600
1930 - 212
1960 - 243
1970 - 665
1980 - 970
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