Below is text from one section of Douglas Galbi’s paper, “Revolutionary Ideas for Radio Regulation.”  For other sections, see www.galbithink.org or www.ssrn.com

 

 

Appendix C

Communications Capabilities around the World

 

 

Table C1

Countries, Categories, and Data

(used in Tables 10 and 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Users Per Thousand Persons

Country or Economy

Class

Region

Pop. (ths.)

GNI PPP (ths.$)

Amateur

Internet

Mobile

Albania

3

9

3411

3600

0.0047

2.9

102.6

Algeria

3

2

30400

5040

0.0020

2.0

3.3

Andorra

1

1

67

 

1.4030

104.5

350.7

Angola

4

2

13100

1180

0.0004

4.6

6.6

Antigua

1

4

68

10000

0.2941

73.5

367.6

Argentina

2

6

37000

12050

0.4565

81.1

188.5

Aruba

1

4

101

 

0.7723

237.6

524.8

Australia

1

8

19200

24970

0.7983

375.0

581.7

Austria

1

1

8110

26330

0.7662

320.6

809.6

Bahamas

1

4

303

16400

0.0330

55.8

200.0

Bahrain

2

3

691

 

0.0767

202.9

433.6

Bangladesh

4

7

131000

1590

0.0002

1.1

4.0

Barbados

2

4

267

15020

0.5618

37.5

106.7

Belarus

3

9

10000

7550

0.1359

42.2

13.8

Belgium

1

1

10300

27470

0.5141

279.7

746.6

Belize

2

5

240

5240

0.2083

75.0

117.5

Benin

4

2

6272

980

0.0008

4.0

19.9

Bermuda

1

4

63

 

1.4286

396.8

211.1

Bolivia

3

6

8329

2360

0.1663

14.4

89.3

Bosnia

3

9

3977

 

0.4420

11.3

58.7

Botswana

2

2

1602

7170

0.0112

15.6

173.5

Brazil

2

6

170000

7300

0.1885

47.1

169.1

Bulgaria

3

9

8167

5560

0.6061

74.1

189.8

Burkina Faso

4

2

11300

970

0.0005

1.9

6.6

Burundi

4

2

6807

580

0.0001

0.9

2.9

Cambodia

4

7

12000

1440

0.0004

0.8

18.6

Cameroon

4

2

14900

1590

0.0013

3.0

20.8

Canada

1

5

30800

27170

1.4294

438.3

322.2

Cape Verde

3

2

441

4760

0.0091

27.2

71.4

Central Africa

4

2

3717

1160

0.0054

0.5

3.0

Chad

4

2

7694

870

0.0013

0.5

2.9

Chile

2

6

15200

9100

0.4641

204.1

346.8

China

3

7

1260000

3920

0.0006

26.7

114.9

Chinese Taipei

1

7

22200

23140

3.0942

340.1

974.5

Colombia

3

6

42300

6060

0.1537

27.3

74.7

Costa Rica

2

5

3811

7980

0.2459

100.8

81.7

Cote d'Ivoire

4

2

16000

1500

0.0313

4.4

45.5

Croatia

2

9

4380

7960

0.3219

57.1

400.7

Cuba

3

4

11200

 

0.1670

10.7

0.7

Cyprus

1

1

757

20780

0.7635

198.2

415.3

Czech Rep.

2

9

10300

13780

0.6880

135.9

657.2

Denmark

1

1

5336

27250

1.8853

449.8

741.0

Djibouti

3

2

632

 

0.0095

5.2

4.7

Dominica

2

4

73

 

0.9589

82.2

16.4

Dominicana

3

4

8373

5710

0.2811

22.2

128.2

DPR Congo

4

2

50900

 

0.0001

0.1

2.9

Ecuador

3

6

12600

2910

0.1592

26.0

68.2

Egypt

3

2

64000

3670

0.0007

9.4

43.7

El Salvador

3

5

6276

4410

0.1120

8.0

127.5

Eq. Guinea

3

2

457

5600

0.0109

2.0

32.8

Estonia

2

9

1369

9340

0.7305

313.9

475.7

Ethiopia

4

2

64300

660

0.0004

0.4

0.4

Fiji

3

8

812

4480

0.0185

18.5

93.6

Finland

1

1

5177

24570

1.1397

431.8

781.1

Fr. Polynesia

1

8

235

23340

0.7319

68.1

285.1

France

1

1

58900

24420

0.3141

265.8

609.9

FYR Macedonia

3

9

2031

5020

0.3053

34.5

109.9

Gabon

2

2

1230

5360

0.0285

12.2

97.6

Gambia

4

2

1303

1620

0.0146

13.8

33.0

Germany

1

1

82200

24920

0.9692

365.0

684.2

Ghana

4

2

19300

1910

0.0016

2.1

10.0

Greece

1

1

10600

16860

0.2785

132.1

751.1

Grenada

2

4

98

6960

1.7143

53.1

65.3

Guatemala

3

5

11400

3770

0.0339

17.5

99.5

Guinea

4

2

7415

1930

0.0007

2.0

7.5

Guyana

3

6

761

3670

0.0657

124.8

51.9

Haiti

4

4

7959

1470

0.0126

3.8

11.5

Honduras

3

5

6417

2400

0.0464

6.2

37.0

Hong Kong

1

7

6797

25590

0.2219

456.1

838.9

Hungary

2

9

10000

11990

0.9000

148.0

496.8

Iceland

1

1

281

28710

0.4982

694.0

837.7

India

4

7

1020000

2340

0.0105

6.9

5.6

Indonesia

4

7

210000

2830

0.1325

19.0

25.3

Iran

3

3

63700

5910

0.0002

6.3

23.3

Ireland

1

1

3794

25520

0.4370

235.9

738.0

Israel

1

3

6233

19330

0.1965

240.6

843.9

Italy

1

1

57700

23470

0.5199

277.3

844.0

Jamaica

3

4

2633

3440

0.0319

38.0

265.9

Japan

1

7

127000

27080

0.1020

455.9

573.2

Jordan

3

3

4887

3950

0.0272

43.4

152.6

Kenya

4

2

30100

1010

0.0012

16.6

16.6

Kiribati

3

8

91

 

0.2205

22.1

4.4

Kuwait

1

3

1984

18690

0.0635

100.8

246.5

Latvia

3

9

2372

7070

0.0801

71.7

276.9

Lebanon

2

3

4328

4550

0.0474

69.3

171.7

Lesotho

4

2

2035

2590

0.0064

2.5

16.2

Lithuania

3

9

3695

6980

0.2192

67.7

252.2

Luxembourg

1

1

438

45470

1.1975

228.1

986.3

Madagascar

4

2

15500

820

0.0013

2.3

9.5

Malawi

4

2

10300

600

0.0019

1.9

5.4

Malaysia

2

7

23300

8330

0.0164

244.6

305.9

Maldives

3

7

276

4240

0.0181

36.2

66.7

Mali

4

2

10800

780

0.0021

2.8

4.2

Malta

2

1

390

16530

1.2051

253.8

355.9

Marshall Is.

3

8

52

 

0.1923

17.3

9.6

Mauritania

4

2

2665

1630

0.0075

2.6

2.7

Mauritius

2

2

1186

9940

0.0346

133.2

252.9

Mexico

2

5

98000

8790

0.0720

35.7

205.5

Moldova

4

9

4282

2230

0.0448

14.0

49.0

Mongolia

4

7

2398

1760

0.0079

16.7

81.3

Morocco

3

2

28700

3450

0.0136

13.9

166.3

Mozambique

4

2

17700

800

0.0028

0.8

9.6

Namibia

3

2

1757

6410

0.0501

25.6

56.9

Nepal

4

7

23000

1370

0.0004

2.6

0.8

Netherlands

1

1

15900

25850

0.9138

333.3

748.4

New Caledonia

1

8

213

21820

0.6112

112.8

234.6

New Zealand

1

8

3831

18530

1.4263

285.0

630.9

Nicaragua

4

5

5071

2080

0.1112

9.9

30.8

Nigeria

4

2

127000

800

0.0012

1.6

2.6

Norway

1

1

4491

29630

1.1806

601.2

832.1

Oman

2

3

2395

 

0.0392

50.1

135.5

Pakistan

4

7

138000

1860

0.0016

3.6

5.8

Panama

2

5

2856

5680

0.7087

31.5

210.1

Paraguay

3

6

5496

4450

0.9252

10.9

209.2

Peru

3

6

25700

4660

0.1198

116.7

60.1

Philippines

3

7

75600

4220

0.0529

26.5

139.8

Poland

2

9

38700

9000

0.4134

98.2

259.7

Portugal

1

1

10000

16990

0.4200

360.0

797.8

Qatar

1

3

585

 

0.0359

68.4

305.7

RO Congo

4

2

3018

570

0.0017

0.2

49.7

RO Korea

2

7

47300

17300

2.9810

515.4

614.1

Romania

3

9

22400

6360

0.1563

44.6

172.3

Russia

3

9

146000

8010

0.2603

29.5

38.1

Rwanda

4

2

8508

930

0.0024

2.4

7.6

Senegal

4

2

9530

1480

0.0043

10.5

41.0

Seychelles

2

2

81

 

0.1231

110.8

542.9

Sierra Leone

4

2

5031

480

0.0072

1.4

5.3

Singapore

1

7

4018

24910

0.0236

373.3

711.5

Slovakia

2

9

5402

11040

0.1722

120.3

397.5

Slovenia

1

9

1988

17310

3.2696

301.8

762.4

Solomon Is.

4

8

447

1710

0.0134

4.5

2.2

South Africa

2

2

42800

9160

0.1402

71.7

214.9

Spain

1

1

39500

19260

1.4861

187.0

670.7

Sri Lanka

3

7

19400

3460

0.0103

7.7

37.1

St. Kitts

2

4

41

10960

0.9756

48.8

29.3

St. Vincent

3

4

115

5210

0.2609

30.4

20.9

Sudan

4

2

31100

1520

0.0002

1.8

3.4

Suriname

3

6

417

3480

0.2230

34.8

201.7

Swaziland

3

2

1045

4600

0.0536

13.4

63.2

Sweden

1

1

8869

23970

1.2196

518.7

774.3

Switzerland

1

1

7180

30450

0.7660

406.3

727.9

Syria

3

3

16200

3340

0.0006

3.7

12.3

Tajikistan

4

9

6170

1090

0.0078

0.5

0.3

Tanzania

4

2

33700

520

0.0051

8.9

12.7

Thailand

3

7

60700

6320

2.3269

58.3

124.4

Togo

4

2

4527

1410

0.0022

11.0

21.0

Tonga

3

8

100

 

0.1497

10.0

1.0

Trinidad

2

4

1301

8220

0.3420

92.2

173.3

Tunisia

3

2

9564

6070

0.0021

41.8

40.7

Turkey

2

1

65300

7030

0.0184

38.3

306.3

Turkmenistan

4

9

5199

3800

0.0037

1.5

1.8

UAE

1

3

2905

 

0.0034

309.8

657.2

Uganda

4

2

22200

1210

0.0009

2.7

14.5

UK

1

1

59700

23550

0.9787

402.0

787.7

Ukraine

4

9

49500

3700

0.3488

12.1

44.9

Uruguay

2

6

3337

8880

1.1927

119.9

155.8

USA

1

5

282000

34100

2.4109

506.5

450.4

Vanuatu

3

8

197

2960

0.1269

27.9

1.5

Venezuela

2

6

24200

5740

0.4380

53.7

268.2

Vietnam

4

7

78500

2000

0.0003

5.1

15.9

Western Samoa

3

8

170

5050

0.0882

17.6

17.6

Yugoslavia

3

9

10600

 

0.0334

56.6

188.5

Zambia

4

2

10100

750

0.0045

2.5

9.7

Zimbabwe

4

2

12600

2550

0.0076

7.9

26.1

 

Sources:  See notes for Appendix A, notes for Table 8.

 

Income Class Codes

 

1

High Income

2

Upper Middle Income

3

Lower Middle Income

4

Low Income

 

 

Region Codes

 

1

Western Europe

2

Africa

3

Middle East

4

Caribbean

5

North and Central America

6

South America

7

Asia

8

Oceania

9

Central and Eastern Europe