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