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devices
This page offers statistics about ICT devices, supplementing
the Communications Revolution profile,
the Metrics & Statistics guide
and note on reprographic
devices (eg VCRs)
It covers -
introduction
[under development]
landline phones
Teledensity is explored
in more detail elsewhere on this site.
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%) |
Replacement
of the pager by mobile phone is illustrated by figures
for the number of devices in operation in the US -
1999
- 45m
2000 - 37m
2002 - 28m
2005 - 8.2m
2006 - 7.4m
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
2000 - 98
2005 - 98
As
of 2004 Nielsen Media Research estimated that 18% of US
households had four or more televisions, 18% had three
and 36% had two sets. The average number of televisions
in the UK during 2004 was 2.4 devices. In May 2008 the
US Census Bureau reported that there were 110 million
US homes with tv sets in 2006, up from 76 million in 1980.
98.2% of all US homes had a set in 2005, the same as 1999;
the 'average home' had 2.6 sets in 2005, up from 1.7 in
1980.
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
In
Australia penetration of radios (on a per capita basis)
is reported as -
1930
- 3.9
1935 - 7.5
1940 - 14.9
1945 - 18.8
1950 - 21.7
1955 - 22.5
Penetration
of television (by % of households) was -
1956
- 1
1961 - 55
1966 - 87
1971 - 91
1976 - 92
1981 - 92
1986 - 93
1988 - 94
1994 - 99
2002 - 99
Penetration
of VCRs (by % of households was) -
1981
- 3
1986 - 49
1988 - 54
1991 - 72
1993 - 80
1994
- 81
1997 - 83
1999 - 87
2002 - 87
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) |
Graphs
of uptake of personal computers by households in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere are here
(PDF).
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
- 3.50%
1983 - 10.0%
1986 - 29.9%
1997 - 78.9%
1999 - 82.9%
2000 - 84.3%
2002 - 87.5%
2005 - 90.6%
Domestic
uptake of dishwashers was estimated as -
1994
- 25.1%
1997 - 29.1%
1999 - 30.1%
2002 - 34.7%
2005 - 41.5%
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
ACMA's
Media and Communications in Australian Families 2007
report (covering households with children aged between
8 and 17 ), claimed that -
- most
families have three or more televisions in their home
and three or more mobile phones. 97% of the households
have a mobile phone (up from 22% in 1995)
- almost
every family home has a computer (98%, up from 59% in
1995), a VCR (89%, down from 93% in 1995) and DVD player
(97%)
- 91%
have the internet (of which 76% have broadband, compared
to 7% in 1995
- 77%
have a games console, with 48% having a hand-held gaming
device
- 76%
have a portable MP3 or MP4 player
- 32%
have access to subscription TV
- on
average, children 8-17 years spent about one and
quarter hours online every day. For teenagers 15-17
years, this is just under two and a half hours a day
versus 30 minutes a day spent online by 8-11 year
olds.
- 42%
of ACMA's children say they posted their own material
online, with 72% of girls and 52% of boys in the 14-17
year cohort having a own profile on a social networking
site.
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