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DAILIES
TITLES
DAILIES: NUMBER OF TITLES
Change (%) no. of titles/adult population
Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998/2002 2001/2002 1998^ 2002º
Argentina 100 102 106 - - - - 3.7 4.0
Armenia - - - 5 12 - 140.0 1.8 4.4
Australia 48 48 48 - 48 0.0 - 3.2 3.2
Austria 17 17 16 15 15 -11.8 0.0 2.6 2.3
Azerbaijan 14 15 - 22 - - - 2.6 4.1
Belgium 29 28 29 28 27 28.0 -3.6 4.0 3.7
Brazil 372 465 465 491 523 40.6 6.5 3.1 4.3
Bulgaria 33 36 43 49 48 45.5 -2.0 4.8 7.0
Cameroon 1 1 - - - - - - - 0.1
Canada 105 106 104 104 102 -2.9 -1.9 7.2 7.0
Chile - 51 53 51 47 - -7.8 4.5 4.2
China 740 805 909 975 - - - 0.8 1.0
Colombia 23 24 - - - - - 0.9 0.9
Costa Rica 6 6 6 6 6 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4
Croatia 10 11 12 12 12 20.0 0.0 2.7 3.3
Cyprus 8 8 8 - - - - 16.3 16.3
Czech Republic 18 18 75 67 73 305.6 9.0 2.1 8.5
Denmark 37 34 31 30 30 -18.9 0.0 8.6 7.0
Estonia 16 17 13 12 12 -25.0 0.0 14.3 10.7
Finland 56 56 55 54 53 -5.4 -1.9 13.1 12.4
France 86 87 84 84 84 -2.3 0.0 1.8 1.8
Germany 391 387 382 381 374 -4.3 -1.8 5.6 5.4
Greece 28 29 32 32 32 14.3 0.0 3.2 3.6
Hong Kong 43 48 - - - - - 7.6 8.5
Hungary 40 39 40 39 38 -5.0 -2.6 4.8 4.6
Iceland 3 3 3 2 2 -33.3 0.0 13.8 9.2
India 402 392 398 393 402 0.0 2.3 0.6 0.6
Indonesia 74 79 172 187 176 137.8 -5.9 0.5 1.2
Ireland 6 6 6 6 6 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0
Italy 92 88 88 89 91 -1.1 2.2 1.8 1.8
Japan 108 109 110 106 105 -2.8 -0.9 1.0 1.0
Kenya 1 3 4 - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Kyrgyzstan - 1 - - - - - - 0.3
Latvia 21 20 21 23 24 14.3 4.3 11.0 12.5
Lebanon 13 14 13 13 13 0.0 0.0 5.7 5.7
Luxembourg 5 5 5 7 9 80.0 28.6 13.9 24.9
Macedonia - - - 7 7 - 0.0 4.5 4.5
Malaysia 33 - 31 34 32 -3.0 -5.9 2.6 2.5
Mexico - - - 340 299 - -12.1 4.3 3.8
Moldova - - - - 3 - - - 1.1
Mongolia 5 5 5 5 5 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3
Netherlands 35 35 35 35 35 0.0 0.0 2.7 2.7
New Zealand 29 26 26 26 - - - 10.4 9.3
Norway 83 83 82 81 81 -2.4 0.0 23.2 22.6
Pakistan 303 - - - - - - - 3.9
Peru 57 - - - - - - - 3.4
Poland 56 50 59 46 46 -17.9 0.0 1.8 1.5
Portugal 29 28 - - - - - 3.5 3.4
Romania - - - 46 - - - - 2.5
Russia 245 286 333 238 436 78.0 83.2 2.1 3.7
Serbia-Montenegro - - - - 29 - - - 4.7
Singapore 8 8 9 8 8 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.6
Slovakia 19 23 29 21 19 0.0 -9.5 4.4 4.4
Slovenia 5 5 - 6 6 20.0 0.0 3.1 3.7
South Africa 17 18 18 17 18 5.9 5.9 0.6 0.6
South Korea 108 112 116 119 - - - 3.0 3.3
Spain 130 135 136 136 134 3.1 -1.5 3.8 3.9
Sri Lanka 9 - 12 13 13 44.4 0.0 0.6 0.9
Sweden 100 98 93 94 91 -9.0 -3.2 13.9 12.6
Switzerland 97 105 104 98 98 1.0 0.0 16.2 16.3
Taiwan 27 29 29 27 30 11.1 11.1 1.5 1.7
Tanzania - - - - 7 - - - 0.2
Thailand 34 - - - - - - - 0.7
Turkey 47 43 45 45 55 17.0 22.2 1.9 2.2
Uganda 4 4 3 4 - - - 0.4 0.4
Ukraine 32 38 - - - - - 2.0 2.4
United Kingdom 98 99 104 109 109 11.2 0.0 2.1 2.3
United States 1,489 1,483 1,476 1,468 1,469 -1.3 0.1 7.3 7.2
Uruguay 78 - - - 4 -94.9 - 27.3 1.4
1 national dailies only ^ or earliest available figures
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