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DAILIES
CIRCULATION
DAILIES: CIRCULATION (000)
Change (%)
Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998/2002 2001/2002
Argentina 2,160 1,944 1,500 - - - -
Armenia - - - 27 - - -
Australia 3,103 3,107 3,083 - - - -
Austria 2,669 2,896 2,503 2,438 2,403 -10.0 -1.4
Azerbaijan 95 80 - 132 - - -
Belgium 1,588 1,564 1,568 1,531 1,479 -6.9 -3.4
Brazil 7,163 7,245 7,883 7,670 6,972 -2.7 -9.1
Bulgaria 1,112 1,350 1,400 - 1,400 25.9 -
Cameroon 7 - - - - - -
Canada 5,005 5,166 5,167 5,185 5,005 0.0 -3.5
China 62,989 70,090 75,603 82,047 - - -
Colombia 1,072 1,093 - - - - -
Costa Rica 265 290 275 301 288 8.7 -4.3
Croatia 510 536 595 493 597 17.1 21.1
Cyprus 53 45 46 - - - -
Czech Republic 1,802 1,764 1,704 1,727 1,690 -6.2 -2.1
Denmark 1,583 1,528 1,481 1,456 1,433 -9.5 -1.6
Estonia 254 273 262 258 255 0.4 -1.2
Finland 2,343 2,320 2,304 2,307 2,268 -3.2 -1.7
France 8,268 8,212 8,182 8,164 7,844 -5.1 -3.9
Germany 25,016 24,565 23,946 23,838 23,240 -7.1 -2.5
Greece 672 676 681 671 628 -6.5 -6.4
Hong Kong 1,583 1,528 1,481 - - - -
Hungary 1,700 1,659 1,625 1,665 1,595 -6.2 -4.2
Iceland 94 91 91 79 74 -21.3 -6.3
India 26,538 25,587 29,752 29,482 31,085 17.1 5.4
Indonesia 5,017 4,782 - - 4,665 -7.0 -
Ireland 557 567 564 588 591 6.1 0.5
Italy 5,881 5,914 6,073 6,057 5,888 0.1 -2.8
Japan 72,410 72,218 71,896 71,694 70,815 -2.2 -1.2
Kenya 1 - 250 - - - - -
Kyrgyzstan - 39 - - - - -
Latvia 260 321 322 343 387 48.8 12.8
Lebanon 213 225 220 215 215 0.9 0.0
Luxembourg 124 124 120 120 118 -4.8 -1.7
Macedonia - - - 177 130 - -26.6
Malaysia 2,487 - 2,191 2,399 2,334 -6.2 -2.7
Mexico - - - - 8,734 - -
Moldova - - - - 60 - -
Mongolia 50 40 44 39 42 -16.0 7.7
Netherlands 4,522 4,482 4,443 4,375 4,311 -4.7 -1.5
New Zealand 808 780 777 764 - - -
Norway 2,600 2,591 2,578 2,527 2,524 -2.9 -0.1
Peru 5,700 - - - - - -
Poland 3,011 2,958 2,820 3,695 3,598 19.5 -2.6
Portugal 673 686 - - - - -
Romania - - - 1,279 - - -
Serbia-Montenegro - - - - 1,015 - -
Singapore 1,062 1,078 1,096 1,050 1,045 -1.6 -0.5
Slovakia 918 1,116 541 503 511 -44.3 1.6
Slovenia 340 341 - - 344 1.2 -
South Africa 1,149 - 1,118 1,169 1,137 -1.0 -2.7
Spain 4,300 4,300 4,300 4,300 4,300 0.0 0.0
Sri Lanka 524 - 536 497 493 -5.9 -0.8
Sweden 3,807 3,721 3,700 3,685 3,671 -3.6 -0.4
Switzerland 2,676 2,679 2,666 2,634 2,594 -3.1 -1.5
Tanzania - - - - 102 - -
Thailand 11,753 - - - - - -
Turkey 3,831 4,432 4,047 3,281 3,306 -13.7 0.8
Ukraine 2,115 4,322 - - - - -
United Kingdom 18,921 19,602 19,052 18,915 18,898 -0.1 -0.1
United States 56,182 55,979 55,945 55,578 55,186 -1.8 -0.7
Uruguay - - 42 38 - - -
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