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TITLES
NON-DAILIES: NUMBER OF TITLES
Change (%) no. of titles/adult population
Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998/2002 2001/2002 1998^ 2002º
Armenia - - - 40 41 - 2.5 14.7 15.0
Australia 96 96 97 - 95 -1.0 - 6.5 6.4
Austria 128 121 120 118 123 -3.9 4.2 19.4 18.7
Azerbaijan 352 329 - - - - - 65.1 60.9
Brazil 1,251 1,780 2,020 1,498 2,161 72.7 44.3 10.3 17.9
Bulgaria 112 115 114 114 62 -44.6 -45.6 16.2 9.0
Cameroon 12 - - - - - - - 1.3
Chile - 6 9 12 12 - 0.0 0.5 1.1
China 1,313 1,233 1,098 1,014 - - - 1.4 1.1
Colombia 3 4 - - - - - 0.1 0.1
Costa Rica 25 27 27 22 22 -12.0 0.0 9.9 8.7
Croatia 224 237 245 174 181 -19.2 4.0 60.8 49.1
Cyprus 7 10 10 - - - - 14.2 20.3
Czech Republic 75 71 62 86 83 10.7 -3.5 8.7 9.6
Denmark 1 1 1 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
Estonia 60 50 49 52 50 -16.7 -3.8 53.5 44.6
Finland 155 151 149 146 147 -5.2 0.7 36.4 34.5
France 232 245 - - - - - 4.9 5.1
Germany 27 24 25 24 23 -14.8 -4.2 0.4 0.3
Greece 18 17 14 15 17 -5.6 13.3 2.0 1.9
Hungary 1 - - - - - - - 0.1
Iceland 13 13 11 12 13 0.0 8.3 59.6 59.6
India 109 102 100 97 98 -10.1 1.0 0.2 0.2
Indonesia 90 88 425 306 289 221.1 -5.6 0.6 2.0
Ireland 61 61 61 - - - - 20.3 20.3
Japan 1 - - - - - - - 0.0
Kenya 11 10 - - - - - 0.6 0.6
Latvia 72 61 59 62 61 -15.3 -1.6 37.6 31.8
Lebanon - 1 2 1 1 - 0.0 0.4 0.4
Luxembourg 8 9 10 9 10 25.0 11.1 22.2 27.7
Macedonia - - - 33 30 - -9.1 21.0 19.1
Malaysia 1 - 1 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
Mexico - - - - 11 - - - 0.1
Moldova - - - - 108 - - - 38.5
Mongolia 19 18 158 175 174 815.8 -0.6 12.5 114.1
Netherlands 54 54 49 48 46 -14.8 -4.2 4.1 3.5
New Zealand 11 10 10 10 - - - 3.9 3.6
Norway 74 74 72 71 77 4.1 8.5 20.7 21.5
Pakistan 247 - - - - - - - 3.2
Peru 4 - - - - - - - 0.2
Poland - - - 15 20 - 33.3 0.5 0.6
Portugal 246 242 - - - - - 29.6 29.2
Romania - - - 78 - - - - 4.3
Russia - - - 3,285 3,578 - 8.9 28.1 30.6
Serbia-Montenegro - - - - 578 - - - 92.8
Singapore 2 2 3 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6
Slovakia 2 2 2 1 - - - 0.5 0.2
Slovenia 10 14 - - 25 150.0 - 6.1 15.4
South Africa 104 104 101 106 110 5.8 3.8 3.5 3.7
South Korea 5,803 5,318 4,708 4,647 - - - 159.7 127.9
Spain 1 10 - - - - - 0.0 0.3
Sri Lanka 31 - 36 38 37 19.4 -2.6 2.2 2.6
Sweden 71 71 74 76 75 5.6 -1.3 9.8 10.4
Switzerland 133 122 124 122 121 -9.0 -0.8 22.2 20.2
Tanzania - - - - 1 - - - 0.0
Uganda 16 16 9 6 - - - 1.4 0.5
Ukraine 790 1,106 - - - - - 49.7 69.6
United Kingdom 477 469 467 435 480 0.6 10.3 10.2 10.2
Uruguay 7 - - - - - - - 2.5
^ or earliest available figures
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