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FREE PAPERS
TITLES
FREE PAPERS: NUMBER OF TITLES
Change (%) no. of titles/adult population
Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998/2002 2001/2002 1998^ 2002º
Australia 236 243 247 - - - - 15.9 16.6
Austria 30 31 73 75 75 150.0 0.0 4.6 11.4
Belgium - - - 1 1 - 0.0 0.1 0.1
Bulgaria 2 2 3 3 3 50.0 0.0 0.3 0.4
Chile - 2 2 4 2 - -50.0 0.2 0.2
Costa Rica 3 2 2 - - - - 1.2 0.8
Czech Republic 120 125 103 100 75 -37.5 -25.0 13.9 8.7
Denmark 281 280 281 278 278 -1.1 0.0 65.5 64.8
Estonia 7 8 8 8 8 14.3 0.0 6.2 7.1
Finland 106 136 136 136 136 28.3 0.0 24.9 31.9
France 387 390 - - - - - 8.1 8.2
Germany 1,331 1,311 1,311 1,336 1,312 -1.4 -1.8 19.1 18.8
Hungary 1 1 1 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Iceland 8 9 8 10 10 25.0 0.0 36.7 45.9
Italy - - 1 3 8 - 166.7 0.0 0.2
Japan 106 122 153 158 179 68.9 13.3 1.0 1.7
Latvia - 1 1 2 2 - 0.0 0.5 1.0
Lebanon - 20 20 2 3 - 50.0 8.7 1.3
Luxembourg 7 11 11 12 10 42.9 -16.7 19.4 27.7
Malaysia - - - - 1 - - - 0.1
Mexico - - - 18 7 - -61.1 0.2 0.1
Moldova - - - - 2 - - - 0.7
Mongolia 132 212 - - - - - 86.6 139.0
Netherlands 767 770 607 565 557 -27.4 -1.4 58.5 42.5
New Zealand 114 112 115 109 - - - 40.8 39.1
Poland - - - 12 8 - -33.3 0.4 0.3
Portugal 2 2 - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Russia - - - 2,359 2,782 - 17.9 20.2 23.8
Singapore - - 1 1 1 - 0.0 0.3 0.3
Slovenia 1 1 - - 1 0.0 - 0.6 0.6
South Africa 151 155 160 170 175 15.9 2.9 5.1 5.9
Spain 180 180 - - - - - 5.3 5.3
Sweden 28 32 38 35 43 53.6 22.9 3.9 6.0
Switzerland 385 391 406 429 392 1.8 -8.6 64.2 65.4
Tanzania - - - - 6 - - - 0.2
Uganda 1 2 2 2 - - - 0.1 0.2
Ukraine 40 52 - - - - - 2.5 3.3
United Kingdom 598 605 581 523 556 -7.0 6.3 12.7 11.8
^ or earliest available figures
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WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS - WORLD PRESS TRENDS 2003