WORLD PRESS TRENDS - World Association of Newspapers

FREE PAPERS
CIRCULATION
FREE PAPERS: CIRCULATION (000)
Change (%)
Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998/2002 2001/2002
Australia 9,524 9,947 10,332 - - - -
Belgium - - - 320 156 - -51.3
Bulgaria 812 910 910 - 910 12.1 -
Costa Rica 15 13 - - 30 100.0 -
Czech Republic 4,600 4,700 4,100 4,000 3,600 -21.7 -10.0
Denmark 8,142 8,142 8,142 8,260 7,378 -9.4 -10.7
Estonia 174 180 203 154 129 -25.9 -16.2
France 34,741 34,839 - - - - -
Germany 88,189 88,540 88,540 90,753 88,900 0.8 -2.0
Hungary 160 190 210 270 322 101.3 19.3
Iceland 28 29 28 104 - - -
Italy - - 200 1,570 2,100 - 33.8
Japan 16,460 18,066 19,915 21,190 21,576 31.1 1.8
Latvia - 250 253 265 263 - -0.8
Lebanon - 300 300 300 400 - 33.3
Luxembourg 272 345 - 369 332 22.1 -10.0
Malaysia - - - - 140 - -
Moldova - - - - 2 - -
Netherlands 31,194 31,000 20,750 20,526 20,392 -34.6 -0.7
New Zealand 2,570 2,654 2,675 2,699 - - -
Poland - - - 306 387 - 26.5
Portugal 433 582 - - - - -
Singapore - - 238 250 280 - 12.0
Slovenia 640 640 - - - - -
South Africa 3,020 - 3,200 3,400 3,500 15.9 2.9
Sweden 2,390 2,292 2,592 1,717 2,313 -3.2 34.7
Ukraine 4,272 3,838 - - - - -
United Kingdom 27,420 26,800 28,133 25,652 42,078 53.5 64.0
AVERAGE CIRCULATION/ADULT POPULATION (COPIES PER THOUSAND) using most recent available figures
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Denmark
1,719.4
Netherlands
1,555.9
Germany
1,273.2
New Zealand
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
967.0
919.7
895.9
France
Australia
728.9
695.4
Iceland
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Sweden
477.1
416.8
393.4
320.5
Ukraine
Japan
Lebanon
Latvia
Bulgaria
South Africa
Estonia
Singapore
Portugal
Italy
Hungary
Belgium
Poland
Costa Rica
Malaysia
Moldova
241.4
199.1
174.0
137.2
131.9
118.3
115.1
91.0
70.1
42.1
38.7
21.5
12.5
11.9
11.1
0.7
For more information please see table above
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WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS - WORLD PRESS TRENDS 2003