Digital Ministry Atlas

The Digital Terrain in 40 of the Least Reached Countries

Digital Ministry Atlas: The Digital Terrain in 40 of the Least Reached Countries

Version 1.3 (Revised October, 2017)

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Table of Contents

Average of Least Reached Countries ...... 7 Afghanistan ...... 8 Algeria ...... 9 Azerbaijan ...... 10 Bangladesh ...... 11 Cambodia ...... 12 ...... 13 Guinea ...... 14 India ...... 15 Indonesia ...... 16 Iran ...... 17 Iraq ...... 18 Israel ...... 19 Japan ...... 20 Jordan ...... 21 Kyrgyzstan ...... 22 Laos ...... 23 Libya ...... 24 Mali ...... 25 Mauritania ...... 26 Mongolia ...... 27 Morocco ...... 28 Myanmar ...... 29 Nepal ...... 30 Niger ...... 31 Nigeria ...... 32 Oman ...... 33 Pakistan ...... 34

Palestinian Territories ...... 35 Saudi Arabia ...... 36 Senegal ...... 37 Somalia ...... 38 Sri Lanka ...... 39 Tajikistan ...... 40 Thailand ...... 41 Tunisia ...... 42 Turkey ...... 43 Turkmenistan ...... 44 ...... 45 Uzbekistan ...... 46 Yemen ...... 47

Appendices

Appendix A- Online Data Sources……..………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………..49

Appendix B- On-the-Ground Media Assessment……………………………………………………………………….…………………………52

Average for Least Reached Countries*

General Internet

Demographics: Population- 109,054,250 % of Population Using the Internet: 37.40% (2016) Median Age- 30.1; Life Expectancy 71.7 9.83% (2006) Urban/Rural- 48% / 52% Internet Access by Device Type: 33.64% Desktop Top Languages: Chinese (Mandarin)- 889,000,000 (September, 2017) 2.25% Tablet (L1 & L2 Speakers)- 378,000,000 64.24% Mobile English (L1 & L2 Speakers)- 268,912,000 Internet Freedom: Partly Free Religion: Christian- 6.5%, Unreached- 65.3% Persecution of Christians- 67 (on a scale of Top Websites: 1. 6. Instagram 1-100 with 100 being the worst) 2. YouTube 7. Live.com 3. Facebook 8. Twitter Other: Adult Literacy- 80.1%, Avg. Annual 4. Yahoo 9. Google.fr Income (GNI) Per Person- $6,780 5. Wikipedia 10. Blogger

Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 38.2% Mobile Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband Subscriptions 109.46% (2016) (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 7.5% as a % of the Population: 37.20% (2006)

Mobile : 1. Android (53.7%) Social Media 2. /S40 (16.8%) Top Messaging App: WhatsApp 3. /S60 (6.2%) 4. Windows (4.2%) Top Social Media Site: Facebook 5. iOS (3.5%) Facebook Penetration: 26.28% (of total population, 2017) Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (3.09%) 2.