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Asia Online Materials Statistics - Table 003

Table 003
The volume of WWW information world-wide about Asian countries,
as recorded by Altavista database since Feb 97
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English language searches
Country              Feb 97           Sep 97         Dec 97
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MIDDLE EAST        www pages         www pages      www pages
Afghanistan          29,946           39,105           9,658
Bahrain              29,946           36,135           9,744
Iran                 59,892           84,645          20,532
Iraq                 19,530           36,630          11,021
Israel              501,270          584,100         112,567
Jordan *             19,530           23,265          69,828
Kurdistan             5,208            2,970           1,137
Kuwait               29,946           38,115          11,404
Lebanon              19,530           89,595          24,304
Oman                 19,530           26,730           5,989
Palestine            19,530           40,590          10,169
Qatar                 9,765           18,810           5,139
Saudi Arabia         29,946           29,700          81,686
Syria                19,530           34,650           8,427
Turkey              104,160          223,740          53,461
United Arab Emirates  9,765           14,850          40,916
Yemen                 9,765           14,355           4,291
TOTAL              936,789(18%)    1,337,985(17%)    480,273(13%)
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CAUCASUS
Armenia              29,946          38,610           9,547
Azerbaijan            9,765          24,255           6,289
Chechnya              5,859           9,405           2,284
Georgia **            3,906 est       5,049 est       2,270
TOTAL                49,476(1%)      77,319(1%)     20,390(0.5%)
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CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan           19,530          17,325           5,592
Kyrgyzstan            6,510           8,415           2,414
Tajikistan            6,510           8,415           2,347
Turkmenistan          6,510           7,920           2,221
Uzbekistan            9,765          13,365           4,146
TOTAL                48,825(1%)      55,440(1%)      16,720(0.5%)
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SOUTH ASIA
Bangladesh           50,127          61,380          17,134
Bhutan                9,765          17,325           4,730
India               403,620         627,660         174,607
Kashmir                8463           9,900           4,492
Ladakh                  n/a             n/a             n/a
Maldives              9,765          12,375           2,860
Nepal                59,892          61,875          15,493
Pakistan             59,892          83,160          31,487
Sikkim                  n/a             n/a             n/a
Sri Lanka            29,946          26,730          79,695
TOTAL               631,470(12%)    900,405(11%)    330,498(9%)
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SOUTH EAST ASIA
Brunei               19,530          30,195           7,693
Burma                29,946          43,065          11,820
Cambodia             29,946          39,105          13,059
East Timor            3,906           4,455          14,111
Indonesia           201,810         240,075          56,643
Laos                 29,946          25,245           7,152
Malaysia            201,810         264,825          63,362
Philippines         100,254         151,965          41,108
Singapore           403,620         591,030         158,152
Thailand            201,810         270,270          63,242
Vietnam             104,160         201,960          46,377
TOTAL             1,320,228(25%)  1,961,190(23%)    482,719(13%)
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EAST ASIA
China ***           709,583         969,705         230,750
E.Turkistan #           n/a             n/a             n/a
Hong Kong           201,810         175,230         423,819
Japan             1,002,540       2,251,795       1,421,997
Korea (North)         9,765           9,555          33,453
Korea (South)        19,530          27,225          74,457
Macau                19,530          21,285           4,701
Mongolia              9,765          21,780           5,609
Siberia               9,765          19,305           4,208
Taiwan              201,810         294,030          68,581
Tibet                39,060          44,055          10,087
TOTAL             2,216,655(43%)  3,735,765(47%)  2,277,662(63%)
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ASIA TOTAL       5,203,443(100%)  8,068,104(100%) 3,608,262(99%)
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Note: There is a unexpected decline (8 mln in Sep 97; 3.6 mln in Dec 97) 
in the number of web pages recorded in Dec 97 for most of Asian countries. 
This would indicate that at that time Altavista database was undergoing 
some kind of re-structuring, which resulted in a temporary drop in the 
overall number of records it kept track of.  



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English language searches
Country             Mar 98           Jun 98           Sep 98
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MIDDLE EAST        www pages         www pages       www pages
Afghanistan          53,253           70,260           69,097
Bahrain              55,464           63,592           62,798
Iran                127,029          167,165          166,024
Iraq                104,766          136,570 	      131,843
Israel              577,766          670,516          636,769
Jordan *            414,622          459,833  	      461,612
Kurdistan             7,074            7,801            7,758
Kuwait               93,945          105,048          103,588
Lebanon             148,395          168,031          163,778
Oman                 54,884           60,363           60,271
Palestine            61,127           70,365           69,546
Qatar                45,656           53,058  	       52,620
Saudi Arabia         98,026          127,274 	      127,538
Syria                68,030           88,288           86,704
Turkey              274,650          360,722          332,092
United Arab Emirates 51,253           69,896           69,400
Yemen                36,681           49,727           49,801
TOTAL             2,272,621(26%)   2,728,509(25.3%) 2,651,239 (25.2%)
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CAUCASUS
Armenia              46,194           60,474           59,923
Azerbaijan           33,370           43,441 	       42,575
Chechnya             12,452           12,803           12,438
Georgia **            2,938            2,197            2,804
TOTAL                94,954(1.1%)    118,915(1.1%)    117,740 (1.1%)
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CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan           41,106           53,872           53,659
Kyrgyzstan           20,177           29,182           29,171
Tajikistan           20,152           25,875           25,835
Turkmenistan         24,650           34,796           34,711
Uzbekistan           35,269           47,841	       47,185
TOTAL               141,354(1.6%)    191,566(1.8%)    190,561 (1.8%)
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SOUTH ASIA
Bangladesh           74,172           96,424	       94,229
Bhutan               27,408           36,393           36,436
India               635,727          775,928          764,748
Kashmir              18,879           23,705           24,112
Ladakh                2,990            3,594	        3,491
Maldives             23,789           33,905           34,666
Nepal                76,417           98,696           97,016
Pakistan            149,708          196,160          191,919
Sikkim                4,149            5,102            4,915
Sri Lanka            95,375          119,780          117,035
TOTAL             1,108,614(12.7%) 1,389,687(12.9%) 1,368,567 (13.0%)
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SOUTH EAST ASIA
Brunei               42,750           55,811	       55,246
Burma                47,470           58,322 	       58,338
Cambodia             62,254           80,108           80,090
East Timor           15,693           21,264 	       21,655
Indonesia           266,722          328,333 	      321,722
Laos                 39,794           52,830           52,840
Malaysia            270,053          334,619 	      325,048
Philippines         214,536          257,967	      254,592
Singapore           437,029          536,061          522,151
Thailand            271,678          328,188	      323,183
Vietnam             238,437          293,109	      286,298
TOTAL             1,906,416(21.8%) 2,346,612(21.7%) 2,301,163 (21.9%)
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EAST ASIA
China ***           844,910        1,110,207          997,802
E.Turkistan #           981              425	          422
Hong Kong           462,646 	     559,111          548,998
Japan             1,280,418        1,556,682        1,557,117
Korea (North)        38,870           49,896           49,927
Korea (South)        89,554          116,364          115,989
Macau                28,725           45,279	       44,440
Mongolia             42,206           57,330 	       56,635
Siberia              32,017           39,149	       38,869
Taiwan              332,095          406,472 	      408,824
Tibet                48,745           61,672 	       61,820
TOTAL             3,201,167(36.7%) 4,002,507(37.1%) 3,880,843 (36.9%)
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ASIA TOTAL        8,725,126(99.9%)10,777,796(99.9%)10,510,113 (99.9%)
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English language searches
Country             Dec 98	      Mar 99           Jun 99
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MIDDLE EAST        www pages        www pages	     www pages
Afghanistan          69,810           74,176           80,683
Bahrain              63,135           59,799           67,705
Iran                280,117          277,317          302,250
Iraq                209,440          272,707          258,460
Israel            1,478,344        1,415,800        1,462,250
Jordan *            933,881          870,664          748,790
Kurdistan             7,233            8,126            8,865
Kuwait              101,303           98,085          108,360
Lebanon             346,688          355,496          384,410
Oman                 62,065           47,223           68,101
Palestine            68,857           53,758           78,713
Qatar                53,044           50,934           55,937
Saudi Arabia        126,178          118,115           97,890
Syria                82,961           90,981           92,184
Turkey              737,486          707,971          778,390
United Arab Emirates 64,911           61,658           69,212
Yemen                51,551           51,344           57,393
TOTAL             4,737,004(20.6%) 4,614,154(21.0%) 4,719,593(20.9%)
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CAUCASUS
Armenia              58,731           74,996	       66,583
Azerbaijan           43,213           44,059 	       49,508
Chechnya             10,022            9,872 	       10,091
Georgia **            3,099            1,962            2,800
TOTAL               115,065 (0.5%)   130,889 (.6%)    128,982(.6%)
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CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan           51,862           53,186           61,387
Kyrgyzstan           30,281    	      31,518           35,199
Tajikistan           27,565           28,310           33,364
Turkmenistan         34,759           35,361           39,531
Uzbekistan           46,323  	      47,447           53,224
TOTAL               190,790 (0.8%)   195,822 (.5%)    222,705(0.9%)
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SOUTH ASIA
Bangladesh         236,000           186,234          262,840
Bhutan              37,117            36,795 	       41,861
India            2,411,029         2,250,964        2,539,049
Kashmir             23,961            25,854           27,979
Ladakh               3,393             3,772            4,242
Maldives            37,677            38,900           41,848
Nepal              224,940           204,517          236,640
Pakistan           449,346           408,147          432,744
Sikkim               4,526 	       4,719            5,705
Sri Lanka          111,167           108,669           97,003
TOTAL            3,539,156(15.4%)  3,268,571(15.7%) 3,689,911(16.3%)
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SOUTH EAST ASIA
Brunei              54,508            53,638           60,184
Burma               57,456            58,351           64,399
Cambodia            77,169            78,348           87,967
East Timor          21,441            24,009 	       28,339
Indonesia          744,068           688,185          805,065
Laos                53,690            52,992           58,703
Malaysia           872,171           832,181          930,320
Philippines        594,935           596,628          623,000
Singapore        1,316,990         1,049,459        1,214,680
Thailand           801,353           774,168          892,030
Vietnam            634,716           613,734          676,250
TOTAL            5,228,497(22.8%)  4,821,693(23.1%) 5,440,937(24.1%)
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EAST ASIA
China ***       3,085,579          2,503,502         2,884,540
E.Turkistan #         105                132               364
Hong Kong         532,232            391,443           531,454
Japan           4,061,256          3,696,620         3,559,780
Korea (North)      46,558 	      47,795            49,794
Korea (South)     109,327            103,059 	       110,680
Macau              38,667             38,236 		41,331
Mongolia           56,218             58,152            64,487
Siberia            36,869             39,406            42,153
Taiwan          1,007,506            892,082           854,100
Tibet             159,606            184,438           212,980
TOTAL           9,133,923(39.8%)   7,954,865(38.1%)  8,351,663(37.0%)
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ASIA TOTAL     22,944,435(99.9%)  20,885,994(99.0%) 22,553,791(99.8%)
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English language searches
Country           Sep 99	    Dec 99         Mar 00      Jun 00
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MIDDLE EAST        www pages        www pages	     www pages
Afghanistan        72,779            141,660
Bahrain            76,175            125,000
Iran              361,560            240,200      
Iraq              297,670            166,510
Israel          1,323,536          1,039,640
Jordan *        1,115,760            699,940 
Kurdistan          10,268             16,668
Kuwait            217,300            103,685
Lebanon           527,260            276,720
Oman              132,020             60,800
Palestine          88,236            112,235
Qatar              63,058             95,107
Saudi Arabia      114,683            229,213
Syria              81,416             99,045
Turkey            709,640            551,695
United Arab Emirates 80,935 	     166,727
Yemen              65,768             63,403
TOTAL         - to be calculated  
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CAUCASUS
Armenia            76,597            100,540
Azerbaijan         59,552             86,625
Chechnya  	    9,399 	      19,329
Dagestan            2,219              6,128
Georgia **          3,360              4,360
TOTAL         - to be calculated         
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CENTRAL ASIA
Kazakhstan         70,227             73,192
Kyrgyzstan         30,933             60,201
Tajikistan         38,425             60,891
Turkmenistan       46,674             69,681
Uzbekistan         61,704            103,717 
TOTAL         - to be calculated          
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SOUTH ASIA
Bangladesh        333,640            352,175 
Bhutan             51,150             85,813
India           2,405,033 	   2,208,445
Kashmir            40,117             70,549
Ladakh              4,974              6,845 
Maldives           49,731             89,640 
Nepal             285,290            188,545
Pakistan          411,460            501,460 
Sikkim              6,859              9,067
Sri Lanka         144,147            317,516 
TOTAL         - to be calculated    
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SOUTH EAST ASIA
Brunei             68,037             81,690 
Burma              75,004 	      78,585
Cambodia           80,056   	     104,115 
East Timor         23,407 	      69,386
Indonesia         967,460  	     583,790
Laos               67,841             68,131
Malaysia        1,082,140            706,340
Philippines       783,220            507,290
Singapore       1,495,890          1,006,865 
Thailand          813,180            628,880 
Vietnam           756,180            387,340 
TOTAL         - to be calculated     
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EAST ASIA
China ***       3,480,593          2,230,990 
E.Turkistan #         349              3,321
Hong Kong         597,462            978,300 
Japan           5,781,858          2,521,385 
Korea (North)      45,406            103,335 
Korea (South)     121,364            207,295 
Macau              36,089             70,953
Mongolia           53,991             97,595 
Siberia            46,588             64,967
Taiwan            783,234 	     636,520 
Tibet             232,140            164,620 
TOTAL         - to be calculated    
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ASIA TOTAL      
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All languages searches (East Asian countries only)
Country           Sep 99	   Dec 99         Mar 00     Jun 00
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EAST ASIA
China ***      3,957,000       2,659,940 
E.Turkistan #        359           3,734 
Hong Kong        686,141       1,098,159 
Japan          4,087,080       3,342,540  
Korea (North)     46,620         106,348 
Korea (South)    126,262         217,394 
Macau             84,700          45,740
Mongolia          77,420          63,925 
Siberia           88,940          49,230
Taiwan         1,016,680 	 890,245
Tibet            317,030         180,925 
TOTAL         10,488,232       8,658,180
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* The number of servers dealing with the Kingdom of Jordan may be overestimated
because the keyword may also refer to a number of other geographic locations in
Australia and North America (The Times Atlas of the World, 1994:188) and also
is a widely used Anglo-Saxon surname (Telstra 1997).

** The data for Georgia are underestimated, since they are derived from a search
combining keywords 'Georgia' and 'Republic'. This is because the name of the Asian country
also refers to the name of a state in the US.

*** The number of www servers dealing with the country of China may be
overestimated because the keyword may also refer to popular term for
porcelain.

# full name: Eastern Turkistan
Dec 99 measurements were taken on 21 Sep 99
Sep 99 measurements were taken on 22 Sep 99
Jun 99 measurements were taken on 10 Jun 99
Mar 99 measurements were taken on 21 Mar 99
Dec 98 measurements were taken on 26 Dec 98
Sep 98 measurements were taken on 15 Sep 98
Jun 98 measurements were taken on 05 Jun 98
Mar 98 measurements were taken on 25 Mar 98
Dec 97 measurements were taken on 12 Dec 97
Sep 97 measurements were taken on 15 Sep 97
Feb 97 measurements were taken on 20 Feb 97

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