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It is estimated the exact number is not known that worldwide some 60,000 newspapers exist with a combined circulation of nearby 500 million. However, the number of readers is far greater -as many as three times the circulation figure. This is because newspapers are shared, some are posted, and others placed in libraries and other public places. Worldwide, about 8000 of the newspapers are dailies. About a third of all newspapers are published in North America, another third in Europe, and the left third in the rest of the world. Countries with the highest newspaper readership are Britain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, and the United states. Europe has nearly half of the world's total newspaper circulation, North America about a quater, and the rest of the world another quater. Taking the world as a whole, the average circulation of dailies per 1000 persons is about 100, but there are many parts of the world where the modern newspaper is scarcely seen