List of countries by number of television broadcast stations

This is a list of countries by number of television broadcast stations
Television
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Rank	Country/Region	Number of television broadcast stations	Note	Date of Information
1	Russia	7,306		1998
2	Mainland China	3,240	of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations, and nearly 3,000 are local city stations	1997
-	European Union	2,700	sum of individual country television broadcast stations excluding repeaters.	1995
3	United States	2,218		2006
4	India	1,400		2009
5	Ukraine	647		2006
6	Turkey	635	plus 2,934 repeaters	1995
7	Early Modern France	584	plus 9,676 repeaters	1995
8	Kingdom of Romania	575	plus 5,169 repeaters	2008
9	South Africa	556	plus 144 network repeaters	1997
10	Mongolia	456	including provincial and low-power repeaters	2006
11	Brazil	384		2009
12	Germany	373	plus 8,042 repeaters	1995
13	Italy	358	plus 4,728 repeaters	1995
14	Philippines	250	plus 1,501 CATV networks	2007
15	Mexico	236	plus repeaters	1997
16	United Kingdom	228	plus 3,523 repeaters	1995
17	Spain	224	plus 2,105 repeaters; includes 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands	1995
18	Japan	211	plus 7,341 repeaters; in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services	1999
19	Sweden	252		2008
20	Denmark	172		2008
21	Czech Republic	150	plus 1,434 repeaters	2000
22	Canada	148	plus many repeaters	2007
23	Finland	120	plus 431 repeaters; on 1 September 2007, Finland became one of the first countries in the world to broadcast all television signals digitally	1999
24	Pakistan	117	7 state-run channels and 110 privately-owned satellite channels	2008
25	Saudi Arabia	117		1997
26	Switzerland	115	plus 1,919 repeaters	1995
27	Thailand	111		2006
28	Peru	105	plus 493 repeaters	1999
29	Australia	104		1997
30	Egypt	98		1995
31	Malaysia	88	mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21	2006
32	Slovakia	80	national broadcasting 6, regional 7, local 67	2004
33	Norway	68	plus 2,729 repeaters	2008
34	Republic of China	76	46 digital and 30 analog	2007
35	Afghanistan	70	2 national	2010
36	Vietnam	67	includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations	2006
37	Venezuela	66	plus 45 repeaters	1997
38	Albania	65	3 national, 62 local; 2 cable networks	2005
39	Chile	63	plus 121 repeaters	1997
40	Uruguay	62		2005
41	Portugal	62	plus 166 repeaters; includes Azores and Madeira Islands	1995
42	Colombia	60		1997
43	Cuba	58		1997
44	Hong Kong	55	2 TV networks, each broadcasting on 2 channels	2007
45	Indonesia	54	54 local TV stations; 11 national TV networks; each with its group of local transmitters	2006
46	Republic of Macedonia	52		2007
47	Bolivia	48		1997
48	Belarus	47	plus 27 repeaters	1995
49	Algeria	46	plus 216 repeaters	1995
50	Syria	44	plus 17 repeaters	1995
51	Latvia	44	plus 31 repeaters	1995
52	South Korea	43	plus 59 cable operators and 190 relay cable operators	2005
53	Argentina	42	plus 444 repeaters	1997
54	New Zealand	41	plus about 700 repeaters	1997
55	Poland	40		2006
56	Moldova	40		2006
57	Kingdom of Bulgaria	39	plus 1,242 repeaters	2001
58	Panama	38	including repeaters	1998
59	Greece	36	plus 1,341 repeaters; also 2 stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service	1995
60	Independent State of Croatia	36	plus 321 repeaters	1995
61	Morocco	35	plus 66 repeaters	1995
62	Hungary	35	plus 161 repeaters	1995
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	plus 277 repeaters	1995
64	Puerto Rico	32		2006
65	Slovenia	31		2006
66	West Bank	30		2008
67	Uzbekistan	28	includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent and approximately 20 stations in regional capitals	2006
68	Iran	28	plus 450 repeaters	1997
69	Lithuania	27	may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations	2001
70	Tunisia	26	plus 76 repeaters	1995
71	Guatemala	26	plus 27 repeaters	1997
72	Dominican Republic	25		2003
73	Belgium	25	plus 10 repeaters	1997
74	Jordan	22		2007
75	Netherlands	21	plus 26 repeaters	1995
76	Iraq	21		2004
77	Costa Rica	20	plus 43 repeaters	2002
78	Azerbaijan	19		2008
79	Israel	17	plus 36 repeaters	1995
80	Zimbabwe	16		1997
81	United Arab Emirates	15		2004
82	Lebanon	15	plus 5 repeaters	1995
83	Bangladesh	15		1999
84	Sri Lanka	14		2006
85	Iceland	14	plus 156 repeaters	1997
86	Côte d'Ivoire	14		1998
87	Oman	13	plus 25 repeaters	1999
88	Kingdom of Montenegro	13		2004
89	Kuwait	13	plus several satellite channels	1997
90	Swaziland	12	includes 7 relay stations	2004
91	Libya	12	plus 1 repeater	1999
92	Kazakhstan	12	plus 9 repeaters	1998
93	Georgia (country)	12	plus repeaters	1998
94	Honduras	11	plus 17 repeaters	1997
95	Cyprus	10	area under government control: 8; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2, plus 4 relay	2004
96	Estonia	10		2001
97	Austria	10	plus more than 1,000 repeaters	2001
98	Zambia	9		2001
99	Cambodia	9	including 2 TV relay stations with French and Vietnamese broadcasts; excludes 18 regional relay stations	2006
100	Uganda	8	plus 1 repeater	2001
101	Kyrgyzstan	8	2 countrywide and 6 regional stations, state-owned; there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels	2007
102	Kenya	8		2001
103	Laos	7	includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi	2006
104	Jamaica	7		1997
105	Ghana	7		2007
106	French Polynesia	7	plus 17 repeaters	1997
107	Ecuador	7	plus 14 repeaters	2000
108	Trinidad and Tobago	6		2005
109	Tajikistan	6		2006
110	New Caledonia	6	plus 25 repeaters	1997
111	Guinea	6		2001
112	Benin	6		2007
113	Angola	6		2000
114	United States Virgin Islands	5		2006
115	Paraguay	5		2007
116	Niger	5		2007
117	Monaco	5		1998
118	Malta	8		2006
119	Luxembourg	5		1999
120	El Salvador	5		1997
121	Belize	5		2006
122	Turkmenistan	4	government-owned and programmed	2004
123	Somalia	4	2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa	2001
124	Senegal	4		2007
125	Liberia	4	plus 4 repeaters	2007
126	North Korea	4	includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea	2003
127	Republic of Ireland	4	many repeaters	2001
128	Gabon	4	plus 4 repeaters	2001
230	Fiji	4	Two Main Free-to-air stations being Fiji One and Mai TV	2008
129	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4		2001
130	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	4		2007
131	Cayman Islands	4	with cable system	2004
132	Myanmar	4		2008
133	Brunei	4	includes 2 UHF stations broadcasting a subscription service	2006
134	Bahrain	4		1997
135	Yemen	3	including one Egypt-based station that broadcasts in Yemen; plus several repeaters	2007
136	Tonga	3		2004
137	Togo	3	plus 2 repeaters	1997
138	Tanzania	3		1999
139	Suriname	3	plus 7 repeaters	2000
140	Sudan	3		1997
141	Papua New Guinea	3	One Tv station is a fully owned subsidiary of Fiji TV. All in the Port Moresby area; stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned	2004
142	Nigeria	3	the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations	2001
143	Nicaragua	3	plus 7 repeaters	1997
144	Netherlands Antilles	3	there is also a cable service that supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and 4 Venezuelan channels	2003
145		3	cable TV also available	2004
146	Mayotte	3		2001
147	Guyana	3	1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services	1997
148	Guam	3		2006
149	Faroe Islands	3	plus 43 repeaters	1995
150	Burkina Faso	3	1 national, 2 pr	ivate
151	Bermuda	3		2005
152	Wallis and Futuna	2		2000
153	Sierra Leone	2		1999
154	Seychelles	2	plus 9 repeaters	1997
155	São Tomé and Príncipe	2		2001
156	Samoa	2		2002
157	Saint Lucia	2	1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel	2003
158	Rwanda	2		2004
159	Namibia	2		2007
160	Mauritius	2	plus several repeaters	1997
161	Marshall Islands	2	both are US military stations; Marshalls Broadcasting Service, a cable company, operates on Majuro	2005
162	Mali	2	plus repeaters	2007
163	Jersey	2		1997
164	Haiti	2	plus a cable TV service	1997
165	Grenada	2		1997
166	Falkland Islands	2	British Forces Broadcasting Service provides multi-channel satellite service to members of UK Forces as well as islanders; cable television is available in Stanley	2006
167	Eritrea	2		2006
168	Botswana	2	1 state-owned, 1 pr	ivate
169		2		2006
171	Antigua and Barbuda	2		1997
172	Vanuatu	1		2004
173	East Timor	1	Timor-Leste has one national public broadcaster	NA
174	Singapore	1	broadcasting on six channels; additional reception of numerous UHF and VHF signals originating in Malaysia and Indonesia	2006
175	San Marino	1	San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy	1997
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	plus 3 repeaters	2004
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	plus 3 repeaters	2003
178	Qatar	1	plus 3 repeaters	2001
179	Palau	1	cable	2005
180	Northern Mariana Islands	1	on Saipan; in addition, 2 cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks	2006
181	Norfolk Island	1	local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite	2005
182	Niue	1		1997
183	Nepal	1	plus 9 repeaters	1998
184	Nauru	1		1997
185	Mozambique	1		2000
186	Montserrat	1		1997
187	Mauritania	1		2002
188	Maldives	1		2006
189	Malawi	1		2001
190	Madagascar	1	plus 36 repeaters	2001
191	Macau	1		2006
192	Lesotho	1		2000
193	Kiribati	1	possibly inactive	2002
194	Vatican City	1		2005
195	Guernsey	1		1997
196	Greenland	1	plus some local low-power stations, and 3 Armed Forces Radio and Television Service stations	1997
197	Gibraltar	1	plus 3 repeaters	1997
198	Gaza Strip	1		2008
199		1	government-owned	1997
200	Ethiopia	4	plus 24 repeaters	2001
201	Equatorial Guinea	1		2001
202	Dominica	1		2004
203	Djibouti	1		2001
204	Cook Islands	1	outer islands receive satellite broadcasts	2004
205	Republic of the Congo	1		2001
206	Chad	1		2001
207	Central African Republic	1		2001
208	Cape Verde	1	plus 7 repeaters	2001
209	Cameroon	1		2001
210	Burundi	1		2001
211	British Virgin Islands	1	plus 1 cable company	1997
212	British Indian Ocean Territory	1		1997
213	Bhutan	1		2007
214	Barbados	1	plus 2 cable channels	2004
215	Aruba	1		1997
216	Antarctica	1	cable system with 6 channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo - information for US bases only	2002
217	Anguilla	1		1997
218	American Samoa	1		2006
219	Wake Island	0		2005
220	Tuvalu	0		2004
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	broadcasts received from The Bahamas; 2 cable television networks	2003
222	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0		2003
223	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	0	2 repeaters rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US	1997
224	Saint Helena	0	3 television channels are received via satellite and distributed by UHF	2005
225	Isle of Man	0	receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite	1999
226	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two British-administered areas comprising a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus administered as Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom...	0	British Forces Broadcasting Service provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia	2006
227	Christmas Island	0	TV broadcasts received via satellite from mainland Australia	2006
228	Andorra	0		1997
229	Comoros	NA		NA
231	Guinea-Bissau	NA		2005
226	Liechtenstein	NA	linked to Swiss networks	1997
227	Svalbard	NA		NA
228	Western Sahara	1	there's a TV station in Tindouf, the Refugee Camps' capital	NA

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