List of countries by number of television broadcast stations

This is a list of countries by number of television broadcast stations.

List

Rank Country/region Number of television
broadcast stations		 Note Date of
information
1 Russia 6,700 2017
2 China 4,900 of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations, and nearly 4,000 are local city stations 2017
- European Union 3,700 sum of individual country television broadcast stations excluding repeaters. 1995
3 United States 2,761 2017
4 India 868[1] 2018
5 United Kingdom 1,822 plus 7,902 repeaters 2011
6 Ukraine 647 2006
7 Turkey 635 plus 2,934 repeaters 1995
8 France 584 plus 9,676 repeaters 1995
9 Romania 575 plus 5,169 repeaters 2008
10 South Africa 556 plus 144 network repeaters 1997
11 Mongolia 456 including provincial and low-power repeaters 2006
12 Brazil 384 2009
13 Germany 489 EE plus 8,042 repeaters 2020
14 Italy 458 plus 4,728 repeaters 1995
15 Philippines 350 plus 1,501 CATV networks 2007
16 Mexico 236 plus repeaters 1997
17 Spain 1780 plus 2,105 repeaters; includes 24 television broadcast stations and 128 repeaters in the Canary Islands 2011
18 Japan 291 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 278 plus many repeaters 2007
23 Finland 140 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 127 7 state-run channels and 110 privately owned satellite channels 2008
25 Saudi Arabia 117 1997
26 Bangladesh 115 2013
27  Switzerland 115 plus 1,919 repeaters 1995
28 Thailand 137 2006
29 Peru 105 plus 493 repeaters 1999
30 Australia 253 1997
31 Egypt 98 1995
32 Malaysia 262 mainland Malaysia 168, Sabah 21, and Sarawak 73 2006
33 Slovakia 130 national broadcasting 21, regional 10, local 67 2004
34 Serbia 400 5 national and 73 other (37 local) TV stations 2017
35 Taiwan 86 56 digital and 30 analog 2007
36 Vietnam 145 includes 63 relay, provincial, city TV, and district stations (Da Lat, Bao Loc, Phu Quoc, Con Dao, Do Luong) 2022
37 Afghanistan 85 15 national 2010
38 Norway 144 plus 2,729 repeaters 2008
39 Iran 78 Consisting of 29 national, 12 international; 35 provincial and 2 Internet TV stations (plus 450 repeaters) (IRIB plans to launch more networks soon) 2014
40 Venezuela 66 plus 45 repeaters 1997
41 Albania 144 3 national, 56 local; 83 cable networks 2005
42 Chile 63 plus 121 repeaters 1997
43 Uruguay 62 2005
44 Portugal 62 plus 166 repeaters; includes Azores and Madeira Islands 1995
45 Colombia 60 1997
46 Cuba 58 1997
47 Korea, South 87 plus 103 cable operators and 119 relay cable operators 2008
48 Hong Kong 55 2 TV networks, each broadcasting on 2 channels 2007
49 Indonesia 146 92 local TV stations; 54 national TV networks; each with its group of local transmitters 2018
50 North Macedonia 52 2007
51   Nepal 50 plus 9 repeaters 2015
52 Armenia 48 2020
52 Bolivia 48 1997
53 Belarus 96 plus 27 repeaters 2022
54 Algeria 46 plus 216 repeaters 1995
55 Syria 44 plus 17 repeaters 1995
56 Latvia 44 plus 31 repeaters 1995
57 Argentina 92 plus 444 repeaters 1997
58 New Zealand 41 plus about 700 repeaters 1997
59 Poland 200 2015
60 Moldova 40 2006
61 Bulgaria 86 plus 1,242 repeaters 2001
62 Panama 38 including repeaters 1998
63 Greece 150 plus 1,341 repeaters; also 2 stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service 1995
64 Croatia 205 plus 321 repeaters 2012
65 Morocco 35 plus 66 repeaters 1995
66 Hungary 390 plus 161 repeaters 1995
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 152 Terrestrial: 46 channels; Cable: 106 channels 2016
68 Puerto Rico 32 2006
69 Slovenia 73 2006
70 Palestine 31 2008
71 Uzbekistan 28 includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent and approximately 20 stations in regional capitals 2006
72 Lithuania 61 may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations 2001
73 Tunisia 26 plus 76 repeaters 1995
74 Guatemala 26 plus 27 repeaters 1997
75 Dominican Republic 25 2003
76 Belgium 89 plus 10 repeaters 1997
77 Jordan 22 2007
78 Netherlands 394 plus 26 repeaters 1995
79 Iraq 21 2004
80 Costa Rica 20 plus 43 repeaters 2002
81 Azerbaijan 47 2021
82 Israel 17 plus 36 repeaters 1995
83 Zimbabwe 1 2019
84 United Arab Emirates 35 2004
85 Lebanon 15 plus 5 repeaters 1995
86 Sri Lanka 34 2006
87 Iceland 51 plus 156 repeaters 1997
88 Côte d'Ivoire 14 1998
89 Oman 13 plus 25 repeaters 1999
90 Montenegro 17 2004
91 Kuwait 13 plus several satellite channels 1997
92 Swaziland 12 includes 7 relay stations 2004
93 Libya 12 plus 1 repeater 1999
94 Kazakhstan 32 plus 9 repeaters 1998
95 Georgia 98 plus repeaters 2007
96 Honduras 11 plus 17 repeaters 1997
97 Cyprus 30 area under government control: 8; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2, plus 4 relay 2004
98 Estonia 56 2001
99 Austria 54 plus more than 1,000 repeaters 2001
100 Zambia 9 2001
101 Cambodia 9 including 2 TV relay stations with French and Vietnamese broadcasts; excludes 18 regional relay stations 2006
102 Uganda 8 plus 1 repeater 2001
103 Kyrgyzstan 8 2 countrywide and 6 regional stations, state-owned; there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels 2007
104 Kenya 75 FTA 2018
105 Laos 7 includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi 2006
106 Jamaica 7 1997
107 Ghana 7 2007
108 French Polynesia 7 plus 17 repeaters 1997
109 Ecuador 68 plus 14 repeaters 2000
110 Trinidad and Tobago 6 2005
111 Tajikistan 6 2006
112 New Caledonia 6 plus 25 repeaters 1997
113 Guinea 6 2001
114 Benin 6 2007
115 Angola 6 2000
116 U.S. Virgin Islands 5 2006
117 Paraguay 46 2007
118 Nigeria 5 2007
119 Monaco 21 1998
120 Malta 12 2006
121 Luxembourg 80 2008
122 El Salvador 5 1997
123 Belize 5 2006
124 Turkmenistan 4 government-owned and programmed 2004
125 Somalia 4 2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa 2001
126 Senegal 4 2007
127 Liberia 4 plus 4 repeaters 2007
128 Korea, North 4 includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea 2003
129 Ireland 75 many repeaters 2001
130 Gabon 4 plus 4 repeaters 2001
131 Fiji 4 Two Main Free-to-air stations being Fiji One and Mai TV 2008
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4 2001
133 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 4 2007
134 Cayman Islands 4 with cable system 2004
135 Burma 4 2008
136 Brunei 4 includes 2 UHF stations broadcasting a subscription service 2006
137 Bahrain 4 1997
138 Yemen 3 including one Egypt-based station that broadcasts in Yemen; plus several repeaters 2007
139 Tonga 3 Tonga has no principal official television broadcasters 2004
140 Togo 3 plus 2 repeaters 1997
141 Tanzania 3 1999
142 Suriname 3 plus 7 repeaters 2000
143 Sudan 3 1997
144 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
145 Nigeria 3 the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations 2001
146 Nicaragua 3 plus 7 repeaters 1997
147 Netherlands Antilles 3 there is also a cable service that supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and 4 Venezuelan channels 2003
148 Micronesia, Federated States of 3 cable TV also available 2004
149 Mayotte 3 2001
150 Guyana 3 1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services 1997
151 Guam 3 2006
152 Faroe Islands 3 plus 43 repeaters 1995
153 Burkina Faso 3 1 national, 2 private NA
154 Bermuda 3 2005
155 Wallis and Futuna 2 2000
156 Sierra Leone 2 1999
157 Seychelles 2 plus 9 repeaters 1997
158 Sao Tome and Principe 2 2001
159 Samoa 2 2002
160 Saint Lucia 2 1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel 2003
161 Rwanda 2 2004
162 Namibia 2 2007
163 Mauritius 2 plus several repeaters 1997
164 Marshall Islands 2 both are US military stations; Marshalls Broadcasting Service, a cable company, operates on Majuro 2005
165 Mali 2 plus repeaters 2007
166 Jersey 2 1997
167 Haiti 2 plus a cable TV service 1997
168 Grenada 2 1997
169 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
170 Eritrea 2 2006
171 Botswana 2 1 state-owned, 1 private NA
172 Bahamas 2 2006
173 Antigua and Barbuda 2 1997
174 Vanuatu 1 2004
175 Timor-Leste 1 Timor-Leste has one national public broadcaster NA
176 Singapore 1 broadcasting on six channels; additional reception of numerous UHF and VHF signals originating in Malaysia and Indonesia 2006
177 San Marino 1 San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy 1997
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 plus 3 repeaters 2004
179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 plus 3 repeaters 2003
180 Qatar 15 plus 3 repeaters 2001
181 Palau 1 cable 2005
182 Northern Mariana Islands 1 on Saipan; in addition, 2 cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks 2006
183 Norfolk Island 1 local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite 2005
184 Niue 1 1997
186 Nauru 1 1997
187 Mozambique 1 2000
188 Montserrat 1 1997
189 Mauritania 1 2002
190 Maldives 1 2006
191 Malawi 1 2001
192 Madagascar 1 plus 36 repeaters 2001
193 Macau 1 2006
194 Lesotho 1 2000
195 Kiribati 1 possibly inactive 2002
196 Vatican City 1 2005
197 Guernsey 1 1997
198 Greenland 1 plus some local low-power stations, and 3 Armed Forces Radio and Television Service stations 1997
199 Gibraltar 1 plus 3 repeaters 1997
200 Gambia, The 1 government-owned 1997
201 Ethiopia 92 plus 152 repeaters 2019
202 Equatorial Guinea 1 2001
203 Dominica 1 2004
204 Djibouti 1 2001
205 Cook Islands 1 outer islands receive satellite broadcasts 2004
206 Congo 1 2001
207 Chad 4 (+5 local stations) 2020
208 Central African Republic 1 2001
209 Cape Verde 1 plus 7 repeaters 2001
210 Cameroon 1 2001
211 Burundi 4 TV Nationale, Renaissance TV, Heritage TV,& Television Salama 2012
212 British Virgin Islands 1 plus 1 cable company 1997
213 British Indian Ocean Territory 1 1997
214 Bhutan 1 2007
215 Barbados 1 plus 2 cable channels 2004
216 Aruba 1 1997
217 Antarctica 1 cable system with 6 channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo - information for US bases only 2002
218 Anguilla 1 1997
219 American Samoa 1 2006
220 Wake Island 0 2005
221 Tuvalu 1 2024
222 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 broadcasts received from The Bahamas; 2 cable television networks 2003
223 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 2003
224 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2 repeaters rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US 1997
225 Saint Helena 0 3 television channels are received via satellite and distributed by UHF 2005
226 Isle of Man 0 receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite 1999
227 United Kingdom Akrotiri and Dhekelia 0 British Forces Broadcasting Service provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia 2006
228 Christmas Island 0 TV broadcasts received via satellite from mainland Australia 2006
229 Andorra 1 RTVA 1997
230 Comoros 3[2] N/A
231 Guinea-Bissau 1 2005
232 Liechtenstein 1 1FLTV 1997
233 Svalbard N/A N/A
234 Western Sahara 1 TV station in Tindouf, the Refugee Camps' capital NA

References

  1. ^ "Ministry of Information and BroadCasting" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Comoros profile". BBC News. 29 August 2017.

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