List of countries by number of television broadcast stations

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

List

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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 27 2008
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 [ko], 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   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

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

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