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	3,300		2017
2	China	3,000	of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations, and nearly 3,000 are local city stations	2017
-	European Union	2,700	sum of individual country television broadcast stations excluding repeaters.	1995
3	United States	1,761		2017
4	India	868		2018
5	United Kingdom	704	plus 7,902 repeaters	1995
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	373	plus 8,042 repeaters	1995
14	Italy	358	plus 4,728 repeaters	1995
15	Philippines	250	plus 1,501 CATV networks	2007
16	Mexico	236	plus repeaters	1997
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	Bangladesh	115		2013
27	Switzerland	115	plus 1,919 repeaters	1995
28	Thailand	111		2006
29	Peru	105	plus 493 repeaters	1999
30	Australia	104		1997
31	Egypt	98		1995
32	Malaysia	88	mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21	2006
33	Slovakia	80	national broadcasting 6, regional 7, local 67	2004
34	Serbia	78	5 national and 73 other (37 local) TV stations	2008
35	Taiwan	76	46 digital and 30 analog	2007
36	Afghanistan	70	2 national	2010
37	Norway	68	plus 2,729 repeaters	2008
38	Iran	67	Consisting of 19 national, 12 international; 34 provincial and 2 Internet TV stations (plus 450 repeaters) (IRIB plans to launch more networks soon)	2014
39	Vietnam	67	includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations	2006
40	Venezuela	66	plus 45 repeaters	1997
41	Albania	65	3 national, 62 local; 2 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	57	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	69	54 local TV stations; 15 national TV networks; each with its group of local transmitters	2018
50	Macedonia	52		2007
51	Armenia	48		2020
52	Bolivia	48		1997
53	Belarus	47	plus 27 repeaters	1995
54	Algeria	46	plus 216 repeaters	1995
55	Syria	44	plus 17 repeaters	1995
56	Latvia	44	plus 31 repeaters	1995
57	Argentina	42	plus 444 repeaters	1997
58	New Zealand	41	plus about 700 repeaters	1997
59	Poland	200		2015
60	Moldova	40		2006
61	Bulgaria	39	plus 1,242 repeaters	2001
62	Panama	38	including repeaters	1998
63	Greece	36	plus 1,341 repeaters; also 2 stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service	1995
64	Croatia	36	plus 321 repeaters	1995
65	Morocco	35	plus 66 repeaters	1995
66	Hungary	35	plus 161 repeaters	1995
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	152	Terrestrial: 46 channels; Cable: 106 channels	2016
68	Puerto Rico	32		2006
69	Slovenia	31		2006
70	Palestine	31		2008
71	Uzbekistan	28	includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent and approximately 20 stations in regional capitals	2006
72	Lithuania	27	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	25	plus 10 repeaters	1997
77	Jordan	22		2007
78	Netherlands	21	plus 26 repeaters	1995
79	Iraq	21		2004
80	Costa Rica	20	plus 43 repeaters	2002
81	Azerbaijan	19		2008
82	Israel	17	plus 36 repeaters	1995
83	Zimbabwe	1		2019
84	United Arab Emirates	15		2004
85	Lebanon	15	plus 5 repeaters	1995
86	Sri Lanka	14		2006
87	Iceland	14	plus 156 repeaters	1997
88	Côte d'Ivoire	14		1998
89	Oman	13	plus 25 repeaters	1999
90	Montenegro	13		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	12	plus 9 repeaters	1998
95	Georgia	12	plus repeaters	1998
96	Honduras	11	plus 17 repeaters	1997
97	Cyprus	10	area under government control: 8; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2, plus 4 relay	2004
98	Estonia	10		2001
99	Austria	10	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	7	plus 14 repeaters	2000
110	Trinidad and Tobago	6		2005
111	Tajikistan	6		2006
110	New Caledonia	6	plus 25 repeaters	1997
111	Guinea	6		2001
112	Benin	6		2007
113	Angola	6		2000
114	U.S. 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	Korea, North	4	includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea	2003
127	Ireland	4	many repeaters	2001
128	Gabon	4	plus 4 repeaters	2001
129	Fiji	4	Two Main Free-to-air stations being Fiji One and Mai TV	2008
130	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4		2001
131	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	4		2007
132	Cayman Islands	4	with cable system	2004
133	Burma	4		2008
134	Brunei	4	includes 2 UHF stations broadcasting a subscription service	2006
135	Bahrain	4		1997
136	Yemen	3	including one Egypt-based station that broadcasts in Yemen; plus several repeaters	2007
137	Tonga	3	Tonga has no principal official television broadcasters	2004
138	Togo	3	plus 2 repeaters	1997
139	Tanzania	3		1999
140	Suriname	3	plus 7 repeaters	2000
141	Sudan	3		1997
142	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
143	Nigeria	3	the government controls 2 of the broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations	2001
144	Nicaragua	3	plus 7 repeaters	1997
145	Netherlands Antilles	3	there is also a cable service that supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and 4 Venezuelan channels	2003
146	Micronesia, Federated States of	3	cable TV also available	2004
147	Mayotte	3		2001
148	Guyana	3	1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US satellite services	1997
149	Guam	3		2006
150	Faroe Islands	3	plus 43 repeaters	1995
151	Burkina Faso	3	1 national, 2 private	NA
152	Bermuda	3		2005
153	Wallis and Futuna	2		2000
154	Sierra Leone	2		1999
155	Seychelles	2	plus 9 repeaters	1997
156	Sao Tome and Principe	2		2001
157	Samoa	2		2002
158	Saint Lucia	2	1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel	2003
159	Rwanda	2		2004
160	Namibia	2		2007
161	Mauritius	2	plus several repeaters	1997
162	Marshall Islands	2	both are US military stations; Marshalls Broadcasting Service, a cable company, operates on Majuro	2005
163	Mali	2	plus repeaters	2007
164	Jersey	2		1997
165	Haiti	2	plus a cable TV service	1997
166	Grenada	2		1997
167	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
168	Eritrea	2		2006
169	Botswana	2	1 state-owned, 1 private	NA
170	Bahamas	2		2006
171	Antigua and Barbuda	2		1997
172	Vanuatu	1		2004
173	Timor-Leste	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	50	plus 9 repeaters	2015
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	Gambia, The	1	government-owned	1997
199	Ethiopia	92	plus 152 repeaters	2019
200	Equatorial Guinea	1		2001
201	Dominica	1		2004
202	Djibouti	1		2001
203	Cook Islands	1	outer islands receive satellite broadcasts	2004
204	Congo	1		2001
205	Chad	4		2020	+ 5 local stations
206	Central African Republic	1		2001
207	Cape Verde	1	plus 7 repeaters	2001
208	Cameroon	1		2001
209	Burundi	4	TV Nationale, Renaissance TV, Heritage TV,& Television Salama	2012
210	British Virgin Islands	1	plus 1 cable company	1997
211	British Indian Ocean Territory	1		1997
212	Bhutan	1		2007
213	Barbados	1	plus 2 cable channels	2004
214	Aruba	1		1997
215	Antarctica	1	cable system with 6 channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo - information for US bases only	2002
216	Anguilla	1		1997
217	American Samoa	1		2006
218	Wake Island	0		2005
219	Tuvalu	0		2004
220	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	broadcasts received from The Bahamas; 2 cable television networks	2003
221	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0		2003
222	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	2 repeaters rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US	1997
223	Saint Helena	0	3 television channels are received via satellite and distributed by UHF	2005
224	Isle of Man	0	receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite	1999
225	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	0	British Forces Broadcasting Service provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia	2006
226	Christmas Island	0	TV broadcasts received via satellite from mainland Australia	2006
227	Andorra	1	rtva	1997
228	Comoros	N/A		N/A
229	Guinea-Bissau	1		2005
230	Liechtenstein	1	1fltv	1997
231	Svalbard	N/A		N/A
232	Western Sahara	1	there's a TV station in Tindouf, the Refugee Camps' capital	NA

References

Sources

• The World Factbook, accessed in June 2008.