AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)
Comoros
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)
Congo, Republic of the
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2001)
Cook Islands
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Costa Rica
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998)
Croatia
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
Cuba
AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)
Cyprus
area under government control: AM 5, FM 76, shortwave 0
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: AM 1, FM 20, shortwave 1
(2004)
Czech Republic
AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
Denmark
AM 1, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998)
Dhekelia
AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British
Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2
service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Djibouti
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
Dominica
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2003)
Dominican Republic
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ecuador
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
Egypt
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 11, shortwave 3 (1999)
El Salvador
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
Equatorial Guinea
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 5 (2001)
Eritrea
AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)
Estonia
AM 0, FM 32, shortwave 0 (2007)
Ethiopia
AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1 (2001)
European Union
AM 930, FM 13,655, shortwave 71 (1998); note - sum of
individual country radio broadcast stations; there is also a
European-wide station (Euroradio)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
AM 1, FM 7, shortwave 0 (British
Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2
service) (2006)
Faroe Islands
AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Fiji
AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998)
Finland
AM 2, FM 59, shortwave 2 (2008)
France
AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and
includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
French Polynesia
AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
Gabon
AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)
Gambia, The
AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
Gaza Strip
AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008)
Georgia
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)
Germany
AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ghana
AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 (2007)
Gibraltar
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)
Greece
AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)
Greenland
AM 5, FM 14, shortwave 0 (2008)
Grenada
AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guam
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2005)
Guatemala
AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
Guernsey
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guinea
AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006)
Guinea-Bissau
AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0
(2001)
Guyana
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Haiti
AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)
Holy See (Vatican City)
AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 5 (2008)
Honduras
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
Hong Kong
AM 6, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008)
Hungary
AM 5, FM 90, shortwave 1 (2008)
Iceland
AM 3, FM about 70, shortwave 1 (2008)
India
AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998)
Indonesia
AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998)
Iran
AM 72, FM 6, shortwave 5 (1998)
Iraq
52 (station frequency types NA) (2008)
Ireland
AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
Isle of Man
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Israel
AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)
Italy
AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)
Jamaica
AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Jan Mayen
NA; note - there is one radio and meteorological station
(1998)
Japan
AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters),
shortwave 21 (2001)
Jersey
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (UK radio broadcasts carried via
local relays) (2008)
Jordan
FM 31 (2007)
Kazakhstan
AM 60, FM 18, shortwave 9 (2008)
Kenya
AM 24, FM 82, shortwave 6 (2008)
Kiribati
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive) (2002)
Korea, North
AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central
Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable
radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant
source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is
wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and
commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2006)
Korea, South
AM 96, FM 322, shortwave 1 (2008)
Kuwait
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Kyrgyzstan
AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave NA
(2007)
Laos
AM 7, FM 14, shortwave 2 (2006)
Latvia
AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008)
Lebanon
AM 20, FM 32 (plus about a dozen unlicensed stations
operating), shortwave 4 (2007)
Lesotho
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2007)
Liberia
AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 2 (2007)
Libya
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2001)
Liechtenstein
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Lithuania
AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001)
Luxembourg
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Macau
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2008)
Macedonia
AM 29, FM 32, shortwave 0 (2008)
Madagascar
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001)
Malawi
AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus one
shortwave station on standby) (2001)
Malaysia
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001)
Maldives
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Mali
AM 1, FM 230 (27 regional and government stations, and 203
private stations), shortwave 1 (2001)
Malta
AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)
Marshall Islands
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (additionally, the American
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (Central Pacific Network)
operates one FM and one AM station on Kwajalein Island) (2005)
Mauritania
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)
Mauritius
AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)
Mayotte
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2001)
Mexico
AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of
AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Moldova
AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA (2006)
Monaco
AM 1, FM 11, shortwave 1 (2008)
Mongolia
AM 7, FM 115 (includes 20 national radio broadcaster
repeaters), shortwave 4 (2006)
Montenegro
31 (station frequency types NA) (2004)
Montserrat
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Morocco
AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)
Mozambique
AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11 (2001)
Namibia
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001)
Nauru
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Nepal
AM 6, FM 80, shortwave 4 (2008)
Netherlands
AM 4, FM 567, shortwave 1 (2008)
Netherlands Antilles
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 0 (2003)
New Caledonia
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)
New Zealand
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)
Nicaragua
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)
Niger
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Nigeria
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)
Niue
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Norfolk Island
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 1 (2005)
Norway
AM 5, FM 160, shortwave 1 (2008)
Oman
AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Pakistan
AM 31, FM 68, shortwave NA (2006)
Palau
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Panama
AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998)
Papua New Guinea
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)
Paraguay
AM 41, FM 121, shortwave 6 (2006)
Peru
AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
Philippines
AM 381, FM 628, shortwave 4 (2007)
Pitcairn Islands
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (15 ham radio operators
(VP6)) (2004)
Poland
AM 14, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2008)
Portugal
AM 2, FM 63, shortwave 1 (2008)
Puerto Rico
AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2008)
Qatar
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)
Romania
698 (station frequency type NA) (2006)
Russia
AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62 (2004)
Rwanda
AM 0, FM 10 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a
system of repeaters; international FM programming includes the BBC,
VOA, and Deutchewelle) (2007)
Saint Helena
Saint Helena: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Ascension: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2003)
Saint Lucia
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2003)
Saint Martin
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2007)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2004)
Samoa
AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
San Marino
AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2008)
Sao Tome and Principe
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001)
Saudi Arabia
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)
Senegal
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)
Serbia
153 (station types NA) (2001)
Seychelles
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2001)
Sierra Leone
AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001)
Singapore
AM 0, FM 19, shortwave 1 (2008)
Slovakia
AM 1, FM 22, shortwave 1 (2008)
Slovenia
AM 10, FM 230, shortwave 0 (2006)
Solomon Islands
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)
Somalia
AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and
Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001)
South Africa
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
0 (2003)
Spain
AM 18, FM 250, shortwave 2 (2008)
Sri Lanka
AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4 (2007)
Sudan
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Suriname
AM 4, FM 13, shortwave 1 (1998)
Svalbard
AM 1, FM 1 (plus 2 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)
Swaziland
AM 3, FM 2 (plus 4 repeaters), shortwave 3 (2004)
Sweden
AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008)
Switzerland
AM 3, FM 106 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 3
(2008)
Syria
AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Taiwan
AM 21, FM 143, shortwave 1 (2008)
Tajikistan
16 (number of licensed stations with only about 10
broadcasting) (2009)
Tanzania
AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
Thailand
AM 238, FM 351, shortwave 6 (2007)
Timor-Leste
at least 21 (Timor-Leste has one national public
broadcaster and 20 community and church radio stations - station
frequency types NA) (2007)
Togo
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
Tokelau
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (one radio station provides
service to all islands) (2002)
Tonga
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago
AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2001)
Tunisia
AM 7, FM 38, shortwave 2 (2007)
Turkey
AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001)
Turkmenistan
AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2003)
Tuvalu
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Uganda
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)
Ukraine
524 (station frequency types NA) (2006)
United Arab Emirates
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004)
United Kingdom
AM 206, FM 696, shortwave 3 (2008)
United States
AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006)
Uruguay
AM 93, FM 191, shortwave 7 (2005)
Uzbekistan
AM 4, FM 12, shortwave 3 (2008)
Vanuatu
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Venezuela
AM 201, FM unknown, but at least 25 in Caracas, shortwave
11 (1998)
Vietnam
AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)
Virgin Islands
AM 6, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2005)
Wake Island
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (American Armed Forces Radio and
Television Service (AFRTS)) provides satellite radio service (2005)
Wallis and Futuna
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)
West Bank
AM 0, FM 25, shortwave 0 (2008)
Western Sahara
AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
World
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Yemen
AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
Zambia
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)
Zimbabwe
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
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Field Listing :: Radios
Country
Radios
Afghanistan
167,000 (1999)
Albania
1 million (2001)
Algeria
7.1 million (1997)
American Samoa
57,000 (1997)
Andorra
16,000 (1997)
Angola
815,000 (2000)
Anguilla
3,000 (1997)
Antarctica
NA
Antigua and Barbuda
36,000 (1997)
Argentina
24.3 million (1997)
Armenia
850,000 (1997)
Aruba
50,000 (1997)
Australia
25.5 million (1997)
Austria
6.08 million (1997)
Azerbaijan
175,000 (1997)
Bahamas, The
215,000 (1997)
Bahrain
338,000 (1997)
Bangladesh
6.15 million (1997)
Barbados
237,000 (1997)
Belarus
3.02 million (1997)
Belgium
8.075 million (1997)
Belize
133,000 (1997)
Benin
660,000 (2000)
Bermuda
82,000 (1997)
Bhutan
37,000 (1997)
Bolivia
5.25 million (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
940,000 (1997)
Botswana
252,720 (2000)
Brazil
71 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory
NA
British Virgin Islands
9,000 (1997)
Brunei
329,000 (1998)
Bulgaria
4.51 million (1997)
Burkina Faso
394,020 (2000)
Burma
4.2 million (1997)
Burundi
440,000 (2001)
Cambodia
1.34 million (1997)
Cameroon
2.27 million (1997)
Canada
32.3 million (1997)
Cape Verde
100,000 (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands
36,000 (1997)
Central African Republic
283,000 (1997)
Chad
1.67 million (1997)
Chile
5.18 million (1997)
China
417 million (1997)
Christmas Island
1,000 (1997)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
300 (1992)
Colombia
21 million (1997)
Comoros
90,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
18.03 million (1997)
Congo, Republic of the
341,000 (1997)
Cook Islands
14,000 (1997)
Costa Rica
980,000 (1997)
Cote d'Ivoire
2.26 million (1997)
Croatia
1.51 million (1997)
Cuba
3.9 million (1997)
Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: 310,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area:
56,450 (1994)
Czech Republic
3,159,134 (December 2000)
Denmark
6.02 million (1997)
Djibouti
52,000 (1997)
Dominica
46,000 (1997)
Dominican Republic
1.44 million (1997)
Ecuador
5 million (2001)
Egypt
20.5 million (1997)
El Salvador
2.75 million (1997)
Equatorial Guinea
180,000 (1997)
Eritrea
345,000 (1997)
Estonia
1.01 million (1997)
Ethiopia
15.2 million (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1,000 (1997)
Faroe Islands
26,000 (1997)
Fiji
541,476 (1999)
Finland
7.7 million (1997)
France
55.3 million (1997)
French Polynesia
128,000 (1997)
Gabon
208,000 (1997)
Gambia, The
196,000 (1997)
Gaza Strip
NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)
Georgia
3.02 million (1997)
Germany
77.8 million (1997)
Ghana
12.5 million (2001)
Gibraltar
37,000 (1997)
Greece
5.02 million (1997)
Greenland
30,000 (1998 est.)
Grenada
57,000 (1997)
Guam
221,000 (1997)
Guatemala
835,000 (1997)
Guernsey
NA
Guinea
357,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau
49,000 (1997)
Guyana
420,000 (1997)
Haiti
415,000 (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA
Honduras
2.45 million (1997)
Hong Kong
4.45 million (1997)
Hungary
7.01 million (1997)
Iceland
260,000 (1997)
India
116 million (1997)
Indonesia
31.5 million (1997)
Iran
17 million (1997)
Iraq
4.85 million (1997)
Ireland
2.55 million (1997)
Isle of Man
NA
Israel
3.07 million (1997)
Italy
50.5 million (1997)
Jamaica
1.215 million (1997)
Japan
120.5 million (1997)
Jersey
NA
Jordan
1.66 million (1997)
Kazakhstan
6.47 million (1997)
Kenya
3.07 million (1997)
Kiribati
17,000 (1997)
Korea, North
3.36 million (1997)
Korea, South
47.5 million (2000)
Kuwait
1.175 million (1997)
Kyrgyzstan
520,000 (1997)
Laos
730,000 (1997)
Latvia
1.76 million (1997)
Lebanon
2.85 million (1997)
Lesotho
NA (2002)
Liberia
790,000 (1997)
Libya
1.35 million (1997)
Liechtenstein
21,000 (1997)
Lithuania
1.9 million (1997)
Luxembourg
285,000 (1997)
Macau
160,000 (1997)
Macedonia
410,000 (1997)
Madagascar
3.05 million (1997)
Malawi
2.6 million (1997)
Malaysia
10.9 million (1999)
Maldives
35,000 (1999)
Mali
570,000 (1997)
Malta
255,000 (1997)
Marshall Islands
NA
Mauritania
410,000 (2001)
Mauritius
420,000 (1997)
Mayotte
NA
Mexico
31 million (1997)
Micronesia, Federated States of
9,400 (1996)
Moldova
3.22 million (1997)
Monaco
34,000 (1997)
Mongolia
155,900 (1999)
Montserrat
7,000 (1997)
Morocco
6.64 million (1997)
Mozambique
730,000 (1997)
Namibia
232,000 (1997)
Nauru
7,000 (1997)
Nepal
840,000 (1997)
Netherlands
15.3 million (1996)
Netherlands Antilles
217,000 (1997)
New Caledonia
107,000 (1997)
New Zealand
3.75 million (1997)
Nicaragua
1.24 million (1997)
Niger
680,000 (1997)
Nigeria
23.5 million (1997)
Niue
1,000 (1997)
Norfolk Island
2,500 (1996)
Northern Mariana Islands
NA
Norway
4.03 million (1997)
Oman
1.4 million (1997)
Pakistan
13.5 million (1997)
Palau
12,000 (1997)
Panama
815,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea
410,000 (1997)
Paraguay
925,000 (1997)
Peru
6.65 million (1997)
Philippines
11.5 million (1997)
Pitcairn Islands
NA
Poland
20.2 million (1997)
Portugal
3.02 million (1997)
Puerto Rico
2.7 million (1997)
Qatar
256,000 (1997)
Romania
7.2 million (1997)
Russia
61.5 million (1997)
Rwanda
601,000 (1997)
Saint Helena
3,000 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
28,000 (1997)
Saint Lucia
111,000 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
77,000 (1997)
Samoa
174,849 (1997)
San Marino
16,000 (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe
38,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia
6.25 million (1997)
Senegal
1.24 million (1997)
Seychelles
42,000 (1997)
Sierra Leone
1.12 million (1997)
Singapore
2.6 million (2000)
Slovakia
3.12 million (1997)
Slovenia
805,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands
57,000 (1997)
Somalia
470,000 (1997)
South Africa
17 million (2001)
Spain
13.1 million (1997)
Sri Lanka
3.85 million (1997)
Sudan
7.55 million (1997)
Suriname
300,000 (1997)
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
170,000 (1999)
Sweden
8.25 million (1997)
Switzerland
7.1 million (1997)
Syria
4.15 million (1997)
Taiwan
16 million (1994)
Tajikistan
1.291 million (1991)
Tanzania
8.8 million (1997)
Thailand
13.96 million (1997)
Timor-Leste
NA
Togo
940,000 (1997)
Tokelau
1,000 (1997)
Tonga
61,000 (1997)
Trinidad and Tobago
680,000 (1997)
Tunisia
2.06 million (1997)
Turkey
11.3 million (1997)
Turkmenistan
1.225 million (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands
8,000 (1997)
Tuvalu
4,000 (1997)
Uganda
5 million (2001)
Ukraine
45.05 million (1997)
United Arab Emirates
820,000 (1997)
United Kingdom
84.5 million (1997)
United States
575 million (1997)
Uruguay
1.97 million (1997)
Uzbekistan
10.8 million (1997)
Vanuatu
67,000 (1997)
Venezuela
10.75 million (1997)
Vietnam
8.2 million (1997)
Virgin Islands
107,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)
Western Sahara
56,000 (1997)
World
NA
Yemen
1.05 million (1997)
Zambia
1.2 million (2001)
Zimbabwe
1.14 million (1997)
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Field Listing :: Television broadcast stations
This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations
plus any repeater stations.
Country
Television broadcast stations
Afghanistan
at least 7 (1 government-run central television station
in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006)
Akrotiri
0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides
multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)
(2006)
Albania
65 (3 national, 62 local); 2 cable networks (2005)
Algeria
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
American Samoa
1 (2006)
Andorra
1 (2007)
Angola
6 (2000)
Anguilla
1 (1997)
Antarctica
1 (cable system with 6 channels; American Forces
Antarctic Network-McMurdo - information for US bases only) (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda
2 (1997)
Argentina
42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Armenia
48 (private television stations alongside 2 public networks;
major Russian channels widely available) (2006)
Aruba
1 (1997)
Australia
104 (1997)
Austria
10 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)
Azerbaijan
2 (1997)
Bahamas, The
2 (2006)
Bahrain
4 (1997)
Bangladesh
15 (1999)
Barbados
1 (plus 2 cable channels) (2004)
Belarus
47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
Belgium
25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
Belize
7 (2008)
Benin
6 (2007)
Bermuda
3 (2005)
Bhutan
1 (2007)
Bolivia
48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995)
Botswana
2 (1 state-owned, 1 private)
Brazil
138 (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory
1 (1997)
British Virgin Islands
1 (plus 1 cable company) (1997)
Brunei
4 (includes 2 UHF stations broadcasting a subscription
service) (2006)
Bulgaria
39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Burkina Faso
3 (1 national, 2 private)
Burma
4 (2008)
Burundi
1 (2001)
Cambodia
8 (including 2 TV relay stations with French and Vietnamese
broadcasts); excludes 18 regional relay stations (2008)
Cameroon
1 (2001)
Canada
148 (2007)
Cape Verde
1 (plus 7 repeaters) (2001)
Cayman Islands
4 with cable system (2004)
Central African Republic
1 (2001)
Chad
1 (2001)
Chile
63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)
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)
Christmas Island
0 (TV broadcasts received via satellite from
mainland Australia) (2006)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
4 (2007)
Colombia
60 (1997)
Comoros
NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
4 (2001)
Congo, Republic of the
1 (2001)
Cook Islands
1 (outer islands receive satellite broadcasts) (2004)
Costa Rica
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire
14 (1998)
Croatia
36 (plus 321 repeaters) (1995)
Cuba
58 (1997)
Cyprus
area under government control: 8
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 2 (plus 4 relay) (2004)
Czech Republic
71 (2008)
Denmark
172 (2008)
Dhekelia
0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides
multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)
(2006)
Djibouti
1 (2001)
Dominica
1 (2004)
Dominican Republic
25 (2003)
Ecuador
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000)
Egypt
98 (September 1995)
El Salvador
5 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea
1 (2001)
Eritrea
2 (2006)
Estonia
4 (2007)
Ethiopia
1 (plus 24 repeaters) (2001)
European Union
2,700 (1995); note - sum of individual country
television broadcast stations excluding repeaters; there is also a
European-wide station (Eurovision)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2 (British Forces Broadcasting
Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to members
of UK Forces as well as islanders); cable television is available in
Stanley (2006)
Faroe Islands
3 (plus 43 repeaters) (September 1995)
Fiji
NA
Finland
120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999); note - on 1 September 2007,
Finland began broadcasting all television signals digitally; analog
broadcasts via cable networks were discontinued 29 February 2008
France
584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
French Polynesia
7 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
Gabon
4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001)
Gambia, The
1 (government-owned) (1997)
Gaza Strip
1 (2008)
Georgia
12 (plus repeaters) (1998)
Germany
373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)
Ghana
7 (2007)
Gibraltar
1 (plus 3 repeaters) (1997)
Greece
36 (plus 1,341 repeaters); also 2 stations in the American
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Greenland
1 (plus some local low-power stations, and 3 American
Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) stations (1997)
Grenada
2 (1997)
Guam
3 (2006)
Guatemala
26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
Guernsey
1 (1997)
Guinea
6 (2001)
Guinea-Bissau
1 (2007)
Guyana
3 (1 public station; 2 private stations which relay US
satellite services) (1997)
Haiti
2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City)
1 (2008)
Honduras
11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
Hong Kong
2 (2 TV networks, each broadcasting on 2 channels) (2008)
Hungary
95 (2008)
Iceland
14 (plus 156 repeaters) (1997)
India
562 (1997)
Indonesia
54 local TV stations (11 national TV networks; each with
its group of local transmitters) (2006)
Iran
29 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997)
Iraq
47 (2008)
Ireland
4 (many repeaters); (projected digital broadcasting
scheduled to be launched in 2009) (2008)
Isle of Man
0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
Israel
17 (plus 36 repeaters) (1995)
Italy
358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
Jamaica
7 (1997)
Japan
211 (plus 7,341 repeaters); in addition, US Forces are served
by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999)
Jersey
2 (UK television carried by local relays with a switch to
digital broadcasts scheduled for 2010) (2008)
Jordan
22 (2007)
Kazakhstan
12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Kenya
8 (2008)
Kiribati
1 (possibly inactive) (2002)
Korea, North
4 (includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae
Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong
Television targeting South Korea) (2003)
Korea, South
57 (plus 103 cable operators and 119 relay cable
operators) (2008)
Kuwait
13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Kyrgyzstan
8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned);
note - there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which
rebroadcast other channels (2007)
Laos
7 (includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi)
(2006)
Latvia
37 (plus 31 repeaters) (2008)
Lebanon
15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)
Lesotho
1 (2007)
Liberia
4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2007)
Libya
12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999)
Liechtenstein
NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania
44 (may have as many as 100 transmitters, including
repeater stations) (2008)
Luxembourg
5 (1999)
Macau
1 (2008)
Macedonia
52 (2007)
Madagascar
1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Malawi
1 (2001)
Malaysia
88 (mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21) (2006)
Maldives
1 (2006)
Mali
2 (plus repeaters) (2007)
Malta
5 (2006)