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The World Factbook 2002

  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 10 (one government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 32 provinces; the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)
Albania 3 (plus 58 repeaters) (2001)
Algeria 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
American Samoa 1 (1997)
Andorra 0 (1997)
Angola 7 (2000)
Anguilla 1 (1997)
Antarctica 1 (cable system with six channels; American Forces Antarctic Network-McMurdo)
note: information for US bases only (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda 2 (1997)
Argentina 42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Armenia 3 (plus an unknown number of repeaters) (1998)
Aruba 1 (1997)
Australia 104 (1997)
Austria 45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)
Azerbaijan 2 (1997)
Bahamas, The 1 (1997)
Bahrain 4 (1997)
Bangladesh 15 (1999)
Barbados 1 (plus two cable channels) (1997)
Belarus 47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
Belgium 25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
Belize 2 (1997)
Benin 1 (2001)
Bermuda 3 (1997)
Bhutan 0 (1997)
Bolivia 48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995)
Botswana 1 (2001)
Brazil 138 (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (1997)
British Virgin Islands 1 (plus one cable company) (1997)
Brunei 2 (1997)
Bulgaria 39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Burkina Faso 1 (2001)
Burma 2 (1998)
Burundi 1 (2001)
Cambodia 5 (1999)
Cameroon 1 (1998)
Canada 80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)
Cape Verde 3 (2002)
Cayman Islands 1 with cable system
Central African Republic 1 (2001)
Chad 1 (1997)
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 NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)
Comoros NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4 (2001)
Congo, Republic of the 1 (2002)
Cook Islands 2 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)
Costa Rica 6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)
Cote d'Ivoire 14 (1999)
Croatia 36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)
Cuba 58 (1997)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 4 (plus 225 low-power repeaters) (September 1995); Turkish Cypriot area: 4 (plus 5 repeaters) (September 1995)
Czech Republic 150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
Denmark 26 (plus 51 repeaters) (1998)
Djibouti 1 (2002)
Dominica 0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)
Dominican Republic 25 (1997)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)
Egypt 98 (September 1995)
El Salvador 5 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea 1 (2002)
Eritrea 1 (2000)
Estonia 3 (2001)
Ethiopia 1 plus 24 repeaters (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2 (operated by the British Forces Broadcasting Service)
note: cable television is available in Stanley (2002)
Faroe Islands 3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
Fiji NA
Finland 130 (plus 385 repeaters) (1995)
France 584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
French Guiana 3 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)
French Polynesia 7 (plus 17 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Gabon 3 (plus six repeaters) (2001)
Gambia, The 1 (government-owned) (1997)
Gaza Strip 2 (operated by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation) (1997)
Georgia 12 (plus repeaters) (1998)
Germany 373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)
Ghana 10 (2001)
Gibraltar 1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997)
Greece 36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Greenland 1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)
Grenada 2 (1997)
Guadeloupe 5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
Guam 5 (1997)
Guatemala 26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
Guernsey 1 (1997)
Guinea 1 (2001)
Guinea-Bissau NA (1997)
Guyana 3 (one public station; two private stations which relay US satellite services) (1997)
Haiti 2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City) 1 (1996)
Honduras 11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
Hong Kong 4 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Hungary 35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995)
Iceland 14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)
India 562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997)
Indonesia 41 (1999)
Iran 28 (plus 450 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Iraq 13 (1997)
Ireland 4 (many low-power repeaters) (2001)
Israel 17 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1995)
Italy 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
Jamaica 7 (1997)
Japan 211 plus 7,341 repeaters
note: in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services (1999)
Jersey 1 (1997)
Johnston Atoll commercial satellite television system, with 16 channels (1997)
Jordan 20 (plus 96 repeaters) (1995)
Kazakhstan 12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Kenya 8 (2002)
Kiribati 1 (not reported to be active) (2002)
Korea, North 38 (1999)
Korea, South 121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channel American Forces Korea Network) (1999)
Kuwait 13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Kyrgyzstan NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997)
Laos 4 (1999)
Latvia 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)
Lebanon 15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)
Lesotho 1 (2000)
Liberia 1 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)
Libya 12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1998)
Liechtenstein NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania 27
note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations (2001)
Luxembourg 5 (1999)
Macau 0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 31 (plus 166 repeaters) (1995)
Madagascar 1 (plus 36 repeaters) (2001)
Malawi 1 (2001)
Malaysia 1 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (2001)
Maldives 1 (1997)
Mali 1 (plus repeaters) (2001)
Malta 6 (2000)
Man, Isle of 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
Marshall Islands 2 (both are US military stations) (2002)
Martinique 11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)
Mauritania 1 (2002)
Mauritius 2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
Mayotte 3 (2001)
Mexico 236 (plus repeaters) (1997)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2 (1997)
Moldova 1 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)
Monaco 5 (1998)
Mongolia 4 (plus 18 provincial repeaters and many low powered repeaters) (1999)
Montserrat 1 (1997)
Morocco 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
Mozambique 1 (2001)
Namibia 8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Nauru 1 (1997)
Nepal 1 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Netherlands 21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995)
Netherlands Antilles 3 (there is also a cable service which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (1997)
New Caledonia 6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)
New Zealand 41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Nicaragua 3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Niger 3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2002)
Nigeria 3 (the government controls 2 broadcasting stations and 15 repeater stations) (2002)
Niue 1 (1997)
Norfolk Island 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)
Northern Mariana Islands 1 (on Saipan and one station planned for Rota; in addition, two cable services on Saipan provide varied programming from satellite networks) (1997)
Norway 360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)
Oman 13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)
Pakistan 22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Palau 1 (1997)
Panama 38 (including repeaters) (1998)
Papua New Guinea 3 (all in the Port Moresby area)
note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned (2002)
Paraguay 4 (2001)
Peru 13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Philippines 75 (2000)
Pitcairn Islands 0 (1997)
Poland 179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995)
Portugal 62 (plus 166 repeaters)
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)
Puerto Rico 18 (plus three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) (1997)
Qatar 1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)
Reunion 35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)
Romania 48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
Russia 7,306 (1998)
Rwanda NA
Saint Helena 0 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
Saint Lucia 3 (of which two are commercial stations and one is a community antenna television or CATV channel) (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 (there are, however, two repeaters which rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US) (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
Samoa 6 (1997)
San Marino 1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (1997)
Saudi Arabia 117 (1997)
Senegal 1 (1997)
Seychelles 2 (plus 9 repeaters) (1997)
Sierra Leone 2 (1999)
Singapore 6 (2000)
Slovakia 38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995)
Slovenia 48 (2001)
Solomon Islands 0 (1997)
Somalia 3
note: two in Mogadishu; one in Hargeisa (2001)
South Africa 556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 (1997)
Spain 224 (plus 2,105 repeaters)
note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)
Sri Lanka 21 (1997)
Sudan 3 (1997)
Suriname 3 (plus seven repeaters) (2000)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 5 plus 7 relay stations (2001)
Sweden 169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
Switzerland 115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)
Syria 44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
Taiwan 29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Tajikistan 13 (2001)
Tanzania 3 (1999)
Thailand 5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)
Togo 3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Tonga 2 (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago 4 (1997)
Tunisia 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Turkey 635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)
Turkmenistan 3 (much programming relayed from Russia and Turkey) (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 (broadcasts from The Bahamas are received; cable television is established) (1997)
Tuvalu 0 (1997)
Uganda 8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001)
Ukraine at least 33 (plus 21 repeaters that relay broadcasts from Russia) (1997)
United Arab Emirates 15 (1997)
United Kingdom 228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)
United States more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997)
Uruguay 20 (2001)
Uzbekistan 4 (plus two repeaters that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tajik programs) (1997)
Vanuatu 1 (2002)
Venezuela 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Vietnam at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)
Virgin Islands 2 (2002)
Wake Island 0 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2000)
West Bank NA
Western Sahara NA
World NA
Yemen 7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
Yugoslavia more than 771 (including 86 strong stations and 685 low-power stations, plus 20 repeaters in the principal networks; also numerous local or private stations in Serbia and Vojvodina) (1997)
Zambia 9 (2002)
Zimbabwe 16 (1997)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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