# 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 | | 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 | | 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 |