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Country Comparison :: Television broadcast stations
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country Television broadcast stations Date of Information
1 Russia
7,306.00
1998
2 China
3,240.00
1997
3 European Union
2,700.00
NA
4 United States
2,218.00
2006
5 India
1,400.00
2009
6 United Kingdom
940.00
2008
7 Mexico
729.00
2009
8 Ukraine
647.00
2006
9 Romania
623.00
2006
10 France
584.00
1995
11 South Africa
556.00
1997
12 Spain
379.00
2008
13 Germany
373.00
1995
14 Italy
358.00
1995
15 Netherlands
342.00
2009
16 Philippines
297.00
2008
17 Sweden
252.00
2008
18 Turkey
251.00
2009
19 Japan
211.00
1999
20 Denmark
172.00
2008
21 Canada
148.00
2007
22 Brazil
138.00
1997
23 Serbia
138.00
2009
24 Finland
120.00
NA
25 Saudi Arabia
117.00
1997
26 Thailand
111.00
2006
27 Switzerland
106.00
2007
28 Australia
104.00
1997
29 Mongolia
99.00
2009
30 Hungary
95.00
2008
31 Malaysia
88.00
2006
32 Macedonia
76.00
2009
33 Taiwan
76.00
2007
34 Poland
75.00
2008
35 Czech Republic
71.00
2008
36 Norway
69.00
2008
37 Vietnam
67.00
2006
38 Venezuela
66.00
1997
39 Albania
65.00
2005
40 Egypt
64.00
2010
41 Chile
63.00
1997
42 Uruguay
62.00
2005
43 Colombia
60.00
1997
44 Cuba
58.00
1997
45 Korea, South
57.00
2008
46 Indonesia
54.00
2006
47 Armenia
48.00
2006
48 Bolivia
48.00
1997
49 Belarus
47.00
1995
50 Algeria
46.00
1995
51 Lithuania
44.00
2008
52 Syria
44.00
1995
53 Argentina
42.00
1997
54 Portugal
42.00
2008
55 New Zealand
41.00
1997
56 Moldova
40.00
2006
57 Bulgaria
39.00
2001
58 Panama
38.00
1998
59 Latvia
37.00
2008
60 Slovakia
37.00
2008
61 Croatia
36.00
1995
62 Greece
36.00
1995
63 Puerto Rico
34.00
2008
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina
33.00
1995
65 Slovenia
31.00
2006
66 West Bank
31.00
2010
67 Iran
29.00
1997
68 Iraq
28.00
2009
69 Laos
28.00
2010
70 Uzbekistan
28.00
2006
71 Guatemala
26.00
1997
72 Tunisia
26.00
1995
73 Belgium
25.00
1997
74 Dominican Republic
25.00
2003
75 Tajikistan
24.00
2009
76 Costa Rica
20.00
2002
77 Pakistan
20.00
2006
78 Bangladesh
17.00
2009
79 Afghanistan
16.00
2009
80 Zimbabwe
16.00
1997
81 Nicaragua
16.00
2009
82 Estonia
15.00
2008
83 United Arab Emirates
15.00
2004
84 Cote d'Ivoire
14.00
1998
85 Iceland
14.00
1997
86 Kuwait
13.00
1997
87 Peru
13.00
1997
88 Oman
13.00
1999
89 Montenegro
13.00
2004
90 Georgia
12.00
1998
91 Swaziland
12.00
2004
92 Sri Lanka
12.00
2009
93 Lebanon
12.00
2009
94 Libya
12.00
1999
95 Kazakhstan
12.00
1998
96 Honduras
11.00
1997
97 Azerbaijan
10.00
2010
98 Austria
9.00
2010
99 Cambodia
9.00
2009
100 Zambia
9.00
2001
101 Nepal
9.00
2008
102 Cyprus
8.00
2004
103 Kenya
8.00
2008
104 Uganda
8.00
2001
105 Morocco
8.00
2009
106 Kyrgyzstan
8.00
2007
107 Belize
7.00
2008
108 Senegal
7.00
2008
109 French Polynesia
7.00
1997
110 Israel
7.00
2009
111 Jamaica
7.00
1997
112 Ghana
7.00
2007
113 Ecuador
7.00
2000
114 Angola
6.00
2000
115 Trinidad and Tobago
6.00
2005
116 Paraguay
6.00
2009
117 New Caledonia
6.00
1997
118 Malta
6.00
2009
119 Guinea
6.00
2001
120 Benin
6.00
2007
121 El Salvador
5.00
1997
122 Liberia
5.00
2007
123 Luxembourg
5.00
1999
124 Virgin Islands
5.00
2006
125 Niger
5.00
2007
126 Monaco
5.00
1998
127 Bahrain
4.00
1997
128 Cayman Islands
4.00
2004
129 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
4.00
2007
130 Burma
4.00
2008
131 Brunei
4.00
2006
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
4.00
2001
133 Turkmenistan
4.00
2008
134 Somalia
4.00
2001
135 Mozambique
4.00
2008
136 Korea, North
4.00
2003
137 Jordan
4.00
2009
138 Ireland
4.00
2008
139 Gabon
4.00
2001
140 Bermuda
3.00
2005
141 Nigeria
3.00
2001
142 Yemen
3.00
2007
143 Tonga
3.00
2004
144 Togo
3.00
1997
145 Tanzania
3.00
1999
146 Suriname
3.00
2000
147 Sudan
3.00
1997
148 Papua New Guinea
3.00
2004
149 Micronesia, Federated States of
3.00
2004
150 Mayotte
3.00
2001
151 Burkina Faso
3.00
NA
152 Guyana
3.00
1997
153 Faroe Islands
3.00
September 1995
154 Antigua and Barbuda
2.00
1997
155 Haiti
2.00
1997
156 Wallis and Futuna
2.00
2000
157 Samoa
2.00
2002
158 Saint Lucia
2.00
2003
159 Rwanda
2.00
2004
160 Namibia
2.00
2007
161 Mauritius
2.00
1997
162 Marshall Islands
2.00
2005
163 Mali
2.00
2007
164 Maldives
2.00
2009
165 Jersey
2.00
2008
166 Sierra Leone
2.00
1999
167 Seychelles
2.00
1997
168 Sao Tome and Principe
2.00
2001
169 Hong Kong
2.00
2009
170 Grenada
2.00
2009
171 Eritrea
2.00
2006
172 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2.00
2006
173 Bahamas, The
2.00
2006
174 Botswana
2.00
2007
175 American Samoa
1.00
2006
176 British Indian Ocean Territory
1.00
1997
177 Vanuatu
1.00
2004
178 Timor-Leste
1.00
NA
179 Qatar
1.00
2001
180 Palau
1.00
2005
181 Northern Mariana Islands
1.00
2006
182 Norfolk Island
1.00
2005
183 Niue
1.00
1997
184 Nauru
1.00
1997
185 Montserrat
1.00
1997
186 Mauritania
1.00
2002
187 Greenland
1.00
1997
188 Singapore
1.00
2008
189 San Marino
1.00
1997
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1.00
2004
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.00
2003
192 Gibraltar
1.00
1997
193 Gaza Strip
1.00
2008
194 Gambia, The
1.00
1997
195 Ethiopia
1.00
2001
196 Equatorial Guinea
1.00
2001
197 Dominica
1.00
2004
198 Djibouti
1.00
2001
199 Cook Islands
1.00
2004
200 Malawi
1.00
2001
201 Madagascar
1.00
2001
202 Macau
1.00
2009
203 Lesotho
1.00
2007
204 Kiribati
1.00
2002
205 Holy See (Vatican City)
1.00
2008
206 Guinea-Bissau
1.00
2007
207 Guernsey
1.00
1997
208 Congo, Republic of the
1.00
2001
209 Chad
1.00
2001
210 Central African Republic
1.00
2001
211 Cape Verde
1.00
2001
212 Cameroon
1.00
2001
213 Burundi
1.00
2001
214 British Virgin Islands
1.00
1997
215 Bhutan
1.00
2007
216 Antarctica
1.00
2002
217 Barbados
1.00
2004
218 Andorra
1.00
2009
219 Aruba
1.00
1997
220 Anguilla
1.00
1997
221 Akrotiri
0.00
2006
222 Turks and Caicos Islands
0.00
2003
223 Wake Island
0.00
2005
224 Tuvalu
0.00
2004
225 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
0.00
2003
226 Dhekelia
0.00
2006
227 Isle of Man
0.00
1999
228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.00
1997
229 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0.00
2005
230 Christmas Island
0.00
2006
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