international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 PacificOcean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa),Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)
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@Telephones - main lines in use
Afghanistan: 29,000 (1996)
note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998
Albania:87,000 (1997)
Algeria:2.3 million (1998)
American Samoa:13,000 (1997)
Andorra:32,946 (December 1998)
Angola:62,000 (1997)
Anguilla:5,000 (1997)
Antarctica:0
note: information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda:28,000 (1996)
Argentina:7.5 million (1998)
Armenia:568,000 (1997)
Aruba:33,000 (1997)
Australia:9.58 million (1998)
Austria:4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN orIntegrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)
Azerbaijan:663,000 (1997)
Bahamas, The:96,000 (1997)
Bahrain:152,000 (1997)
Bangladesh:500,000 (2000)
Barbados:108,000 (1997)
Belarus:2.313 million (1997)
Belgium:4.769 million (1997)
Belize:31,000 (1997)
Benin:36,000 (1997)
Bermuda:52,000 (1997)
Bhutan:6,000 (1997)
Bolivia:327,600 (1996)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:303,000 (1997)
Botswana:86,000 (1997)
Brazil:17.039 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory:NA
British Virgin Islands:10,000 (1996)
Brunei:79,000 (1996)
Bulgaria:3.255 million (2000)
Burkina Faso:36,000 (1997)
Burma:250,000 (2000)
Burundi:16,000 (1997)
Cambodia:21,800 (mid-1998)
Cameroon:75,000 (1997)
Canada:18.5 million (1999)
Cape Verde:45,644 (2000)
Cayman Islands:19,000 (1995)
Central African Republic:10,000 (1997)
Chad:7,000 (1997)
Chile:2.603 million (1998)
China:135 million (2000)
Christmas Island:NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:NA (1999)
Colombia:5,433,565 (December 1997)
Comoros:6,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:21,000 (1997)
Congo, Republic of the:22,000 (1997)
Cook Islands:5,000 (1997)
Costa Rica:450,000 (1998)
note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use1998
Cote d'Ivoire:219,283 (31 December 1999)
Croatia:1.488 million (1997)
Cuba:473,031 (2000)
Cyprus:Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area:83,162 (1998)
Czech Republic:3.869 million (2000)
Denmark:4.785 million (1997)
Djibouti:8,000 (1997)
Dominica:19,000 (1996)
Dominican Republic:709,000 (1997)
Ecuador:899,000 (1997)
Egypt:3,971,500 (December 1998)
El Salvador:380,000 (1998)
Equatorial Guinea:4,000 (1996)
Eritrea:23,578 (2000)
Estonia:476,078 (yearend 1998)
Ethiopia:157,000 (1997)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):NA
Faroe Islands:24,851 (1999)
Fiji:72,000 (1997)
Finland:2.861 million (1997)
France:34.86 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana:47,000 (1997)
French Polynesia:52,000 (1997)
Gabon:37,000 (1997)
Gambia, The:31,900 (2000)
Gaza Strip:95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia:620,000 (1997)
Germany:45.2 million (1997)
note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998
Ghana:200,000 (1998)
Gibraltar:19,000 (1997)
Greece:5.431 million (1997)
Greenland:25,617 (end 1999)
Grenada:27,000 (1997)
Guadeloupe:171,000 (1996)
Guam:84,134 (1998)
Guatemala:665,061 (June 2000)
Guernsey:44,000 (1996)
Guinea:20,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau:8,000 (1997)
Guyana:70,000 (2000)
Haiti:60,000 (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City):NA
Honduras:234,000 (1997)
Hong Kong:3.839 million (1999)
Hungary:3.095 million (1997)
Iceland:168,000 (1997)
India:27.7 million (October 2000)
Indonesia:5,588,310 (1998)
Iran:6.313 million (1997)
Iraq:675,000 (1997)
Ireland:1.59 million (2001)
Israel:2.8 million (1999)
Italy:25 million (1999)
Jamaica:353,000 (1996)
Japan:60.381 million (1997)
Jersey:65,500 (1997)
Jordan:403,000 (1997)
Kazakhstan:1.818 million (1997)
Kenya:290,000 (1998)
Kiribati:2,000 (1997)
Korea, North:1.1 million (1997)
Korea, South:24 million (1999)
Kuwait:412,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan:351,000 (1997)
Laos:25,000 (1997)
Latvia:748,000 (1997)
Lebanon:700,000 (1999)
Lesotho:20,000 (1997)
Liberia:6,000 (1997)
Libya:380,000 (1996)
Liechtenstein:20,000 (1997)
Lithuania:1.048 million (1997)
Luxembourg:314,700 (1999)
Macau:176,837 (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:408,000 (1997)
Madagascar:43,000 (1997)
Malawi:37,000 (1997)
Malaysia:4.5 million (1999)
Maldives:21,000 (1999)
Mali:23,000 (1997)
Malta:187,000 (1997)
Man, Isle of:51,000 (1999)
Marshall Islands:3,000 (1996)
Martinique:170,000 (1997)
Mauritania:26,000 (2000)
Mauritius:223,000 (1997)
Mayotte:9,314 (1997)
Mexico:9.6 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of:11,000 (2001)
Moldova:627,000 (1997)
Monaco:31,027 (1995)
Mongolia:104,100 (1999)
Montserrat:4,000 (1997)
Morocco:1.391 million (1998)
Mozambique:65,354 (2000)
Namibia:100,848 (1997)
Nauru:2,000 (1996)
Nepal:236,816 (January 2000)
Netherlands:9,132,400 (1999)
Netherlands Antilles:76,000 (1995)
New Caledonia:47,000 (1997)
New Zealand:1.84 million (1997)
Nicaragua:140,000 (1996)
Niger:16,000 (1997)
Nigeria:500,000 (2000)
Niue:376 (1991)
Norfolk Island:1,087 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands:21,000 (1996)
Norway:2.735 million (1998)
Oman:201,000 (1997)
Pakistan:2.861 million (March 1999)
Palau:1,500 (1988)
Panama:396,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea:47,000 (1996)
Paraguay:290,475 (2001)
Peru:1.509 million (1998)
Philippines:1.9 million (1997)
Pitcairn Islands: 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)
Poland:8.07 million (1998)
Portugal:5.3 million (end 1998)
Puerto Rico:1.322 million (1997)
Qatar:142,000 (1997)
Reunion:236,500 (1997)
Romania:3.777 million (1997)
Russia:30 million (1998)
Rwanda:15,000 (1995)
Saint Helena:2,000 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:17,000 (1997)
Saint Lucia:37,000 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:4,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:20,500 (1998)
Samoa:8,000 (1997)
San Marino:18,000 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe:3,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia:3.1 million (1998)
Senegal:116,000 (1997)
Seychelles:19,635 (1997)
Sierra Leone:17,000 (1997)
Singapore:1.928 million (November 2000)
Slovakia:1,934,558 (1998)
Slovenia:722,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands:8,000 (1997)
Somalia:NA
South Africa:5.075 million (1999)
Spain:17.336 million (1999)
Sri Lanka:494,509 (1998)
Sudan:400,000 (2000)
Suriname:64,000 (1997)
Svalbard:NA
Swaziland:33,500 (2000)
Sweden:6.017 million (December 1998)
Switzerland:4.82 million (1998)
Syria:1.313 million (1997)
Tajikistan:363,000 (1997)
Tanzania:127,000 (1998)
Thailand:5.4 million (1998)
Togo:25,000 (1997)
Tokelau:NA
Tonga:8,000 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago:243,000 (1997)
Tunisia:654,000 (1997)
Turkey:19.5 million (1999)
Turkmenistan:363,000 (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands:3,000 (1994)
Tuvalu:1,000 (1997)
Uganda:50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)
Ukraine:9.45 million (April 1999)
United Arab Emirates:915,223 (1998)
United Kingdom:34.878 million (1997)
United States:194 million (1997)
Uruguay:850,000 (2000)
Uzbekistan:1.98 million (1999)
Vanuatu:4,000 (1996)
Venezuela:2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)
Vietnam:2.6 million (2000)
Virgin Islands:62,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna:1,125 (1994)
West Bank:95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997)
Western Sahara:about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World:NA
Yemen:291,359 (1999)
Yugoslavia:2.017 million (1995)
Zambia:77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephonesin wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Zimbabwe:212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixedtelephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Taiwan:12.49 million (September 2000)
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@Telephones - mobile cellular
Afghanistan:NA
Albania:3,100 (1999)
Algeria:33,500 (1999)
American Samoa:2,550 (1997)
Andorra:14,117 (December 1998)
Angola:7,052 (1997)
Anguilla:NA
Antarctica:NA
Antigua and Barbuda:1,300 (1996)
Argentina:3 million (December 1999)
Armenia:6,220 (1997)
Aruba:3,402 (1997)
Australia:6.4 million (1998)
Austria:4.5 million (2000)
Azerbaijan:40,000 (1997)
Bahamas, The:6,152 (1997)
Bahrain:58,543 (1997)
Bangladesh:283,000 (2000)
Barbados:8,013 (1997)
Belarus:8,167 (1997)
Belgium:974,494 (1997)
Belize:3,023 (1997)
Benin:4,295 (1997)
Bermuda:7,980 (1996)
Bhutan:NA
Bolivia:116,000 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:9,000 (1997)
Botswana:NA
Brazil:4.4 million (1997)
British Virgin Islands:NA
Brunei:43,524 (1996)
Bulgaria:596,000 (2000)
Burkina Faso:1,503 (1997)
Burma:8,492 (1997)
Burundi:619 (1997)
Cambodia:80,000 (2000)
Cameroon:4,200 (1997)
Canada:4.207 million (1997)
Cape Verde:19,729 (1997)
Cayman Islands:2,534 (1995)
Central African Republic:570 (1997)
Chad:NA
Chile:944,225 (1998)
China:65 million (January 2001)
Christmas Island:0 (1999)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:0 (1999)
Colombia:1,800,229 (December 1998)
Comoros:NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:8,900 (1997)
Congo, Republic of the:1,000 (1996)
Cook Islands:0 (1994)
Costa Rica:143,000 (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire:322,500 (May 2000)
Croatia:187,000 (yearend 1998)
Cuba:2,994 (1997)
Cyprus:Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area:70,000 (1999)
Czech Republic:4.346 million (2000)
Denmark:1,444,016 (1997)
Djibouti:203 (1997)
Dominica:461 (1996)
Dominican Republic:130,149 (1997)
Ecuador:160,061 (1997)
Egypt:380,000 (1999)
El Salvador:40,163 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea:NA
Eritrea:NA
Estonia:475,000 (yearend 2000)
Ethiopia:4,000 (1999)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):NA
Faroe Islands:10,761 (1999)
Fiji:5,200 (1997)
Finland:2,162,574 (1997)
France:11.078 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana:NA
French Polynesia:5,427 (1997)
Gabon:9,500 (1997)
Gambia, The:5,624 (2000)
Gaza Strip:NA
Georgia:30,000 (1997)
Germany:15.318 million (April 1999)
Ghana:30,000 (yearend 1998)
Gibraltar:1,620 (1997)
Greece:937,700 (1997)
Greenland:12,676 (end 1999)
Grenada:976 (1997)
Guadeloupe:NA
Guam:55,000 (1998)
Guatemala:663,296 (September 2000)
Guernsey:12,000 (1997)
Guinea:2,868 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau:NA
Guyana:6,100 (2000)
Haiti:0 (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City):NA
Honduras:14,427 (1997)
Hong Kong:3.7 million (December 1999)
Hungary:1.269 million (July 1999)
Iceland:65,746 (1997)
India:2.93 million (November 2000)
Indonesia:1.07 million (1998)
Iran:265,000 (August 1998)
Iraq:NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)
Ireland:2 million (2001)
Israel:2.5 million (1999)
Italy:20.5 million (1999)
Jamaica:54,640 (1996)
Japan:63.88 million (2000)
Jersey:4,400 (1997)
Jordan:11,500 (1995)
Kazakhstan:11,202 (1997)
Kenya:5,345 (1997)
Kiribati:NA
Korea, North:NA
Korea, South:27 million (June 2000)
Kuwait:210,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan:NA
Laos:4,915 (1997)
Latvia:77,100 (1997)
Lebanon:580,000 (1999)
Lesotho:1,262 (1996)
Liberia:0 (1995)
Libya:NA
Liechtenstein:NA
Lithuania:297,500 (November 1998)
Luxembourg:215,741 (2000)
Macau:120,957 (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:12,362 (1997)
Madagascar:4,000 (1997)
Malawi:7,000 (1997)
Malaysia:2.698 million (1999)
Maldives:1,290 (1997)
Mali:2,842 (1997)
Malta:17,691 (1997)
Man, Isle of:NA
Marshall Islands:365 (1996)
Martinique:15,000 (1997)
Mauritania:NA
Mauritius:37,000 (1997)
Mayotte:0 (2000)
Mexico:2.02 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of:NA
Moldova:2,200 (1997)
Monaco:NA
Mongolia:110,000 (2001)
Montserrat:70 (1994)
Morocco:116,645 (1998)
Mozambique:18,500 (2000)
Namibia:NA
Nauru:450 (1994)
Nepal:NA
Netherlands:4,081,891 (April 1999)
Netherlands Antilles:13,977 (1996)
New Caledonia:13,040 (1998)
New Zealand:588,000 (1998)
Nicaragua:7,911 (1997)
Niger:13,000 (1995)
Nigeria:26,700 (1997)
Niue:0 (1991)
Norfolk Island:0 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands:1,200 (1995)
Norway:2,080,408 (1998)
Oman:59,822 (1997)
Pakistan:158,000 (1998)
Palau:0 (1988)
Panama:17,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea:3,053 (1996)
Paraguay:510,000 (2001)
Peru:504,995 (1998)
Philippines:1.959 million (1998)
Poland:1.78 million (1998)
Portugal:3,074,194 (1999)
Puerto Rico:169,265 (1996)
Qatar:43,476 (1997)
Reunion:85,000 (1999)
Romania:645,500 (1999)
Russia:2.5 million (October 2000)
Rwanda:NA
note: however, Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigaliand several prefecture capitals (2000)
Saint Helena:0 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:205 (1997)
Saint Lucia:1,600 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:0 (1994)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:NA
Samoa:1,545 (February 1998)
San Marino:3,010 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe:6,942 (1997)
Saudi Arabia:1 million
note: in 1998, the government contracted for the installation of 575,000 additional Group Speciale Mobile (GSM) cellular telephone lines over 15 months to raise the total number of subscribers to more than one million; Riyadh planned to further expand the GSM system in 1999 by adding an additional one million lines (1998)
Senegal:1,149 (1996)
Seychelles:16,316 (1999)
Sierra Leone:650 (1999)
Singapore:2.333 million (November 2000)
Slovakia:736,662 (April 1999)
Slovenia:1 million (2000)
Solomon Islands:658 (1997)
Somalia:NA
South Africa:over 2,000,000 (1999)
Spain:8.394 million (1999)
Sri Lanka:228,604 (1999)
Sudan:20,000 (2000)
Suriname:4,090 (1997)
Svalbard:NA
Swaziland:30,000 (2000)
Sweden:3.835 million (October 1998)
Switzerland:1.967 million (1999)
Syria:NA
Tajikistan:2,500 (1997)
Tanzania:30,000 (1999)
Thailand:2.3 million (1998)
Togo:2,995 (1997)
Tokelau:0 (2001)
Tonga:302 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago:17,411 (1997)
Tunisia:50,000 (1998)
Turkey:12.1 million (1999)
Turkmenistan:4,300 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands:0 (1994)
Tuvalu:0 (1994)
Uganda:9,000 (1998)
Ukraine:236,000 (1998)
United Arab Emirates:1 million (1999)
United Kingdom:13 million (yearend 1998)
United States:69.209 million (1998)
Uruguay:300,000 (2000)
Uzbekistan:26,000 (1998)
Vanuatu:154 (1996)
Venezuela:2 million (1998)
Vietnam:730,155 (2000)
Virgin Islands:2,000 (1992)
Wallis and Futuna:0 (1994)
West Bank:NA
Western Sahara:0 (1999)
World:NA
Yemen:32,042 (2000)
Yugoslavia:87,000 (1997)
Zambia:6,000 (1998)
Zimbabwe:70,000 (1999)
Taiwan:16 million (September 2000)
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@Television broadcast stations
Afghanistan:at least 10 (one government run central televisionstation in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 provinces;the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997,there was a station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northernAfghanistan provinces) (1998)
Albania:9 (plus 264 repeaters) (1995)
Algeria:46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
American Samoa:1 (1997)
Andorra:0 (1997)
Angola:7 (1999)
Anguilla:1 (1997)
Antarctica:1 (the US Navy Antarctic Support Group operates a cablesystem with six channels for the American Forces AntarcticNetwork-McMurdo)
note: information for US bases only (2000)
Antigua and Barbuda:2 (1997)
Argentina:42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Armenia:4 (1998)
Aruba:1 (1997)
Australia:104 (1997)
Austria:45 (plus 960 repeaters) (1995)
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:2 (one privately-owned) (1997)
Bermuda:3 (1997)
Bhutan:0 (1997)
Bolivia:48 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:33 (plus 277 repeaters) (September 1995)
Botswana:0 (1997)
Brazil:138 (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory:1 (1997)
British Virgin Islands:1 (plus one cable company) (1997)
Brunei:2 (1997)
Bulgaria:96 (plus 1,030 repeaters) (1995)
Burkina Faso:1 (1997)
Burma:2 (1998)
Burundi:1 (1999)
Cambodia:5 (1999)
Cameroon:1 (1998)
Canada:80 (plus many repeaters) (1997)
Cape Verde:1 (1997)
Cayman Islands:NA
Central African Republic:NA
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 citystations) (1997)
Christmas Island:NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:0 (1997)
Colombia:60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)
Comoros:0 (1998)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:20 (1999)
Congo, Republic of the:1 (1999)
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 (plus 5 low-power repeaters) (1998)
Dominica:0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)
Dominican Republic:25 (1997)
Ecuador:15 (including one station on the Galapagos Islands) (1997)
Egypt:98 (September 1995)
El Salvador:5 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea:1 (1997)
Eritrea:1 (2000)
Estonia:31 (plus five repeaters) (September 1995)
Ethiopia:25 (1999)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):2 (operated by the British ForcesBroadcasting Service) (1997)
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:4 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997)
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:11 (1999)
Gibraltar:1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997)
Greece:36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations inthe 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:6 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau:2 (1997)
Guyana:3 (one public station; two private stations which relay USsatellite 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 480stations 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:7,108 (plus 441 repeaters; note - in addition, US Forces areserved by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services) (1999)
Jersey:1 (1997)
Johnston Atoll:commercial satellite television system, with 16channels (1997)
Jordan:20 (plus 96 repeaters) (1995)
Kazakhstan:12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Kenya:8 (1997)
Kiribati:1 (1997)
Korea, North:38 (1999)
Korea, South:121 (plus 850 repeater stations and the eight-channelAmerican Forces Korea Network) (1999)
Kuwait:13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Kyrgyzstan:NA (repeater stations throughout the country relayprograms 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:2 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2000)
Libya:12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1998)
Liechtenstein:NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)
Lithuania:20 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)
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) (1997)
Malawi:1 (1999)
Malaysia:27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)
Maldives:1 (1997)
Mali:1 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Malta:6 (2000)
Man, Isle of:0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite)(1999)
Marshall Islands:3 (of which two are US military stations) (1997)
Martinique:11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)
Mauritania:1 (1997)
Mauritius:2 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)
Mayotte:3 (1997)
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 poweredrepeaters) (1999)
Montserrat:1 (1997)
Morocco:35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
Mozambique:1 (2000)
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 whichsupplies programs received from various US satellite networks andtwo Venezuelan channels) (1997)
New Caledonia:6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)
New Zealand:41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650low-power repeaters) (1997)
Nicaragua:3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Niger:10 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Nigeria:2 government-controlled; note - in addition, in 1993, 14licenses to operate private television stations were granted (1999)
Niue:1 (1997)
Norfolk Island:1 (local programming station plus two repeaters thatbring 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 (1997)
Paraguay:4 (2001)
Peru:13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Philippines:31 (1997)
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 Radioand Television Service) (1997)
Qatar:2 (plus three repeaters) (1997)
Reunion:22 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Romania:48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
Russia:7,306 (1998)
Rwanda:2 (1997)
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 acommunity antenna television or CATV channel) (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:0 (there are, however, two repeaterswhich 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 fromItaly) (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:1 (1997)
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 88repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)
Sri Lanka:21 (1997)
Sudan:3 (1997)
Suriname:3 (plus seven repeaters) (2000)
Svalbard:NA
Swaziland:10 (2000)
Sweden:169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
Switzerland:115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)
Syria:44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)
Tajikistan:0 (there are, however, repeaters that relay programsfrom Russia, Iran, and Turkey) (1997)
Tanzania:3 (1999)
Thailand:5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)
Togo:3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
Tokelau:NA
Tonga:1 (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 arereceived; cable television is established) (1997)
Tuvalu:0 (1997)
Uganda:8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
Ukraine:at least 33 (plus 21 repeaters that relay broadcasts fromRussia) (1997)
United Arab Emirates:15 (1997)
United Kingdom:228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)
United States:more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stationsaffiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, andPBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997)
Uruguay:26 (plus ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideostation) (1997)
Uzbekistan:4 (plus two repeaters that relay Russian, Kazakh,Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)
Vanuatu:1 (1997)
Venezuela:66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Vietnam:at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)
Virgin Islands:2 (1997)
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 685low-power stations, plus 20 repeaters in the principal networks;also numerous local or private stations in Serbia and Vojvodina)(1997)
Zambia:9 (1997)
Zimbabwe:16 (1997)
Taiwan:29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
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Afghanistan:100,000 (1999)
Albania:405,000 (1997)
Algeria:3.1 million (1997)
American Samoa:14,000 (1997)
Andorra:27,000 (1997)
Angola:150,000 (1997)
Anguilla:1,000 (1997)
Antarctica:several hundred at McMurdo Sound
note: information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda:31,000 (1997)
Argentina:7.95 million (1997)
Armenia:825,000 (1997)
Aruba:20,000 (1997)
Australia:10.15 million (1997)
Austria:4.25 million (1997)
Azerbaijan:170,000 (1997)