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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Televisions


This entry gives the total number of television sets.
Country
Televisions
Afghanistan 100,000 (1999)
Albania 700,000 (2001)
Algeria 3.1 million (1997)
American Samoa 14,000 (1997)
Andorra 27,000 (1997)
Angola 196,000 (2000)
Anguilla 1,000 (1997)
Antarctica several hundred at McMurdo Station (US)
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)
Bahamas, The 67,000 (1997)
Bahrain 275,000 (1997)
Bangladesh 770,000 (1997)
Barbados 76,000 (1997)
Belarus 2.52 million (1997)
Belgium 4.72 million (1997)
Belize 41,000 (1997)
Benin 66,000 (2000)
Bermuda 66,000 (1997)
Bhutan 11,000 (1997)
Bolivia 900,000 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA
Botswana 31,000 (1997)
Brazil 36.5 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory NA
British Virgin Islands 4,000 (1997)
Brunei 201,900 (1998)
Bulgaria 3.31 million (1997)
Burkina Faso 131,340 (2002)
Burma 320,000 (2000)
Burundi 25,000 (1997)
Cambodia 94,000 (1997)
Cameroon 450,000 (1997)
Canada 21.5 million (1997)
Cape Verde 15,000 (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands 7,000 (1997)
Central African Republic 18,000 (1997)
Chad 10,000 (1997)
Chile 3.15 million (1997)
China 400 million (1997)
Christmas Island 600 (1997)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 4.59 million (1997)
Comoros 1,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.478 million (1997)
Congo, Republic of the 33,000 (1997)
Cook Islands 4,000 (1997)
Costa Rica 525,000 (1997)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.09 million (2000)
Croatia 1.22 million (1997)
Cuba 2.64 million (1997)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 248,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area: 52,300 (1994)
Czech Republic 3,405,834 (December 2000)
Denmark 3.121 million (1997)
Djibouti 28,000 (1997)
Dominica 6,000 (1997)
Dominican Republic 770,000 (1997)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 2.5 million (2001)
Egypt 7.7 million (1997)
El Salvador 600,000 (1990)
Equatorial Guinea 4,000 (1997)
Eritrea 1,000 (1997)
Estonia 605,000 (1997)
Ethiopia 682,000 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,000 (1997)
Faroe Islands 15,000 (1997)
Fiji 88,110 (1999)
Finland 3.2 million (1997)
France 34.8 million (1997)
French Guiana 30,000 (1997)
French Polynesia 40,000 (1997)
Gabon 63,000 (1997)
Gambia, The 5,000 (2000)
Gaza Strip NA; note - most Palestinian households have televisions (1997)
Georgia 2.57 million (1997)
Germany 51.4 million (1998)
Ghana 1.9 million (2001)
Gibraltar 10,000 (1997)
Greece 2.54 million (1997)
Greenland 30,000 (1998 est.)
Grenada 33,000 (1997)
Guadeloupe 118,000 (1997)
Guam 106,000 (1997)
Guatemala 1.323 million (1997)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 85,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau NA
Guyana 46,000 (1997)
Haiti 38,000 (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 570,000 (1997)
Hong Kong 1.84 million (1997)
Hungary 4.42 million (1997)
Iceland 98,000 (1997)
India 63 million (1997)
Indonesia 13.75 million (1997)
Iran 4.61 million (1997)
Iraq 1.75 million (1997)
Ireland 1.82 million (2001)
Israel 1.69 million (1997)
Italy 30.3 million (1997)
Jamaica 460,000 (1997)
Japan 86.5 million (1997)
Jersey NA
Jordan 500,000 (1997)
Kazakhstan 3.88 million (1997)
Kenya 730,000 (1997)
Kiribati 1,000 (1997)
Korea, North 1.2 million (1997)
Korea, South 15.9 million (1997)
Kuwait 875,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan 210,000 (1997)
Laos 52,000 (1997)
Latvia 1.22 million (1997)
Lebanon 1.18 million (1997)
Lesotho NA
Liberia 70,000 (1997)
Libya 730,000 (1997)
Liechtenstein 12,000 (1997)
Lithuania 1.7 million (1997)
Luxembourg 285,000 (1998 est.)
Macau 49,000 (1997)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 510,000 (1997)
Madagascar 325,000 (1997)
Malawi NA
Malaysia 10.8 million (1999)
Maldives 10,000 (1999)
Mali 45,000 (1997)
Malta 280,000 (1997)
Man, Isle of 27,490 (1999)
Marshall Islands NA
Martinique 66,000 (1997)
Mauritania 98,000 (2001)
Mauritius 258,000 (1997)
Mayotte 3,500 (1994)
Mexico 25.6 million (1997)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2,800 (1999)
Moldova 1.26 million (1997)
Monaco 25,000 (1997)
Mongolia 168,800 (1999)
Montserrat 3,000 (1997)
Morocco 3.1 million (1997)
Mozambique 67,600 (2000)
Namibia 60,000 (1997)
Nauru 500 (1997)
Nepal 130,000 (1997)
Netherlands 8.1 million (1997)
Netherlands Antilles 69,000 (1997)
New Caledonia 52,000 (1997)
New Zealand 1.926 million (1997)
Nicaragua 320,000 (1997)
Niger 125,000 (1997)
Nigeria 6.9 million (1997)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island 1,200 (1996)
Northern Mariana Islands NA
Norway 2.03 million (1997)
Oman 1.6 million (1997)
Pakistan 3.1 million (1997)
Palau 11,000 (1997)
Panama 510,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea 59,841 (1999)
Paraguay 990,000 (2001)
Peru 3.06 million (1997)
Philippines 3.7 million (1997)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 13.05 million (1997)
Portugal 3.31 million (1997)
Puerto Rico 1.021 million (1997)
Qatar 230,000 (1997)
Reunion 127,000 (1997)
Romania 5.25 million (1997)
Russia 60.5 million (1997)
Rwanda NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997)
Saint Helena 2,000 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 (1997)
Saint Lucia 32,000 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18,000 (1997)
Samoa 8,634 (1999)
San Marino 9,000 (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe 23,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia 5.1 million (1997)
Senegal 361,000 (1997)
Seychelles 11,000 (1997)
Sierra Leone 53,000 (1997)
Singapore 1.33 million (1997)
Slovakia 2.62 million (1997)
Slovenia 710,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands 3,000 (1997)
Somalia 135,000 (1997)
South Africa 6 million (2000)
Spain 16.2 million (1997)
Sri Lanka 1.53 million (1997)
Sudan 2.38 million (1997)
Suriname 63,000 (1997)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 23,000 (2000)
Sweden 4.6 million (1997)
Switzerland 3.31 million (1997)
Syria 1.05 million (1997)
Taiwan 8.8 million (1998)
Tajikistan 820,000 (1997)
Tanzania 103,000 (1997)
Thailand 15.19 million (1997)
Togo 73,000 (1997)
Tonga 2,000 (1997)
Trinidad and Tobago 425,000 (1997)
Tunisia 920,000 (1997)
Turkey 20.9 million (1997)
Turkmenistan 820,000 (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu 800
Uganda 500,000 (2001)
Ukraine 18.05 million (1997)
United Arab Emirates 310,000 (1997)
United Kingdom 30.5 million (1997)
United States 219 million (1997)
Uruguay 782,000 (1997)
Uzbekistan 6.4 million (1997)
Vanuatu 2,300 (1999)
Venezuela 4.1 million (1997)
Vietnam 3.57 million (1997)
Virgin Islands 68,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank NA; note - many Palestinian households have televisions (1999)
Western Sahara 6,000 (1997)
World NA
Yemen 470,000 (1997)
Yugoslavia 2.75 million (1997)
Zambia 277,000 (1997)
Zimbabwe 370,000 (1997)

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