International. China, the United States and Germany are the countries with the largest number of surveillance cameras in the world. China is the undisputed leader with four times more surveillance cameras installed on its territory than the United States, according to the study presented by PreciseSecurity.com
However, the United States has more CCTV cameras per capita, so in terms of the number of cameras per person it is still a clear leader in the world.
At the same time, 8 of the top 10 cities in the world with the most surveillance cameras installed are located in China. London and New Delhi were the other two cities in the top 10.
Surveillance cameras expand around the world
The number of surveillance cameras is expanding around the world so that governments have control over their populations. However, this trend is raising concerns among citizens who feel that their privacy is affected by the installation of millions of CCTV cameras in cities on all continents.
China has at least 200 million cameras installed in the country. This is the nation with the most significant number of cameras installed for surveillance in the world. However, China is not alone; Other countries such as the United States and Germany have 50 million and 5.2 million CCTV cameras each.
The list continues with other countries with more than 1 million cameras. The UK has 5 million CCTV cameras installed, followed by Japan with 5 million, Vietnam with 2.6 million, France with 1.65 million, South Korea with 1.03 million and the Netherlands with 1 million.
The United States has 15.28 CCTV cameras per 100 individuals, followed by China with 14.36 and the United Kingdom with 7.5. Another top 10 countries include Germany with 6.27 cameras per 100 individuals, the Netherlands 5.8, Australia 4, Japan 2.72, France 2.46 and South Korea 1.99.
India, Russia and Brazil reported data on their CCTV cameras in some cities. That's why the results will be surprisingly lower than the average for other countries. Russia has around 196,000 CCTV cameras installed between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
India has reported data from 9 different cities accumulating 274,784 surveillance cameras. New Delhi, Chennai and Pune were the cities that reported the highest number of CCTV cameras with 179k, 50k and 11.29k, respectively.
Finally, Brazil provided information on ten of the country's largest cities. The most important cities are Salvador with 7,300 cameras, Rio de Janeiro with 4,500 and Sao Paulo with 2,623 cameras. However, the total number of cameras in selected cities is 22,384.
As mentioned above, the study believes that this number will be much higher in Russia, India and Brazil. Countries do not provide all the information about each of the cities in their respective territories.
City surveillance
8 of the top 10 cities with the highest number of CCTV cameras are located in China. The top three cities are Shanghai with 2,985,984 cameras, followed by Chongqing with 2,579,890 units, and Shenzhen with 1,929,600 surveillance devices.
The top 10 include Tianjin (1,244,160), Beijing (800,000), Guangzhou (684,000), London (627,707), Ji'nan (540,463), Wuhan (500,000) and New Delhi (179,000). These top ten cities have an average of 14.35 million citizens, which means they are large cities that need to be controlled and policed.
Meanwhile, some cities reported in the United States include Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Washington D.C., San Diego, San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Miami, Dallas, and Los Angeles. However, many other cities were left off the list. Chicago had 35,000 cameras, followed by New York with 11,000 cameras reported, Atlanta with 7,800 and Washington D.C., 4,000.
In terms of CCTV cameras per 100 people, we have Chongqing with 16.80 cameras, Shenzhen with 15.90 and Shanghai 11.34. China also controls the top 10 with eight cities. London was in sixth place with 6.84 cameras per 100 people and Atlanta in tenth position with 1.55 cameras per 100 citizens.
Source: PreciseSecurity.com
