| Rank | Country | shortwave | Radio broadcast stations |
1 | Peru | 189 | AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999) |
2 | Brazil | 161 | AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999) |
3 | Indonesia | 82 | AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998) |
4 | Bolivia | 77 | AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999) |
| European Union | 71 | AM 930, FM 13,655, shortwave 71 (1998); note - sum of individual country radio broadcast stations; there is also a European-wide station (Euroradio) |
5 | Russia | 62 | AM 323, FM about 1,500, shortwave 62 (2004) |
6 | India | 54 | AM 149, FM 171, shortwave 54 (2009) |
7 | China | 45 | AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998) |
8 | Ecuador | 29 | AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001) |
9 | Vietnam | 29 | AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999) |
10 | Papua New Guinea | 28 | AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998) |
11 | Colombia | 27 | AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999) |
12 | Syria | 26 | AM 14, FM 15, shortwave 26 (2010) |
13 | Iran | 21 | AM 72, FM 10, shortwave 21 (2010) |
14 | Japan | 21 | AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21 (2001) |
15 | Costa Rica | 19 | AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
16 | United States | 19 | AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) |