Editing Closed-circuit television (section)

=== In Asia ===
About 65% of CCTV cameras in the world are installed in Asia.<ref name="SDM2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.sdmmag.com/articles/92407-rise-of-surveillance-camera-installed-base-slows |website=SDM Magazine |title=Rise of Surveillance Camera Installed Base Slows|date=5 May 2016|access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> In Asia, different human activities attracted the use of surveillance camera systems and services, including but not limited to business and related industries,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walton, Greg|title=China's Golden Shield: corporations and the development of surveillance technology in the People's Republic of China|publisher=Rights & Democracy|year=2001}}</ref> transportation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/australian-state-government-to-expand-cctv-use-across-transport-network|title=Australian state government to expand CCTV use across transport network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091654/http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/australian-state-government-to-expand-cctv-use-across-transport-network|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-03-11}}</ref> sports,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/chinese-tv-station-cctv-provide--old-school--analysis-of-afc-asian-cup-match-133815624.html|title=Chinese TV station CCTV provide 'old school' analysis of AFC Asian Cup match|work=Yahoo Eurosport UK |access-date=2015-03-11}}</ref> and care for the environment.<ref>{{cite web| last = Ng | first = Kelly|url=http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/4530-indian-state-government-uses-cctv-to-cut-forest-crimes|title=Indian state government uses CCTV to cut forest crimes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011012135/http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/4530-indian-state-government-uses-cctv-to-cut-forest-crimes|date = 11 October 2014 |archive-date=11 October 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-03-11}}</ref>

In 2018, China was reported to have over 170 million CCTV cameras.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-13 |title=Chinese man caught by facial recognition at pop concert |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43751276 |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=British Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, China was estimated to have [[Mass surveillance in China|a huge surveillance network]] of around 540–626 million surveillance cameras, though numbers differ significantly between sources.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-07 |title=Who's watching: the cities with the most CCTV cameras |url=https://geographical.co.uk/science-environment/whos-watching-the-cities-with-the-most-cctv-cameras |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Geographical |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2019-08-15 |title=Surveillance Camera Statistics: Which City has the Most CCTV? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/vpn-privacy/the-worlds-most-surveilled-cities/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Comparitech |language=en}}</ref> [[Beijing]], China's capital city, has the most cameras for a city overall, with a total of 1.15 million installed.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=November 2020 |title=Surveillance Cities: who has the most CCTV cameras in the world? |url=https://surfshark.com/surveillance-cities |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Surfshark |language=en-US}}</ref> The cameras are used to record details such as gender, age, and ethnicity. Cameras have been used in a southern Chinese city to issue tickets to people for [[Summary offence|infractions]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hui |first=Mary |date=2024-02-21 |title=China wants more control of its mass surveillance system |url=https://qz.com/china-mass-surveillance-system-control-1851273607 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref> In India, the cities of [[Hyderabad]] and [[Delhi]], the capital, have around 900,000 and 450,000 cameras, respectively.<ref name=":3" /> The city of [[Chennai]] has the highest density per area of CCTV cameras worldwide, with 657 cameras per square kilometer in 2020 (from 280,000 CCTVs). China and India have some of the highest-density and the most amount of CCTVs in cities.<ref name=":4" />

South Korea's military has removed over 1,300 surveillance Chinese cameras from its bases for security reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jankowicz |first=Mia |date=September 17, 2024 |title=South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they're designed to feed back to a Chinese server |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/south-korea-military-removes-1300-cctv-cameras-china-bases-security-2024-9 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> In Hong Kong, the police have stated that they are planning to install up to 7,000 surveillance cameras across Hong Kong in roughly three years time, up from the estimated 600 installed cameras in 2024; this amounts to roughly 2,000 planned cameras every year starting from 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=Police plan to put up 7,000 CCTVs in HK by 2027 |url=https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1783865-20241217.htm |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Radio Television Hong Kong |language=en-gb}}</ref> Earlier, in June 2024, the cameras have also been vaguely planned to be integrated with facial recognition artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2024 |title=New CCTV cameras in Hong Kong to be equipped with facial recognition technology, security chief says |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/26/new-cctv-cameras-in-hong-kong-to-be-equipped-with-facial-recognition-technology-security-chief-says/ |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=Hong Kong Free Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yeung |first=Jessie |date=2024-10-06 |title=Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it's more proof the city is moving closer to China |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/05/asia/hong-kong-police-cameras-facial-recognition-intl-hnk-dst/index.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The plan has been criticized for the potential for the country to become similar to the "intense surveillance of mainland China".<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Leonie Helm |date=2024-10-11 |title=Hong Kong to get thousands of new security cameras – with AI and facial recognition technology |url=https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/hong-kong-to-get-thousands-of-new-security-cameras-with-ai-and-facial-recognition-technology |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=digitalcameraworld |language=en}}</ref> In Japan, an estimation by [[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei Business]] estimated that the total number of security cameras in Japan is approximately 5 million in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yoshino |first=Jiro |date=13 November 2018 |title=日本の防犯カメラ、500万台に迫る |trans-title=Japan's security cameras approach 5 million |url=https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/report/16/110800252/111200002/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> In Singapore, it was estimated that the total number of CCTVs was around 90,000 in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-01 |title=Almost 90,000 police cameras installed in Singapore, 'many more to come': Shanmugam |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/90000-police-cameras-installed-singapore-shanmugam-102536548.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKrzGD0rET5mGJEye2JXEGcYpvYV6G4ozyUmZlkOhi29hPl3Y1s9oebOaE-AKJlQoNoC25cFJxik-TjU0bDE8k91qiC9iu9WbhByp6FGFSR9ARZs_kUExjgfiCwi-n0XH3uF0ys9OOkWGI-X0wWrNpeVDlxo01wNS_Sc3to6A2TQ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-SG}}</ref>