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Cinema: Cinema screens

Top 20 countries ranked by number of cinema screens, 1996 and 2002–2006

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Australia has been no. 14 in the world in terms of total number of screens since 2004. It fell from no. 12 in 2003 and 2002.

Rank (2006)	Country	Screen count
Rank (2006)	Country	1996	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
1	US	29,731	35,280	35,786	36,652	38,852	38,415
2	China	69,000	65,500	42,000	40,308	39,425	37,753
3	India	13,100	11,000	11,000	10,500	10,500	11,183
4	France	4,530	5,280	5,295	5,302	5,366	5,632
5	Germany	4,035	4,868	4,868	4,870	4,889	4,848
6	Spain	2,354	4,039	4,253	4,390	4,398	4,299
7	Italy	2,326	3,415	3,628	3,762	3,865	3,987
8	Mexico	1,639	2,755	3,197	3,248	3,544	3,762
9	UK	2,215	3,402	3,433	3,475	3,486	3,569
10	Canada	1,986	2,753	2,822	2,980	2,933	2,986
11	Japan	1,882	2,635	2,681	2,825	2,926	2,926
12	Russian Federation	1,900	1,654	1,809	1,986	2,236	2,499
13	Brazil	1,610	1,635	1,817	1,988	2,081	2,175
14	Australia	1,251	1,872	1,907	1,909	1,943	1,964
15	South Korea	511	977	1,130	1,451	1,634	1,847
16	Turkey	381	930	945	1,059	1,280	1,480
18	Argentina	499	978	1,003	1,034	1,078	1,157
17	Sweden	1,169	1,176	1,170	1,178	1,178	1,093
19	Poland	829	925	940	870	855	980
20	Indonesia	2,150	850	850	876	902	929

Source: Screen Digest, September 2000, October 2001, September 2002, October 2003, September 2004, September 2005 and October 2006.