2021 will be a big moment for CCTV: the world’s one-billionth surveillance camera is likely to be installed by the end of the year. That’s one CCTV camera for every eight humans on Earth.
Key Findings
- Chennai in India is the city with the highest density of CCTV cameras: 657.28 per km2.
- London, England, has the most CCTV cameras per km2 outside of Asia: 399.27/km2.
- New York is the US city with the highest density of CCTV cameras: 25.97/km2.
- Beijing in China has the most cameras (1.15M) but is ranked #10 for density (277.51/km2).
- Six of the top 10 cities with the highest density of CCTV cameras are in China; three are in India.
