By the end of 2021, an estimated one billion surveillance cameras were in operation globally; 54 per cent of them are located in China. Chinese cities are under the heaviest CCTV surveillance in the world, but there’s growing concern about the surveillance tactics, and lack of data protection, in several countries.
Cities with the most CCTV per people
1) Cities of China – 373 cameras per 1000 people (estimate)
It’s difficult to know how many cameras are installed in any Chinese city; one conservative estimate by IHS Markit puts the number at 540 million cameras countrywide – more than one camera per three people. China’s technology goes beyond facial recognition to ‘emotion recognition’, touted as a way to predict problematic behaviour in prisons, workplaces, schools and care homes.
- Beinjing, China 373 Cameras per 1000 humnas
- Indore, India 63 Cameras per 1000
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- Delhi
- Chenai
- Singapore, Singapore
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- London, England
