Anyone who is a TV streaming fan knows the pain of each country offering different content, thanks to licensing issues. So how does Netflix Canada stack up to the rest of the world? What content are we missing out on?

We’ve analysed the Netflix libraries of 73 countries to see how they compare in terms of quantity.

Number of titles in general

Believe it or not, Netflix Canada has one of the most extensive content libraries in the world. It places third by sheer number of movies and TV shows combined, behind Japan and the US. Japan is the surprise winner, with 6,032 individual titles – 10% more than Canada’s 5,460 titles.

This means that 96% of the analysed Netflix countries have a smaller selection of content than ours.

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Rank Country No. of titles Compared to Canada 1 Japan 6,032 10% 2 United States of America 5,609 3% 3 Canada 5,460 0% 4 United Kingdom 5,108 -6% 5 Ireland 5,023 -8% 6 India 4,706 -14% 7 Australia 4,705 -14% 8 New Zealand 4,568 -16% 9 Luxembourg 4,534 -17% 10 Pakistan 4,416 -19% 11 Bangladesh 4,329 -21% 12 Belgium 4,329 -21% 13 Malta 4,253 -22% 14 Nepal 4,224 -23% 15 Colombia 4,188 -23% 16 Venezuela 4,180 -23% 17 Mexico 4,162 -24% 18 Uruguay 4,122 -25% 19 Peru 4,118 -25% 20 Guatemala 4,117 -25% 21 Costa Rica 4,115 -25% 22 Chile 4,030 -26% 23 Brazil 3,948 -28% 24 Slovakia 3,852 -29% 25 Czech Republic 3,850 -29% 26 Philippines 3,835 -30% 27 Hungary 3,827 -30% 28 Slovenia 3,806 -30% 29 Malaysia 3,803 -30% 30 Croatia 3,800 -30% 31 Ukraine 3,780 -31% 32 Zimbabwe 3,780 -31% 33 Kenya 3,774 -31% 34 Zambia 3,703 -32% 35 Nigeria 3,702 -32% 36 Latvia 3,694 -32% 37 South Africa 3,639 -33% 38 Switzerland 3,556 -35% 39 Korea 3,460 -37% 40 Russia 3,450 -37% 41 Thailand 3,389 -38% 42 Sweden 3,311 -39% 43 Denmark 3,305 -39% 44 Norway 3,296 -40% 45 Singapore 3,268 -40% 46 France 3,228 -41% 47 Vietnam 3,224 -41% 48 Finland 3,186 -42% 49 Germany 3,120 -43% 50 Romania 3,117 -43% 51 Greece 3,098 -43% 52 Austria 3,042 -44% 53 Spain 2,989 -45% 54 Netherlands 2,932 -46% 55 Poland 2,845 -48% 56 Taiwan 2,842 -48% 57 Turkey 2,812 -48% 58 Bahrain 2,799 -49% 59 Bolivia 2,799 -49% 60 Saudi Arabia 2,799 -49% 61 United Arab Emirates 2,799 -49% 62 Jordan 2,798 -49% 63 Hong Kong 2,788 -49% 64 Tunisia 2,774 -49% 65 Algeria 2,768 -49% 66 Morocco 2,759 -49% 67 Iraq 2,691 -51% 68 Egypt 2,679 -51% 69 Lebanon 2,663 -51% 70 Qatar 2,658 -51% 71 Kuwait 2,564 -53% 72 Portugal 2,501 -54% 73 Indonesia 1,586 -71%

Number of movies

When it comes to movies, Japan once again has the largest selection with 19% more than Canada. Canada still sits third on the leaderboard. Despite once again trailing the United States, it’s only by one movie.

On the other end of the spectrum, Indonesia has the smallest movie library at only 1,305 films. This is 67% less than Canada.

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Rank Country No. of movies Compared to Canada 1 Japan 4,747 19% 2 United States of America 3,999 0% 3 Canada 3,998 0% 4 United Kingdom 3,621 -9% 5 Ireland 3,595 -10% 6 India 3,342 -16% 7 Australia 3,270 -18% 8 Mexico 3,163 -21% 9 Colombia 3,156 -21% 10 New Zealand 3,146 -21% 11 Venezuela 3,144 -21% 12 Luxembourg 3,126 -22% 13 Pakistan 3,103 -22% 14 Uruguay 3,096 -23% 15 Peru 3,094 -23% 16 Guatemala 3,093 -23% 17 Costa Rica 3,091 -23% 18 Chile 3,054 -24% 19 Bangladesh 3,029 -24% 20 Belgium 3,029 -24% 21 Brazil 2,993 -25% 22 Nepal 2,985 -25% 23 Malta 2,944 -26% 24 Czech Republic 2,663 -33% 25 Slovakia 2,662 -33% 26 Hungary 2,636 -34% 27 Philippines 2,634 -34% 28 Malaysia 2,628 -34% 29 Zimbabwe 2,623 -34% 30 Slovenia 2,618 -35% 31 Croatia 2,617 -35% 32 Korea 2,617 -35% 33 Kenya 2,609 -35% 34 Ukraine 2,601 -35% 35 Switzerland 2,562 -36% 36 Zambia 2,547 -36% 37 Nigeria 2,544 -36% 38 Latvia 2,515 -37% 39 Denmark 2,505 -37% 40 Sweden 2,492 -38% 41 Norway 2,491 -38% 42 Finland 2,419 -39% 43 Russia 2,369 -41% 44 South Africa 2,369 -41% 45 Thailand 2,345 -41% 46 France 2,319 -42% 47 Vietnam 2,258 -44% 48 Germany 2,240 -44% 49 Romania 2,225 -44% 50 Greece 2,221 -44% 51 Singapore 2,218 -45% 52 Austria 2,198 -45% 53 Spain 2,153 -46% 54 Netherlands 2,135 -47% 55 Poland 2,062 -48% 56 Bahrain 2,020 -49% 57 Bolivia 2,020 -49% 58 Jordan 2,020 -49% 59 Saudi Arabia 2,020 -49% 60 United Arab Emirates 2,020 -49% 61 Tunisia 2,002 -50% 62 Algeria 1,996 -50% 63 Turkey 1,990 -50% 64 Morocco 1,988 -50% 65 Iraq 1,967 -51% 66 Egypt 1,953 -51% 67 Lebanon 1,938 -52% 68 Hong Kong 1,935 -52% 69 Taiwan 1,935 -52% 70 Qatar 1,931 -52% 71 Kuwait 1,916 -52% 72 Portugal 1,794 -55% 73 Indonesia 1,305 -67%

Number of TV shows

As for TV shows, Canada once again remains in third place with 1,462 shows on offer. The US holds the most amount of series at 1,610, followed by the United Kingdom at 1,487. Indonesia has the least amount of TV shows on Netflix with a count of 281.

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Rank Country No. of TV shows Compared to Canada 1 United States of America 1,610 10% 2 United Kingdom 1,487 2% 3 Canada 1,462 0% 4 Australia 1,435 -2% 5 Ireland 1,428 -2% 6 New Zealand 1,422 -3% 7 Luxembourg 1,408 -4% 8 India 1,364 -7% 9 Pakistan 1,313 -10% 10 Malta 1,309 -10% 11 Bangladesh 1,300 -11% 12 Belgium 1,300 -11% 13 Japan 1,285 -12% 14 South Africa 1,270 -13% 15 Nepal 1,239 -15% 16 Philippines 1,201 -18% 17 Hungary 1,191 -19% 18 Slovakia 1,190 -19% 19 Slovenia 1,188 -19% 20 Czech Republic 1,187 -19% 21 Croatia 1,183 -19% 22 Latvia 1,179 -19% 23 Ukraine 1,179 -19% 24 Malaysia 1,175 -20% 25 Kenya 1,165 -20% 26 Nigeria 1,158 -21% 27 Zimbabwe 1,157 -21% 28 Zambia 1,156 -21% 29 Russia 1,081 -26% 30 Singapore 1,050 -28% 31 Thailand 1,044 -29% 32 Venezuela 1,036 -29% 33 Colombia 1,032 -29% 34 Uruguay 1,026 -30% 35 Costa Rica 1,024 -30% 36 Guatemala 1,024 -30% 37 Peru 1,024 -30% 38 Mexico 999 -32% 39 Switzerland 994 -32% 40 Chile 976 -33% 41 Vietnam 966 -34% 42 Brazil 955 -35% 43 France 909 -38% 44 Taiwan 907 -38% 45 Romania 892 -39% 46 Germany 880 -40% 47 Greece 877 -40% 48 Hong Kong 853 -42% 49 Austria 844 -42% 50 Korea 843 -42% 51 Spain 836 -43% 52 Turkey 822 -44% 53 Sweden 819 -44% 54 Norway 805 -45% 55 Denmark 800 -45% 56 Netherlands 797 -45% 57 Poland 783 -46% 58 Bahrain 779 -47% 59 Bolivia 779 -47% 60 Saudi Arabia 779 -47% 61 United Arab Emirates 779 -47% 62 Jordan 778 -47% 63 Algeria 772 -47% 64 Tunisia 772 -47% 65 Morocco 771 -47% 66 Finland 767 -48% 67 Qatar 727 -50% 68 Egypt 726 -50% 69 Lebanon 725 -50% 70 Iraq 724 -50% 71 Portugal 707 -52% 72 Kuwait 648 -56% 73 Indonesia 281 -81%

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