STATUS SUMMARY OF RADIO AMATEURS & AMATEUR STATIONS OF THE WORLD 2000 Region 1 Club Individual Total Total Licensed Society Data Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes ZA Albania 1 16 17 16 16 16 00 7X Algeria 7 60 67 60 60 160 00 C3 Andorra 2 94 96 94 94 143 00 D2 Angola 5 5 5 - - 97 N O EK Armenia 60 60 ? - - 93 N O OE Austria 328 6214 6542 6214 3685 3709 00 4J Azerbaijan 100 100 ? - - 93 N O A9 Bahrain 1 53 54 53 53 53 94 O EU Belarus 42 1361 1403 1359 301 321 00 ON Belgium 149 5295 5444 5295 2709 3179 00 TY Benin 5 5 5 - - 97 N O T9 Bosnia 53 1705 1758 1758 1375 1758 00 A2 Botswana 1 18 19 18 8 8 00 LZ Bulgaria 244 3750 3994 4950 537 543 98 XT Burkina Faso 2 6 8 6 5 40 95 9U Burundi Information being sought N TJ Cameroon 20 20 20 - - 97 N O D4 Cape Verde 4 4 4 - - 97 N O TL Central Africa 20 20 20 - - 97 N O TT Chad 10 10 10 - - 97 N O D6 Comoros 10 10 10 - - 97 N O 9Q DPR Congo 5 5 5 - - 97 N O TN RO Congo 5 5 5 - - 97 N O TU Cote d'Ivoire 3 500 503 500 150 160 00 9A Croatia 85 1752 1837 1410 1752 1806 00 5B Cyprus 3 578 581 578 93 95 00 OK Czech Rep. 427 6720 7147 7086 3946 4803 00 OZ Denmark ? 10060 10060 10060 3500 4570 00 J2 Djibouti 1 6 7 6 6 6 98 SU Egypt 1 20 21 43 12 12 00 3C Eq. Guinea 5 5 5 - - 97 N O E3 Eritrea Information being sought N ES Estonia 14 620 634 1000 362 362 00 ET Ethiopia 1 6 7 23 17 47 98 OY Faroe Is. 3 90 93 90 40 42 99 OH Finland 200 5900 6100 5900 4543 5135 00 Z3 FYR Macedonia 32 168 200 620 200 335 99 F France 610 18500 19110 18500 8500 10600 97 TR Gabon 2 35 37 35 25 27 00 C5 Gambia 1 19 20 19 12 12 95 O 4L Georgia 250 250 ? - - 93 N O DL Germany 2485 79666 82151 79666 50794 53464 00 9G Ghana 2 30 32 30 30 30 99 ZB Gibraltar 1 12 13 12 12 13 00 SV Greece 7 2952 2959 2952 987 1251 97 3X Guinea 5 5 5 - - 97 N O J5 Guinea-Bissau 5 5 5 - - 97 N O HA Hungary 200 8420 8620 9000 2055 2246 00 TF Iceland 4 140 146 140 108 133 97 YI Iraq 1 80 81 80 80 80 98 EI Ireland 50 1658 1708 1658 823 932 98 4X Israel 52 1225 1277 1225 650 750 98 I Italy 30000 30000 30000 16000 22200 93 JY Jordan 8 133 141 133 133 133 95 O UN Kazakhstan 550 550 ? - - 93 N O 5Z Kenya 2 42 44 37 33 79 00 EX Kyrgyzstan 80 80 ? - - 93 N O 9K Kuwait 1 126 127 126 122 128 98 YL Latvia 21 194 215 190 95 98 99 OD Lebanon 1 205 206 205 36 38 00 7P Lesotho 1 10 11 13 13 14 99 EL Liberia 1 7 8 17 17 44 98 5A Libya 1 0 1 ? - - 99 N O HB0 Liechtenstein 1 14 15 16 14 15 00 LY Lithuania 61 810 871 810 380 385 98 LX Luxembourg 57 525 582 525 361 386 00 5R Madagascar 20 20 20 - - 97 N O 7Q Malawi 20 20 20 - - 97 N O TZ Mali 23 23 23 23 23 95 9H Malta 3 470 473 470 92 102 98 5T Mauritania 20 20 20 - - 97 N O 3B Mauritius - 41 41 41 28 37 00 ER Moldova 25 192 217 192 71 76 98 3A Monaco 2 63 65 63 26 26 95 JT Mongolia 3 19 22 19 77 189 98 CN Morocco 1 175 176 391 391 263 98 C9 Mozambique - 50 50 50 25 25 95 V5 Namibia 1 88 89 88 39 39 97 PA Netherlands 191 14529 14720 14529 8181 10271 00 5U Niger Information being sought N 5N Nigeria 70 88 158 158 158 428 00 LA Norway 210 5302 5512 5302 2600 2748 00 A4 Oman 2 94 96 94 94 126 00 SP Poland ? ? 16000 16000 2800 2800 00 CT Portugal 12 4200 4212 4200 1600 2100 99 A7 Qatar - 21 21 21 21 40 93 YO Romania 350 3500 3850 3500 700 1600 99 R Russia ? ? 38000 38000 4000 4000 93 9X Rwanda 20 20 20 - - 97 N O T7 San Marino 1 30 31 50 25 25 00 S9 Sao Tome 5 5 5 - - 97 N O HZ Saudi Arabia 4 10 14 ? - - 97 N O 6W Senegal 1 41 42 41 41 41 00 S7 Seychelles 10 10 10 - - 97 N O 9L Sierra Leone 1 36 37 36 20 ? 95 O OM Slovakia 100 930 1030 930 930 1920 00 S5 Slovenia 265 6500 6765 6500 3945 4245 00 T5 Somalia Information being sought N ZS South Africa 51 6000 6051 6000 2433 3028 94 EA Spain 300 58700 59000 58700 13964 15429 99 ST Sudan 5 5 5 - - 97 N O 3DA Swaziland 1 20 21 56 48 51 95 SM Sweden 699 10817 11516 10817 5677 5897 97 HB Switzerland - 5500 5500 5500 3732 4382 98 YK Syria 1 6 7 9 12 18 00 EY Tajikistan 5 48 53 48 20 20 00 5H Tanzania 4 59 63 173 28 63 99 5V Togo 10 10 10 - - 97 N O 3V Tunisia 2 0 1 20 20 60 00 O TA Turkey 35 1190 1225 1200 420 1055 97 EZ Turkmenistan 1 18 19 19 19 19 00 5X Uganda 20 20 20 7 8 95 UR Ukraine 1223 17265 18488 17265 730 730 00 A6 UAE 10 10 10 - - 97 N O G UK 1202 57224 58426 58426 23670 27172 00 UJ Uzbekistan 350 350 ? - - 93 N O HV Vatican 4 0 4 ? - - 97 N O 4W Yemen Information being sought N YU Yugoslavia 71 354 425 354 336 354 00 9J Zambia - 40 40 45 9 9 99 Z2 Zimbabwe 1 96 97 96 66 76 99 Total in Region 1 449176 442193 181822 209856 00 451000 441000 187000 215000 99 436000 441000 191000 224000 98 416000 420000 191000 233000 97 410000 414000 193000 241000 96 390000 406000 198000 245000 95 Region 2 Club Individual Total Total Licensed Society Data Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes VP2 Anguilla 1 8 9 8 8 15 99 V2 Antigua 20 20 20 10 15 90 O LU Argentina 204 16889 17093 16889 2685 2783 99 P4 Aruba 1 78 79 78 40 41 00 C6 Bahamas 10 10 10 10 15 90 O 8P Barbados 150 150 150 50 60 96 O V3 Belize 50 50 50 - - 96 N O VP9 Bermuda - 90 90 90 80 89 95 CP Bolivia 14 1385 1399 1385 1144 2543 92 PY Brazil 425 32053 32478 32053 9437 9808 97 VP2 Br. Virgin - 7 7 6 7 7 00 VE Canada 1420 47464 48884 44024 6355 6500 00 ZF Cayman Is. 6 68 74 68 65 68 97 CE Chile 30 7054 7084 7054 800 800 93 HK Colombia 22 6500 6522 6500 1100 1100 99 TI Costa Rica 14 937 951 937 205 250 92 CO Cuba 153 1870 2023 1870 1870 3197 97 J7 Dominica 2 70 72 70 35 90 90 O HI Dominicana 12 2354 2366 2354 714 714 92 HC Ecuador 23 2006 2029 2006 331 341 99 YS El Salvador 2 703 705 703 235 237 98 J3 Grenada 1 40 41 168 55 72 93 TG Guatemala 1 386 387 386 152 152 98 8R Guyana 3 50 53 50 25 25 95 HH Haiti 1 100 101 100 25 25 95 HR Honduras 3 298 301 298 158 158 00 6Y Jamaica 1 84 85 84 84 94 98 XE Mexico ? ? 7059 7059 130 130 00 VP2 Montserrat 1 92 93 92 62 62 97 PJ Neth. Antilles 1 60 61 60 55 78 90 O YN Nicaragua 1 564 565 564 92 92 94 HP Panama 19 1929 1948 2024 749 751 00 ZP Paraguay 15 5048 5063 5085 763 794 99 OA Peru 27 3080 3107 3080 537 607 95 PZ Suriname 1 99 100 93 45 45 00 V4 St. Kitts 40 40 40 - - 96 N O J6 St. Lucia 40 40 40 - - 96 N O J8 St. Vincent 30 30 30 - - 96 N O 9Y Trinidad 7 445 452 445 220 250 00 VP5 Turks 15 15 25 25 85 93 W USA 7055 679864 686919 679864 148529 152082 00 CX Uruguay 11 3980 3991 3980 418 426 95 YV Venezuela 32 10600 10632 10600 1000 1490 00 Total in Region 2 843178 830492 178305 186091 00 842724 833278 180000 187000 99 847000 838000 183000 191000 98 842000 840000 196000 204000 97 837000 835000 212000 219000 96 807000 807000 205000 217000 95 Region 3 Club Individual Total Total Licensed Society Data Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes YA Afghanistan Information being sought N VK Australia 388 15328 15716 15328 4449 4557 00 S2 Bangladesh 1 28 29 28 23 54 99 A5 Bhutan 1 0 1 ? - - 97 N O V8 Brunei 2 15 17 15 15 15 99 XU Cambodia Information being sought N B China 150 900 1050 800 900 8400 00 BV Chinese Taipei 49 24324 24373 68692 1058 1264 99 VR2 Hong Kong 12 1461 1473 1508 175 180 99 3D2 Fiji 2 15 17 15 15 15 99 FO Fr. Polynesia 2 172 174 172 50 72 93 VU India 81 10598 10679 10679 486 1217 00 YB Indonesia 358 27815 28173 27815 27815 27815 97 EP Iran 10 10 10 - - 97 N O JA Japan ? ? 1296059 1296059 133841 134493 99 T3 Kiribati 20 20 20 - - 97 N O P5 DPR Korea Information being sought N HL RO Korea 2885 54837 57722 141000 13621 17833 00 XW Laos 2 0 2 ? - - 96 N O 9M Malaysia 9 381 390 381 330 421 99 8Q Maldives 5 5 5 - - 97 N O V7 Marshall Is. 1 10 10 10 - - 97 N O V6 Micronesia 10 10 10 - - 97 N O XZ Myanmar Information being sought N C2 Nauru 1 5 5 5 - - 97 N O 9N Nepal 1 10 10 10 - - 97 N O FK New Caledonia 3 130 133 130 25 32 99 ZL New Zealand 122 5464 5586 5464 2770 3012 00 AP Pakistan 9 214 223 214 58 258 99 P2 PNG 3 95 98 95 17 17 00 DU Philippines 25 4000 4025 4000 700 700 00 9V Singapore - 95 95 95 58 71 00 H4 Solomon Is. 1 6 7 6 7 7 00 4S Sri Lanka 3 200 203 200 75 150 94 O HS Thailand 74 50914 50988 141241 469 469 99 A3 Tonga 8 8 15 15 15 98 T2 Tuvalu 2 2 2 - - 97 N O YJ Vanuatu 1 25 26 25 20 24 90 O 3W Vietnam 4 8 12 23 23 107 00 N 5W Western Samoa 15 15 15 11 15 98 Total in Region 3 1497366 1714087 187026 201213 00 1491000 1703000 185000 198000 99 1349000 1464000 192000 204000 98 1463000 1517000 205000 221000 97 1459000 1514000 206000 222000 96 1434000 1434000 279000 303000 95 Total Total Licensed Society Data Stations Operators Members Members Year Total Worldwide 2789720 2986772 547153 597160 00 2784000 2977000 552000 600000 99 2632000 2743000 566000 619000 98 2721000 2777000 592000 658000 97 2707000 2763000 612000 682000 96 2630000 2646000 681000 764000 95 1974000 1967000 590000 724000 90 1744000 1799000 559264 805664 88 1511000 1489000 450000 738000 85 1378000 1381557 450000 781017 84 1800000? 1380000 449000 769000 83 1152000 1134000 435000 720000 80 737000 737000+ 267000 524000 75 525000 525000+ 199000 408000 70 399000 399000+ 154000 291000 65 Keys N: Country with no active IARU member society O: Information from sources other than the country's IARU member society