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
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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
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Keys N: Country with no active IARU member society
O: Information from sources other than the country's IARU member society
