World ham population ratios

The ratio of hams to the number of people in France is 2,495 people for every one ham radio operator. In the USA, that ratio is a lot better at 434:1. What a huge difference.

But this USA number is nowhere near as close to that of Japan at 94:1. Math here is 127,333,000 population versus 1,350,120 hams.

Germany has a ratio of 1,044:1, while the UK is lower at 954:1. Spain is at 662:1 while Italy is almost three times this at 1,889:1. Brazil is 5,744:1 while Argentina is at 1,140:1. Canada has a ratio of 696:1, while Australia is at 825:1.

Two big numbers really stood out in digging these numbers up on the Internet. Russia is at 3783:1 India is at 70,000:1, with about 15,000 ham operators with a population of 1,080,264,000.

Source: Radio Bulgaria

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