20 December 1999
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 99
7X Algeria 7 60 67 60 60 150 98
C3 Andorra 2 137 138 137 100 147 99
D2 Angola 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
EK Armenia 60 60 ? - - 93 N O
OE Austria 328 6214 6542 6214 3741 3763 99
4J Azerbaijan 100 100 ? - - 93 N O
A9 Bahrain 1 53 54 53 53 53 94 O
EU Belarus 96 1208 1304 1208 285 352 98
ON Belgium 136 5468 5604 5468 2970 3595 98
TY Benin 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
T9 Bosnia 27 1252 1279 1252 1252 1372 98
A2 Botswana 1 27 28 27 16 16 93
LZ Bulgaria 244 3750 3994 4950 537 543 98
XT Burkina Faso 2 6 8 6 5 40 95
9U Burundi 1 1 - - 99 N O
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 5 500 505 500 120 160 99
9A Croatia 86 1615 1701 1615 1615 1735 99
5B Cyprus 3 697 700 697 83 93 99
OK Czech Rep. 431 6189 6620 6189 3740 4412 99
OZ Denmark ? 10060 ? 10060 3701 4570 92
J2 Djibouti 1 6 7 6 6 6 98
SU Egypt 1 15 16 40 10 12 99
ES Estonia 7 616 623 616 462 462 99
3C Eq. Guinea 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
E3 Eritrea Information being sought N
ET Ethiopia 1 6 7 23 17 47 98
OY Faroe Is. 3 90 93 90 40 42 99
OH Finland 147 6075 6122 6075 4651 5107 98
Z3 FYR Macedonia 32 168 200 620 200 335 99
F France 610 18500 19110 18500 8500 10600 97
TR Gabon 2 28 30 28 15 15 97
C5 Gambia 1 19 20 19 12 12 95 O
4L Georgia 250 250 ? - - 93 N O
DL Germany 2430 80336 82766 80336 52658 54649 98
9G Ghana 2 30 32 30 30 30 99
ZB Gibraltar 1 20 21 20 15 15 99
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 150 7750 7900 8000 1848 2029 99
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 3 47 50 47 46 86 99
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 2 205 207 205 38 38 99
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 13 14 13 13 14 99
LY Lithuania 61 810 871 810 380 385 98
LX Luxembourg 53 518 572 518 363 397 99
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 27 36 99
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 128 14693 14821 14693 8982 10890 98
5U Niger Information being sought N
5N Nigeria 70 85 155 155 155 302 99
LA Norway 206 5588 5794 5588 2736 2899 99
A4 Oman 2 95 97 95 95 142 99
SP Poland 1000 15000 16000 15000 2800 2800 99
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 30 30 95
S9 Sao Tome 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
HZ Saudi Arabia 4 10 14 ? - - 97 N O
6W Senegal 1 41 42 41 35 35 99
S7 Seychelles 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
9L Sierra Leone 1 36 37 36 20 ? 95 O
OM Slovakia 100 1200 1300 1200 930 1920 99
S5 Slovenia 234 6778 7015 6778 6778 7278 97
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 5 6 8 8 10 99
EY Tajikistan ? 57 57 57 29 29 96
5H Tanzania 4 59 63 173 28 63 99
5V Togo 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
3V Tunisia 1 0 1 20 20 60 98
TA Turkey 35 1190 1225 1200 420 1055 97
EZ Turkmenistan - 22 22 22 22 22 99
5X Uganda 20 20 20 7 8 95
UR Ukraine 1223 17265 18488 17265 719 719 99
A6 UAE 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
G UK 2078 57124 59202 57124 23045 26946 99
UJ Uzbekistan 350 350 ? - - 93 N O
HV Vatican 4 0 4 ? - - 97 N O
4W Yemen Information being sought N
YU Yugoslavia 75 640 715 640 640 745 98
9J Zambia - 40 40 45 9 9 99
Z2 Zimbabwe 1 96 97 96 66 76 99
Total in Region 1 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 68 69 68 24 34 99
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 - 11 11 11 11 11 98
VE Canada 1360 45000 46360 45000 6304 6573 99
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 3 402 405 402 206 206 99
6Y Jamaica 1 84 85 84 84 94 98
XE Mexico 122 7558 7700 7558 1300 1500 97
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 18 1954 1972 1954 697 699 98
ZP Paraguay 15 5048 5063 5085 763 794 99
OA Peru 27 3080 3107 3080 537 607 95
PZ Suriname 75 75 75 60 60 90 O
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 99
VP5 Turks 15 15 25 25 85 93
W USA 7055 679864 686919 679864 148529 152082 99
CX Uruguay 11 3980 3991 3980 418 426 95
YV Venezuela 64 11900 11964 11900 1250 1250 98
Total in Region 2 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 376 15874 16250 15874 4775 4921 98
S2 Bangladesh 1 28 29 28 23 54 99
A5 Bhutan 1 0 1 ? - - 97 N O
V8 Brunei 70 70 70 - - 97 N
XU Cambodia 5 5 5 - - 99 N O
BY China 140 850 990 850 850 6650 99
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 97 10003 10100 10003 569 1315 99
YB Indonesia 358 27815 28173 27815 27815 27815 97
EP Iran 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
JA Japan ? ? 1296059 ? 133841 134493 99
T3 Kiribati 20 20 20 - - 97 N O
P5 DPR Korea Information being sought N
HL RO Korea 1050 50122 51172 130000 11504 16339 99
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 252 5694 5946 5694 2847 2922 99
AP Pakistan 9 214 223 214 58 258 99
P2 PNG 2 92 94 92 40 40 98
DU Philippines 25 4000 4025 4000 700 700 99 O
9V Singapore - 89 89 89 63 74 99
H4 Solomon Is. 1 8 9 8 7 7 97
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 5 7 12 32 32 98 99 N
5W Western Samoa 15 15 15 11 15 98
Total in Region 3 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 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
1511000 1489000 450000 738000 85
1152000 1134000 435000 720000 80
737000 737000+ 267000 524000 75
525000 525000+ 199000 408000 70
399000 399000+ 154000 291000 65
265000 265000+ 117000 236000 60
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