31 December 1998
Region 1 Club Individual Total Total Society Licensed Data
Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes
ZA Albania 1 12 13 31 31 31 98
7X Algeria 7 60 67 60 150 60 98
C3 Andorra 1 137 138 137 155 103 98
D2 Angola 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
EK Armenia 60 60 ? - - 93 N O
OE Austria 325 6218 6543 6218 3741 3721 98
4J Azerbaijan 100 100 ? - - 93 N O
A9 Bahrain 1 53 54 53 53 53 94 O
EU Belarus 96 1208 1304 1208 352 285 98
ON Belgium 136 5468 5604 5468 3595 2970 98
TY Benin 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
T9 Bosnia 27 1252 1279 1252 1372 1252 98
A2 Botswana 1 27 28 27 16 16 93
LZ Bulgaria 244 3750 3994 4950 885 880 98
XT Burkina Faso 2 6 8 6 40 5 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 4 475 479 475 105 105 95
9A Croatia 300 1500 1800 2400 6000 2400 93
5B Cyprus 3 697 700 697 90 83 98
OK Czech Rep. 442 5473 5915 5312 4732 3287 98
OZ Denmark ? 10060 ? 10060 4570 3701 92
J2 Djibouti 1 6 7 6 6 6 98
SU Egypt 1 9 10 15 21 15 98
ES Estonia 7 608 615 608 445 445 98
3C Eq. Guinea 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
E3 Eritrea Information being sought N
ET Ethiopia 1 6 7 23 47 17 98
OY Faroe Is. 3 89 92 89 72 52 95
OH Finland 147 6075 6122 6075 5107 4651 98
Z3 FYR Macedonia 61 220 281 220 705 220 98
F France 610 18500 19110 18500 10600 8500 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 54694 52658 98
9G Ghana 1 56 57 56 30 30 95
ZB Gibraltar 1 12 13 12 12 12 98
SV Greece 7 2952 2959 2952 1251 987 97
3X Guinea 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
J5 Guinea-Bissau 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
HA Hungary 132 2330 2462 6152 2716 2330 95
TF Iceland 4 140 146 140 133 108 97
YI Iraq 1 80 81 80 80 80 98
EI Ireland 50 1687 1737 1687 937 807 97
4X Israel 52 1225 1277 1225 750 650 98
I Italy - 30000 30000 30000 22200 16000 93
Region 1 Club Individual Total Total Society Licensed Data
Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes
JY Jordan 8 133 141 133 133 133 95 O
UN Kazakhstan 550 550 ? - - 93 N O
5Z Kenya 3 53 56 53 115 51 98
EX Kyrgyzstan 80 80 ? - - 93 N O
9K Kuwait 1 126 127 126 128 122 98
YL Latvia 22 480 502 492 287 279 95
OD Lebanon 2 205 207 205 107 107 98
7P Lesotho 1 19 20 19 14 13 93
EL Liberia 1 7 8 17 44 17 98
5A Libya 1 0 1 ? - - 97 N O
HB0 Liechtenstein 1 14 15 14 17 14 98
LY Lithuania 61 810 871 810 385 380 98
LX Luxembourg 50 476 526 476 369 332 97
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 3 470 473 470 102 92 98
5T Mauritania 20 20 20 - - 97 N O
3B Mauritius - 41 41 41 36 27 98
ER Moldova 25 192 217 192 76 71 98
3A Monaco 2 63 65 63 26 26 95
JT Mongolia 3 19 22 19 189 77 98
CN Morocco 1 175 176 391 263 391 98
C9 Mozambique - 50 50 50 25 25 95
V5 Namibia 1 88 89 88 39 39 97
PA Netherlands 128 14693 14821 14693 10890 8982 98
5U Niger Information being sought N
5N Nigeria 20 60 80 80 348 80 97
LA Norway 225 5560 5785 5560 3009 2825 98
A4 Oman 2 105 107 105 235 105 98
SP Poland 702 15184 15886 15184 3383 3011 98
CT Portugal 35 3500 3535 3500 1600 1500 95 O
A7 Qatar - 21 21 21 40 21 93
YO Romania 375 3425 3800 3425 ? 780 96 O
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 2 33 35 175 30 30 98
S7 Seychelles 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
9L Sierra Leone 1 36 37 36 ? 20 95 O
OM Slovakia 120 1606 1726 1606 1920 950 98
S5 Slovenia 234 6778 7015 6778 7278 6778 97
T5 Somalia Information being sought N
ZS South Africa 51 6000 6051 6000 3028 2433 94
EA Spain 380 59132 59512 59132 16703 14300 98
ST Sudan 5 5 5 - - 97 N O
3DA Swaziland 1 20 21 56 51 48 95
SM Sweden 699 10817 11516 10817 5897 5677 97
HB Switzerland - 5500 5500 5500 4382 3732 98
YK Syria - 5 5 9 9 9 98
EY Tajikistan ? 57 57 57 29 29 96
5H Tanzania 5 81 86 86 47 25 98
5V Togo 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
3V Tunisia 1 0 1 20 60 20 98
Region 1 Club Individual Total Total Society Licensed Data
Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes
TA Turkey 35 1190 1225 1200 1055 420 97
EZ Turkmenistan - 22 22 22 24 22 97
5X Uganda 20 20 20 8 7 95
UR Ukraine ? ? 7000 14000 2075 2075 93
A6 UAE 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
G UK 250 61843 62093 61843 28170 23875 97
UJ Uzbekistan 350 350 ? - - 93 N O
HV Vatican 4 0 4 ? - - 97 N O
4W Yemen Information being sought N
YU Yugoslavia 75 640 715 640 745 640 98
9J Zambia - 40 40 48 8 8 95
Z2 Zimbabwe 2 96 98 96 85 68 98
Total in Region 1 436000 441000 224000 191000 98
416000 420000 233000 191000 97
410000 414000 241000 193000 96
390000 406000 245000 198000 95
Region 2 Club Individual Total Total Society Licensed Data
Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes
VP2 Anguilla 1 16 17 16 21 16 93
V2 Antigua 20 20 20 15 10 90 O
LU Argentina 196 29580 29776 29580 3107 3032 95
P4 Aruba 1 43 44 87 48 43 96
C6 Bahamas 10 10 10 15 10 90 O
8P Barbados 150 150 150 60 50 96 O
V3 Belize 50 50 50 - - 96 N O
VP9 Bermuda - 90 90 90 89 80 95
CP Bolivia 14 1385 1399 1385 2543 1144 92
PY Brazil 425 32053 32478 32053 9808 9437 97
VP2 Br. Virgin - 11 11 11 11 11 98
VE Canada 1339 44512 45851 44512 8750 8276 98
ZF Cayman Is. 6 68 74 68 68 65 97
CE Chile 30 7054 7084 7054 800 800 93
HK Colombia 6500 6500 6500 1610 1610 98
TI Costa Rica 14 937 951 937 250 205 92
CO Cuba 153 1870 2023 1870 3197 1870 97
J7 Dominica 2 70 72 70 90 35 90 O
HI Dominicana 12 2354 2366 2354 714 714 92
HC Ecuador 15 2444 2459 2444 622 522 93
YS El Salvador 2 703 705 703 237 235 98
J3 Grenada 1 40 41 168 72 55 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 4 785 789 785 172 167 98
6Y Jamaica 1 84 85 84 94 84 98
XE Mexico 122 7558 7700 7558 1500 1300 97
VP2 Montserrat 1 92 93 92 62 62 97
PJ Neth. Antilles 1 60 61 60 78 55 90 O
YN Nicaragua 1 564 565 564 92 92 94
HP Panama 18 1954 1972 1954 699 697 98
ZP Paraguay 16 3000 3016 3000 891 891 95
OA Peru 27 3080 3107 3080 607 537 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 4 425 429 425 215 195 98
VP5 Turks 15 15 25 85 25 93
W USA 6603 673823 680426 673823 152501 148817 98
CX Uruguay 11 3980 3991 3980 426 418 95
YV Venezuela 64 11900 11964 11900 1250 1250 98
Total in Region 2 847000 838000 191000 183000 98
842000 840000 204000 196000 97
837000 835000 219000 212000 96
807000 807000 217000 205000 95
Region 3 Club Individual Total Total Society Licensed Data
Country Stations Stations Stations Operators Members Members Year Notes
YA Afghanistan Information being sought N
VK Australia 376 15874 16250 15874 4921 4775 98
S2 Bangladesh 1 10 11 10 30 10 95
A5 Bhutan 1 0 1 ? - - 97 N O
V8 Brunei 70 70 70 - - 97 N
XU Cambodia Information being sought N
BY China 130 650 780 650 6500 650 98
BV Chinese Taipei 49 10242 10291 47373 1505 1289 98
3D2 Fiji 2 12 14 12 12 12 98
FO Fr. Polynesia 2 172 174 172 72 50 93
VR2 Hong Kong 10 2500 2510 2500 155 150 98
VU India 104 9686 9790 9686 1194 521 98
YB Indonesia 358 27815 28173 27815 27815 27815 97
EP Iran 10 10 10 - - 97 N O
JA Japan ? ? 1219907 ? 143122 142420 98
T3 Kiribati 20 20 20 - - 97 N O
P5 DPR Korea Information being sought N
HL RO Korea 750 44648 45398 120000 12960 9495 98
XW Laos 2 0 2 ? - - 96 N O
9M Malaysia 5 300 305 300 270 170 95
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
ZL New Zealand 272 5928 6200 10000 2993 2533 98
AP Pakistan 3 50 53 50 98 48 92
P2 PNG 2 92 94 92 40 40 98
DU Philippines 25 4000 4025 4000 905 905 98 O
9V Singapore - 60 60 60 68 60 98
H4 Solomon Is. 1 8 9 8 7 7 97
4S Sri Lanka 3 200 203 200 150 75 94 O
HS Thailand 1 5000 5001 5000 900 800 92
A3 Tonga 8 8 15 15 15 98
T2 Tuvalu 2 2 2 - - 97 N O
YJ Vanuatu 1 25 26 25 24 20 90 O
3W Vietnam 2 20 10 10 - - 97 N O
5W Western Samoa 15 15 15 15 11 98
Total in Region 3 1349000 1464000 204000 192000 98
1463000 1517000 221000 205000 97
1459000 1514000 222000 206000 96
1434000 1434000 303000 279000 95
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Total Worldwide 2632000 2743000 619000 566000 98
2721000 2777000 658000 592000 97
2707000 2763000 682000 612000 96
2630000 2646000 764000 681000 95
N: Country with no active IARU member society
O: Information from sources other than the country's IARU member society