The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) published in 2000 for the global head count. The IARU once regularly collected amateur radio population statistics, but stopped the practice around the point when the worldwide amateur radio population began to decline.
Data available elsewhere for a few…
Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/data-on-number-of-radio-amateurs-worldwide-needs-updating
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