I found some interesting information on the Wikipedia entry, "Amateur
radio operator."
It suggests that incensing numbers spiked after CW requirements were
relaxed.
I have rearranged a table from that article listing countries with the
greatest percentage of their populations holding amateur licenses. Of
course some of this relates to how hard a license is to obtain and I
would guess that in poor countries radio gear would be a luxury item
limited to a very few.
I hope this displays as it should:
CountryNumbers of HamsPercent of Population
Japan1,296,0591.012
Slovenia6,5000.317
Republic of China68,6920.296
South Korea141,0000.288
Thailand176,2780.275
United States738,4970.239
Canada69,1830.201
Denmark8,6680.156
Spain58,7000.127
Norway5,3020.106
United Kingdom58,4260.094
Germany75,2620.092
Australia15,3280.067
Italy30,0000.049
Argentina16,8890.042
Poland16,0000.041
Ukraine17,2650.037
France18,5000.028
Russia38,0000.026
Brazil32,0530.016
South Africa6,0000.012
Indonesia27,8150.011
India15,6790.001
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