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 When looking at statistics bear in mind that in some countries the published total of licences or authorisations is cumulative e.g. up until October 2025 the UK figure included every licence ever issued since October 2006.
+====== United Kingdom ======
+In June 2023 there were a total of 101,172 valid UK amateur radio licences held by an estimated 83,000 individual amateurs //(individual amateurs figure derived from 2018 data and subsequent new Foundation exam passes)//.  The licences were made up of:
+  * 32,127 Foundation
+  * 13,109 Intermediate
+  * 54,186 Full
+  * 1,750 Club
+On 1 August 2018 Ofcom stated in response to a Freedom of Information request that //"the total number of **individuals** holding one or more current UK Amateur Radio Licences is 75,660."//
+  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180916124003/http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/september/how-many-uk-radio-amateurs-are-there.htm| How many UK amateurs are there? - Southgate Amateur Radio News]]
+  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180913130710/http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/september/when-where-uk-radio-hams-first-licensed.htm#.W5phCHbP32c|When were UK amateurs first licenced? - Southgate Amateur Radio News]]
+AH0A complied this table of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20240110230327/http://ah0a.org/UK/G-StationsSummarized.html|UK licence totals from 1993-2016]]
+The January 1938 RSGB T&R Bulletin published these licence figures for 1933-1937
+{{ :1938-01_t_r_bulletin_licences_1933-1937.jpg?nolink&400 |}}
+====== Worldwide ======
 Historic statistics up until mid-2010's compiled by AH0A: