Hogwarts population + JKR in Bazaar

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 9769

I worked the number out, using the school population of my daughter's 
school system as a guide. I assumed there were eight schools of six 
years each, all with the same number of students. I adjusted for seven 
years at Hogwarts instead of six at my daughters' school. If the 
birthrates are exactly the same,and if Hogwarts is the only wizarding 
school in the UK, then the wizarding population of the UK is under 
5000, without adjusting for muggle-borns like Hermione.

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "milz " <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> Jim Ferer wrote:
> My two daughters live in a town with 55,000 people in it. Their 
> elementary school has 366 students in six years, and there are at 
> least eight other elementary schools in town.  And Hogwarts has 300 
> students for the entire magical population of the UK? I can't make 
> it  work in my head.
> 
> Exactly. We really don't know the population of the wizarding 
> community in the UK. In SS/PS ch 1, Vernon Dudley saw quite a number 
> of people dressed in wizarding attire that day. So, many that he 
> thought there was some sort of convention. Only Dumbledore and 
> McGonagall knew Harry was to live with the Dursleys so it's unlikely 
> that those wizards converged in Little Whinging to welcome Harry 
home, 
> so to speak. So let's say that the entire wizarding population of 
> Little Whinging dressed in their wizard attire that day. Based upon 
> Vernon's observation, there's a good number of wizards and witches 
in 
> Little Whinging! Ans we can assume that there's a good number of 
> magical children there too...unless Little Whinging is a wizarding 
> retirement community.
> 
> :-)Milz