[HPforGrownups] Re:Wizard Population and Other Schools

[Katsmall the Wise]

No: HPFGUIDX 47155


Steve wrote:

> >
> > :-)
> > Wendy
> > (Who thinks that Hogwarts is the only wizarding school in the UK -
> > ... ... ... And who also believes there can be no more than 800
> > students at Hogwarts, based on the numbers provided at the
> > Gryffindor/Slytherin quidditch match in PoA. How many fewer than 800
> > depends ... ... ...
> >  So, I'd guess  that total Hogwarts student population is somewhere
> > between 600 and 775, and  probably closer to the larger number.
>
>
> bboy_mn:
>
> Yeah, that's about my guess too. But even a guess that large has
> trouble extrapolating into enough wizards to match the size of economy
> that I see.
>
> bboy_mn

You have got to remember, that wizards live by far more then muggles. 
 The average muggle lives about 70-80 years.  Wizards, as we know, live 
far more.  How much more?  I can only guess, but my guess is they live 
to be about 200. That would mean that their population would be three 
times as much as the population a muggle school as big as Hogwarts 
emits.  e.g. My home town has three schools about the size of Hogwarts 
each.  My home town has about 600,000 people in it (I think, I'm not 
sure...  Naama2486, am I right?).  That means each school here emits 
about 200,000 people.  Hogwarts would thus emit 3 times more - 600,000 
people.  It's all Math.

Katsmall the Wise