Wizard Population

[Maria]

No: HPFGUIDX 134073

3000 wizards living in Britain?

Is JKR screwing up her maths again? Because that doesn't sound right. 
Not right at all. A Wizarding school with the student population of 
600 would amount to roughly 20 000 wizards and witches, not including 
the magical beings and so on, living in Britain. It's just my rough 
guess.

And I always thought there was between 40-50 000 wizard/witches and 
beings in Britain, if there were about 1000 students at Hogwarts. 

One minute she says 1000 students, the next 600. I'm very confused. 


TWV