CHAP DISC: HBP 22, After the Burial

[guguyni]

No: HPFGUIDX 159462

x_dreamsmadeflesh_x wrote:

> I'm not quite sure if I agree about the wizarding world being very
> large. 

<<Finally plucking up the courage to chime in after lurking for 
awhile...>>  I'd think you could get a feel for the size of the 
wizarding community by looking at the turnout for the Quidditch World 
cup.  On page 95 of GoF, Mr Weasley tells Harry that the 
stadium "seats a hundred thousand."  You'd have to assume that only a 
small percentage of the actual wizarding population is able to attend 
the match (based on a Muggle example: the largest world cup soccer 
attendance was over 190,000 but that is only a small fraction of the 
world population...).  I'd lean towards the theory that there are more 
wizarding schools than JKR has felt inclined to mention by name.

guguyni