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They are serious collectors of items like coins
and bank notes, stamps, precious stones, etc.
They constantly expand their collections by
subscribing to catalogs and magazines that cater
to collectors, attending exhibitions and
networking with collectors of similar interests.
About 40% of these people indulge in their
collection as a hobby, 30% as a form of
investment for future gains, and 30% as a source
of supplementary income.
Region:
Western Europe 379,643
Eastern Europe 72,357
North America 151,084
Central America 16,224
Caribbean 16,439
South America 31,355
Far East 194,828
South Asia 18,993
Central Asia 13,268
Middle East 34,561
Oceania 43,633
Africa 29,271
Geographical:
Western Europe-
269 Aland Islands
120 Andorra
16,289 Austria
280 Azores
19,032 Belgium
4,926 Cyprus
17,464 Denmark
261 Faroe Islands
16,681 Finland
37,839 France
39,181 Germany
147 Gibraltar
14,722 Greece
179 Guernsey
514 Iceland
15,505 Ireland
155 Isle of Man
36,664 Italy
182 Jersey
296 Liechtenstein
4,606 Luxembourg
4,730 Malta
241 Monaco
20,599 Netherlands
15,114 Norway
19,423 Portugal
69 San Marino
21,775 Spain
18,640 Sweden
20,207 Switzerland
33,529 United Kingdom
4 Vatican
Eastern Europe-
100 Albania
1,057 Belarus
1,988 Bosnia-Herzegovina
4,437 Bulgaria
3,163 Croatia
9,138 Czech Republic
3,653 Estonia
8,942 Hungary
61 Kosovo
3,457 Latvia
3,555 Lithuania
110 Macedonia
959 Moldova
291 Montenegro
9,530 Poland
4,240 Romania
10,020 Russia
1,302 Serbia
2,673 Slovakia
2,477 Slovenia
1,204 Ukraine
Northern Africa-
2,575 Algeria
253 Canary Islands
255 Ceuta
98 Chad
6,102 Egypt
69 Libya
275 Madeira
57 Mali
61 Mauritania
256 Melilla
2,281 Morocco
64 Niger
66 Sudan
573 Tunisia
5 Western Sahara
North America-
57 Aleutian Islands
66,834 Canada
577 Greenland
4,926 Mexico
102 St Pierre et Miquelon
78,588 United States
Central America-
522 Belize
3,359 Costa Rica
2,732 El Salvador
2,575 Guatemala
2,262 Honduras
2,105 Nicaragua
2,669 Panama
South America-
4,104 Argentina
1,173 Bolivia
8,844 Brazil
3,500 Chile
2,810 Colombia
2,983 Ecuador
97 Falkland Islands
285 French Guyana
319 Guyana
526 Paraguay
3,241 Peru
24 South Georgia & The South Sandwich
Is
328 Surinam
569 Uruguay
2,552 Venezuela
Caribbean-
188 Anguilla
251 Antigua and Barbuda
162 Aruba
340 Bahamas
328 Barbados
119 Bermuda
266 British Virgin Is
245 Cayman Islands
496 Cuba
208 Dominica
3,241 Dominican Republic
216 Grenada
767 Guadeloupe
2,698 Haiti
1,180 Jamaica
755 Martinique
49 Montserrat
210 Netherlands Antilles
3,181 Puerto Rico
196 St Kitts-Nevis
211 St Lucia
178 St Vincent and the Grenadines
724 Trinidad and Tobago
49 Turks and Caicos
181 US Virgin Islands
Far East-
1,791 Brunei
526 Cambodia
25,928 China
123 East Timor
412 Guam
25,301 Hong Kong
12,292 Indonesia
15,897 Japan
448 Laos
1,165 Macau
12,762 Malaysia
277 Mongolia
1,008 Myanmar
444 Northern Marianas
21,069 Philippines
22,166 Singapore
13,546 South Korea
11,979 Taiwan
26,868 Thailand
822 Vietnam
Oceania-
252 American Samoa
26,084 Australia
48 Christmas Island
47 Cocos (Keeling) Is
159 Cook Islands
1,517 Fiji
767 French Polynesia
373 Kiribati
249 Marshall Islands
443 Micronesia
69 Nauru
742 New Caledonia
7,983 New Zealand
50 Niue
49 Norfolk Island
130 Palau
2,293 Papua New Guinea
22 Pitcairn
561 Samoa
638 Solomon Islands
49 Tokelau
426 Tonga
67 Tuvalu
535 Vanuatu
80 Wallis and Futuna
Central Asia-
1,008 Armenia
1,478 Azerbaijan
1,228 Georgia
2,638 Kazakhstan
1,165 Kyrgyzstan
1,290 Tajikistan
1,102 Turkmenistan
3,359 Uzbekistan
Middle East-
2,638 Bahrain
1,086 Iran
3,672 Israel
655 Jordan
280 Kuwait
1,690 Lebanon
2,552 Oman
440 Qatar
8,844 Saudi Arabia
414 Syria
423 Turkey
11,430 United Arab Emirates
431 Yemen
South Asia-
934 Bangladesh
28 Bhutan
5 British Indian Ocean Terr
13,546 India
138 Maldives
289 Nepal
1,157 Pakistan
2,889 Sri Lanka
Sub-Saharan Africa-
180 Angola
101 Benin
75 Botswana
179 Burkina Faso
125 Burundi
230 Cameroon
45 Cape Verde
75 Central African Rep
47 Comoros
75 Congo
851 Cote d'Ivoire
316 Democratic Rep of the Congo
47 Djibouti
45 Equatorial Guinea
98 Eritrea
340 Ethiopia
51 Gabon
52 Gambia
261 Ghana
126 Guinea
52 Guinea-Bissau
287 Kenya
75 Lesotho
75 Liberia
207 Madagascar
177 Malawi
52 Mauritius
42 Mayotte
237 Mozambique
694 Namibia
459 Nigeria
48 Reunion
129 Rwanda
42 Sao Tome and Principe
153 Senegal
40 Seychelles
99 Sierra Leone
8,061 South Africa
12 St Helena
51 Swaziland
287 Tanzania
98 Togo
269 Uganda
154 Zambia
1,008 Zimbabwe
Media: Publishers of collectors' catalogs and
magazines, collectors associations
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