2000 Most Wanted Countries
This yearly survey is published by the DX Magazine
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Position Prefix Country 1999 1995
1 P5 North Korea 1 N/A
2 VU4 Andaman 2 2
3 BS7 Scarborough 4 N/A
4 3Y/B Bouvet 13 12
5 VU7 Lakshadweep 8 55
6 KH5K Kingman Reef 37 43
7 YA Afghanistan 22 19
8 VP8/S South Sandwich 24 48
9 3Y/P Peter I 70 N/A
10 7O Yemen 5 4
11 KP1 Navassa 26 N/A
12 3D2/C Conway 21 69
13 KP5 Desecheo 22 N/A
14 KH1 Baker & Howland 43 76
15 VP8/G South Georgia 17 62
16 VK9M Mellish 27 56
17 FR/J Juan de Nova 12 20
18 YV0 Aves Island 28 83
19 VP8/O South Orkney 31 72
20 SV/A Mount Athos 19 9
21 VK0/H Heard Island 8 3
22 HK0 Malpelo 30 26
23 ZL8 Kermadec 77 14
24 KH7K Kure 72 78
25 TI9 Cocos Island 52 84
26 PY0S St Peter & St Paul 35 41
27 KH9 Wake 79 88
28 FO/A Austral 44 N/A
29 FO/M Marquesas 49 N/A
30 ZS8 Marion Island 37 22
31 KH3 Johnston Island 82 N/A
32 CE0X San Felix 20 65
33 PY0T Trinidade 40 61
34 FT8X Kerguelen 41 27
35 FR/G Glorioso 13 13
36 FK/C Chesterfield N/A N/A
37 FT8W Crozet 36 23
38 S0 Western Sahara 58 59
39 3C0 Annobon 53 25
40 ST Sudan 55 55
41 JS1/M Minami Torishima 51 60
42 T5 Somalia 33 63
43 VK0/M Macquarie 73 6
44 XF4 Revilla Gigedo 87 N/A
45 FT8Z Amsterdam 76 17
46 ZD9 Tristan de Cunha 29 50
47 KH5 Palmyra 39 68
48 H40 Temotu 60 N/A
49 3C Equatorial Guinea 10 54
50 FR/T Tromelin 14 7
51 3X Guinea 69 93
52 TN Congo 56 48
53 9L Sierre Leone 84 N/A
54 D6 Comoros 59 58
55 CY0 Sable Island 83 74
56 EP Iran 25 21
57 3B6/7 Agalea/St Brandon 46 18
58 KH4 Midway N/A 64
59 ZK1/N North Cook 91 100
60 4W East Timor N/A N/A
61 BV9P Pratas 23 N/A
62 5T Mauritania N/A 98
63 ZK3 Tokelau 64 94
64 T33 Banaba N/A 71
65 3D2/R Rotuma 93 N/A
66 5U Niger 65 N/A
67 E3 Eritrea 71 12
68 JD1/O Ogasawara 96 N/A
69 TR Gabon N/A N/A
72 YJ Vanuatu N/A N/A
73 R1FJ Franz Josef N/A N/A
74 9U Burundi 24 44
76 XW Laos 45 19
77 ZK2 Niue N/A N/A
78 YI Iraq 54 43
79 1A0 Sov Mil Order of Malta 48 34
80 ZC4 U.K. Bases On Cyprus 68 --
81 S2 Bangladesh 47 45
82 9N Nepal 78 39
83 5V Togo N/A 86
84 E4 Palestine 42 N/A
85 T2 Tuvalu N/A N/A
86 VK9C Cocos Keeling 62 29
87 TT Chad 63 24
88 C2 Nauru N/A 92
89 VK9X Christmas Island 61 33
90 T31 Central Kiribati N/A 75
91 4J Azerbaijan N/A N/A
92 5A Libya 57 N/A
93 7P Lesotho N/A N/A
94 1S Spratly 66 28
95 TJ Cameroons N/A 89
96 FO/C Clipperton 16 87
97 V8 Brunei N/A N/A
98 VK9W Willis Island 97 36
99 YK Syria 34 42
100 A7 Qatar 81 80