Wizarding Schools of the World
I decided to make a map of wizarding schools which made more sense in terms of population and language than what is officially known. There are 19 total schools, 8 that are found on Pottermore and 11 that I think ought to exist based on geography and other factors.
Schools with * are ones I created; I mainly named them after cities/geographic features where I think they would be and they’re more placeholder names than anything. They have a history section whereas the official schools do not.
Student Population is calculated assuming 1000 Hogwarts students. 1000/ (the population of the UK + Ireland) gives the fraction of school-age wizards/country population. It multiplied by the combined country population gives the student population, which was rounded to the nearest 100.
The combined population of Indonesia/Phillipines/Malaysia was divided evenly between Mahoutokoro and Great Artesian Basin. Otherwise, all population counts were based solely on the countries for which that school was the designated “primary” school.
Official Language: English
Student Population: 5,200
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Official Language: Spanish
Student Population: 3,000
Location: Teotihuacan, Mexico
History: This school was originally founded by the Aztecs. It kind of went underground when the Spanish conquistadors came so it managed to survive. I based it in Teotihuacan instead of Tenochtitlan because the latter is in modern-day Mexico City. It has expanded its reaches over the years thus that nowadays it is the primary school for wizards throughout Central America and the Carribean.
Official Language: Spanish
Student Population: 2,600
History: Originally founded by the Incas. In many ways, it is similar to Teotihuacan. This is the primary school for Spanish-speaking South American countries.
Official Language: Portuguese
Student Population: 3,000
Location: Amazon Rain Forest, Brazil
Official Language: French
Student Population: 1,500
Location: Pyrenees, France
Official Language: French, Arabic, and English (mostly French, but the inclusion of the other two ensure everyone from the feeder countries should know one)
Student Population: 5,200
History: Was originally founded by the Mali Empire. Welcomes anyone from West Africa. Its official languages have changed many times over the years depending on which language fits their current population best.
Official Language: Arabic
Student Population: 5,300
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
History: This was originally founded during the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt and is connected to the well-known Library of Alexandria. It became predominantly Islamic when the religion spread to Egypt. Nowadays, it is the main school for members of the Arab League.
Official Language: Greek, Turkish
Student Population: 1,400
History: Originally founded in Ancient Greece, it suffered a great decline and was closed during the middle ages. However, it was eventually revived during the Renaissance and has since then continued to operate to this day.
Official Language: Italian, Spanish
Student Population: 1,700
Location: Narnia, Italy (Yes, this was a real place dating back to ancient Rome)
History: Originally founded in Ancient Rome and puts emphasis on Latin. When Rome fell, it declined but remained operational. It was also revived by the Renaissance and now is the primary school for Spain, Italy, and Portugal.
Official Language: Swahili (and other Bantu languages, but this is the main one used)
Student Population: 7,500
Location: Mountains of the Moon, Uganda
Official Language: English
Student Population: 1000 (Harry’s grade is not a good estimator because of the war. It was stated at a Quidditch game that there were 200 Slytherin students; that times 4 is 800 and I brought it up to 1000 under the assumption that normally it would be more if not for the effect of the war on Harry’s generation)
Location: Hogsmeade, Scotland, UK
Official Language: Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian (All of its feeder countries have different languages so this one is hard; I think this covers it such that it at least is fairly-closely related to the other languages)
Student Population: 1,674
Official Language: German
Student Population: 1,500
Location: Danube, Germany
History: It was founded after the start of the Protestant Reformation.
Official Language: Russian
Student Population: 3,000
Location: Middle-northern Russia
Official Language: Turkmen and other Turkish languages
Student Population: 2,400
Location: Karakorum, Tajikistan
History: Was founded by the Mongols and has historically been open to students throughout Asia.
Official Language: Mandarin Chinese
Student Population: 23,700 (China is huge and correlates to about 20,000 of this)
History: Was founded near the beginning of the Qing dynasty.
Student Population: 21,900 (India is huge and correlates to about 19,000 of this)
Location: Chota Nagpar, India
History: Founded during the Mughal Empire. Nowadays, it is the primary school for countries that are part of the SAARC.
Official Language: Japanese
Student Population: 5,400
Location: Minami Iwo Jima
19. Great Artesian Basin:
Official Language: English
Student Population: 3,300
Location: Great Artesian Basin, Australia
History: It is a relatively new school and was founded about 1900, around the time that the Commonwealth of Australia was founded.
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