[Mark McLeod]

Here's a chart or two to go along with this.

The red dots labeled "Self Parity" are where the yearly plotted lines each rose above that year's actual final registration total, i.e., teams were still being added in from the waitlists, but others eventually dropped out before competition play.
This year is unusual (in more ways than this) in that the entire Israeli contingent won't begin adding in until next week, so expect a 65 team bump.

P.S. Added the legend