As of September 2007, there were only 247,5371 PMPs in the world. You may say: a lot! And I will say, not really, if you take into account that the world’s population is over 6.6 billion. Now, don’t tell me that you don’t want to be the 247,538th PMP!
http://www.pmhut.com/why-you-should-get-your-pmp-certification