Raëlism by Country, 1974-2025

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First published: Sunday October 26th, 2025

Raëlism was a religion created by Claude Vorilhon of France in 1974. The religion claims that aliens- or beings of another planet- created humans. Here, you can see the rise and decline of Raëlism in multiple countries.

Sources for follower estimates can be found here

Data for 2025 is really the latest available data for each nation

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Year	Australia	Canada	France	India	Ireland	Japan	New Zealand	South Korea	U.S.A.	World
1974-01-01			170							170
1975-01-01			700							700
1976-01-01		0							0
1977-01-01
1978-01-01		1500	1500
1979-01-01										3000
1980-01-01						0		0
1981-01-01
1982-01-01
1983-01-01
1984-01-01
1985-01-01
1986-01-01
1987-01-01										20000
1988-01-01					0
1989-01-01
1990-01-01	0									25000
1991-01-01							0
1992-01-01										30000
1993-01-01										35000
1994-01-01
1995-01-01		4000				4000
1996-01-01									600	35000
1997-01-01										35000
1998-01-01										40000
1999-01-01
2000-01-01										45000
2001-01-01										55000
2002-01-01								5000		55000
2003-01-01				0	50	6000	100	4000	1000	55000
2004-01-01							80			60000
2005-01-01										60000
2006-01-01	200									60000
2007-01-01			5000
2008-01-01
2009-01-01
2010-01-01
2011-01-01					200
2012-01-01
2013-01-01
2014-01-01	400
2015-01-01
2016-01-01
2017-01-01
2018-01-01
2019-01-01
2020-01-01
2021-01-01				27
2022-01-01
2023-01-01
2024-01-01
2025-01-01	400	50000	5000	27	60	6000	80	4000	1000	65000