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Demographics of Raëlism

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Raëlism is a UFO religion established in France during the 1970s. It soon spread to Quebec and then on to other parts of the world. There have been various attempts to estimate the number of Raëlians at different points.

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Table of worldwide membership estimates
Date	Estimate	Scope	Reference
1974	170	World	International Raëlian Movement	^[1]
1975	700	World	Raël	^[2]^{: p. 122}
1979	3,000	World	Raël	^[2]^{: p. 323}
1987-04-16	20,000	World	Chicago Sun-Times	^[3]
1990-01-09	25,000	World	The Wichita Eagle	^[4]
1992-08-28	30,000	40 countries	US Raëlian Movement	^[5]
1993	35,000	World	Dr. Susan J. Palmer	^[6]^{: p. 9}
1995-05-04	45,000	World	The Miami Herald	^[7]
1996-01-14	35,000	World	The Miami Herald	^[8]
1997-06-19	35,000	85 countries	San Jose Mercury News	^[9]
1997-08-12	35,000	85 countries	The New York Times	^[10]
1998-01	27,000	67 countries	Australian Association for the Study of Religions	^[11]
1998	40,000	80 countries	University of Virginia	^[12]
1998	40,000	World	St. Paul Pioneer Press	^[13]
2000-10-10	50,000	85 countries	The Washington Post	^[14]
2001-03-13	30,000	World	60 Minutes	^[15]
2001	55,000	World	Dr. Susan J. Palmer	^[6]^{: p. 9}
2001-06-30	55,000	84 countries	CNN	^[16]
2002	55,000	World	Dr. Susan J. Palmer	^[6]^{: p. 120}
2002-08-14	55,000	84 countries	Wired News	^[17]
2002-12-29	40,000	World	Lexington Herald-Leader	^[18]
2002-12-31	55,000	84 countries	The Orlando Sentinel	^[19]
2002-12-31	55,000	World	AP Worldstream	^[20]
2003-01-03	55,000	84 countries	AAP General News	^[21]
2003-01-29	30,000	World	University Wire	^[22]
2003-02-10	55,000	84 countries	Japan Today	^[23]
2003	65,000	World	Dr. Susan J. Palmer	^[6]^{: p. 120}
2003-08-03	60,000	World	Korea Times	^[24]
2004-03-16	60,000	90 countries	Financial Times	^[25]
2004-03-26	80,000	World	KLAS.com	^[26]
2004-04-23	60,000	World	New Truth & TV Extra	^[27]
2005-03-13	60,000	World	Japan Today	^[28]
2005-05-05	65,000	85 countries	NBC 4	^[29]
2005-11-18	60,000	92 countries	Middle East Times	^[30]
2006-06-25	55,000	World	The Daily Telegraph	^[31]
2006-12	65,000	86 countries	International Raëlian Movement	^[1]
2010-11	14,192	World Includes only members whose identity (name) is traced	International Raëlian Movement (Leaked Documents)	^[32]
2011-9	85,000	90 countries	International Raëlian Movement	^[33]
2013-12	90,000	90 countries	International Raëlian Movement	^[33]
2017-09	18,111	World Includes only members whose identity (name) is traced	International Raëlian Movement (Leaked Documents)	^[34]

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From 1980 to 1992, Raël and his movement became increasingly global. In 1980, Claude Raël's fifth Raëlian book Sensual Meditation was published and formal publication of the Raëlian Messages in the Japanese language began^[41] as part of the Raëlian mission to Japan.^[6]^{: p. 64} Two years later, Africa became another target area in the mission to spread the Raëlian messages.^[6]^{: p. 64}

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Date	Estimate	Scope	Reference
1995	4,000	Japan	University of Virginia	^[12]
1995	4,000	Quebec	University of Virginia	^[12]
1995	10,000	Europe	University of Virginia	^[12]
1996-01-14	50	Miami	The Miami Herald	^[8]
1996-01-14	600	United States	The Miami Herald	^[8]
2001-08-08	24	South Florida	South Florida Sun-Sentinel	^[35]
2002-12-31	5,000	South Korea	AP Worldstream	^[36]
2003-02-10	6,000	Japan	Japan Today	^[23]
2003-02-12	20 or more	Utah	KSL-TV	^[37]
2003-04-04	1,000	United States	Las Vegas Sun	^[38]
2003-04-20	50	Ireland	Irish Independent	^[39]
2003-08-03	4,000	South Korea	Korea Times	^[24]
2004-04-23	80	New Zealand	New Truth & TV Extra	^[27]
2005-05-05	100	Southern California	NBC 4	^[29]
2006-06-04	200	Australia	The Daily Telegraph	^[31]
2021-06-08	27	India	Homegrown	^[40]