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Facts & Figures

UK Awareness of Alpha

  • 24% of the UK population are aware of Alpha as a Christian Course (Ipsos MORI, October 2008)

The spread of Alpha

  • 8,451 organisations in the UK and 42,530 organisations worldwide are running Alpha in 163 countries
  • The total number of people who have been on an Alpha course in the UK since 1993 is 2,514,000

It is estimated that over 12 million people worldwide have now attended an Alpha course

Attendance at 2008 Alpha courses

  • Total attendance at 2008 Alpha courses in the UK was 186,000
  • The average number of people on a 2008 Autumn Alpha course in the UK was 20.3 per course
  • In 2008 the average age of non-churchgoers on UK Alpha courses was 37

Worldwide Growth of Alpha

Year
Worldwide Number of Alpha Courses
Worldwide Total Number of Guests
1992 5  
1993 200 4,600
1994 750 25,000
1995 2,500 100,000
1996 5,000 400,000
1997 6,500 800,000
1998 10,500 1,3m
1999 14,200 2m
2000 17,000 2,7m
2001 19,800 3,8m
2002 24,400 4,7m
2003 27,340 5,7m
2004 29,051 6,7m
2005 31,167 8m
2006 32,592 9.3m
2007 35,092 10.8m
2008 35,385 12.3m
2009 42,530 (as of June 09) 13m (as of June 09)