Facts and Figures

25% of the UK population are aware of Alpha as a Christian Course (Ipsos MORI, October 2011).

Of the approximate 12.7 million* people aware of Alpha, 3 out of 10 expressed some level of interest in the course (Ipsos MORI, October 2011).

*Based on adult population fig of 50,893,318.

9,970 Alpha courses are running in the UK and more than 60,000 courses are running worldwide in 169 countries and 112 languages.

The total number of people who have been on an Alpha course in the UK since 1993 is aproximately 3.08 million (Christian Research, 2011).

Aproximately 18 million people worldwide have attended an Alpha course (Christian Research, 2011).

About 175,000 attended the Alpha Course in 2011 (Christian Research, 2011).

In 2011, the average number of people per course was 21 (Christian Research, 2011).

The average age of non-churchgoers in 2011 the Alpha Course was 37 (Christian Research, 2011).

An average of 29 people per church attended services or a mid-week group regularly at least once a month because of Alpha (Christian Research, 2011).

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	44,365	14.3m
2010	54,177	16m
2011	60,000	18m