Ranked: The Countries That Believe in Aliens the Most

Ranked: These Countries Believe in Aliens the Most

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This graphic visualizes the results of an Ipsos poll that asked adults whether they thought aliens would visit Earth in 2023.

The survey consisted of 24,471 adults across 36 countries, conducted between October and November, 2022.

Where E.T.’s Existence Would be Most Accepted

India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE had the highest share of respondents who believe an alien visit would be likely.

Country	Likely (%)	No response	Unlikely
🇮🇳 India	43	17	40
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	38	19	43
🇦🇪 UAE	36	23	41
🇹🇭 Thailand	29	25	46
🇨🇴 Colombia	26	23	51
🇨🇳 China	25	10	65
🇵🇪 Peru	23	21	56
🇮🇩 Indonesia	22	16	62
🇸🇬 Singapore	22	21	57
🇲🇽 Mexico	21	23	56
🇲🇾 Malaysia	21	23	56
🇹🇷 Turkey	20	18	62
🇿🇦 South Africa	19	19	62
🇧🇷 Brazil	19	18	63
🇨🇱 Chile	19	19	62
🇦🇷 Argentina	18	26	56
🇩🇰 Denmark	18	11	71
🇺🇸 U.S.	17	19	64
🇩🇪 Germany	17	11	72
🇦🇺 Australia	16	13	71
🇮🇪 Ireland	15	11	74
🇪🇸 Spain	15	17	68
🇸🇪 Sweden	15	10	75
🇮🇹 Italy	13	15	72
🇷🇴 Romania	13	20	67
🇫🇷 France	12	15	73
🇰🇷 South Korea	12	13	75
🇭🇺 Hungary	12	16	72
🇨🇦 Canada	12	18	70
🇳🇱 Netherlands	11	11	78
🇬🇧 UK	10	12	78
🇨🇭 Switzerland	10	13	77
🇮🇱 Israel	10	12	78
🇵🇱 Poland	10	14	76
🇧🇪 Belgium	10	11	79
🇯🇵 Japan	8	24	68

It’s hard to ascertain any one reason these three countries believe in aliens so strongly. It may be due to rich mythologies where the acceptance of various gods, djinn, and other magical beings translates into acceptance of alien life.

There might also be a religious element at play. Ongoing discussions about what the Quran states about other forms of life, except for humans, have generated interest on the internet.

It could also be an effect of mass media: the Star Wars movies, for example, were very popular in India.

However, the same influence for some countries clearly doesn’t work for others. The U.S., home to Hollywood—which seems to release at least one movie about aliens a year—sits firmly middle of the pack.

And then there’s Japan, where only 8% of those surveyed believed a visit was likely.

This is somewhat surprising, given the country’s strong technological advancements and fascination with futuristic themes in popular culture.

So… Do Aliens Exist?

NASA has said that so far, no credible evidence exists for extraterrestrial life. And despite multiple “strange light sightings,” over the years, the Department of Defense’s most recent report states there’s no “verifiable evidence” that all the “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (a new term for UFOs) actually represents alien life.

However, as a case study for probability, the odds of humans being the only advanced civilization in the whole universe is one in ten billion trillion. Or really, really, small.

So, purely mathematically, the chances of alien life existing are likely.

Now whether they’d visit—is another question entirely.

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