Editing List of Scientologists (section)

=== Census and survey data ===
''(in decreasing order of membership)''<!--according to the most recent figure-->

; United States
: A 2008 survey of American religious affiliations by the US Census Bureau estimated there to be 25,000 Americans identifying as Scientologists,{{r|New Yorker}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population|url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0075.xls|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231342/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0075.xls|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> as did a 2008 Trinity College survey that also concluded there were 25,000 Scientologists.{{r|Oppenheimer}} The [[American Religious Identification Survey]] (ARIS) found 45,000 Scientologists in the United States in 1990, 55,000 in 2001, and 25,000 in 2008.{{r|infoplease|villagevoice.com}}{{r|Lewis2012|pp=145, 148}}

; Germany
: In 2005, the [[Verfassungsschutz|German Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] estimated a total of 5,000–6,000 Scientologists in the country, and mentioned a count of 12,000 according to Scientology Germany.<ref>[http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/download/SHOW/vsbericht_2005.pdf Verfassungsschutzbericht 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026112318/http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/download/SHOW/vsbericht_2005.pdf |date=October 26, 2007 }}, p. 292</ref> Germany's government counted 3,600 German members in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verfassungsschutzbericht 2022 |language=de |trans-title=Constitutional Protection Report 2022 |url=https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/publikationen/DE/verfassungsschutzberichte/2023-06-20-verfassungsschutzbericht-2022.html |page=327 |website=[[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>

; United Kingdom
: The 2001 United Kingdom census contained a voluntary question on religion, to which approximately 48,000,000 chose to respond. Of those living in England and Wales who responded, a total of 1,781 said they were Scientologists.{{r|lewis2004}} The 2021 census in England and Wales recorded 1,800 Scientologists.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS031/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Census 2021 Dataset: Regions, England and Wales |date=November 29, 2022|id=TS031|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|location=Fareham}}</ref>

; Australia
: In 2006, Australia's national census recorded 2,507 Scientologists nationwide, up from 1,488 in 1996, and 2,032 in 2001.{{r|lewis2004|heraldsun}} The 2011 census however found a decrease of 13.7 percent from the 2006 census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census shows scientology numbers going backwards|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/scientology-numbers-going-backwards/4101958|work=ABC News|date=June 29, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630023551/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/scientology-numbers-going-backwards/4101958|url-status=live}}</ref> The Australian census reported 1,488 Scientologists in 1996 and 2,032 in 2001,{{r|Lewis2009b|pp=120-121}}{{r|Possamai|p=346}} before dropping to under 1,700 in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=4 July 2022 |title=Census of Population and Housing: Census article – Religious affiliation in Australia, 2021 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Census%20article%20-%20Religious%20affiliation%20in%20Australia.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226072838/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Census%20article%20-%20Religious%20affiliation%20in%20Australia.xlsx |archive-date=26 December 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>{{r|AusBStat21|SchneidersSMH21}}

; Canada
: [[Statistics Canada]], the national census agency, reported numbers of Scientologists as: 1,215–1,220 in 1991,{{r|canada1991}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}} 1,525 in 2001,{{r|lewis2004|p=13}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}} 1,745 in 2011,{{r|canada2011}} and 1,380 in 2021.{{r|canada2021|canada2022}}

; Switzerland
: In 2011, [[SonntagsZeitung]] reported that support for Scientology in Switzerland had experienced a steady decline from 3,000 registered members in 1990 to 1,000 members and the organization was said to be facing extinction in the country. A Church of Scientology spokesperson rejected the figures claiming that the organization had 5,000 "passive and active members in Switzerland".<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--googl_uaa--> |url=http://www.thelocal.ch/442/20110704/ |title=Scientology losing Swiss support: experts – The Local |publisher=Thelocal.ch |date=July 4, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701183026/http://www.thelocal.ch/442/20110704 |url-status=live }}</ref>

; New Zealand
: In the 2006 New Zealand census, 357 people identified themselves as Scientologists, although a spokesperson for the organization said there were between 5,000 and 6,000 Scientologists in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,NZL,48d5cc0d3f,0.html |title=2008 Report on International Religious Freedom – New Zealand |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |date=September 19, 2008 |access-date=November 22, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144952/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,NZL,48d5cc0d3f,0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier census figures were 207 in the 1991 census, 219 in 1996, and 282 in 2001.{{r|lewis2004}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}}

; Finland
: In 2011, the "Scientology Association of Finland" had approximately 120 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uskonnot.fi/yhteisot/view.php?orgId=587 |title=Suomen Scientologia-yhdistys ry |language=fi |trans-title=Finnish Science Association |website=Uskonnot Suomessa |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806005130/http://www.uskonnot.fi/yhteisot/view.php?orgId=587}}</ref>

Across all countries with available data, the number of self-identified Scientologists is small and in many cases declining.