UFO sightings by country and US state

Around the world

#	Country	Sightings	Per 100k	Last 12 months
1	United States	5,387	1.58	549
2	United Kingdom	622	0.90	72
3	Canada	398	0.96	46
4	Mexico	265	0.20	20
5	Brazil	262	0.12	55
6	Australia	221	0.80	30
7	Germany	146	0.17	22
8	Italy	114	0.19	21
9	China	84	0.006	12
10	Poland	84	0.23	5
11	France	83	0.12	13
12	Argentina	80	0.17	6
13	Colombia	78	0.15	10
14	Peru	67	0.19	1
15	Russia	66	0.046	2
16	Puerto Rico	63	—	3
17	Japan	63	0.0511	3
18	India	63	0.0043	11
19	Norway	58	1.03	9
20	Spain	57	0.12	5
21	Sweden	51	0.48	3
22	Chile	49	0.25	7
23	Ukraine	45	0.12	10
24	New Zealand	40	0.75	2
25	Ireland	37	0.67	3
26	Turkey	36	0.0419	5
27	Costa Rica	35	0.68	5
28	Netherlands	34	0.19	5
29	Switzerland	32	0.35	7
30	Iran	30	0.0325	8
31	Greece	27	0.26	6
32	Portugal	27	0.25	6
33	Denmark	26	0.43	2
34	Israel	26	0.26	4
35	Austria	26	0.28	5
36	South Africa	24	0.0371	5
37	Iraq	24	0.051	0
38	Philippines	23	0.0197	7
39	Zimbabwe	22	0.13	3
40	Egypt	20	0.0169	7
41	Belgium	20	0.17	3
42	Croatia	18	0.46	3
43	Finland	17	0.30	2
44	Thailand	16	0.0223	3
45	Romania	16	0.0841	1
46	Indonesia	15	0.0052	0
47	Czechia	14	0.13	3
48	South Korea	14	0.0271	1
49	Serbia	13	0.20	1
50	Bahamas	13	3.23	1
51	Syria	13	0.0507	5
52	Hungary	12	0.13	2
53	Iceland	12	3.06	0
54	Venezuela	11	0.0386	3
55	Afghanistan	11	0.0251	0
56	Pakistan	11	0.0043	2
57	Vietnam	11	0.0108	1
58	Guatemala	10	0.0535	2
59	Kazakhstan	9	0.0432	2
60	Uruguay	9	0.27	1
61	Taiwan	8	—	1
62	Bulgaria	8	0.12	0
63	Ecuador	7	0.0383	0
64	Morocco	7	0.0182	1
65	Singapore	7	0.11	1
66	Malaysia	7	0.0195	0
67	Slovakia	7	0.13	3
68	Estonia	6	0.44	0
69	Lebanon	6	0.10	0
70	Lithuania	6	0.21	1
71	United Arab Emirates	4	0.0347	2
72	Greenland	4	7.04	0
73	Panama	4	0.0875	0
74	Sri Lanka	4	0.0184	2
75	Jordan	4	0.0347	3
76	Cyprus	4	0.29	0
77	Dominican Republic	4	0.0347	1
78	Honduras	4	0.0363	0
79	Latvia	3	0.16	0
80	Armenia	3	0.0972	0
81	Bolivia	3	0.0238	0
82	Cuba	3	0.0274	0
83	Nicaragua	3	0.0428	0
84	Qatar	3	0.10	2
85	Malta	3	0.52	2
86	Mongolia	3	0.0841	1
87	El Salvador	3	0.0471	1
88	Slovenia	2	0.0939	1
89	Madagascar	2	0.0061	2
90	Nepal	2	0.0068	1
91	Paraguay	2	0.0285	0
92	Saudi Arabia	2	0.0054	1
93	Kuwait	2	0.0411	0
94	Georgia	1	0.0254	0
95	North Korea	1	0.0038	0
96	Kenya	1	0.0017	1
97	Moldova	1	0.0424	1
98	Belarus	1	0.011	0
99	Nigeria	1	0.0004	0

United States

#	State	Sightings	Per 100k	Last 12 months
1	California	575	1.45	51
2	Arizona	243	—	21
3	Florida	197	0.91	21
4	New Mexico	195	9.21	21
5	New York	194	0.96	15
6	Nevada	191	6.15	37
7	Texas	168	0.58	22
8	New Jersey	145	1.56	5
9	Washington	108	1.40	9
10	Colorado	106	1.84	9
11	Illinois	87	0.68	14
12	Utah	86	2.63	13
13	Pennsylvania	83	0.64	16
14	Georgia	78	0.73	11
15	North Carolina	73	0.70	11
16	Virginia	66	0.76	11
17	Ohio	64	0.54	12
18	Maryland	60	0.97	7
19	Oregon	54	1.27	3
20	Massachusetts	49	0.70	6
21	South Carolina	41	0.80	4
22	Tennessee	40	0.58	4
23	Michigan	36	0.36	3
24	Missouri	32	0.52	3
25	Connecticut	27	0.75	3
26	Oklahoma	24	0.61	0
27	Wisconsin	23	0.39	3
28	Kentucky	18	0.40	2
29	Kansas	17	0.58	1
30	Minnesota	15	0.26	3
31	New Hampshire	15	1.09	0
32	Alabama	15	0.30	0
33	Hawaii	15	1.03	0
34	Louisiana	14	0.30	0
35	Montana	14	1.29	1
36	Idaho	13	0.71	2
37	Nebraska	12	0.61	3
38	Alaska	12	1.64	1
39	Indiana	11	0.16	1
40	District of Columbia	9	1.31	0
41	Wyoming	8	1.39	0
42	Maine	7	0.51	1
43	Arkansas	7	0.23	2
44	Mississippi	6	0.20	0
45	Rhode Island	6	0.55	1
46	West Virginia	4	0.22	0
47	South Dakota	4	0.45	1
48	Iowa	3	0.094	0
49	North Dakota	3	0.39	0
50	Delaware	3	0.30	0

Population: World Bank (countries) and Wikidata (US states, 2020 census). Places are worked out from what each report says.

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