A bumper year ahead

Whether it is "The Way Effect" that I wrote about in the last post or not the growth in pilgrim numbers from the English speaking countries continues. I have now updated the statistics for the period 1 January 2012 - 30 April 2012. The full analysis of the numbers for the year to date follows:

Pilgrims arriving from English speaking countries in the first 4 months of 2012

Country	2009	2010	2011	2012
Australia	79	100	85	145
Canada	148	125	129	227
Ireland	203	268	228	381
South Africa	17	20	39	68
United Kingdom	191	230	243	376
United States	251	284	355	553
New Zealand	9	15	11	22

Total number of pilgrims who arrived in the period

 1 January – 30 April 2012

Total - 20,171

Countries

Country	Number of pilgrims
Spain	10123 (50,19%)
Portugal	2160 (10,71%)
Germany	1742 (8,64%)
France	711 (3,52%)
Italy	694 (3,44%)
United States	553 (2,74%)
Ireland	381 (1,89%)
United Kingdom	376 (1,86%)
Korea	357 (1,77%)
Canada	227 (1,13%)
Brasil	222 (1,10%)
Holand	213 (1,06%)
Belgium	185 (0,92%)
Austria	162 (0,80%)
Japan	150 (0,74%)
México	149 (0,74%)
Australia	145 (0,72%)
Switzerland	145 (0,72%)
Denmark	143 (0,71%)
Finland	124 (0,61%)
Poland	116 (0,58%)
Norway	114 (0,57%)
Sweden	95 (0,47%)
Argentina	69 (0,34%)
Venezuela	68 (0,34%)
South Africa	68 (0,34%)
Colombia	66 (0,33%)
Russia	45 (0,22%)
Hungary	45 (0,22%)
Chile	44 (0,22%)
República Checa	38 (0,19%)
China	37 (0,18%)
Slovaquia	31 (0,15%)
Ecuador	30 (0,15%)
Romania	26 (0,13%)
Nueva Zelanda	22 (0,11%)
Uruguay	22 (0,11%)

Gender	Number of pilgrims
Male	11653 (57,77%)
Female	8518 (42,23%)

Mode of transport	Number of pilgrims
On foot	17659 (87,55%)
Bicycle	2418 (11,99%)
Horse	93 (0,46%)
Wheelchair	1 (0,00%)

Motivation		Number of pilgrims
Religious and other		10928 (54,18%)
Religious		7928 (39,30%)
Not religious		1315 (6,52%)
Status	Number of pilgrims
Students	4626 (22,93%)
Employed	4378 (21,70%)
Technicians	2686 (13,32%)
Self employed	1949 (9,66%)
Retired	1685 (8,35%)
Teachers	1563 (7,75%)
Civil servants	876 (4,34%)
Manual workers	849 (4,21%)
Unemployed	620 (3,07%)
Housewives	428 (2,12%)
Directors	151 (0,75%)
Artists	132 (0,65%)
Priests	76 (0,38%)
Farm workers	71 (0,35%)
Religious	40 (0,20%)
Sailors	24 (0,12%)
Sportspeople	15 (0,07%)
Oikoten	2 (0,01%)

Age range	Number of pilgrims
30 - 60	10982 (54,44%)
< 30	6942 (34,42%)
> 60	2247 (11,14%)

Routes	Number of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de	13462 (66,74%)
Portugues-Camino	3653 (18,11%)
Via de la Plata	1122 (5,56%)
Norte-Camino de	787 (3,90%)
Primitivo-Camino	654 (3,24%)
Ingles-Camino	424 (2,10%)
Otros caminos	37 (0,18%)
Muxia-Finisterre	32 (0,16%)

Starting point	Number of pilgrims
Sarria	5432 (26,93%)
S. Jean P. Port	1337 (6,63%)
Oporto	1234 (6,12%)
Cebreiro	1187 (5,88%)
León	938 (4,65%)
Tui	875 (4,34%)
Ponferrada	790 (3,92%)
Roncesvalles	781 (3,87%)
Valença do Minho	684 (3,39%)
Astorga	456 (2,26%)
Ferrol	415 (2,06%)
Resto Portugal	413 (2,05%)
Ourense	393 (1,95%)
Oviedo - C.P.	366 (1,81%)
Burgos	342 (1,70%)
Pamplona	331 (1,64%)
Sevilla	308 (1,53%)
Vilafranca	268 (1,33%)
Samos	249 (1,23%)
Triacastela	243 (1,20%)
Le Puy	238 (1,18%)
Lugo - C.P.	202 (1,00%)
Irún	161 (0,80%)
Ponte de Lima	143 (0,71%)
Francia	124 (0,61%)
Lisboa	117 (0,58%)
Baamonde	113 (0,56%)
Resto C. León	101 (0,50%)
Logroño	75 (0,37%)
Ribadeo	64 (0,32%)
Resto Asturias	63 (0,31%)
Santander	62 (0,31%)
Vilalba	61 (0,30%)
Puebla de Sanabria	55 (0,27%)
Zamora	55 (0,27%)
Somport	53 (0,26%)
A Guarda	52 (0,26%)
Sahagún	52 (0,26%)
Madrid - C.F.	51 (0,25%)
Chaves-Portugal	50 (0,25%)
Braga	47 (0,23%)
Oviedo	44 (0,22%)
Bilbao	44 (0,22%)
Porriño	42 (0,21%)
Gijón	42 (0,21%)
Salamanca	40 (0,20%)
Avilés	40 (0,20%)
Alemania	39 (0,19%)
Gudiña	29 (0,14%)
Jaca	28 (0,14%)
Rabanal del Camino	25 (0,12%)
Resto Andalucia	24 (0,12%)
Fonsagrada - C.P.	24 (0,12%)
Sto. Domingo de la Calzada	23 (0,11%)
Vega de Valcarce	22 (0,11%)
Muxia	22 (0,11%)
Montserrat	21 (0,10%)
Verín	21 (0,10%)
Laza	20 (0,10%)
Vigo	18 (0,09%)
Resto Asturias - C.P.	18 (0,09%)
San Sebastián	18 (0,09%)
Cadavo	17 (0,08%)
Frómista	17 (0,08%)
Povoa de Varzim	16 (0,08%)
Resto País Vasco	16 (0,08%)
Puente la Reina	16 (0,08%)
Suiza	16 (0,08%)
Estella	16 (0,08%)
Mérida	15 (0,07%)
Vezelay	15 (0,07%)
Navarra	15 (0,07%)
Bélgica	14 (0,07%)
Cáceres	14 (0,07%)
Carrión de los Condes	13 (0,06%)
Holanda	12 (0,06%)
Barcelona	12 (0,06%)
Resto de Extremadura	12 (0,06%)
Granja de Moreruela	11 (0,05%)
Grandas de Salime	11 (0,05%)
Tineo - C.P.	11 (0,05%)
Monforte de Lemos	11 (0,05%)
Fonsagrada	10 (0,05%)
Xunqueira de Ambia	10 (0,05%)
Lourdes	10 (0,05%)
Resto C. León - V.P.	10 (0,05%)
Malaga	10 (0,05%)
Cataluña	10 (0,05%)
Finisterra	10 (0,05%)
Madrid	10 (0,05%)
Arles	9 (0,04%)
Allariz	9 (0,04%)
Hospital de Orbigo	9 (0,04%)
Neda	9 (0,04%)
Valencia	9 (0,04%)
Baiona	8 (0,04%)
Grandas de Salime - C.P.	8 (0,04%)
Resto Cantabria	8 (0,04%)
Francia	8 (0,04%)
Molinaseca	7 (0,03%)
Mondoñedo	7 (0,03%)
Huelva	7 (0,03%)
Canfranc	6 (0,03%)
Nájera	6 (0,03%)
Hendaya	6 (0,03%)
París	6 (0,03%)
Ponferrada. C.Inv.	6 (0,03%)
Zaragoza	6 (0,03%)
Castilla La Mancha	6 (0,03%)
La Rioja	6 (0,03%)
Com. Valenciana	6 (0,03%)
R.Pais Vasco	5 (0,02%)
Polonia	4 (0,02%)
Vincios	4 (0,02%)
Castilla la Mancha	4 (0,02%)
Benavente	4 (0,02%)
Abadin	4 (0,02%)
Republica Checa	4 (0,02%)
La Bañeza	4 (0,02%)
Peñaseita	3 (0,01%)
La Mesa	3 (0,01%)
Resto Europa	3 (0,01%)
Murcia	3 (0,01%)
Austria	3 (0,01%)
Cast. la Mancha	3 (0,01%)
Com. Valenciana	3 (0,01%)
Tineo	2 (0,01%)
Granada	2 (0,01%)
San Sebastian	2 (0,01%)
Valladolid	2 (0,01%)
Castrojeriz	2 (0,01%)
Valcarlos	1 (0,00%)
Reino Unido	1 (0,00%)
Salas	1 (0,00%)
La Rioja	1 (0,00%)
Roma	1 (0,00%)
Córdoba	1 (0,00%)
Lourenzá	1 (0,00%)
A Rúa	1 (0,00%)
Italia	1 (0,00%)
Grado	1 (0,00%)