100,000th Pilgrim arrives – all the numbers from Santiago

Yesterday around 4pm an unsuspecting group of pilgrims arrived at the Pilgrims Office in Santiago. A French family called Béjamin, who had walked from Ponte de Lima on the Camino Portugúes, took pilgrim numbers through the 100,000 mark. Mum, dad and three sons were delighted to have arrived in Santiago and a group of pilgrims in the courtyard cheered in celebration  

 The arrival of the Béjamin family continues the trend of increased numbers. By close of play yesterday 100,267 pilgrims had arrived since 1 January 2012. This compares to 94,518 for the same period last year. This 6% increase is very much in line with previous increases. The big increases however are seen in the English speaking countries where the remarkable rate of growth continues.

  

Country	2009	2010	2011	2012	Growth
Australia	529	624	652	932	43%
Canada	1093	981	1116	1448	3%
Ireland	1144	1365	1413	2293	62%
South Africa	157	161	272	424	56%
United Kingdom	942	1085	1149	1950	70%
United States	1573	2021	2234	3978	78%
New Zealand	109	129	126	189	50%

Total number of  pilgrims from 1 January 2012 to 31 July 2012:        100.267
Country	Number of pilgrims
Spain	47995 (47,87%)
Germany	8891 (8,87%)
Portugal	5980 (5,96%)
Italy	5376 (5,36%)
France	4465 (4,45%)
United States	3978 (3,97%)
Ireland	2293 (2,29%)
United Kingdom	1950 (1,94%)
Holland	1885 (1,88%)
Canadá	1448 (1,44%)
Korea	1281 (1,28%)
Brasil	1246 (1,24%)
Poland	1078 (1,08%)
Austria	1075 (1,07%)
Bélgium	1032 (1,03%)
Australia	932 (0,93%)
Denmark	930 (0,93%)
Switzerland	780 (0,78%)
Sweden	749 (0,75%)
México	573 (0,57%)
Norway	540 (0,54%)
Japan	520 (0,52%)
Finland	475 (0,47%)
Czek Republic	435 (0,43%)
South Africa	424 (0,42%)
Argentina	419 (0,42%)
Hungary	397 (0,40%)
Russia	249 (0,25%)
S.lovakia	241 (0,24%)
Colombia	220 (0,22%)
Slovenia	216 (0,22%)
Venezuela	214 (0,21%)
New Zealand	189 (0,19%)
Rumania	126 (0,13%)
China	109 (0,11%)
Chile	104 (0,10%)
Lituania	98 (0,10%)
Ecuador	93 (0,09%)
Bulgaria	84 (0,08%)
Uruguay	80 (0,08%)
Puerto Rico	75 (0,07%)
Perú	71 (0,07%)
Estonia	62 (0,06%)
Andorra	62 (0,06%)
Israel	53 (0,05%)
Croacia	43 (0,04%)
Filipinas	42 (0,04%)
Ucrania	41 (0,04%)
Grecia	39 (0,04%)
Luxemburgo	33 (0,03%)
Costa Rica	30 (0,03%)
Malta 30	30 (0,03%)
Gender	Number of pilgrims
Men	56681 (56,53%)
Women	43586 (43,47%)
Mode of tranport	Number of pilgrims
On foot	85635 (85,41%)
Bicycle	14308 (14,27%)
Horseback	303 (0,30%)
Wheelchair	21 (0,02%)
Reason for pilgrimage	Number of pilgrims
Religious and spiritual reasons	51873 (51,73%)
Religious reasons	42589 (42,48%)
Culture or tourism	5805 (5,79%)
Starting point	Number of pilgrims
Sarria	21020 (20,96%)
S. Jean P. Port	11075 (11,05%)
León	5284 (5,27%)
Cebreiro	5186 (5,17%)
Oporto	4411 (4,40%)
Roncesvalles	4404 (4,39%)
Tui	4225 (4,21%)
Ponferrada	3725 (3,72%)
Astorga	3169 (3,16%)
Pamplona	2213 (2,21%)
Burgos	2081 (2,08%)
Resto Portugal	1901 (1,90%)
Le Puy	1870 (1,87%)
Oviedo - C.P.	1835 (1,83%)
Valença do Minho	1816 (1,81%)
Ferrol	1609 (1,60%)
Sevilla	1542 (1,54%)
Irun	1404 (1,40%)
Vilafranca	1384 (1,38%)
Ourense	1323 (1,32%)
Francia	1150 (1,15%)
Triacastela	1021 (1,02%)
Lugo - C.P.	758 (0,76%)
Samos	709 (0,71%)
Resto C. León	667 (0,67%)
Resto Asturias	573 (0,57%)
Lisboa	565 (0,56%)
Ribadeo	555 (0,55%)
Holanda	529 (0,53%)
Santander	505 (0,50%)
Vilalba	482 (0,48%)
Logroño	476 (0,47%)
Ponte de Lima	463 (0,46%)
Bilbao	420 (0,42%)
Somport	375 (0,37%)
Oviedo	355 (0,35%)
Alemania	334 (0,33%)
Gijón	324 (0,32%)
Salamanca	303 (0,30%)
Zamora	262 (0,26%)
Madrid - C.F.	254 (0,25%)
Avilés	249 (0,25%)
Mondoñedo	235 (0,23%)
Bélgica	230 (0,23%)
Sahagún	218 (0,22%)
Vega de Valcarce	212 (0,21%)
Puebla de Sanabria	208 (0,21%)
Cháves-Portugal	204 (0,20%)
Resto País Vasco	188 (0,19%)
Muxía	173 (0,17%)
Resto Asturias - C.P.	171 (0,17%)
Baamonde	170 (0,17%)
Braga	168 (0,17%)
Jaca	165 (0,16%)
Suiza	155 (0,15%)
Frómista	151 (0,15%)
Gudiña	145 (0,14%)
San Sebastián	139 (0,14%)
Lourdes	136 (0,14%)
Neda	133 (0,13%)
A Guarda	130 (0,13%)
Resto Cantabria	121 (0,12%)
Porriño	118 (0,12%)
Vezelay	116 (0,12%)
Laza	101 (0,10%)
Fonsagrada - C.P.	101 (0,10%)
Arles	100 (0,10%)
Carrión de los Condes	99 (0,10
Sto. Domingo de la Calzada	96 (0,10%)
Rates, S. Pedro	96 (0,10%)
Resto Andalucía	95 (0,09%)
Puente la Reina	93 (0,09%)
Lourenzá	87 (0,09%)
Allariz	86 (0,09%)
Valencia	84 (0,08%)
Cataluña	82 (0,08%)
Granja de Moreruela	81 (0,08%)
Rabanal del Camino	80 (0,08%)
Montserrat	78 (0,08%)
Mérida	77 (0,08%)
Xunqueira de Ambía	76 (0,08%)
Resto C. León - V.P.	76 (0,08%)
Francia	72 (0,07%)
Professión	Number of pilgrims
Employed	21639 (21,58%)
Students	19406 (19,35%)
Retired	13150 (13,11%)
Técnicos	12532 (12,50%)
Self employed	9729 (9,70%)
Teachers	7715 (7,69%)
Civil servants	4740 (4,73%)
Manual workers	3255 (3,25%)
Unemployed	2668 (2,66%)
Housewives	2418 (2,41%)
Directors	915 (0,91%)
Artists	702 (0,70%)
Priests	589 (0,59%)
Farm workers	315 (0,31%)
Religious	260 (0,26%)
Sailors	119 (0,12%)
Sportspeople	102 (0,10%)
Oikoten	13 (0,01%)
Age range	Number of pilgrims
30 - 60	55259 (55,11%)
< 30	28502 (28,43%)
> 60	16506 (16,46%)
Route	Number of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de	69626 (69,44%)
Portugues-Camino	14209 (14,17%)
Norte-Camino de	6165 (6,15%)
Vía de la Plata	5022 (5,01%)
Primitivo-Camino	3021 (3,01%)
Ingles-Camino	1748 (1,74%)
Otros caminos	258 (0,26%)
Muxía-Finisterre	218 (0,22%)