Saturday 3 November 2012

All the numbers from Santiago - 100,000 Thanks



On 16 October the initial 6 months pilot of the "Amigos Welcome Service" came to a close. From 1 May - 16 October 29 volunteers came to work in the pilgrims office to welcome every single pilgrim, offer them congratulations and to provide an information and support service to English speaking pilgrims. During the 6 months of the project 160,000 pilgrims arrived. A rough estimate is that the Amigos personally welcomed at least 100,000 of them. I'll soon write more about the results of the project. For the time being on behalf of every pilgrim who was welcomed with a smile and a warm word of congratulations I'd like to offer my heartfelt thanks to the Amigos. 

All the numbers from Santiago - the United States tops the league

So far this year 186,763 pilgrims have arrived at the Pilgrims' Office in Santiago. That's an increase of just less than 5% on last year's total of 178,271.

This level of overall increase is normal but things are changing. For the first time this year the monthly figures are showing consistently less Spaniards than foreigners but the big story remains the huge increase in pilgrims from the English speaking countries particularly the United States of America. By the end of October the number of American pilgrims had risen by almost 90% placing the United States 6th on the list of countries - see below.   

Note: following complaints from some readers who wrote to me saying that either country or their point of departure was missing I am not publishing the full list of statistics. Look down - it seems endless!

Pilgrims from English speaking countries 1 January - 31 October 2012


Country
2009
2010
2011
2012
 Growth

Australia
951
1098
1288
1780
38%

Canada
2095
1796
2271
2758
21%

Ireland
1688
2272
2623
3792
45%


South Africa
255
287
506
696
37%

United Kingdom
1660
1958
2310
3648
58%

United States
2432
3154
3591
6797
89%

New Zealand
187
216
225
364
62%


Between 1 January 2012 and 31 October 2012 186,763 pilgrims arrived at the pilgrims office. This is more about them:

Gender
Gender                        Number of pilgrims
Male                           105116 (56,28%)
Female                       81647 (43,72%)

Mode of transport
Mode               Number of pilgrims
On foot            159164 (85,22%)
Bicycle            26958 (14,43%)
Horseback      591 (0,32%)
Wheelchair      50 (0,03%)

Motivation
Motivation                              Number of pilgrims
Religious and other reasons   97689 (52,31%)
Religious                                77550 (41,52%)
Not religious                            11524 (6,17%)


Status
Status                          Number of pilgrims
Employed                    41767 (22,36%)
Student                        34094 (18,26%)
Technicians                 24048 (12,88%)
Retired                         21596 (11,56%)
Self employed             20891 (11,19%)
Teachers                     14108 (7,55%)
Public workers             8449 (4,52%)
Manual                          6834 (3,66%)
Unemployed                4844 (2,59%)
House wives                4257 (2,28%)
Directors                      1739 (0,93%)
Artists                           1399 (0,75%)
Priests                          1143 (0,61%)
Farm workers               607 (0,33%)
Religious                      470 (0,25%)
Sailors                          327 (0,18%)
Sports people              161 (0,09%)
Oikoten                         29 (0,02%)

Ages
Age                 Number of pilgrims
30 - 60             105594 (56,54%)
< 30                 53318 (28,55%)
> 60                 27851 (14,91%)

Routes
Routes                         Number of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de    130901 (70,09%)
Portugues-Camino      24896 (13,33%)
Norte-Camino de        12632 (6,76%)
Via de la Plata             7890 (4,22%)
Primitivo-Camino        6145 (3,29%)
Ingles-Camino             3477 (1,86%)
Otros caminos            430 (0,23%)
Muxia-Finisterre          392 (0,21%)



Country                       Number of pilgrims

Spain                           92516 (49,54%)
Germany                     15311 (8,20%)
Italy                             12140 (6,50%)
Portugal                       9989 (5,35%)
France                         7854 (4,21%)
United States              6797 (3,64%)
Ireland                         3792 (2,03%)
United Kingdom          3648 (1,95%)
Holland                        2940 (1,57%)
Canada                        2758 (1,48%)
Poland                         2240 (1,20%)
Korea                           2201 (1,18%)
Brasil                           2152 (1,15%)
Belgium                       1911 (1,02%)
Australia                      1780 (0,95%)
Austria                         1716 (0,92%)
Denmark                     1653 (0,89%)
Sweden                       1255 (0,67%)
Swizerland                  1245 (0,67%)
México                         995 (0,53%)
Norway                        964 (0,52%)
Hungary                       872 (0,47%)
Czec Rep                    810 (0,43%)
Japan                         798 (0,43%)
Argentina                     770 (0,41%)
Finland                        704 (0,38%)
South Africa                696 (0,37%)
Eslovaquia                  624 (0,33%)
Russia                        480 (0,26%)
Colombia                    444 (0,24%)
Venezuela                   423 (0,23%)
Eslovenia                    368 (0,20%)
Nueva Zelanda           364 (0,19%)
Rumania                     273 (0,15%)
Bulgaria                       207 (0,11%)
Ecuador                      180 (0,10%)
China                           171 (0,09%)
Chile                            165 (0,09%)
Lithuania                      162 (0,09%)
Perú                           158 (0,08%)
Israel                           152 (0,08%)
Uruguay                      147 (0,08%)
Filipinas                      124 (0,07%)
Puerto Rico                119 (0,06%)
Estonia                       116 (0,06%)
Luxemburgo               102 (0,05%)
Malta                          100 (0,05%)
Andorra                      94 (0,05%)
Ucrania                      84 (0,04%)
Croacia                      64 (0,03%)
Letonia                       58 (0,03%)
Grecia                        55 (0,03%)
Taiwán                       53 (0,03%)
Islandia                       53 (0,03%)
Bolivia                         52 (0,03%)
Rep. Dominicana        52 (0,03%)
Costa Rica                  51 (0,03%)
Paraguay                    47 (0,03%)
Singapur                      45 (0,02%)
Cuba                           43 (0,02%)
India                            37 (0,02%)
Líbano                         32 (0,02%)
El Salvador                 32 (0,02%)
Malasia                        31 (0,02%)
Guatemala                  29 (0,02%)
Panamá                      25 (0,01%)
Turquía                        20 (0,01%)
Islas Feroe                  20 (0,01%)
Marruecos                   20 (0,01%)
Nicaragua                   19 (0,01%)
Honduras                    18 (0,01%)
Serbia                         15 (0,01%)
Myanmar                    14 (0,01%)
Bielorrusia                   12 (0,01%)
Armenia                      12 (0,01%)
Irán                              11 (0,01%)
Bosnia                         11 (0,01%)
Angola                         10 (0,01%)
Jordania                      10 (0,01%)
Emiratos Arabes         10 (0,01%)

Starting Point

Starting Point              Number of pilgrims
Sarria                         39924 (21,38%)
S. Jean P. Port           21089 (11,29%)
León                            10186 (5,45%)
Cebreiro                      9978 (5,34%)
Tui                               8184 (4,38%)
Roncesvalles             8176 (4,38%)
Ponferrada                  7530 (4,03%)
Oporto                         7459 (3,99%)
Astorga                        5540 (2,97%)
Pamplona                    4039 (2,16%)
Oviedo - C.P.             3873 (2,07%)
Burgos                         3750 (2,01%)
Le Puy                         3291 (1,76%)
Ferrol                           3277 (1,75%)
Irún                              3053 (1,63%)
Valença do Minho       3015 (1,61%)
Vilafranca                    2618 (1,40%)
Resto Portugal            2582 (1,38%)
Ourense                      2213 (1,18%)
Sevilla                          2182 (1,17%)
Francia                        2025 (1,08%)
Triacastela                  1993 (1,07%)
Lugo - C.P.                  1492 (0,80%)
Resto C. León             1335 (0,71%)
Samos                         1271 (0,68%)
Resto Asturias             1154 (0,62%)
Santander                   1122 (0,60%)
Ribadeo                       1086 (0,58%)
Lisboa                         945 (0,51%)
Logroño                       922 (0,49%)
Bilbao                         894 (0,48%)
Ponte de Lima             870 (0,47%)
Vilalba                         839 (0,45%)
Holanda                       775 (0,41%)
Gijón                            713 (0,38%)
Oviedo                        677 (0,36%)
Somport                      640 (0,34%)
Alemania                     581 (0,31%)
Avilés                          543 (0,29%)
Salamanca                  504 (0,27%)
Madrid - C.F.               462 (0,25%)
Zamora                       446 (0,24%)
Resto País Vasco       422 (0,23%)
Sahagún                      418 (0,22%)
Mondoñedo                 375 (0,20%)
Bélgica                        366 (0,20%)
Puebla de Sanabria    358 (0,19%)
Rates, S. Pedro          331 (0,18%)
Braga                         322 (0,17%)
Resto Asturias - C.P. 316 (0,17%)
Vega de Valcarce       314 (0,17%)
Baamonde                  297 (0,16%)
San Sebastián             294 (0,16%)
Chaves-Portugal         287 (0,15%)
Resto Cantabria          285 (0,15%)
Jaca                            284 (0,15%)
Lourdes                       258 (0,14%)
Frómista                      257 (0,14%)
Muxia                         254 (0,14%)
Suiza                           252 (0,13%)
Barcelos                      230 (0,12%)
Gudiña                        219 (0,12%)
Porriño                        200 (0,11%)
Neda                           194 (0,10%)
A Guarda                    188 (0,10%)
St Dom Calzada         188 (0,10%)
Carrión de Condes      175 (0,09%)
Fonsagrada - C.P.      168 (0,09%)
Vezelay                       167 (0,09%)
Puente la Reina          166 (0,09%)
Lourenzá                     162 (0,09%)
Cataluña                      155 (0,08%)
Arles                            152 (0,08%)
Rabanal del Camino   151 (0,08%)
Mérida                         148 (0,08%)
Resto Andalucia          144 (0,08%)
Allariz                         143 (0,08%)
Resto C. León - V.P.   143 (0,08%)
Granja de Moreruela   140 (0,07%)
Finisterra                     138 (0,07%)
Montserrat                   134 (0,07%)
Francia                        131 (0,07%)
Xunqueira de Ambia   129 (0,07%)
Hendaya                     128 (0,07%)
Laza                            126 (0,07%)
Madrid                         124 (0,07%)
Fonsagrada                 121 (0,06%)
Hospital de Orbigo      120 (0,06%)
Valencia                      116 (0,06%)
Abadin                         114 (0,06%)
Estella                         110 (0,06%)
Navarra                       107 (0,06%)
Viana do Castelo         106 (0,06%)
Austria                         104 (0,06%)
Fatima                         100 (0,05%)
Zaragoza                     100 (0,05%)
Cáceres                      97 (0,05%)
Verín                            95 (0,05%)
Baiona                         92 (0,05%)
Barcelona                    89 (0,05%)
Cadavo                       88 (0,05%)
R.Pais Vasco             85 (0,05%)
Grandas de Salime.    83 (0,04%)
Grandas de Salime     81 (0,04%)
Rest Extremadura      81 (0,04%)
Vigo                             80 (0,04%)
Tineo - C.P.                 77 (0,04%)
Com. Valenciana        76 (0,04%)
París                            64 (0,03%)
Italia                             64 (0,03%)
Canfranc                     60 (0,03%)
Castilla la Mancha      60 (0,03%)
Guimaraes                  60 (0,03%)
Molinaseca                  54 (0,03%)
Povoa de Varzim        54 (0,03%)
Monforte de Lemos    54 (0,03%)
Granada                      50 (0,03%)
Tineo                           48 (0,03%)
Castilla La Mancha     46 (0,02%)
Coimbra                      45 (0,02%)
Cast. la Mancha          43 (0,02%)
Huelva                         41 (0,02%)
Ponferrada. C.Inv.      40 (0,02%)
Com. Valenciana        40 (0,02%)
Nájera                                     39 (0,02%)
Benavente                   36 (0,02%)
Badajoz                       34 (0,02%)
La Rioja                       32 (0,02%)
Polonia                        31 (0,02%)
Malaga                        30 (0,02%)
Córdoba                      29 (0,02%)
Roma                         28 (0,01%)
Resto Europa             28 (0,01%)
Valladolid                     27 (0,01%)
Castrojeriz                   27 (0,01%)
San Sebastian             25 (0,01%)
Las Médulas                24 (0,01%)
Fonfría                         22 (0,01%)
Reino Unido                21 (0,01%)
Murcia                         21 (0,01%)
Vegadeo                      18 (0,01%)
Guitiriz                         18 (0,01%)
Cataluña                      17 (0,01%)
Republica Checa        17 (0,01%)
Salas                           14 (0,01%)
Eslovaquia                  13 (0,01%)
San Juan de Ortega   13 (0,01%)
Quiroga                       13 (0,01%)
La Bañeza                   10 (0,01%)
Grado                         10 (0,01%)
Esposende                  9 (0,00%)
Irlanda                         9 (0,00%)
Faro                             8 (0,00%)
La Mesa                      8 (0,00%)
Viseu                           8 (0,00%)
Cea                             8 (0,00%)
La Rioja                       7 (0,00%)
Hungría                       7 (0,00%)
Finlandia                      6 (0,00%)
Resto Galicia             6 (0,00%)
Dinamarca                  5 (0,00%)
Aveiro                         4 (0,00%)
Valcarlos                     4 (0,00%)
Luxemburgo                4 (0,00%)
Vincios                        4 (0,00%)
Sobrado                      4 (0,00%)
Peñaseita                    3 (0,00%)
Rábade                       3 (0,00%)
El Escamplero            3 (0,00%)
Guntín                         3 (0,00%)
Jerusalem                   3 (0,00%)
Gonzar                        3 (0,00%)
Vilabade                      3 (0,00%)
Mella                           2 (0,00%)
Betanzos                     2 (0,00%)
Leyre                           2 (0,00%)
Inglaterra                     1 (0,00%)
Pontedeume               1 (0,00%)
Reino Unido C.Ing      1 (0,00%)
mirallos                        1 (0,00%)
Gándara                      1 (0,00%)
O Barco                      1 (0,00%)
Irlanda C. Ing             1 (0,00%)
Ortigueira                    1 (0,00%)
Pardellas                     1 (0,00%)
Egipto                          1 (0,00%)
A Rúa                          1 (0,00%)
Andorra                       1 (0,00%)







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