I realised early on that the experience of the pilgrimage
to Santiago was so powerful it couldn’t just be expressed in words. This
picture is evidence of that. Elaine and 4 year old daughter Matinée walked
together without the aid of pram or buggy from St Jean Pied de Port to
Santiago. Elaine said on the Pilgrims’ Office day book: “The Camino from St. Jean Pied de Port with my 4 year old (no stroller)
daughter: what an adventure! An achievement, at the same time: sorrow, joy, pain,
difficulty, the extraordinary, the discouragement, the wonderful, the intense. We
enjoy the small pleasures of this life and together they make us smile every
day.
Elaine and
Matinée from Canada were just two of the pilgrims who have arrived this year
from 157 different countries.
From 1
January – 30 November 2012 190,935 pilgrims arrived. That is an increase of 5%
on last year.
Pilgrims from English speaking countries
The increase in numbers from the English speaking
countries continues to be a major talking point in camino circles. The United States
increased by 1% again this month to surge further head of the others.
Country
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Growth
|
Australia
|
998
|
1155
|
1350
|
1860
|
38%
|
Canada
|
2179
|
1860
|
2353
|
2876
|
22%
|
Ireland
|
1712
|
2304
|
2670
|
3835
|
44%
|
South Africa
|
259
|
299
|
512
|
707
|
38%
|
United Kingdom
|
1694
|
2010
|
2369
|
3738
|
58%
|
United States
|
2521
|
3266
|
3694
|
7038
|
90%
|
New Zealand
|
198
|
221
|
237
|
376
|
59%
|
The full analysis:
The number of
pilgrims who arrived in the period 1 January - 30 November 2012 - 190,935
Caminos
Camino Number of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de 133921 (70,14%)
Portugues-Camino 25402 (13,30%)
Norte-Camino de 12840 (6,72%)
Via de la Plata 8101 (4,24%)
Primitivo-Camino 6305 (3,30%)
Ingles-Camino 3522 (1,84%)
Otros caminos 444 (0,23%)
Muxia-Finisterre 400 (0,21%)
Ages
Age Number of pilgrims
30 - 60 108230 (56,68%)
< 30 54367 (28,47%)
> 60 28338 (14,84%)
Country Number of pilgrims
Spain 94370
(49,43%)
Germany 15554 (8,15%)
Italy 12324
(6,45%)
Portugal 10230 (5,36%)
France 8052
(4,22%)
United States 7038 (3,69%)
Ireland 3835
(2,01%)
UK 3738 (1,96%)
Holand 2990
(1,57%)
Canada 2876
(1,51%)
Korea 2408
(1,26%)
Poland 2296
(1,20%)
Brazil 2214
(1,16%)
Belgium 1941 (1,02%)
Australia 1862 (0,98%)
Austria 1759
(0,92%)
Denmark 1672 (0,88%)
Switzerland 1293 (0,68%)
Sweden 1273 (0,67%)
México 1027
(0,54%)
Norway 968
(0,51%)
Hungary 879 (0,46%)
Japan 841
(0,44%)
Czech Rep 827 (0,43%)
Argentina 803 (0,42%)
Finland 714
(0,37%)
South Africa 707 (0,37%)
Slovaquia 634 (0,33%)
Russia 499
(0,26%)
Colombia 455 (0,24%)
Venezuela 441 (0,23%)
New Zealand 376 (0,20%)
Slovenia 374 (0,20%)
Romania 280 (0,15%)
Bulgaria 209 (0,11%)
Ecuador 182 (0,10%)
China 175
(0,09%)
Chile 173
(0,09%)
Lithuania 165 (0,09%)
Uruguay 162 (0,08%)
Perú 161
(0,08%)
Israel 158
(0,08%)
Filipinas 126 (0,07%)
Puerto Rico 121 (0,06%)
Estonia 118
(0,06%)
Malta 106
(0,06%)
Andorra 106 (0,06%)
Luxemburgh 102 (0,05%)
Gender
Gender Number of pilgrims
Males 107763 (56,44%)
Females 83172
(43,56%)
Method of
transport
Method Number
of pilgrims
On foot
162931 (85,33%)
Bicycle
27347 (14,32%)
Horseback
606 (0,32%)
Wheelchairs 51 (0,03%)
Reasons for
pilgrimage
Reasons Number of
pilgrims
Religious and other 100298
(52,53%)
Religious 78907 (41,33%)
Not religious 11730 (6,14%)
Starting point
Starting point Number of pilgrims
Sarria 40520
(21,22%)
S. Jean P. Port 21985
(11,51%)
León 10354
(5,42%)
Cebreiro 10200
(5,34%)
Roncesvalles 8378
(4,39%)
Tui 8361
(4,38%)
Ponferrada 7680
(4,02%)
Oporto 7590
(3,98%)
Astorga 5632
(2,95%)
Pamplona 4139
(2,17%)
Oviedo - C.P. 3933
(2,06%)
Burgos 3838 (2,01%)
Le Puy 3404 (1,78%)
Ferrol 3322
(1,74%)
Irún 3122
(1,64%)
Valença do Minho 3066
(1,61%)
Vilafranca 2665
(1,40%)
Resto Portugal 2648
(1,39%)
Sevilla 2262
(1,18%)
Ourense 2260
(1,18%)
France 2117
(1,11%)
Triacastela 2002
(1,05%)
Lugo - C.P. 1542
(0,81%)
Resto C. León 1359
(0,71%)
Samos 1299 (0,68%)
Resto Asturias 1184
(0,62%)
Santander 1133
(0,59%)
Ribadeo 1100
(0,58%)
Lisboa 968 (0,51%)
Logroño 936
(0,49%)
Bilbao 900
(0,47%)
Ponte de Lima 888
(0,47%)
Vilalba 841
(0,44%)
Holand 781
(0,41%)
Gijón 728
(0,38%)
Oviedo 686
(0,36%)
Somport 655
(0,34%)
Alemania 593
(0,31%)
Avilés 552
(0,29%)
Salamanca 510
(0,27%)
Madrid - C.F. 473
(0,25%)
Zamora 459
(0,24%)
País Vasco 425
(0,22%)
Sahagún 424
(0,22%)
Mondoñedo 376
(0,20%)
Bélgium 371 (0,19%)
Puebla de Sanabria 370
(0,19%)
Rates 342
(0,18%)
Braga 328
(0,17%)
Resto Asturias 323
(0,17%)
Vega de Valcarce 319
(0,17%)
San Sebastián 303
(0,16%)
Baamonde 300
(0,16%)
Jaca 293
(0,15%)
Chaves-Portugal 290
(0,15%)
Resto Cantabria 289
(0,15%)
Lourdes 273
(0,14%)
Suiza 273
(0,14%)
Frómista 260
(0,14%)
Muxia 255 (0,13%)
Barcelos 233
(0,12%)
Gudiña 223
(0,12%)
Porriño 200
(0,10%)
A Guarda 198
(0,10%)
Neda 194 (0,10%)
Sto. Domingo 189 (0,10%)
Fonsagrada 189
(0,10%)
Vezelay 176
(0,09%)
Carrión 176
(0,09%)
Puente la Reina 169
(0,09%)
Lourenzá 162
(0,08%)
Cataluña 162
(0,08%)
Arles 157
(0,08%)
Mérida 153
(0,08%)
Rabanal 152
(0,08%)
Andalucia 151
(0,08%)
C. León - V.P. 145
(0,08%)
Finisterra 145
(0,08%)
Allariz 143
(0,07%)
Montserrat 141
(0,07%)
France 141 (0,07%)
Granja 140
(0,07%)
Xunqueira 139
(0,07%)
Hendaya 133
(0,07%)
Laza 130
(0,07%)
Fonsagrada 129
(0,07%)
Madrid 124
(0,06%)
Hospital de Orbigo122
(0,06%)
Valencia 118
(0,06%)
Abadin 114 (0,06%)
Estella 110
(0,06%)
Viana do Castelo 109
(0,06%)
Austria 109 (0,06%)
Navarra 107
(0,06%)
Fatima 102 (0,05%)
Zaragoza 101
(0,05%)
Cáceres 99
(0,05%)
Verín 96 (0,05%)
Baiona 93 (0,05%)
Barcelona 90
(0,05%)
Vigo 83
(0,04%)
Com. Valenciana 79
(0,04%)
Tineo - C.P. 77
(0,04%)
París 70
(0,04%)
Italia 66
(0,03%)
Monforte de Lemos 54
(0,03%)
Granada 53
(0,03%)
Roma 31 (0,02%)
Reino Unido 22
(0,01%)
Hungría 7
(0,00%)
Dinamarca 6
(0,00%)
Finlandia 6
(0,00%)
Luxemburgh 4
(0,00%)
Status
Status Number
of pilgrims
Employed 42796
(22,41%)
Students 34526
(18,08%)
Technicians 24590
(12,88%)
Retired 21971 (11,51%)
Self employed 21497
(11,26%)
Teachers 14313
(7,50%)
Public workers 8649
(4,53%)
Manual workers 7113
(3,73%)
Unemployed 5085
(2,66%)
Housepeople 4343
(2,27%)
Directiors 1802
(0,94%)
Artists 1448
(0,76%)
Priests 1160
(0,61%)
Farm workers 626
(0,33%)
Religious 478
(0,25%)
Sailors 344 (0,18%)
Sports 164 (0,09%)
Oikoten 30
(0,02%)
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