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Pilgrims of the Past


APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PILGRIMS WALK / CYCLE TO  SANTIAGO?

Holy Years: 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2021

(Note that not every pilgrim applies for the Compostela, and that not every pilgrim walks all the way to Santiago, and that not all receive a Compostela)
  

  Pilgrims who received a Compostela

  
1987 - 2009
YearMaleFemaleTotal
1987       2905
1988       3501
1989       5760
1990           4918
1991   5010      2249    7259
1992   6549      3196    9745
1993  66695    32548  99243 
1994 10769      5094  15863
1995 13399      6422  19821 
1996 14832      8386  23218 
1997 16388      8791  25197 
1998 18443    11683  30126 
1999  86305    68284154613
2000 34050    20954   55004 
2001 37565    23853  61418
2002 41599    27535  68952 
2003 44647     29967  74614 
2004  79513   100431 179944 
2005     93924
2006 59416    40961100377 
2007 66780    47246114026 
2008 72936    52205125141 
   2009: Pilgrims who applied for a Compostela
   January:     521
   February:   681
   March:      1808
   April:      10.237
   May:       16.439
   June:      15.841
   July:        26.195  (6000 more than in 2008)
   August:  35.071  (6000 more than in 2008)
   September: 20.465
   October: 11.727
   November: 2354
   December: 1005  TOTAL 2009: 145.877
   2010: Holy Year
   January:
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   2021: Holy Year
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This is your goal: the "Oficina de Peregrinos" in Santiago.

The dark green door in the centre of the picture is the main entrance.

The office itself is on the first floor.

Picture right: statues on top of Monte do Gozo

* Please note that in 2004 the number of female pilgrims arriving

   was much higher than male pilgrims.

* 25 % of the pilgrims are students

*  8% is retired

* 12% is self-employed

* 0,7% is priest 

* Source: Oficina de Acogida a los Peregrinos, Santiago de Compostela