Number of Pilgrims Per Year Hajj

Number of pilgrims per year Hajj There has been substantial progress in the number of pilgrims during the last 92 years, and only the number of foreign pilgrims has increased phenomenally by approximately 2,824percent, up from just 58,584 in 1920 to 1,712,962 in 2012. The following number of pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia each year, to perform the hajj. Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1920 1338 58,584 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1921 1339 57,255 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1922 1340 56,319 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1996 1,865,234 1416 784,769 1,080,465 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1997 774,260 1417 1,168,591 1,942,851 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1998 699,770 1,832,114 1418 1,132,344 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 1999 775,268 1419 1,056,730 1,831,998 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2000 1,839,154 1420 571,599 1,267,555 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2001 549,271 1,913,263 1421 1,363,992 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2002 1422 590,576 1,354,184 1,944,760 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2003 1423 610,117 1,431,012 2,041,129 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2004 1424 592,368 1,419,706 2,012,074 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2005 1425 629,710 1,534,769 2,164,469 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2006 2,130,594 1426 573,147 1,557,447 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2007 1,707,814 2,454,325 1427 746,511 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2008 1428 1,729,841 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2009 2,521,000 1429 154,000 1,613,000 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2010 1,799,601 1430 989,798 2,854,345 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2011 1431 1,099,522 1,828,195 2,927,717 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2012 1432 1,408,641 1,752,932 3,161,573 Hijri year Saudi pilgrims Foreign pilgrims Total 2013 700,000 (approx.) 1433 1,379,531 2,061,573 (approx.) Due to fears of the MERS virus, attendance in the hajj was lower in 2013 compared to 2012. The Saudi government asked elderly and chronically ill Muslims to avoid the Hajj and have restricted the number of people allowed to perform the pilgrimage. Content Source: Designed by: m.zahjd www.wikipedia.org Travel