GASTAT: Total pilgrims performing Hajj account for 1,673,230
Saudi Gazette report
ARAFAT — The General Authority for Statistics announced on Thursday that the total number of pilgrims who perform Hajj this year reached 1,673,230 pilgrims. These include 1,506,576 foreign pilgrims, who arrived from outside the Kingdom through various entry ports. The number of domestic pilgrims reached 166,654 pilgrims, including citizens and residents.
The authority indicated in its statistical results for this year's Hajj that the number of male pilgrims out of the total number of domestic and international pilgrims reached 877,841, while the number of female pilgrims stood at 795,389.
Regarding the statistics for pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom, the authority said that 1,435,017 male and female pilgrims arrived via air ports, while 66,465 pilgrims arrived via land ports, and 5,094 pilgrims arrived via sea ports.
It is noteworthy that the GASTAT relied on administrative records from the Ministry of Interior as the primary source of data to provide highly accurate and reliable Hajj statistics based on a unified model that includes several elements. This is an extension of the statistical approach followed over the past five years, it stated in a report.
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