The annual Hajj pilgrimage season in Saudi Arabia begins today as thousands of pilgrims travel to Makkah from inside and outside the Kingdom.
This year, close to two million pilgrims have registered to perform the pilgrimage.
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Number of Pilgrims Since 2008 |
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Year |
Number of Pilgrims (mln pilgrims) |
Variation |
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2008 |
2.41 |
(2%) |
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2009 |
2.31 |
(4%) |
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2010 |
2.79 |
+21% |
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2011 |
2.93 |
+5% |
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2012 |
3.16 |
+8% |
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2013 |
1.98 |
(37%) |
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2014 |
2.09 |
+6% |
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2015 |
1.95 |
(7%) |
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2016 |
1.86 |
(5%) |
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2017 |
2.35 |
+26% |
Last year, a total of 600,000 pilgrims, or 26 percent of the total number of pilgrims, came for Hajj from inside the Kingdom. Meanwhile, 1.75 million pilgrims, accounting for 74 percent of the total, came from other countries.
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Pilgrims Details |
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Year |
Domestic Pilgrims |
External Pilgrims |
Total |
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2008 |
679,008 |
1,729,841 |
2,408,849 |
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2009 |
699,313 |
1,613,965 |
2,313,278 |
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2010 |
989,798 |
1,799,601 |
2,789,399 |
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2011 |
1,099,522 |
1,828,195 |
2,927,717 |
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2012 |
1,408,641 |
1,752,932 |
3,161,573 |
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2013 |
600,718 |
1,379,531 |
1,980,249 |
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2014 |
696,185 |
1,389,053 |
2,085,238 |
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2015 |
567,876 |
1,384,941 |
1,952,817 |
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2016 |
537,537 |
1,325,372 |
1,862,909 |
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2017 |
600,108 |
1,752,014 |
2,352,122 |
Employees representing 45 government are serving pilgrims at the holy sites this year.
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Employees Providing Services for Pilgrims in 2018 |
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Service |
Number of employees |
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General services |
192,254 |
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Transportation services |
47,765 |
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Medical & healthcare services |
32,579 |
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The two holly mosques |
10,000 |
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Telecom & IT services |
7,411 |
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Supervision & follow up services |
7,310 |
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