Number of Foreign Pilgrims By Year
According to the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, the following number of foreign pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia each year, to perform the Hajj:
- 1920: 58,584
- 1921: 57,255
- 1922: 56,319
- 1996: 1,080,465
- 1997: 1,168,591
- 1998: 1,132,344
- 2001: 1,363,992
- 2005: 1,534,759
- 2006: 1,654,407
- 2007: 1,707,814
- 2008: 1,729,841
- 2009: 1,613,000
- 2010: 1,799,601
- 2011: 1,828,195
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