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Al-Marsad Newspaper: The General Authority for Statistics announced today that the total number of pilgrims for this year reached (899,353), including (779,919) pilgrims from outside the Kingdom through various ports, while the number of pilgrims from inside reached (119,434) pilgrims, both citizens and residents.

In its statistical results for this year’s Hajj 1443 AH, the authority indicated that the number of male pilgrims out of the total number of domestic and foreign pilgrims reached (486,458), while the number of female pilgrims out of the total number of domestic and foreign pilgrims reached (412,895).

Regarding the statistics of pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom, the General Authority for Statistics indicated that the percentage of pilgrims from Arab countries reached (21.4%), while the percentage of pilgrims from Asian countries except for Arab countries reached 53.8%, while the percentage of pilgrims from African countries except for Arab countries was ( 13.2%), while the percentage of pilgrims from Europe, America and Australia reached 11.6%. As for the ways of pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom, (738,680) pilgrims arrived through air ports, while (35,210) pilgrims arrived through land ports, while Through the sea ports (6,029) pilgrims.

The authority indicated that the total number of the workforce participating in serving the pilgrims this season from various sectors and government and private agencies amounted to (228,721) people, of whom (117,049) people are permanent workers at a rate of (51.2%) and (111,672) people are temporary workers with a rate of 48.8% ).