The Holy Mosque of Makkah
A total of 28.25 million pilgrims performed Umrah during the first nine months of 2024, according to the General Authority for Statistics(GASTAT). 
The Kingdom received 1.52 million foreign pilgrims (41% of the total) and 16.73 million domestic pilgrims (59% of the total), respectively.
No. of Pilgrimsin 2024 – mln
Period
Domestic
Foreign
Total
Q1
5.68
5.79
11.47
Q2
8.14
2.38
10.52
Q3
2.91
3.35
6.26
Total
16.73
11.52
28.25
The nine-month pilgrim count in 2024 surpasses the total pilgrim count for the entire year of 2023, which reached 26.86 million.
No. of Pilgrimssince 2017 – mln
Period
Domestic
Foreign
Total
2017
12.55
6.53
19.08
2018
11.55
6.77
18.31
2019
11.70
7.46
19.16
2020*
1.97
3.85
5.82
2021*
6.49
0.01
6.50
2022
16.34
8.37
24.72
2023
13.31
13.55
26.86
9M 2024
16.72
11.52
28.25
* During Corona.
Makkah accounted for 72% of the total number of pilgrims, with 12 million pilgrims, followed by Riyadh with 1.6 million pilgrims.
No. of Pilgrimsby Region
Region
No. of Pilgrims
‘000
% to Total
Makkah
12050.9
72.0%
Riyadh
1648.9
9.9%
Madinah
936.5
5.6%
Eastern Region
627.2
3.8%
Asir
469.5
2.8%
Jazan
279
1.7%
Qassim
220.1
1.3%
Tabuk
148.8
0.9%
Baha
120.8
0.7%
Hail
82.5
0.5%
Najran
58.5
0.3%
Al-Jouf
55.9
0.3%
Northern Borders
27.7
0.2%
Total
16726.2
100%
January recorded the highest number of domestic pilgrims, with about 1.3 million pilgrims, as shown in the following table:
No. of Domestic Pilgrimsby Month
Month
No. of Pilgrims
January
1256.8
February
1250.8
March
3173.5
April
5977.5
May
1820.2
June
341.2
July
886.0
August
1170.7
September
849.6
Meanwhile, March witnessed the highest number of foreign pilgrims, with about 2.2 million pilgrims, as shown in the following table:
No. of Foreign Pilgrimsby Month
Month
No. of Pilgrims
January
1785.7
February
1826.4
March
2182.5
April
1242.0
May
717.3
June
419.2
July
900.5
August
1191.8
September
1256.2
The Holy Mosque of Makkah
A total of 28.25 million pilgrims performed Umrah during the first nine months of 2024, according to the General Authority for Statistics(GASTAT).
The Kingdom received 1.52 million foreign pilgrims (41% of the total) and 16.73 million domestic pilgrims (59% of the total), respectively.
No. of Pilgrimsin 2024 – mln
Period
Domestic
Foreign
Total
Q1
5.68
5.79
11.47
Q2
8.14
2.38
10.52
Q3
2.91
3.35
6.26
Total
16.73
11.52
28.25
The nine-month pilgrim count in 2024 surpasses the total pilgrim count for the entire year of 2023, which reached 26.86 million.
No. of Pilgrimssince 2017 – mln
Period
Domestic
Foreign
Total
2017
12.55
6.53
19.08
2018
11.55
6.77
18.31
2019
11.70
7.46
19.16
2020*
1.97
3.85
5.82
2021*
6.49
0.01
6.50
2022
16.34
8.37
24.72
2023
13.31
13.55
26.86
9M 2024
16.72
11.52
28.25
* During Corona.
Makkah accounted for 72% of the total number of pilgrims, with 12 million pilgrims, followed by Riyadh with 1.6 million pilgrims.
No. of Pilgrimsby Region
Region
No. of Pilgrims
‘000
% to Total
Makkah
12050.9
72.0%
Riyadh
1648.9
9.9%
Madinah
936.5
5.6%
Eastern Region
627.2
3.8%
Asir
469.5
2.8%
Jazan
279
1.7%
Qassim
220.1
1.3%
Tabuk
148.8
0.9%
Baha
120.8
0.7%
Hail
82.5
0.5%
Najran
58.5
0.3%
Al-Jouf
55.9
0.3%
Northern Borders
27.7
0.2%
Total
16726.2
100%
January recorded the highest number of domestic pilgrims, with about 1.3 million pilgrims, as shown in the following table:
No. of Domestic Pilgrimsby Month
Month
No. of Pilgrims
January
1256.8
February
1250.8
March
3173.5
April
5977.5
May
1820.2
June
341.2
July
886.0
August
1170.7
September
849.6
Meanwhile, March witnessed the highest number of foreign pilgrims, with about 2.2 million pilgrims, as shown in the following table:
No. of Foreign Pilgrimsby Month
Month
No. of Pilgrims
January
1785.7
February
1826.4
March
2182.5
April
1242.0
May
717.3
June
419.2
July
900.5
August
1191.8
September
1256.2
