Who does The Camino de Santiago?

Some statistics for The Camino de Santiago (2024):

2024-01-29

In 2021, 178,914 people completed the Camino during the Holy Year of Xacobeo.

In 2024, this number rose to 499,242 – more than doubling in just three years!

The big winner in popularity is the Portuguese Coastal Route, which has seen strong growth in the number of pilgrims in recent years.

Of these, in 2024:	Average age of pilgrims:
Men: 45.85%	Aged 18-45: 39.30%
Women: 54.08%	Older than 46: 40.54%
	Older than 65: 11.79%

Mode of pilgrimage:	Country of origin:
On foot: 93.19%	Spain: 41.74%
By bicycle: 4.56%	Portugal: 4.39%
	Italy: 5.73%
	USA: 7.62%
	Netherlands: 1.27%

	In total, pilgrims represent around 120 countries.

They followed the different Caminos:
French Way 47,35 %
Camino Portugués 19,12%
Camino Primitivo 4,9%
Camino Ingles 5,62%
Camino Del Norte 4,29%
Camino Costa Portugués 14,97%

Sarria remains the most popular place to start, 32% of all pilgrims start their Camino here, the last 100km on the Camino Frances.

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