What is the number of pilgrims who have walked the Way month by month?

Every year, thousands of people travel the many pathways that make up the Camino de Santiago. While it is true that the conventional routes, such the Portuguese and French Ways, are the most successful, an increasing number of pilgrims select less crowded routes, like the Primitive or the North. Even lesser-known roads and routes, like the Vía de la Plata and the Camino de Santiago Aragonés, bring a lot of visitors from the east or south of the peninsula to Santiago.

Regardless of the path taken, the pilgrims all end up in Santiago de Compostela in order to see the cathedral and Plaza del Obradoiro. Pilgrims from all over the world claim the long-awaited Compostela at the Pilgrim’s Office, which is located next to these monuments and the well-known Parador. Every month of the year, an official census is conducted here using all of the traveler data.

Naturally, we can learn a lot about the individuals who walk the Camino de Santiago from the data provided by the Pilgrim’s Office, including the most popular routes, the proportion of men and women, the most popular way to travel, etc. Additional official Pilgrim’s Office data for 2019 can be found here.