Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) revealed in its bulletin for the first quarter of this year, 2025, that the total number of Umrah pilgrims reached 15,222,497, of whom Saudis accounted for 24%, while males made up 60.5% compared with 39.5% for females.
The bulletin's results showed that the number of Umrah pilgrims coming from abroad reached 6,523,630, an increase of 10.7% compared with the first quarter of 2024, most of whom (82.2%) arrived through air ports of entry. Meanwhile, the number of domestic Umrah pilgrims reached 8,698,867, of whom non-Saudis accounted for 58%.
January 2025 led in the number of Umrah pilgrims from abroad, with 36.5% of the total, while March recorded the lowest share. Conversely, March accounted for the highest share of domestic Umrah pilgrims, at 80.9%, while January was the lowest.
The bulletin's results also showed that the total number of visitors to Madinah reached 6,452,696 during the first quarter of 2025, of whom 4,412,689 were from abroad.
It is worth noting that Umrah and Madinah visit statistics have been issued quarterly since 2024, presenting the numbers and percentages of domestic and international Umrah pilgrims and visitors based on field surveys and data recorded by the Pilgrim Experience Program and the Ministry of Tourism, in addition to approved statistical models.
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